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Connection

Details

Title: 커넥션 / Keoneksyeon (Connection)
Genre: Crime, investigation, psychological, thriller
Episodes: 14
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2024-May-24 to 2024-Jul-06
Air time: Friday & Saturday 22:00
Original soundtrack: Connection OST

Synopsis

After his promotion to inspector, Jang Jae Kyung is abducted for three days. Just moments before, he received an SOS text message from a former friend referencing the name "Doctor". The new and potent "Lemon Mulberry" drug is injected into his system and one pill is left in his coat. Suffering withdrawel symptoms and only flashes of what happened to him, he needs to find out the connection between him and this mysterious "Doctor".

User/Viewer Ratings

4.75

(4 votes)

Cast

Correlation Chart

^‡ Denotes classmates at the Jeokang High School
Main Cast

Ji Sung as Jang Jae Kyung (Narcotics squad, Inspector) ^‡
- Cho Han Gyeol as young Jae Kyung
Jun Mi Do as Oh Yoon Jin (reporter at Anhyun Economic Daily) ^‡
- Kim Min Joo (김민주) as young Yoon Jin
Kwon Yul as Park Tae Jin (prosecutor) ^‡
- Baek Jae Woo as young Tae Jin
Kim Kyung Nam as Won Jong Soo (Keumhyung Group's successor) ^‡
- Park Si Yoon (박시윤) as young Jong Soo

Anhyeon Police Station

Yoon Sa Bong as Jung Yun Joo (Narcotics squad team leader)
Seo Yi Ra as Oh Soo Hyun (Narcotics squad sergeant)
Jung Jae Kwang as Kim Chang Soo (Narcotics squad lieutenant)
Park Jung Pyo as Yoo Kyung Hwan (Homocide inspector)
Kim Min Shik as Park In Soo (Homocide detective)

Keumhyung Group / Pharmaceuticals

Moon Sung Geun as Won Chang Soo (Chairman and Jong Soo's father)
Cha Yup as Oh Chi Hyun (Chief Secretary) ^‡
Oh Il Young (오일영) as Lee Myung Guk (chief researcher, ep 3)
Park Keun Rok as Jung Sang Eui (researcher) ^‡

Anhyun Economic Daily newspaper

Jang Hyuk Jin as Hwang Hong Suk (Yoon Jin's boss, ep 1, 4-5, 14)
Lee Sang Joon as Kim Woo Sung (Yoon Jin's junior)

Others

Yoon Na Moo as Park Joon Seo (Jae Kyung's friend who betrayed him 20 years ago) ^‡
- Lee Hyun So (이현소) as young Joon Seo
Jung Yoo Min as Choi Ji Yun (Joon Seo's wife)
Jung Soon Won as Heo Joo Song (CEO Two Star Holdings, insurance) ^‡
- Jo Min Goo (조민구) as young Joo Song
Lee Kang Wook as Jung Yoon Ho (a taxi driver) ^‡
- Kim Jae Hoon (김재훈) as young Yoon Ho
Ryu Hye Rin as Kang Shi Jung (Yoon Ho's wife) ^‡
Yoo Hee Je as Kong Jin Wook
Baek Ji Won as CEO Yoon
Han Hyun Joon (한현준) as Min Hyun Woo (student and courier)

