Prison Playbook

Prison Playbook[2] (Korean: 슬기로운 감빵생활; RR: Seulgiroun Gamppangsaenghwal; lit. Wise Prison Life) is a 2017 South Korean television series directed by Shin Won-ho and starring Park Hae-soo and Jung Kyung-ho. The series marks Park Hae-soo's first-ever lead role. It aired on tvN from November 22, 2017, to January 18, 2018, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:10 (KST) time slot for 16 episodes.[3][4]

Prison Playbook
Promotional poster
Also known asSmart Prison Living
Hangul슬기로운 감빵생활
GenreBlack comedy[1]
Created byLee Woo-jung[1]
Written byJung Bo-hoon
Directed byShin Won-ho
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producer(s)Park Sung-jae
Producer(s)Park Soo-woo
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time90 minutes
Production company(s)tvN
Distributor
Release
Original networktvN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseNovember 22, 2017 (2017-11-22) –
January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)
External links
Website

Synopsis

A captivating drama revolving around the lives of convicts behind bars, their families and duty officers working in the correctional facilities. A superstar baseball pitcher, Kim Je-hyuk, is convicted of assault after he saves his sister from a sexual attack.

Cast

Main
A superstar baseball player who turns into a convict overnight.
An elite prison guard and Je-hyuk's best friend.

Supporting

People around Je-hyuk
  • Krystal Jung as Kim Ji-ho
    • Shin Rin-ah as child Kim Ji-ho
    • Lee Chae-yoon as teenage Kim Ji-ho
A traditional Korean medicine student and Je-hyuk's girlfriend.
Je-hyuk's younger sister.
Joon-ho's younger brother who is a reporter and an avid fan of Je-hyuk.

Seobu Detention Center
A veteran prison guard chief who is quick and flexible when it comes to resolving incidents that takes place inside the prison.[5]
  • Jung Jae-sung as "Professor Myung"
  • Lee Ho-chul as Gal Dae-bong (aka "Good-for-nothing Low-life")

Seobu Penitentiary
A gang member who was sentenced to twenty five years' imprisonment because of murder.
  • Park Ho-san as Kang Chul-doo (aka "KAIST")
An engineer who was sentenced of imprisonment for three years and six months because of gambling scam.
A repeat convict criminal who is unable to refrain from stealing.
  • Jung Min-sung as Go Park-sa (aka "Doctor Go")
A manager who was imprisoned because of his company embezzling ten billion won and taking the fall purposely.
A repeat offender for the wrongdoing of drugs.
  • Ahn Chang-hwan as Dong-ho (aka "Croney")
  • Jung Hae-in as Yoo Jeong-woo (aka "Captain Yoo")
A commanding officer who allegedly assaulted his teammate mercilessly, which led to the latter's death.
A man who frequently goes in and out of prison.
A fierce prison guard.

