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Title 수상한 파트너 Suspicious Partner
Chinese Title 奇怪的搭檔

Synopsis

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A forgetful killer can be a dangerous thing. Noh Ji Wook (Ji Chang Wook) is a prosecutor who changes jobs to become a private attorney at a powerful law firm. Meanwhile, Eun Bong Hee (Nam Ji Hyun) is a prosecutor trainee who works with prosecutor Cha Yoo Jung (Nara), Ji Wook’s ex-girlfriend who desperately wants to win him back. Attorney Ji Eun Hyuk (Choi Tae Joon) is a longtime family friend of Ji Wook’s but harbors some resentment about their different family circumstances.

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When a murderer strikes, Bong Hee suddenly finds herself as a suspect in the murder. But it appears the real killer has amnesia, and the killer keeps coming after Bong Hee and Ji Wook. Can the two team up to catch the forgetful killer?

Cast

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Ji Chang Wook as Noh Ji Wook
– Oh Han Kyul as Ji Wook (child)
– Son Sang Yeon as Ji Wook (teen)
Nam Ji Hyun as Eun Bong Hee
– Choi Myung Bin as Bong Hee (young)
Choi Tae Joon as Ji Eun Hyuk
– Kwon Bin (권빈) as Eun Hyuk (young)
Nara as Cha Yoo Jung
– Ryu Han Bi (류한비) as Yoo Jung (young)

Jang Hyuk Jin as Bang Eun Ho (Ji Wook’s friend)
Lee Duk Hwa as Byun Young Hee
Nam Gi Ae as Hong Bok Ja
Jo Seung Yun as Noh Young Suk
Jin Hee Kyung as Kim Mi Yun (Ji Wook’s late mother)

Yoon Bok In as Park Young Soon
Hwang Chan Sung as Jang Hee Joon (Bong Hee’s ex-boyfriend)
Lee Do Yup as Eun Man Soo (Bong Hee’s late father)

Kim Ye Won as Na Ji Hae
Heo Joon Suk as Woo Hee Kyu
Shim Eun Woo as Hong Cha Eun

Kim Hong Fa as Jang Moo Young (Hee Joon’s father)
Dong Ha as Hyun Soo
Jin Joo Hyung as Go Chan Ho (forensic investigator)
Jang Won Young as pervert guy from subway
Choi Hong Il as vice-chief of prosecutor
Kim Gi Nam (김기남) as Yoo Jung’s superior
Kim Soo Hyun
Lee Da Jin
Park Kyu Young as Park So Young (the woman whom Hyun Soo loved)
Lee Shi Hoon as Detective Joon Ho
Woo Jung Won as Chef Yang’s older sister

Cameo

Kim Kyung Jin as the guy who disturbed Bong Hee while drinking (ep 1)
Hong Suk Chun as fake monk (ep 3-4)
Seo Jin Wook as forensic expert who testified in court (ep 4)
Jo Jung Shik as news anchor (ep 4)
Jo Won Hee (조원희) as judge (ep 4)
Park Sung Geun as flasher (ep 4, 6, 8)
Ji Il Joo as Jun Sung Ho (the stalker, ep 6)
Lee Shi Ah as Lee Na Eun (ep 6)
Jun Yeo Jin as flower shop owner (ep 7)
Kim Jin Woo (김진우) as son of Eun Hyuk’s client
Seo Dong Won as So Jung Ha (the psychic guy, ep 21-22)
Jo Ah Ra as Jung Ha’s girlfriend (ep 22)
Kwon Hyung Joon as Kang Sun Il (falsely accused arsonist, ep 28-30)
Lee Shi Hoon (이시훈) as detective who becomes a murder suspect (ep 32)
Kim Ye Joon as Kim Jae Hong (the child who witnessed the murder, ep 32~)

Production Credits

Production Company The Story Works
Producer Park Young Soo
Directors Park Sun Ho, Jung Dong Yoon
Music Director Nam Hye Seung
Screenwriter Kwon Ki Young
Genre Romance, Comedy, Thriller
Episodes 40
Broadcast network SBS
Broadcast period 2017 May – July

Notes

Nam Ji Hyun and Ji Chang Wook had previously starred together in 2011 SBS drama “Warrior Baek Dong Soo“.
Lee Sung Kyung and Han Ji Min were offered the lead female role but rejected after that.

Awards

2017 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Actress (Wed-Thurs Drama) Nam Ji Hyun Suspicious Partner
2017 koreandrama.org Awards The Best Korean Drama of 2017