Teasers and Posters for "Wise Prison Life"

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PD Shin Won-ho's (of the Answer Me franchise) new black comedy Wise Prison Life is about the daily lives of inmates and guards at a penitentiary, told through the eyes of new fish Park Hae-soo.

Park Hae-soo stars as a superstar baseball player, famous for being a dependable pitcher. But when he’s at the peak of his career and about to be drafted to the Major League, he ends up in an accident that lands him in prison. The drama is about his growing pains as he learns to adjust to the strange new society and customs within prison walls, from becoming a number instead of a name to living with so many people in such small quarters. I imagine it’ll be very different for him, as a beloved athlete who’s sure to have fans in prison.

Both prisoners and prison guards alike get their mug shots taken in the latest posters for tvN’s Wise Prison Life. Featuring Park Hae-soo (Legend of the Blue Sea) as a star baseball player who turns into a convict overnight, and Jung Kyung-ho (Missing 9) as an elite prison guard, this black comedy follows Park into prison and tells the stories of his diverse fellow inmates.

Twenty-four individual character posters have been released, with prisoner Park Hae-soo grimacing at his fate and Jung Kyung-ho squinting intensely. To Jung’s character, Park Hae-soo is a special prisoner. Maybe it’s related to Park Hae-soo’s superstar sports career, but Jung Kyung-ho knows all about him and gets excited whenever his name is mentioned.

Krystal (Bride of the Water God 2017) plays the most important female character, a traditional Oriental medicine student. She has a hotblooded, bright personality, and can be impulsive at times. The other female character in the posters below is Park Hae-soo’s younger sister in the drama, played by Im Hwa-young (Chief Kim).

Our cast of prisoners already seem like a hoot. WINNER’s Kang Seung-yoon (We Broke Up) is playing a recidivist klepto nicknamed “Jang Bal-jang” (Korean pronunciation of Jean Valjean). Lee Kyu-hyung from Forest of Secrets will also play a repeat offender, but his vice is drugs, and his prison name is “Second-generation Chaebol.” Choi Sung-won, who I’m happy to see back in dramaland after his recent bout of leukemia, will be reuniting with the Answer Me 1988 production team. He won’t be the lovable old-faced maknae this time, though, but a prisoner nicknamed “Spot.”

Let’s not forget the veterans of this cast: Sung Dong-il (Hwarang), who is playing an experienced prison guard chief who is able to quickly and flexibly resolve many of the incidents that occur in the prison, smiles warmly in his poster. Whereas assistant chief prison guard Paeng, played by Jung Woong-in (My Sassy Girl), shows his fiery personality, and prisoner Choi Moo-sung (Lookout) looks similarly menacing.

Others in our cast shown below include:

Jung Hae-in (While You Were Sleeping) playing a prisoner who goes by the name “Captain Yoo”
Rookie actor Kim Sung-chul playing prisoner “Law Man”
Lee Ho-chul (Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People) playing a good-for-nothing low-life
Jung Jae-sung (Police Unit 38) playing prisoner “Professor Myung”
Ahn Chang-hwan plays “The Henchman”
Lee Hoon-jin playing “Pinkie”
Park Ho-san (Defendant) playing “KAIST” (referring to the premier science institution aka MIT of Korea)
Jung Min-sung (Cinderella and the Four Knights) playing “Doctor Go”
Joo Seok-tae (Black) playing an operations chief
Ahn Sang-woo (Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-ki) playing the prison’s manager
Park Hyung-soo playing Department Chief Na
Kim Han-jong (Answer Me 1994) playing a large-goods carrier
Kang Ki-doong (Fight My Way) playing a prison guard
and Choi Yeon-dong playing a vice chief.

tvN’s upcoming drama #WisePrisonLife releases official poster + confirms premiere date on Nov 22. pic.twitter.com/f3Hl2N7I6o

— K-Drama News! (@kdrama_news) November 1, 2017

tvN’s #SmartPrisonLiving releases teaser poster: pic.twitter.com/zhhQBQUg2F

— K-Drama News! (@kdrama_news) October 20, 2017

Wise Prison Life premieres on Wednesday, November 22 on tvN.

Sources: tvN DRAMA 1 2 | Dramabeans/SE Daily | Dramabeans/iMBC | @kdrama_news 1 2

This is yet another drama where there's about six different drama titles floating around. Sensible Prison Living, Prison Playbook, Smart Prison Living, etc are all this drama. I haven't seen any confirmation of any of the big subbing sites picking this up yet, but it's one of the only upcoming dramas I'm looking forward to, so I hope it does!

Comments

[ironicmustache.livejournal.com]

finally! i feel like i heard about them making this years ago now haha. i'm really hoping someone subs it.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I hope Viki will sub it since out all of the subbing sites out there, Viki is the best one imo.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited for this. Particularly because I'm a huge Jung Kyungho fan and because I think the writing for this drama will be fantastic. I know it wont be as awesome or as engaging as the writing of Secret Forest or Circle but somehow I just can feel it.

They should opt for 'Prison Playbook' instead. It somehow make the drama more interesting and intelligent(?) haha

I like most of the cast except Krystal...

[cafetin99.livejournal.com]

RE: I like most of the cast except Krystal...

[dalpaengi.livejournal.com]

aww even as a krystal fan. sigh I'm worried about her acting .-.