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Connection

Korean
May 24, 2024
60min
Season: 1
Episodes: 14
Status: released

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Connection TV Series Details:

Hangul 커넥션
Revised Romanization Keoneksyeon
McCune–ReischauerK’ŏneksyŏn
Country South Korea
Language Korean
GenrePsychological, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Season1
Episodes14
Release dateMay 24, 2024
Airs On Friday, Saturday
Running time60min
StarringJi Sung
Jeon Mi-do
Directed by Kim Mun-kyo
Written byLee Hyun
Produced byLee Kwang-sun
Developed by Studio S
Production CompaniesStudio S
Good Harvest
Soul Pictures
Distributor SBS TV

Connection TV Series Cast & Character:

Main

  • Ji Sung as Jang Jae-kyung: a detective of the Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station, who is respected by his juniors and trusted by his seniors within the police force.
    • Cho Han-gyeol as young Jang Jae-kyung
  • Jeon Mi-do as Oh Yun-jin: a social affairs reporter of the Anhyeon Economic Daily, who is assertive and outspoken.
    • Kim Min-ju as young Oh Yun-jin
  • Kwon Yul as Park Tae-jin: a prosecutor at Ahn Hyun District Office who was known as a child prodigy with a brilliant mind and gets entangled in a case involving his high school classmates Jae-kyung and Yun-jin.
  • Kim Kyung-nam as Won Jong-soo: a second generation chaebol who holds some sort of power through a friendship that has continued since his school days. He is Geumhyeong Group’s successor and has tense confrontation with high school classmate Jae-kyung.

Supporting

  • Jung Yoo-min as Choi Ji-yeon: a mysterious person who not only finds herself alone due to the sudden death of her family, but also discovers that she is not the beneficiary of 5 billion won in insurance money.
  • Jung Jae-kwang as Kim Chang-soo: a detective of Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station and Jae-kyung trusted right-hand man.
  • Cha Yup as Oh Chi-hyun: a fighter from Anhyeon City High School and values loyalty more than life. He is Jong-soo’s chief secretary.
  • Jeong Soon-won as Heo Joo-song: CEO of Two Star Holdings, an insurance company, who is talkative and weak-hearted and is in love to Yun-jin.
  • Seo Yi-ra as Oh Soo-hyun: the youngest detective of Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station under Jae-kyung.
  • Yoo Hee-je as Gong Jin-wook: a mystery person who is related to Jae-kyung’s drug addition.
  • Moon Sung-keun as Won Chang-ho: the chairman of the Geumhyeong Group and father of Jong-soo.
  • Lee Gang-wook as Jeong Yun-ho: a taxi driver who is one of the ‘Inner Circle’ friends and married to Si-jung.
  • Lee Sang-jun as Kim Woo-sung: a junior reporter at Anhyeon Economic Daily who is Yun-jin’s friend.
  • Ryu Hye-rin as Kang Si-jung: Yun-ho’s wife and Anhyeon City High School alumni.
  • Park Geun-rok as Jung Sang-ui: a researcher at Geumhyeong Pharmaceutical.
  • Yoon Na-moo as Park Jun-seo: President of Pil O Real Estate.
  • Yoon Sa-bong as Jung Yeon-joo: the team leader of Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station.
  • Han Hyeon-jun as Min Hyun-woo: a high school student.
  • Park Jung-pyo as Yoo Kyung-hwan: a detective of Violent Crimes Team at Anhyeon Police Station and has an antagonistic relationship with Yeon-joo.
  • Kim Min-sik as Park In-soo: a detective of Violent Crimes Team at Anhyeon Police Station.
  • Byun Hyo-joon as Min Jung-guk: a detective of Violent Crimes Team at Anhyeon Police Station.

Storyline:

It is about the story of an ace detective from the narcotics team who, after being forcibly addicted to drugs by someone, uses the death of his friend as a clue to uncover the story of their 20-year-old altered friendship and the connection between them.

About Connection TV Series:

Connection (Korean: 커넥션) is a South Korean psychological mystery crime thriller television series written by Lee Hyun, directed by Kim Moon-gyo, and starring Ji Sung, and Jeon Mi-do. Ji Sung and Jeon Mi-do will star together for the first time in this series.

A special teaser of the series was released on December 29, 2023.

It premiered on SBS TV on May 24, 2024, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Wavve and Coupang Play in South Korea and on Kocowa in the Americas.

Connection TV Series Episodes List:

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.

Ep.Original Broadcast DateNationwideSeoul
1May 24, 20245.7% (7th)6.1% (3rd)
2May 25, 20246.1% (2nd)7.0% (2nd)
3May 31, 20247.0% (4th)6.7% (3rd)
4June 1, 20247.9% (2nd)8.2% (2nd)
5June 7, 20248.5% (2nd)8.5% (1st)
6June 8, 20249.4% (2nd)10.0% (2nd)
7June 14, 20249.4% (2nd)9.8% (1st)
8June 15, 20249.1% (2nd)9.5% (2nd)
9June 21, 20249.1% (2nd)8.9% (2nd)
10June 22, 202411.1% (2nd)11.4% (2nd)
11June 28, 20249.7% (2nd)10.4% (1st)
12June 29, 202410.6% (2nd)11.2% (2nd)
13July 5, 202411.0% (2nd)11.7% (1st)
14July 6, 202414.2% (2nd)14.8% (2nd)
Average TV viewership ratings

Where to Watch Connection (Stream)

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Viki
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Kocowa
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Coupang Play
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