Heartless City

Heartless City
Promotional poster
Genre Noir/Crime
Action
Romance
Written by Yoo Seong-yeol
Directed by Lee Jung-hyo
Starring Jung Kyung-ho
Lee Jae-yoon
Nam Gyu-ri
Composer(s) Nam Hye-seung
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim, Uno
Producer(s) Kang Cheol-woo
Kim Eui-seok
Production location(s) Korea
Cinematography Choi Yoon-man
Editor(s) Lee Hyun-mi
Lee Young-rim
Production company(s) DRM Media
Distributor JTBC
Release
Original network JTBC
Original release 27 May (2013-05-27) – 30 July 2013 (2013-07-30)
External links
Website

Heartless City[1] (Hangul: 무정도시; RR: Mujeongdoshi; lit. Cruel City) is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Jung Kyung-ho, Nam Gyu-ri and Lee Jae-yoon.[2] It aired on JTBC from May 27 to July 30, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes.

Plot

The noir/crime drama revolves around the love and struggles of undercover agents and members of an infamous drug ring.

When her older sister Lee Kyung-mi is murdered while undercover in the criminal underworld, Yoon Soo-min is driven to pick up where Kyung-mi left off. But in the shadows, there are no rules and no reason; Soo-min falls for the organization's drug kingpin, "The Doctor's Son," who also happens to be the prime suspect in her sister's murder.

Cast

Main Cast

  • Jung Kyung-ho as Jung Shi-hyun ("The Doctor's Son") - Grew up in a red light district/brothel until his mom died from drug-overdose. Then ran away from an orphanage (to Jin-Sook) and eventually became a drug courier for "Uncle" Safari. Shi-hyun is nicknamed "The Doctor's Son" and became the boss of a mid-sized gang. Highly ambitious. He is plotting to take over the position of "Scale," his drug supplier.
  • Lee Jae-yoon as Ji Hyung-min[3] - Hyung-min graduated from the police academy with top scores and gets promoted at a young age. Was studying law to join the Prosecutor's office, but returned to the police force to avenge an undercover officer's death. Now the section chief of a special investigation unit, his goal is to take down "Scale," which leads him to Shi-hyun.
  • Nam Gyu-ri as Yoon Soo-min[4] - Soo-min grew up in an orphanage with Kyung-mi, and they treat each other like real sisters. When Kyung-mi is killed in the line of duty, Soo-min goes undercover to catch her friend's killer and finish what Kyung-mi started. However, she ends up falling for "The Doctor's Son," the drug lord Kyung-mi was investigating until her untimely death.
  • Son Chang-min as Min Hong-ki - Director of the police/special investigative unit.
  • Kim Yoo-mi as Lee Jin-sook - President/CEO for various adult entertainment establishments. Worked the streets at an younger age. Close friend to Shi-hyun's mom. Looked out for Shi-hyun as he was growing up. Along with Soo, they both support and follow Shi-hyun's direction/quest to take over the drug distribution channel.
  • Choi Moo-sung as Moon Deok-bae ("Safari") - Knew Shi-hyun as a child. Paths did not cross again until he was sent down to Busan to pursue "Doctor's Son." Taught/gave Shi-hyun a switchblade knife when he was younger (this became Shi-hyun's weapon of choice).
  • Yoon Hyun-min as Kim Hyun-soo - Met Shi-hyun in prison and both worked under "Halibut." At times, hot headed but loyal to a fault.

Supporting Cast

  • Go Na-eun as Lee Kyung-mi - An undercover agent. She is Hyung-min's girlfriend and Soo-min's older sister. She grew up with Shi-hyun at the orphanage and is hinted that she is Shi-hyun's love interest, she later on died after being shot in the head by a sniper during an undercover mission to catch Doctor's Son who happened to be Shi-hyun.
  • Park Soo-young as chief of detective squad
  • Kil Yong-woo as Ji Man-hee - Attorney general and Hyung-min's father.
  • Kim Byung-ok as Jeoul ("Scale") - Head of the narcotics ring (drugs, loan sharking, adult entertainment establishments). Leader behind the scenes for "Halibut" and "Meth Kim."
  • Kim Jung-hak as Ahn Kyung-chan - Prosecutor.
  • Song Min-ji as Cha Hyo-joo
Reporter.
  • Jung Soo-young as Oh Jung-yeon
Prosecutor.
  • Kim Jong-goo as Jo ("Busan") aka "Chairman"
Leader of Busan gang.
  • Jung Ji-soon as Jo Ha-neul
Son of "Busan."
  • Park Young-ji as Cha
Lawmaker and Hyo-joo's father.
  • Jung Moon-sung as Shi-hyun's subordinate
  • Kim Min-sang as Kim Bbong ("Meth")
  • Kim Hyo-sun as Eun-soo
  • Lee Moo-saeng as Detective Kim
  • Shim Min as Joo-young
Soo-min's friend since kindergarten.
  • Kim Jae-hwa as Park Eun-ae

Music

The soundtrack digital single "Hurt" was sung by Kim Yong-jin of pop group Bohemian. Its repetition every episode followed the dark noir theme of the series.[5]

International broadcast

  • It aired in Vietnam on HTV2 from August 4, 2015, under the title Sống trong tội ác.
  • It aired in Thailand on MONO Plus (in a network of MONO29) from March 5, 2016 to May 8, 2016, under the title Fị rạk meụ̄xng khæ̂n (Thai: ไฟรักเมืองแค้น).

References

  1. ↑ "Heartless City". JTBC Worldwide. JTBC Content Hub. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Lee, Sun-min (22 May 2013). "Cruel City gets a glitzy start". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. ↑ Kim, Hyung-eun (28 May 2013). "Lee's new role not quite so Heartless". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  4. ↑ Han, Jae-hee (6 August 2013). "Nam finds catharsis, even if she's a weirdo". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  5. ↑ "'보헤미안 용진의 '무정도시' OST '상처', 극 몰입도 고조 '호평'". WStarNews (in Korean). 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
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