Others
  • Shin Jae-ha as Kim Min-sung
  • Lee Jung-hyuk as Nexen Team GM Asst
  • Choi Sung-won as "Spot"
  • Lee Hoon-jin as "Soji" (goods carrier)
  • Joo Seok-tae as an operations chief
  • Ahn Sang-woo as Prison Governor Kim Yong-chul
  • Park Hyung-soo as Department Chief Na Hyung-soo
  • Kim Han-jong as "Daehyungsoji" (heavy goods carrier)
  • Kang Ki-doong as Prison Guard Song Gi-dong
  • Choi Yeon-dong as Vice Chief Lee Jung-jae
  • Kim Ki-nam as Choi Hyun-woo (prisoner)
  • Lee Do-gyeom as Park Do-gyeom (prison guard)
  • Lim Cheol-hyung as Director Kim Hyuk-kwon
  • Kong Sang-a as Kim Ji-ho's mother
  • Park Hye-jin as Lee Joon-ho's mother
  • Jung Jin
  • Lee Moo-saeng as Captain Yoo's lawyer
  • Kim Jae-geon
  • Jang Hyuk-jin as Yoo Han-yang's father
  • Yeom Hye-ran as Yoo Han-yang's mother
  • Seo Ji-hoon as Min-sik
  • Han Duk-soo as News anchor
  • Kim Kyung-rae as News anchor
  • Ki Eun-ryung as News anchor
  • Lee Young-suk
  • Yoo Hyung-kwan as Chief Shim Woo-kyung (prisoner)
  • Park Young-soo
  • Jang Joon-nyung as Baseball coach
  • Bae Ho-geun as Jang Yoon-hwan
  • Kim Yong-un as big prisoner
  • Kim Tae-soo as Woodworking workshop worker
  • Lee Kyu-sung
  • Choi Kwang-il
  • Park Koo-yoon
  • Kim Dong-chan
  • Kwak Han-goo as a car thief
  • Kim Jun-han as Song Ji-won
  • Yang Dae-hyuk
  • Choi Young
  • Kang Hyun-jung
  • Ko Young-bin as Doctor Jung Dae-hyun
  • Ye In
  • Jang Joon-ho
  • Hong Seung-beom as Challenge Golden Bell MC
  • Lee Kyu-seob
  • Lee Sang-yi as Sergeant Oh Dong-hwan
  • Ahn Tae-young as Lim Sun-soo
  • Jung Moon-sung as Yoo Jung-min
  • Shin Won-ho as Joo Jung-hoon
  • Kim Mo-beom as Park Joon-young
  • Jo Kyung-hoon
  • Lee Do-yeob as Director Doh
  • Tae Won-suk
  • Park Kun-rak
  • Song Young-hak
  • Lee Shin-sung as CEO Nam
  • Kim Jung-pal (or Kim Jung-seok) as Director Ji
  • Lee Yoon-sang
  • Yoo Su-bin as Yang Jung-suk
  • Ji Min-hyuk as Kang Gun-woo
  • Kim Ka-young
  • Kwon Da-ham
  • Son Kyung-won
  • Shin Hee-kuk
  • Jung Dong-hoon
  • Seo Sang-won
  • Kim Ki-moo as a rapist
  • Lee Seok as Lee Suk-eun
  • Kang Duk-jung
  • Jung Kyung-cheol
  • Lee Jae-woo
  • Lee Do-kuk as Professor Kim Jin-sung
  • Ko I-geon as a baseball teammate
  • Son Kang-kuk as Taxi driver
  • Bae-Jin-woong as Jin Woong
  • Jo Joon
  • Lee Ki-hyuk
  • Sung Hyun-joon
  • Ahn Ji-hyun as Ji-ho's friend

Special appearance

Production
  • Prison Playbook is directed by Shin Won-ho, the award-winning director of Reply franchise and written by one of the franchise's junior writers, Jung Bo-hoon.[6][7]
  • The first script reading of the cast was held on July 17, 2017, at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul.[8]
  • The filming wrapped up on January 16, 2018.[9]

Original soundtrack
Prison Playbook
Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean, English
Label
  • CJ E&M
  • Koong Entertainment
ProducerKim Han-jo (executive)

Part 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."OK"BewhyGray, DAX, BewhyBewhy03:12
2."OK" (Inst.) Gray, DAX, Bewhy 03:12
Total length:06:24

Part 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."The Door (Prod. By Zico)" (문)Mino, ZicoZico, PoptimeKang Seung-yoon, Mino (Winner)03:21
2."The Door (Prod. By Zico)" (Inst.) Zico, Poptime 03:21
Total length:06:42

Part 3
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Like A Dream" (꿈만 같아)DGGDGGPark Bo-ram03:02
2."Like A Dream" (Inst.) DGG 03:02
Total length:06:04

Part 4
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Bravo, My Life!"Jong-jin KimJong-jin KimEric Nam04:05
2."Bravo, My Life!" (Inst.) Jong-jin Kim 04:05
Total length:08:10

Part 5
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Would Be Better" (좋았을걸)HeizeHeize, DAVIIHeize03:40
2."Would Be Better" (Inst.) Heize, DAVII 03:40
Total length:07:20

Part 6
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Nostalgia (Prod. by Woogie)" (향수)Woo Won-jaeWoogieWoo Won-jae03:21
2."Nostalgia (Prod. by Woogie)" (Inst.) Woogie 03:21
Total length:06:42

Part 7
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."No Problem" (괜찮아)Shim Jae-hee, PrimeboiPrimeboiCNU, Baro (B1A4)03:33
2."No Problem" (Inst.) Primeboi 03:33
Total length:07:06

Part 8
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."That's The Way It Goes (ft. Kim Min-jae (REAL.BE))" (다이런거지뭐)DAVIIDAVIIDAVII03:49
2."That's The Way It Goes" (Inst.) DAVII 03:49
Total length:07:38

