Payback TV Series Details:
Also known as | Payback: Money and Power |
Hangul | 법쩐 |
Hanja | 法쩐 |
Literal meaning | Law Money |
Revised Romanization | Beopjjeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Pŏptchŏn |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Genre | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 12 |
Release date | January 6 – February 11, 2023 |
Aired on | Friday, Saturday |
Running time | 1hr 10 min |
Age rating | 16+ |
Starring | Lee Sun-kyun Moon Chae-won Kang Yoo-seok Park Hoon |
Developed by | Studio S (planning) |
Directed by | Lee Won-tae |
Written by | Kim Won-seok |
Produced by | Yoo Hong-gu Kim Min-tae Park Hee-don Jung Soon-tae |
Executive producers | Lee Kwang-soon Kang Byeong-guk |
Music by | Park Se-joon |
Production Company | Red Nine Pictures |
Distributor | SBS TV |
Payback TV Series Cast & Character:
- Main
- Lee Sun-kyun as Eun Yong, a money trader who is the owner and head of investment of a global private equity fund.
- Yoon Jeong-il as young Eun Yong
- Moon Chae-won as Park Joon-kyung, a former prosecutor and a military judicial officer who passed the bar exam and graduated from the training institute with top scores.
- Han Dong-hee as young Park Joon-kyung
- Kang Yoo-seok as Jang Tae-chun, Yong’s nephew who is a prosecutor.
- Park Hoon as Hwang Ki-seok, a chief prosecutor.
- Supporting
- Kim Hong-pa as Myung In-joo, godfather of the underground economy who built a cartel of greed.
- Kim Mi-sook as Yoon Hye-rin, Joon-kyung’s mother.
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Eun Ji-hee, Tae-chun’s mother and Yong’s older sister.
- Park Hwan-hee as young Eun Ji-hee
- Kim Hye-hwa as Hong Han-na, Yong’s partner who is a lobbyist-turned-private equity fund representative.
- Choi Deok-moon as Nam Sang-il, a veteran prosecution investigator.
- Choi Jung-in as Ham Jin, a prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.
- Lee Ki-young as Oh Chang-hyun, former chief of the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office.
- Son Eun-seo as Myung Se-hee, In-joo’s daughter and Ki-seok’s wife.
- Choi Min-chul as Park Jung-soo, the chief prosecutor of the 5th Detective Division.
- Park Jung-pyo as Lee Young-jin, Ki-seok’s right-hand man and chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.
- Kwon Hyuk as Lee Su-dong, In-joo’s partner.
- Won Hyun-joon as Lee Jin-ho, a capital market thug and Yong’s old friend from juvenile detention center.
- Kim Kyung-ho as young Lee Jin-ho
- Lee Geon-myung as Kim Seong-tae, In-joo’s right-hand man.
- Kwon Tae-won as Baek In-soo, a former prosecutor and a member of the National Assembly.
- Jo Young-jin as Son Seung-jin, a politician.
Storyline:
Eun Yong, a money business titan and an affluent financial capitalist, has been living a life of a recluse in the pastures of Mongolia. Eun returns to Korea when his nephew Tae-chun and his late benefactor’s daughter Joon-gyeong enlists his help. He prepares for war against corrupt powers to protect his beloved family and to avenge the death of a dear old friend.
About Payback TV Series:
Payback: Money and Power (Korean: 법쩐) is a South Korean action crime thriller television series directed by Lee Won-tae and written by Kim Won-seok. The series stars Lee Sun-kyun, Moon Chae-won, Kang Yoo-seok, and Park Hoon.
It aired on SBS TV from January 6 to February 11, 2023, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST). Payback: Money and Power is also available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Payback TV Series Episodes List:
Episodes | Original Broadcast Date | Average Audience Share (Nationwide) | Average Audience Share (Seoul) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | January 6, 2023 | 8.7% (4th) | 9.6% (4th) |
2 | January 7, 2023 | 7.4% (3rd) | 8.3% (3rd) |
3 | January 13, 2023 | 8.7% (3rd) | 8.9% (3rd) |
4 | January 14, 2023 | 9.6% (2nd) | 10.1% (2nd) |
5 | January 20, 2023 | 9.5% (3rd) | 9.7% (3rd) |
6 | January 21, 2023 | 7.1% (3rd) | 7.5% (2nd) |
7 | January 27, 2023 | 11.1% (3rd) | 11.6% (2nd) |
8 | January 28, 2023 | 10.7% (2nd) | 10.7% (2nd) |
9 | February 3, 2023 | 11.1% (3rd) | 11.1% (3rd) |
10 | February 4, 2023 | 9.5% (2nd) | 9.9% (2nd) |
11 | February 10, 2023 | 11.4% (3rd) | 11.8% (3rd) |
12 | February 11, 2023 | 11.1% (2nd) | 10.8% (3rd) |
Average | 9.7% | 10.0% |