MBC’s upcoming Friday-Saturday drama goes full force in the latest teaser featuring Lee Je Hoon.
Chief Detective 1958 is a prequel to Chief Inspector Park, an iconic Korean investigative drama. It is set 10 years earlier and will cover the younger days of detective Park Young-han, Korea’s representative fictional detective who received full support and love from viewers.
Moreover, it threads on how detective Park Young-han and three unique colleagues stand up to ugly crimes and become detectives for the people in the era of atrocity.
It is expected to be a dynamic story of Detective Park Young-han, who specializes in apprehending petty thieves in a barbaric era, as he teams up with colleagues to break the absurdities of corrupt power with common sense and become a detective for the people.
In an era in which crimes were solved solely with innate sense, insight, and tenacity, without profiling or the usual CCTV, it is expected to feature retro crime investigation drama, incorporating romance and joy of analog investigation.
This will provide a unique experience to the younger generation and a different kind of fun and emotion to the generation that remembers the activities of Chief Inspector Park.
Hitmakers joined forces for the return of the legendary national drama. Director Kim Seong-hoon, who showed sensational directing through films such as Confidential Assignment and Rampant steers the production and new writer Kim Young-shin, discovered by the MBC drama IP development team who planned Kkondae Intern and The Veil took charge of writing. Here, writer Jay Park, who wrote the dramas Chief Kim, The Fiery Priest and Vincenzo participates as a creator, exciting drama fans.
Lee Je Hoon as Young Detective Park Young-han
Reliable actor Lee Je Hoon completes the lead role in Chief Detective 1958. Meanwhile, the first set of character photos of young Park Young-han further stimulates anticipation.
Ox carts and automobiles coexist in Seoul 1958 as Park Young-han arrived in Seoul with only a bag in his hands. His expression as he stands in front of the Jongnam Police Station is full of excitement. He looks somewhat shabby and sloppy, but he is an indomitable hillbilly detective with the highest rate of arresting cattle thieves. His activity continues in Seoul, where events big and small take place that are incomparable to his hometown, Hwangcheon.
The composure and slyness that keep him smiling even in situations so dangerous that he pulls out a pistol, and the tenacity with which he pursues criminals clearly show why he is an unrivaled detective.
In a trouble-plagued era where justice is collapsing, what kind of performance will detective Park Young-han, who has the strength of an ox horn and a passionate heart, show? Look forward to his story, which will bring both emotion and excitement through a refreshing investigation.
Chief Detective 1958 premieres on Friday, April 19 at 9:50 PM on MBC!
Source: enews IMBC