Guest appearances

Ryu Hae Joon (류해준) as Ahn Myung Ho (ep 1)
Kim Joong Ki as Joon In Sang (mayor, ep 1, 12)
Lee Chang Hoon as corporate PR staff (ep 1)
Lee Dong Soo (이동수) as Internal Affairs investigator (ep 1)
Seo Sang Won as Bae Byung Ho (Anhyeon Police chief, ep 1, 3, 4, 14)
Uhm Tae Ohk (엄태옥) as appartment security guard (ep 1)
Kim Mi Ji (김미지) as nurse (ep 1)
Choi Young Woo (최영우) as Jang Chul Goo (Boss of Ogumi gang, ep 1, 2)
Park Jin Woo as Jeokang High School teacher (ep 2)
Han Ki Jang (한기장) as subway CCTV staff (ep 2)
Lee Joong Yul as appartment security guard (ep 2)
Lee Eun (이은) as Lee Eun Hee (Myung Guk's daughter, ep 3)
Lee Yun Joo as realty manager at Joon Seo's company (ep 3, 14)
Do Gun Wu (도건우) as Min Ho (ep 3-6)
Kang Hak Soo (강학수) as construction site manager (ep 4)
Yoo Byung Hoon (유병훈) as mill & rice cake store owner (ep 4)
Jung Gi Sup as Bok Rye’s son (ep 4)
Go Dong Ha (고동하) as restroom boy (ep 5)
Jo Hyun Im (조현임) as parked car witness (ep 5)
Lee Jae Woo (이재우) as taxi driver (ep 5)
Jang Eun Soo (장은서) as Yoon Mi Ja (Chief of Accounting at taxi company, ep 5)
Ahn Soo Ho as No Guy Min's landlord (ep 5)
Kwak Ji Sook (곽지숙) as Director Kim (Woonjong Medical Center) (ep 5)
Park Gun Rak as manager (Woonjong Medical Center) (ep 5)
Ahn Sung Bong (안성봉) as CEO Yoon's subordinate (ep 5)
Park Yong (박용) as hearing aid vendor (ep 6)
Min Eung Shik (민응식) as Kang Young Hoon (ep 6)
Bae Sung Il as Park Gwang Young (ep 6)
Kim Hyo Jin as Hyun Woo's grandmother (ep 6, 14)
Cho Yu Jin (조유진) as doctor (ep 7)
Park Hee Jung (박희정) as Director Kim's secretary (ep 7)
Park Byung Wook (박병욱) as security guard (ep 7)
Kim Soo Kyung (김수경) as Yoo Sung Eun (ep 7)
Park Jin (박진) as Uhm Si Jung aka 'Straw' (ep 7, 10)
Yoo Soon Woong (유순웅) as security guard at cold storage facility (ep 7-8)
Park Jae Wan as VP Wonjin Bank (ep 8)
Lee Jae In (이재인) as diet clinic doctor (ep 8)
Lee Soo Chan (이수찬) as Chae Kyung Tae (ep 9) ^‡
Shin Yun Woo as Yoon Ho's daughter (ep 9, 14)
Lee Shin Ki (이신기) as Han Sung Hoon (ep 9)
Park Sang Won (박상원) as Lee Geun Ho (ep 9-10)
Seo Young Soo (서영수) as Ko Gi Sung (CEO Yoon's subordinate with hearing aid, ep 9, 10)
Park Chan Woo (박찬우) as No Gyu Min (ep 13) ^‡
- Ahn Do Kyu as young Gyu Min (ep 10, 13)
Kim Young Sun as Kyung Tae’s mom (ep 13)
Jo Myung Haeng (조명행) as Smuggler (ep 13)

Production Credits

Production Companies: Studio S, Good Harvest (풍년전파상), Soul Pictures (쏘울픽쳐스)
Directors: Kim Moon Kyo, Kwon Da Som
Screenwriter: Lee Hyun

Episode Ratings

See Connection/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

2024 32nd SBS Drama Awards:
- Best SBS Drama of 2024
- Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama (Jun Mi Do)
- Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action (Kwon Yul, Kim Kyung Nam)
- Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action (Yoon Sa Bong, Jung Yoo Min)
- Best New Actress (Kim Min Joo (김민주))

External Links

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 *[[Lee Jae In (1975)|Lee Jae In]] (이재인) as diet clinic doctor (ep 8)
 *[[Lee Soo Chan]] (이수찬) as Chae Kyung Tae (ep 9) <sup>‡</sup>
-*[[Shin Yun Woo]] (신연우) as Yoon Ho's daughter (ep 9, 14)
+*[[Shin Yun Woo (2012)|Shin Yun Woo]] as Yoon Ho's daughter (ep 9, 14)
 *[[Lee Shin Ki]] (이신기) as Han Sung Hoon (ep 9)
 *[[Park Sang Won (1997)|Park Sang Won]] (박상원) as Lee Geun Ho (ep 9-10)