Player (TV series)

Player
Teaser poster for season two
Also known as	The Player[1] Player 2: War of Gamblers[2] The Player 2: Master of Swindlers[3]
Hangul	플레이어
Revised Romanization	Peulleieo
McCune–Reischauer	P'ŭlleiŏ
Genre	Action Crime
Developed by	Studio Dragon (planning; season 2)[2]
Written by	Shin Jae-hyung (season 1)[4] Park Sang-moon (season 2)[2] Choi Seul-gi (season 2)[2]
Directed by	Go Jae-hyun (season 1)[4] So Jae-hyun (season 2)[2]
Starring	Song Seung-heon Krystal Jung Lee Si-eon Tae Won-suk [ko] Oh Yeon-seo Jang Gyu-ri
Music by	Si Seong-won (Season 1) Jeong Seung-hyun (Season 1) Kim Joon-seok (Season 2)[5] Jeong Se-rin (season 2)[5]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producer	Kim Gin-hong
Producers	Lee Geun-jang Jang Si-woo
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Studio Dragon[6] iWill Media (season 1)[6] People Story Company (season 2)[2]
Original release
Network	tvN (season 2)

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Season 2

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Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired			Airtime
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	14		September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)	November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11)	KST )

Cast

Main

• Song Seung-heon as Kang Ha-ri / Choi Soo-hyuk

A veteran conman from a family of investigators who was born bold and gifted with words.

• Krystal Jung as Cha Ah-ryung (season 1)

A skilled driver who grew up in an orphanage after being abandoned by her parents.^[11]

• Lee Si-eon as Lim Byung-min

A talented hacker who had a past with Chairman Chun.^[4]

• Tae Won-suk as Do Jin-woong

A powerful fighter who had accidentally worked for "that person".^[12]

• Oh Yeon-seo (season 2)
• Jang Gyu-ri (season 2)

Supporting

Public Prosecutors' Office

• Kim Won-hae as Prosecutor Jang In-gyu

The prosecutor who teamed up with Ha-ri and his team.

• Ahn Se-ho as Investigator Maeng Ji-hoon^[13]
• Lee Hwang-ui as Yoo Ki-hoon^[14]

Target

• Kim Jong-tae as "that person" (real name: Yeon Je-suk)

A consultant and power broker for politicians.

• Kwak Ja-hyung as Chun Dong-seob

People around Ha-ri

• Huh Joon-ho as Choi Hyun-gi

Ha-ri's father and former team leader of Special Corruption Division.

• Yoo Ye-bin as Cho Yeon-hee

A doctor and the only person who knows Ha-ri's past.^[15]

Others

• Min Joon-hyun as Team Leader Shim Dal-soo^[16]
• Kang Min-tae as gangster
• Kim Hyung-mook as Na Won-hak^[17]
• Lee Hwa-ryong^[18]
• Min Joon-hyun
• Kim Sung-cheol as Ji Sung-goo^[19]
• Lee Chung-mi as Yang Hae-joo
• Jin Mo as Wang Seob
• Kim Seo-kyung as Mike

Special appearances

• Yoo Seung-ho as a security guard (Ep. 1)^[20]
• Hong Seok-cheon as a driving instructor (Ep. 1)^[21]
• Wang Ji-hye as Ryu Hyun-ja (Ep. 7–8)^[22]
• Kim Ki-doo as a thug

Production

Early working titles of the series were Hustle (허슬; Heoseul) and Round (판; Pan).^[23][24]

On July 12, 2022, it was announced that the series would return with second season in the second half of 2023, under the title Player: War of Gamblers (플레이어: 꾼들의 전쟁; Peulleieo: Kkundeur-ui Jeonjaeng).

Original soundtrack

Player OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Blending Music Buddy

Part 1

Released on October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Player" (플레이어)	Dok2 Jinsil Lee Jung-ha	Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo	Dok2 feat. Jinsil (Mad Soul Child)	03:05
2.	"Player" (Inst.)		Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo		03:05
Total length:					06:10

Part 2

Released on October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Changer"	Kim Ho-kyung	1601	The Vane	03:15
2.	"Changer" (Inst.)		1601		03:15
Total length:					06:30

Part 3

Released on October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Yesterday"	Min Yeon-jae	1601	JK Kim Dong-wook	04:00
2.	"Yesterday" (Inst.)		1601		04:00
Total length:					08:00

Part 4

Released on October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Bluffing"	Min Yeon-jae	1601	f(x) )	03:07
2.	"Bluffing" (Inst.)		1601		03:07
Total length:					06:14

Part 5

Released on November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Born to Be a Player"	Jung Min-wook	Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo	Hey Men	03:01
2.	"Born to Be a Player" (Inst.)		Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo		03:01
Total length:					06:02

Part 6

Released on November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Anyone"	Lee Jong-soo Arie	Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo	Nam Tae-hyun	03:57
2.	"Anyone" (Inst.)		Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo		03:57
Total length:					07:54

Viewership

Player : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Nielsen Korea.[27] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share[28] Nielsen Korea[29] TNmS[30] Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 September 29, 2018 4.474% 5.226% 4.3% 2 September 30, 2018 4.876% 5.638% 4.9% 3 October 6, 2018 4.092% 4.433% 4.8% 4 October 7, 2018 4.186% 4.180% 5.5% 5 October 13, 2018 3.720% 4.196% N/A 6 October 14, 2018 4.573% 5.097% 7 October 20, 2018 4.415% 5.393% 8 October 21, 2018 4.904% 5.302% 9 October 27, 2018 4.723% 5.531% 10 October 28, 2018 4.640% 4.928% 11 November 3, 2018 3.993% 4.425% 12 November 4, 2018 3.879% 4.116% 13 November 10, 2018 4.553% 4.780% 14 November 11, 2018 5.803% 6.249% Average 4.488% 4.964% —[a] In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This series aired 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). Notes ^ Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown. References ^ "The Player (2018)". CJ ENM. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019. ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Kyung-ho (January 10, 2024). "김수현X김지원 '눈물의 여왕', 3월 방송 확정 [공식]" (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved January 12, 2024 – via Naver. ^ "The Player 2: Master of Swindlers (2024)". CJ ENM. Retrieved April 30, 2024. ^ a b c "대배우의 열일 행보…이시언, OCN '플레이어' 출연 확정 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. June 4, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2018. ^ a b ""티빙 오리지널 "러닝메이트" tvn 드라마 "플레이어2" sbs 드라마 "7인의 부활" ost DK strings(정덕근스트링) 가 함께 했습니다" ["TVING Original" Running Mate dkstrings_official tvn drama "Player 2" sbs drama "Resurrection of the Seven" OST]. instagram. DK strings. April 2, 2024. 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External links Official website Season 1 (in Korean) Official website Season 2 (in Korean) Production website at Studio Dragon (in Korean) Production website at iWill Media (in Korean) Player at IMDb Player at HanCinema The Player 2: Master of Swindlers at HanCinema Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Player_(TV_series)&oldid=1222488737"