
Set in the turbulent times of South Korea between the ’80s and ’90s, it depicts the fierce life, revenge, and conflict of young people who have to pursue power and wealth by any means in an era filled with wrong social values. Lee Doo Hak is a young man who was born in a small city in Jeolla Province and grew up innocent with a clever brain. However, he fatefully becomes caught in a whirlpool of events and ends up in the middle of conflict. After going through a real estate fraud group, he becomes a “political gangster” and lives his life to avenge his father’s unjust death.
First Aired: 3/6/2023
Languages: Korean
Created by: Han Hee, Jung Hyung-soo
Type: Scripted
Companies: Raemongraein, Say On Media
Countries: South Korea

ParkMin
The drama had no right or reason to get the full 16-episode lengthy runtime. Zooming out to look at the drama as a whole, they turned a movie plot into a fully-fledged 18+ hours of redundant episodes. This was quite apparent, watching the writer struggling immensely at every turn. It's also why the writer incorporated cheap antics to get around the plot, the worst of which were the cowardly sneaked-in time-skips, a deplorable trope. Anyway, the writer must have been wearing his clown costume while scripting the last episode. This drama had no respect for the viewers or their time. We were promised an oasis but we were left stranded in the desert.
Choi Cheol-woong

Jang Dong-yoon
Lee Doo-hak

Seol In-a
Oh Jung-jin / Sophia

Choo Young-woo
Choi Cheol-woong

Kim Myung-soo
Lee Joong-ho

Kang Kyung-hun
Kang Yeo Jin

So Hee-jung
Mrs Jung-am

Kang Ji-eun
Cha Geum-ok

Hyun Seung-hee
Ham Yang-ja

Do Sang-woo
Kim Hyung Joo

Jin Yi-han
Oh Man Ok

Im Seung-jun
Wool Peu [Gangster]

Jeon No-min
Hwang Chung Seong
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