Prison Playbook
Prison Playbook is a 2017 South Korean television series directed by Shin Won-ho and starring Park Hae-soo and Jung Kyung-ho. The series marks Park's first-ever lead role. It aired on tvN from November 22, 2017 to January 18, 2018, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:10 for 16 episodes.
The series was a commercial hit and became one of the highest-rated series in Korean cable television history.
Synopsis
A captivating series revolving around the lives of convicts behind bars, their families and duty officers working in the correctional facilities. It focuses on the story of a superstar baseball pitcher, Kim Je-hyuk, who is convicted of assault after he saves his sister from a sexual assault.Cast
Main
- Park Hae-soo as Kim Je-hyuk
- * Lee Tae-sun as young Kim Je-hyuk
- Jung Kyung-ho as Lee Joon-ho
- * Lee Do-hyun as young Lee Joon-ho
Supporting
People around Je-hyuk
- Krystal Jung as Kim Ji-ho
- * Shin Rin-ah as child Kim Ji-ho
- * Lee Chae-yoon as teenage Kim Ji-ho
- Lim Hwa-young as Kim Je-hee
- Ye Soo-jung as Je-hyuk's mother
- Kim Kyung-nam as Lee Joon-dol
Seobu Detention Center
- Sung Dong-il as Chief Jo Ji-ho
- Jung Jae-sung as Professor Myung
- as Gal Dae-bong
Seobu Penitentiary
- Choi Moo-sung as Kim Min-chul
- Park Ho-san as Kang Chul-doo
- Lee Kyu-hyung as Yoo Han-yang
- Jung Hae-in as Yoo Jeong-woo
- as Go Park-sa
- Kang Seung-yoon as Lee Joo-hyung
- * Kang Seung-yoon as Lee Jong-won, Min-chul's fellow gang member who strongly resembles Joo-hyung. He, Min-chul and three others were found guilty of the murders of two rival gang members, but unlike Min-chul and two of their fellow co-accused, Jong-won was sentenced to death and executed on 6 January 1996.
- Kim Sung-cheol as Kim Young-cheol
- Ahn Chang-hwan as Dong-ho
- Jung Woong-in as Assistant Chief Paeng Se-yoon
Others
- Shin Jae-ha as Kim Min-sung
- Lee Jung-hyuk as Nexen Team GM Asst
- Choi Sung-won as Jo Ki-cheol a.k.a. "Spot"
- Lee Hoon-jin as "Soji"
- as operations chief Yeom Sang-jae
- Ahn Sang-woo as Warden Kim Yong-chul
- Park Hyung-soo as Department Chief Na Hyung-soo
- Kim Han-jong as "Daehyungsoji"
- Kang Ki-doong as Prison Guard Song Gi-dong
- Choi Yeon-dong as Vice Chief Lee Jung-jae
- as Choi Hyun-woo
- Lee Do-gyeom as Park Do-gyeom
- as Director Kim Hyuk-kwon
- as Kim Ji-ho's mother
- as Lee Joon-ho's mother
- Lee Moo-saeng as Captain Yoo's lawyer
- Jang Hyuk-jin as Yoo Han-yang's father
- Yeom Hye-ran as Yoo Han-yang's mother
- Seo Ji-hoon as Min-sik
- Han Duk-soo as News anchor
- Kim Kyung-rae as News anchor
- Ki Eun-ryung as News anchor
- as Chief Shim Woo-kyung
- as Baseball coach
- Bae Ho-geun as Jang Yoon-hwan
- as big prisoner
- Kim Tae-soo as Woodworking workshop inmate
- Lee Kyu-sung
- as a car thief
- Kim Jun-han as Song Ji-won
- Yang Dae-hyuk as Corporal Choi
- as Doctor Jung Dae-hyun
- Ye In
- as Challenge Golden Bell MC
- Lee Sang-yi as Sergeant Oh Dong-hwan
- as Lim Sun-soo
- Jung Moon-sung as Yoo Jung-min
- Shin Won-ho as Joo Jung-hoon
- Kim Mo-beom as Park Joon-young
- Lee Do-yeop as Director Doh
- as CEO Nam
- Kim Jung-pal as Director Ji
- Lee Yoon-sang
- Yoo Su-bin as Yang Jung-suk
- Ji Min-hyuk as Kang Gun-woo
- Kim Ka-young
- Kwon Da-ham
- Son Kyung-won
- Shin Hee-kuk
- Jung Dong-hoon
- Seo Sang-won
- as a rapist
- as Lee Suk-eun
- Kang Duk-jung
- Jung Kyung-cheol
- Lee Jae-woo
- Lee Do-kuk as Professor Kim Jin-sung
- as a baseball teammate
- Son Kang-kuk as Taxi driver
- as Jin Woong
- Jo Joon
- Lee Ki-hyuk as Junior guard
- Sung Hyun-joon
- Ahn Ji-hyun as Ji-ho's friend
- Choi Myung-bin as Soo-bin, Chief Paeng's daughter
Special appearance
- Yoo Jae-myung as Je-hyuk's lawyer
- Kim Sun-young as Kang Chul-doo's ex-wife
Production
- Prison Playbook is directed by Shin Won-ho, the award-winning director of Reply anthology series, and written by one of the series' junior writers, Jung Bo-hoon.
- The first script reading of the cast was held on July 17, 2017, at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul.
- The filming wrapped up on January 16, 2018.
Original soundtrack