Prison Playbook
Details[]
- Title: 슬기로운 감빵생활 / Seulgirowun Gamppangsaenghwal
- Also known as: Smart Prison Living / Wise Prison Life
- Genre: Drama, comedy
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: tvN
- Broadcast period: 2017-Nov-22 to 2018-Jan-18
- Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:10
- Original soundtrack: Prison Playbook OST
Synopsis[]
Kim Je Hyuk, a famous baseball player, is arrested after using excessive force while chasing a man trying to sexually assault his sister. Shockingly to him and the rest of the nation, he is sentenced to a year in prison. There, he meets his childhood friend and fellow baseball player, Lee Joon Ho, who gave up on baseball after a car accident, but now is a prison guard and one of Je Hyuk's biggest fans. The drama revolves around Je Hyuk's time in prison, as well as prisoners he meets and events that take place there. - MyDramaList
Cast[]
- Main Cast
- Park Hae Soo as Kim Je Hyuk
- Lee Tae Sun as young Je Hyuk
- Jung Kyung Ho as Lee Joon Ho
- Lee Do Hyun as young Joon Ho
- Seobu Detention Center
- Sung Dong Il as Chief Jo Ji Ho
- Jung Jae Sung as "Professor Myung"
- Lee Ho Chul (이호철) as Gal Dae Bong / "Good-for-nothing Low-life"
- Seobu Prison
- Choi Moo Sung as "Long-term Prisoner" / Kim Min Chul
- Park Ho San as "KAIST" / Kang Chul Doo
- Kang Seung Yoon as "Jean Valjean" / Lee Joo Hyung / Lee Jong Won
- Jung Min Sung as "Dr. Ko"
- Lee Kyu Hyung as "Second-generation Chaebol" / Yoo Han Yang / Heron
- Kim Jin Sung as young Han Yang
- Jung Hae In as "Captain Yoo" / Yoo Jung Woo
- Kim Sung Chul as "Law Man" / Kim Young Chul
- Ahn Chang Hwan as "The Henchman" / Ahn Dong Ho
- Jung Woong In as Assistant Chief Paeng Se Yoon
- People around Je Hyuk
- Krystal Jung as Kim Ji Ho
- Shin Rin Ah as child Ji Ho
- Lee Chae Yoon (이채윤) as teen Ji Ho
- Im Hwa Young as Kim Je Hee
- Han Ji Won as young Je Hee
- Kim Kyung Nam as Lee Joon Dol
- Others
- Lee Do Kyum (이도겸) as Park Do Kyum (prison guard)
- Ye Soo Jung as Kim Je Hyuk's mother
- Gong Sang Ah (공상아) as Kim Ji Ho's mother
- Park Hye Jin (박혜진) as Lee Joon Ho's mother
- Choi Sung Won as "Spot"
- Lee Hoon Jin (이훈진) as "Pinkie"
- Joo Suk Tae as prison operations chief
- Ahn Sang Woo as Kim Yong Chul (prison manager)
- Park Hyung Soo as Department Chief Na
- Kim Han Jong (김한종) as large-goods carrier
- Kang Ki Doong (강기둥) as Song Ki Doong (prison guard)
- Choi Myun Dong (최연동) as vice chief
- Go Young Bin as Doctor Jung Dae Hyun
- Jung Jin as prison guard
- Shin Jae Ha as Kim Min Sung
- Ahn Ji Hyun as Ji Ho's friend
- Cameos
- Yoo Jae Myung as lawyer
- Son Kang Gook (손강국) as taxi driver (ep 1)
- Jang Hyuk Jin as Yoo Han Yang's father
- Yum Hye Ran as Yoo Han Yang's mother
- Lee Jung Hyuk
- Kim So Yool (김소율) as Ko So Ra (Dr. Ko's daughter)
- Kim Joon Han as Song Ji Won (Yoo Han Yang's lover)
- Kim Seung Chan as young Ji Won
- Hong Seung Bum
Production Credits[]
- Director: Shin Won Ho
- Screenwriter: Jung Bo Hoon (정보훈)
Recognitions[]
2018 2nd Seoul Awards:
- Best New Actor (Park Hae Soo)
2018 12th Korean Cable TV Awards:
- Best Drama
2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards:
- Best Supporting Actor (Park Ho San)
- Popularity Award - Actor (Jung Hae In)
Episode Ratings[]
See Prison Playbook/Episode Ratings
External Links[]
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