Liar Game

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Title: 라이어 게임 / Liar Game
Chinese Title: 诈欺游戏
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: tvN
Broadcast period: 2014-Oct-20 to 2014-Nov-25
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 23:00

Synopsis

Based on the manga series “Liar Game“ by Shinobu Kaitani which was first published on 2005 in Japanese magazine ‘Weekly Young Jump‘.

This drama is about various contestants take part in a game show with a prize of 10 billion won wherein contestants are encouraged to cheat and lie. The contestants who able to cheat the others will wins the prize but debt if he/she loses the game. Contestants include genius swindler Cha Woo Jin (Lee Sang Yoon) and naive college student Nam Da Jung (Kim So Eun). Meanwhile, Kang Do Young (Shin Sung Rok) will play the MC and planner of this game show.

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Sang Yoon as Cha Woo Jin (participant of reality show “Liar Game”)
Kim So Eun as Nam Da Jung (participant of reality show “Liar Game”)
Shin Sung Rok as Kang Do Young (MC and planner of reality show “Liar Game”)
– Yoo Je Gun as Kang Do Young (young)

People around Cha Woo Jin

Choi Yoon So as Goo Ja Young (magazine reporter)
Kim Young Ae as Woo Jin’s mother

People around Nam Da Jung

Jo Jae Yoon as Jo Dal Goo
Uhm Hyo Sup as Da Jung’s father
Mi Ram as Sung Ja

People around Kang Do Young

Cha Soo Yun as Lee Yoon Joo (PD of reality show “Liar Game”)
Choi Jin Ho as Director Jang

Liar Game Participants

Kim Ik Tae as Hyun Jung Bum
Lee El as Oh Jung Ah / Jamie
Jang Seung Jo as Kim Bong Geun
Lee Shi Hoo as Choi Sung Joon
Lee Chul Min as Jun Young Chul / Bulldog
Park Jae Hoon as Goo In Ki
Park Noh Shik as Manager Jung Yong Soo
Lee Hae Young as Lawyer Go Chan Yong
Kim Sun Hwa (김선화) as Hong In Sook / Guru Pippi

Others

Lee Kyu Bok as President Bae

Cameos

Lee Joon Hyuk as criminal (ep 1)
Kim Kyung Jin as Da Jung’s fan (ep 5)
Ahn Suk Hwan as Lloyd Capital Investment CEO (ep 11)
Nam Myung Ryul

Production Credits

Production Company: Apollo Pictures, Fantagio
Director: Kim Hong Sun
Screenwriter: Ryu Yong Jae

Episode Ratings

Date	Ep	Title	Nationwide
2014-10-20	1	[Round 1] 500 million game Part 1	0.866
2014-10-21	2	[Round 1] 500 million game Part 2	1.046
2014-10-27	3	[Round 2] Minority game part 1	0.903
2014-10-28	4	[Round 2] Minority game part 2	1.065
2014-11-03	5	[Round 3] Layoffs games part 1	0.828
2014-11-04	6	[Round 3] Layoffs games part 2	0.949
2014-11-10	7	[Round 4] President game part 1	0.807
2014-11-11	8	[Round 4] President game part 2	1.108
2014-11-17	9	[Round 5] Smuggling game part 1	0.907
2014-11-18	10	[Round 5] Smuggling game part 2	1.250
2014-11-24	11	[The Final Round] - Layoffs games + The Stage for Winner part 1	0.804
2014-11-25	12	[The Final Round] - The Stage for Winner part 2	0.989