Stealer: The Treasure Keeper TV Series Details:
Also known as | Stealer |
Hangul | 스틸러: 일곱 개의 조선통보 |
Hanja | 스틸러: 일곱 개의 朝鮮통보 |
Literal meaning | Stealer: Seven Joseon Coins |
Revised Romanization | Seutilleo: Ilgop Gaeui Joseontongbo |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Genre | Mystery, Action, Comedy |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 12 |
Release date | April 12 – May 18, 2023 |
Aired on | Wednesday, Thursday |
Running time | 70 min |
Age rating | 16+ |
Starring | Joo Won Lee Joo-woo Jo Han-chul Kim Jae-won Choi Hwa-jung |
Developed by | Studio Dragon (planning) |
Directed by | Choi Joon-bae Min Jung-ah |
Written by | Shin Kyung-il |
Produced by | Kim Tae-hoon Seo Jeong-hyun |
Executive producer | Lee Hye-young |
Music by | Park Se-joon |
Production Companies | Curo Holdings Studio V+ |
Distributor | tvN |
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper TV Series Cast & Character:
- Main
- Joo Won as Hwang Dae-myung / Skunk
- Hwang Dae-myung: a civil servant of the Special Investigation Division of the Cultural Heritage Administration.
- Skunk: a mysterious thief who always wears black mask and steals the country’s cultural assets.
- Lee Joo-woo as Choi Min-woo: an elite police officer who gets assigned to the cultural heritage team of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
- Jo Han-chul as Jang Tae-in: the founder of Karma who is the former leader of the Violent Crime Section’s Drug Squad.
- Kim Jae-won as Shin Chang-hoon: a former homicide detective.
- Choi Hwa-jung as Lee Chun-ja: a member of Karma who has unmatched hacking skills.
- Supporting
- Special Investigation Division of the Cultural Heritage Administration:
- Min Su-hwa as Jin Ae-ri: the youngest civil servant of the Cultural Heritage Administration and a direct subordinate of Dae-myung.
- Cultural property offenders:
- Lee Deok-hwa as Kim Young-soo: a person who stands at the peak of wealth with numerous cultural assets, but is blinded by endless greed.
- Kim Jae-chul as Jo Huin-dal: Young-soo’s right-hand man who is a thief specializing in antiques and a cruel killer.
- Choi Jung-woo as Dr. Ko: a legendary grave robber and treasure hunter.
- Jung Eun-pyo as Choi Song-cheol: director of the Institute of History and Culture.
- Jeon Jin-oh as Kim Young-chan: an antique and cultural property thief.
- Jang Gwang as Chairman Yang: an antique collector.
- as Secretary Han: Young-soo’s secretary.
- Others:
- Lee Seol-ah as Ahn Yeon-ji: an orphan who lives alone with her younger brother in Taebaek Coal Mine Village.
- Jung Min-joon as Ahn Yeon-seok: Yeon-ji’s younger brother.
- Extended
- Shim Jin-hwa as Shim Mi-young
- Kim Won-hyo as Mi-young’s husband
- Song Jae-hee as Jang Chun-peong
Storyline:
The series follows the story of Hwang Dae-myung (Joo Won), a government official, who is suddenly suspected of having a connection with a mysterious cultural property thief known as Skunk. He then joins an unofficial cultural asset recovery team named Karma to hunt down the thief and fight those who cannot be judged by the law.
About Stealer: The Treasure Keeper TV Series:
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper (Korean: 스틸러: 일곱 개의 조선통보) is a South Korean mystery action-comedy television series written by Shin Kyung-il and starring Joo Won, Lee Joo-woo, Jo Han-chul, Kim Jae-won, and Choi Hwa-jung.
The series working title was Karma: Seven Joseon Coins (카르마 – 일곱 개의 조선통보; Kareuma – Ilgop Gaeui Joseontongbo).
It aired on tvN from April 12 to May 18, 2023, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, and Viu in selected regions
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper TV Series Episodes List:
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.
Episodes | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nationwide) | Average audience share (Seoul) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | April 12, 2023 | 4.678% (2nd) | 4.964% (2nd) |
2 | April 13, 2023 | 3.668% (2nd) | 4.397% (2nd) |
3 | April 19, 2023 | 3.582% (2nd) | 3.913% (2nd) |
4 | April 20, 2023 | 3.766% (2nd) | 3.926% (2nd) |
5 | April 26, 2023 | 3.638% (2nd) | 4.224% (2nd) |
6 | April 27, 2023 | 3.140% (2nd) | 3.677% (2nd) |
7 | May 3, 2023 | 2.396% (3rd) | 2.951% (3rd) |
8 | May 4, 2023 | 2.225% (2nd) | 2.213% (2nd) |
9 | May 10, 2023 | 2.418% (3rd) | 2.739% (3rd) |
10 | May 11, 2023 | 2.325% (2nd) | 2.521% (2nd) |
11 | May 17, 2023 | 1.939% (3rd) | 2.287% (3rd) |
12 | May 18, 2023 | 2.320% (2nd) | 2.812% (2nd) |
Average | 3.008% | 3.385% |