"Prison Playbook" is a South Korean television series released in 2017. The series became a commercial hit and one of the highest-rated Korean series on cable television history. It was aired on tvN, a South Korean channel, and is also available on the famous streaming platform which is Netflix.
It is starring...
Park Hae-soo as Kim Je-hyuk - a superstar baseball player who turns into a convict overnight because of protecting his sister from an assault
Jung Kyung-ho as Lee Joon-ho - an elite prison guard and Je-hyuk's best friend, also known by many to be Je-hyuk's die hard fan
Krystal Jung as Kim Ji-ho - Je-hyuk's girlfriend
Choi Moo-sung as Kim Min-chul (aka "Long-term Prisoner")
Park Ho-san [ko] as "Kaist"
Lee Kyu-hyung as "Looney"
Jung Hae-in as "Captain Yoo"
Jung Min-sung "Doctor Go"
Kang Seung-yoon of WINNER as “Jean Valjean”
Kim Sung-cheol as "Jailbird"
Ahn Chang-hwan as "Croney"
Jung Woong-in as Assistant Chief Paeng
I think I listed too many starring casts? But oh well, I just really love each character, main and supporting ones.
"Prison Playbook" is a series that revolves around the different lies of convicts or prisoners, their families, and the officers working in the correctional facilities. It is focused on the story of a superstar baseball pitcher, Kim Je-hyuk who is convicted of assault after he saves his sister from a sexual attack.
The genre is mainly black comedy or dark humor. It has a little bit of romance from time to time. Because Park Hae-soo and Krytal Jung's chemistry is just perfect! 😍
"Prison Playbook" is said to be the series that marks Park Hae-soo's first-ever lead role. If you are a kdrama lover, I bet he's familiar to you. He is one of the main leads in Squid Game, and he played the role of 'Berlin' in "Money Heist Korea".
With his other kdramas, I didn't notice him enough. But watching "Prison Playbook", I just came to appreciate his acting skills. He's so versatile, a characteristic that I love and admire with actors! I have also formed a crush with him here in "Prison Playbook". Haha. Can't believe that a 30s or 40s caught my attention so much.
Closing Thought
This has been on my watchlist mentally for a long time already. I have no expectation about this, but it turns out to be one of the best kdramas I’ve watched!
The first few episodes 1-4 were slow paced and I most of the time feel sleepy. But as the episode progresses, I can't help but be in the zone of watching it!
I love the characters so much! Kim Jae-hyuk, Looney (my favorite!), Captain Yoo, Min-chul, Kaist, Dr. Kho, Jean Vangeal, Croony, Jailbird.
Kim Jae-hyuk aka Park Hae-soo is maybe in his late 30s in this kdrama yet I find him so attractive here. Huhu. Ang galing! Hands down! I also wanna praise his chemistry with Krystal Jung!
Highly suggest this to those who are fond of watching kdrama!
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Date Published: July 22, 2022
I'm also a Kdrama fan, I guess I need to add this series. Ngayon pinapanuod ko yung Extraordinary Attorney Woo, super ganda niya. though ongoing palang siya, all episodes really make me so in love with it. Try mo sis.