The Player
Title: 플레이어 / The Player
Chinese Title: 玩家
Early Title: 허슬 / Hustle
Genre: Action, Crime
Episodes: 14
Broadcast network: OCN
Broadcast period: 2018-Sep-29 to 2018-Nov-11
Air time: Saturdays and Sundays at 22:20
Synopsis
This drama is about the revenge of four talented individuals in their respective fields who create an elite team to solve crimes.
Kang Ha Ri (Song Seung Hun) is a veteran conman from a family of investigators who was born bold and gifted with words. Meanwhile, Cha Ah Ryung (Krystal) is a skilled driver who grew up in an orphanage after being abandoned by her parents.
Cast
Main Cast
Song Seung Hun as Kang Ha Ri
Krystal as Cha Ah Ryung
Lee Shi Un as Im Byung Min
Tae Won Suk as Do Jin Woong
People around Kang Ha Ri
Heo Joon Ho as Choi Hyun Ki (prosecutor)
Yoo Ye Bin as Choo Yun Hee (doctor)
Public Prosecutors’ Office
Kim Won Hae as Jang In Kyu (prosecutor)
Ahn Se Ho as section chief Maeng
Lee Hwang Ui as Yoo Ki Hoon
Kim Kwi Sun as Hwang Min Soo
Lee Hwa Ryong as Kang Sung Woo
The Targets
Lee Chang as that person
Jung Eun Pyo as Jin Yong Joon
Kwak Ja Hyung as Cha Dong Sup
Lee Seung Chul as Ji Mok Hyun
Others
Min Joon Hyun as Shim Dal Soo
Kim Hyung Mook as Na Won Hak
Kang Shin Koo as Park Hyun Jong
Lee Jae Goo as Choo Won Ki
Kim Kwang Sik as Park Choon Jae
Kim Jong Tae as that person
Seol Woo Hyung as Hyun Woo
Han Da Mi as Jang In Kyoo’s prosecutor
Cameo
Yoo Seung Ho as Lee Han Sang (part-time security guard) (ep. 1)
Hong Suk Chun as Driving Instructor (Ep. 1)
Wang Ji Hye as Ryu Hyun Ja (Kim Sung Jin’s wife) (ep. 7-8)
Jo Jae Yoon as Shin Yong Goo
Kim Sung Chul as Ji Sung Goo (Ji Mok Hyun’ son)
Kang Min Tae as drug dealer (ep. 8)
Jung Kang Hee as Shin Geum Ho (ep 8)
Yeon Je Wook as Yang Tae
Kim Seo Kyung as Mike
Han Chul Woo as Lee Hyun
Park Sun Woo as Baek Sun
Park Jin Woo as Nam Sang Tae
Park Eun Woo (박은우) as Byung Young Ji
Han Ki Joong as Kim Sung Jin
Lee Chung Mi as Yang Hye Joo
Bae Min Jung as Soo Han Na (Ryu Hyun Ja’s Secretary)
Production Credits
Production Company: iWill Media
Director: Ko Jae Hyun
Scriptwriter: Shin Jae Hyung
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | AGB | TNmS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-29 | 1 | 4.474 | 4.3 |
| 2018-09-30 | 2 | 4.876 | 4.9 |
| 2018-10-06 | 3 | 4.092 | 4.8 |
| 2018-10-07 | 4 | 4.186 | 5.5 |
| 2018-10-13 | 5 | 3.720 | - |
| 2018-10-14 | 6 | 4.573 | - |
| 2018-10-20 | 7 | 4.415 | - |
| 2018-10-21 | 8 | 4.904 | - |
| 2018-10-27 | 9 | 4.723 | - |
| 2018-10-28 | 10 | 4.640 | - |
| 2018-11-03 | 11 | 3.993 | - |
| 2018-11-04 | 12 | 3.879 | - |
| 2018-11-10 | 13 | 4.553 | - |
| 2018-11-11 | 14 | 5.803 | - |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea (Nationwide)
*** Different between TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielson – Here
*** Note: This drama is aired on Pay-TV channel which has fewer viewers than Free-TV channels. So, please don’t be surprised with the low rating. ***
Poster
Related Photo
(Other Photo from Official Site)
Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
– Trailer III
– Trailer IV
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September 4th, 2018 at 7:28 am
Yeah.. 😊
September 4th, 2018 at 8:34 am
seung hun oppa..
September 5th, 2018 at 7:33 pm
Song Seung Hun – Fighting 😛
A con man – good because then you will be acting a man with brain and witty = not boring. ha ha
September 9th, 2018 at 2:46 am
Looks interesting…
October 1st, 2018 at 7:01 pm
very good dramaaa….. recommended!!!!!
October 2nd, 2018 at 2:37 am
Really imitating the film Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), just a number of players and the flowfall is changed but the concept is the same
October 6th, 2018 at 5:45 am
sgn ye ye e5u ru
October 9th, 2018 at 1:26 am
SSH my prince … Krystal my lovely girl
What’s a beautiful combination dear ocn
October 10th, 2018 at 11:10 am
There is Yoo Seung Ho in ep 1…❤❤❤❤
October 12th, 2018 at 2:23 pm
@admin
https://star.koreandrama.org/kim-sung-chul/
Kim sung chul /kim sung cheol play role Ji Seong Gu
Play villain in ep 1 and 2
Chaebols who kidnapped and rape women, make video about rape and upload online
October 12th, 2018 at 2:24 pm
@admin
YOO SEUNG HO make Cameo appearance in ep 1 (police officer)
October 18th, 2018 at 2:57 pm
https://star.koreandrama.org/hu-joon-ho/#comment-4061371
He play Kang Ha Ri Father (ep 5 …..)
November 1st, 2018 at 6:08 pm
admin
please do not hide comment so that more people can write their views easily. Thank you.
November 13th, 2018 at 2:47 am
I love this drama. It is awesome drama! Thank you very much, Seung Hun Oppa and there rest of the gang and cast………
November 16th, 2018 at 6:48 pm
I will watch soon after I complete my dramas Terius and Room Number 9. 😛
November 25th, 2018 at 3:58 pm
YES https://koreandramaandost.blogspot.com/2018/11/heirs-korean-drama-ost-special.html INTERESTING
November 27th, 2018 at 12:32 am
Just finish. Very very interesting. A must watch drama 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
November 27th, 2018 at 10:55 pm
it’s a fun, action series to watch, so worth my time!
August 24th, 2019 at 12:23 am
Looks like a fun caper style drama with some action 🙂
January 19th, 2020 at 6:45 pm
Did they re-enacting veteran scene with ji seong gu character? In ep 2.