Lobbyist (TV series)

Lobbyist
Promotional poster for Lobbyist
Written by	Choi Wan-kyu Joo Chan-ok
Directed by	Lee Hyun-jik Boo Sung-chul
Starring	Song Il-gook Jang Jin-young Han Jae-suk
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	24
Production
Production location(s)	South Korea Kyrgyzstan United States
Running time	Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production company(s)	Korea Pictures International, Inc.
Release
Original network	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release	October 3 (2007-10-03) – December 26, 2007 (2007-12-26)
Chronology
Preceded by	How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor
Followed by	Robber
External links
Website

Lobbyist (Hangul: 로비스트; RR: Lobiseuteu), originally titled Angel, was a 2007 South Korean television series produced by Korea Pictures International, Inc. that aired on SBS. Budgeted at ₩12 million, overseas filming locations included the United States and Kyrgyzstan. It starred Song Il-gook, Han Jae-suk and Jang Jin-young (in her last performance).

Synopsis

Lobbyist centers around a fictional love story caught in the real-world scenario of international politics, secret weapons trading, and deadly lobbying activities.

Kang Tae-hyuk is a successor of a main munitions business company in Korea. He has an innate ability as a lobbyist and is a master schemer. His exploits take him to the United States where he deals with the mafia. He plans to sweep over the whole of Asia.

Cast

• Song Il-gook as Harry / Kim Joo-ho
  • Lee Hyun-woo as young Joo-ho
• Jang Jin-young as Maria / Yoo So-young
  • Nam Ji-hyun as young So-young
• Han Jae-suk as Kang Tae-hyuk
• Heo Joon-ho as James Lee
• Kim Mi-sook as Madam Chae
• Yoo Sun as Eva / Yoo Moon-young
  • Park Eun-bin as young Moon-young
• Choi Ja-hye as Karen / Kim Soo-ji
• Kim Sung-kyum as Chairman Kang, Tae-hyuk's father
• Lee Jae-yong as Jang Tae-sung, Mi-ran's father
• Jung Yoon-jo as Jang Mi-ran
• Sung Ji-ru as Yoo Sung-shik, Maria and Eva's father
• Lee Mi-young as Kim Jung-soon, Maria and Eva's mother
• Kim Da-hyun as Andy, Madam Chae's son
• Sung Chang-hoon as Yang Dong-jin
• Jun-seong Kim as Michael
• Choi Min as "Yankee"
• Bang Gil-seung as Park So-ja
• Kim Yang-woo as "Brown Bear"
• Kim Seo-ra as Maggie, Harry's aunt
• Lee Seung-hyung as Kang Tae-joon, Tae-hyuk's stepbrother
• Lee Jin-ah as Reporter Song
• Manny Oliverez as mafia thug
• Devin Rumer as mafia thug
• John J. Quinn as Luciano
• Brian Townes as Jack
• James Nalitz as butler
• Jefferson Smith as chauffeur
• Park Ji-yeon as friend of deaf daughter (bit part, ep 21-22)

Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2007-10-10	1	12.6% (6th)	13.8% (6th)
2007-10-10	2	12.0% (9th)	13.5% (7th)
2007-10-11	3	15.7% (3rd)	16.6% (4th)
2007-10-11	4	14.1% (7th)	16.2% (5th)
2007-10-17	5	14.0% (6th)	15.3% (6th)
2007-10-18	6	15.6% (7th)	16.5% (6th)
2007-10-24	7	14.4% (6th)	15.3% (6th)
2007-10-25	8	21.3% (3rd)	22.4% (3rd)
2007-10-31	9	14.9% (6th)	16.2% (5th)
2007-11-01	10	14.7% (6th)	15.5% (6th)
2007-11-07	11	12.3% (11th)	13.1% (8th)
2007-11-08	12	12.3% (11th)	12.6% (9th)
2007-11-14	13	13.3% (8th)	13.9% (7th)
2007-11-15	14	12.2% (9th)	12.6% (8th)
2007-11-21	15	11.0% (14th)	11.5% (12th)
2007-11-22	16	11.6% (12th)	11.8% (12th)
2007-11-28	17	10.5% (15th)	10.3% (16th)
2007-11-29	18	12.6% (11th)	12.8% (11th)
2007-12-05	19	10.1% (17th)	10.1% (17th)
2007-12-06	20	14.6% (5th)	15.3% (3rd)
2007-12-12	21	12.1% (9th)	12.5% (9th)
2007-12-13	22	14.1% (8th)	14.9% (8th)
2007-12-20	23	11.6% (9th)	12.0% (10th)
2007-12-26	24	11.1% (12th)	11.6% (11th)
Average		13.3%	14.0%

Source: TNmS Media Korea

External links

• Lobbyist official SBS website (Korean)
• Lobbyist at HanCinema
• Lobbyist at IMDb