Prison Playbook

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

A black comedy about prisoners and staff at a prison.

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 (이도현) 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 (김성철) as "Law Man" / Kim Young Chul
• Ahn Chang Hwan (안창환) 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 (주석태) as prison operations chief
• Ahn Sang Woo (안상우) as Kim Yong Chul (prison manager)
• Park Hyung Soo (박형수) 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 (김준한) as Song Ji Won (Yoo Han Yang's lover)
  • Kim Seung Chan (김승찬) as young Ji Won

Production Credits

• Director: Shin Won Ho (신원호)
• 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

• Official site
• Daum movie site
• Korean Wikipedia

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