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Robber (TV series)

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Robber
Promotional poster
Also known asBulhandang
Robber of My Heart
Con Man
Bad Guy
Scoundrel
GenreDrama, Romance
Written byKim Kyu-wan
Directed byYoo In-shik
StarringJang Hyuk
Lee Da-hae
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Production locationKorea
Running time50 minutes on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production companySidusHQ
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
Release2 January (2008-01-02) –
28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)

Robber (Korean불한당; Hanja不汗黨; RRBulhandang; 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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International broadcast

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Country Network Airing dates
Hong Kong 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. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. ^ Oh, Jean (November 14, 2012). "Will IRIS sequel deliver?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  3. ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (10 February 2008). "Actor Jang Hyuk Becomes Father". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
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