Robber (TV series)

2008 South Korean TV series or program

Robber

Promotional poster

Also known as| Bulhandang
Robber of My Heart
Con Man
Bad Guy
Scoundrel
Genre| Drama, Romance
Written by| Kim Kyu-wan
Directed by| Yoo In-shik
Starring| Jang Hyuk
Lee Da-hae
Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| Korean
No. of episodes| 16
Production
Production location| Korea
Running time| 50 minutes on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production company| SidusHQ
Original release
Network| SBS TV
Release| 2 January (2008-01-02) –
28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)

Robber (Korean: 불한당; Hanja: 不汗黨; RR: Bulhandang; lit. 'Con Man') is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk and Lee Da-hae. It aired on SBS TV from January 2 to February 28, 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.[1]

This is the first time that Jang and Lee were paired together onscreen; they would later star in The Slave Hunters (2010) and Iris II (2013).[2]

## Plot

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After graduating from high school, Jin Dal-rae begins working at a local bank in Pyeongchang County. There, she meets Jang Tae-oh, a mountain climber, and she follows him to Seoul, where they get married. Dal-rae becomes pregnant, but before the baby is born, Tae-oh is killed in a freak accident in the mountains. Dal-rae moves in with her mother-in-law, Lee Soon-seom, and together the two women raise her daughter, Yoo-jin.

Several years pass, and Soon-seom herself encourages Dal-rae to move on, even setting her up on blind dates. During one such date, Dal-rae meets the elderly and wealthy Chairman Kim, who isn't really looking for a young wife, but searching for a prospective spouse for his socially inept son Jin-goo. Chairman Kim is impressed with Dal-rae's kindness and integrity, and is determined that she become his daughter-in-law.

Meanwhile, Dal-rae also encounters Kwon Oh-joon. Oh-joon was once a boxer, but he quit because he didn't want to mess up his "pretty boy" face. Since then, he has been masquerading as a fund manager, but in reality he is a con artist who lives off lonely, gullible women by scamming them. His sister Oh-sook is married to an abusive husband, and Oh-joon has been paying off her debts, but he soon grows desperate with the loan sharks hounding him and threatening to kill him unless he pays up. Learning that Dal-rae has been saving to start her own business, she becomes his next target. But as he gets to know her and her family, Oh-joon finds himself falling in love for real.

## Cast

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* Jang Hyuk as Kwon Oh-joon[3]
* Lee Da-hae as Jin Dal-rae
* Kim Jung-tae as Kim Jin-goo
* Kim Hae-sook as Lee Soon-seom, Dal-rae's mother-in-law
* Hong Kyung-in as Kim Man-doo, Oh-joon's friend
* Son Byong-ho as Kim Ho-jin, gangster boss
* Yoon Yoo-sun as Kwon Oh-sook, Oh-joon's sister
* Kim Hwan-hee as Jang Yoo-jin (nicknamed "Soon-dae"), Dal-rae's daughter
* Kang Ki-hwa as Kim Yeon-ah
* Choi Eun-sook
* Kim In-ae as Chairman Kim, Jin-goo's father
* Ma Dong-seok as Jong-goo, debt collector
* Im Hyung-joon as Joong-sik, the other debt collector
* Seo Yoo-jung as Oh-joon's ex-girlfriend
* Jung Gyu-woon as Jang Tae-oh, Dal-rae's husband
* Kim Eun-joo as Young-sook (cameo, ep 1)
* Shin Seung-hwan

## International broadcast

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Country  | Network  | Airing dates

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Hong Kong | TVB
TVB Jade
HD Jade  | June 5, 2010 – September 25, 2010 (Saturday 13:15 – 14:45)
Thailand | Channel 9 MCOT HD | August 14, 2008 – November 28, 2008 (Every Thursday through Friday from 13.05 to 14.00.)

## References

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1. ^ "Robber". KoreanWiz. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
2. ^ Oh, Jean (November 14, 2012). "Will IRIS sequel deliver?". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
3. ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (February 10, 2008). "Actor Jang Hyuk Becomes Father". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

## External links

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* Robber official SBS website (in Korean)
* Robber at HanCinema
* Robber at IMDb

*[No.]: Number
*[lit.]: literal translation