Part 9
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Those Days (Without You)" (하루일과)Zion.TZion.T, Slom, PeejayZion.T03:05
2."Those Days (Without You)" (Inst.) Zion.T, Slom, Peejay 03:05
Total length:06:10

Part 10
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."How Strange" (희한하네)Rhythm PowerTopic Of ChanganRhythm Power03:23
2."How Strange" (Inst.) Topic Of Changan 03:23
Total length:06:46

Commercial performance
Chart performance
Title Year Peak Sales Remarks
Gaon
[10]
"The Door" (문) 2017 — Part 2
"Would Be Better" (좋았을걸) 22 Part 5
"Nostalgia" (향수) 93 Part 6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[14] TNmS[15]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 November 22, 2017 4.638% 4.816% 5.1%
2 November 23, 2017 5.381% 5.900% 5.1%
3 November 29, 2017 4.698% 5.336% 4.9%
4 November 30, 2017 5.468% 6.644% 5.3%
5 December 6, 2017 5.612% 6.518% 5.7%
6 December 7, 2017 5.847% 6.260% 6.2%
7 December 13, 2017 6.388% 6.942% 7.1%
8 December 14, 2017 6.774% 7.409% 7.0%
9 December 20, 2017 7.313% 8.376% 7.4%
10 December 21, 2017 7.910% 8.809% 7.7%
11 January 3, 2018 9.095% 10.139% 8.7%
12 January 4, 2018 9.393% 10.511% 9.6%
13 January 10, 2018 10.142% 11.077% 10.2%
14 January 11, 2018 10.615% 11.531% 11.3%
15 January 17, 2018 10.477% 11.620% 10.9%
16 January 18, 2018 11.195% 12.299% 10.9%
Average 7.559% 8.387% 7.7%
Special December 27, 2017 5.110% 5.658% 5.3%
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2018 22nd Asian Television Awards Best Drama Series Prison PlaybookNominated
12th Korean Cable TV Awards Best Drama Won [16]
54th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest DirectorShin Won-hoNominated[17][18]
Best Supporting ActorPark Ho-sanWon
Best New ActorPark Hae-sooNominated
Best ScreenplayJung Bo-hoonNominated
Most Popular ActorJung Hae-inWon
6th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Hae-soo Nominated [19]
Best Supporting Actor Park Ho-san Won
2nd The Seoul Awards Nominated [20]
Best New Actor Park Hae-soo Won
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References
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  2. Prison Playbook '응답하라' 슬기로운 감빵생활! 171122 EP.0. YouTube (in Korean). tvN Drama. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. Kim, Jin-seok. "[단독]정경호·박해수, tvN '슬기로운 감빵생활' 주인공". Naver (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. Baek, Sol-mi. "tvN '슬기로운 감빵생활', 슬기롭지 않은 대본 보안". Naver (in Korean). Sports DongA. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  5. Choi, Hye Won (November 8, 2017). <슬기로운 감빵생활> 압도적인 24人 캐릭터포스터 공개! (in Korean). iMBC.
  6. Moon, Wan-sik. "신원호PD "'감옥' 드라마 가을 첫선..'응답' 내년 이후"(일문일답)". Naver (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  7. Jo, Hyeon-joo. "신원호 PD "감옥 소재 신작, 페이소스 있는 블랙코미디" (인터뷰)". Tenasia (in Korean). Korea Entertainment Media. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  8. Kim, Ji-ho. 크리스탈, '감빵생활' 합류…17일 대본리딩 완료. Naver (in Korean). Dispatch. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  9. Kim, Yoon-ji. "어떻게 헤어져"…'슬기로운 감빵생활', 촬영 종료. Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  10. Gaon Digital Chart:
  11. Cumulative sales for "The Door":
  12. Cumulative sales for "Would Be Better":
  13. Cumulative sales for "Nostalgia":
  14. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  15. "TNMS 홈페이지에 오신 것을 환영합니다". TNmS (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  16. "Winners Of The 2018 Korea Cable TV Awards". Soompi. 16 April 2018.
  17. "[2018 백상예술대상 종합] tvN '비밀의 숲'·영화 '1987' 대상 영예+3·4관왕". Osen (in Korean). May 4, 2018.
  18. "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
  19. "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018.
  20. ‘제2회 더 서울어워즈’ 10월27일 개최, 드라마-영화 각 부문별 후보공개. iMBC (in Korean). September 28, 2018.
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