''Robber'' (; lit. "Con Man") is a 2008

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starring Jang Hyuk and Lee Da-hae. It aired on SBS from January 2 to February 28, 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. This is the first time that Jang and Lee were paired together onscreen; they would later star in ''

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'' (2010) and '' Iris II'' (2013).

Plot

After graduating from high school, Jin Dal-rae begins working at a local bank in

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. There, she meets Jang Tae-oh, a mountain climber, and she follows him to

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, where they get married. Dal-rae becomes pregnant, but before the baby is born, Tae-oh is killed in a freak accident in the mountains. Dal-rae moves in with her mother-in-law, Lee Soon-seom, and together the two women raise her daughter, Yoo-jin. Several years pass, and Soon-seom herself encourages Dal-rae to move on, even setting her up on

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s. During one such date, Dal-rae meets the elderly and wealthy Chairman Kim, who isn't really looking for a young wife, but searching for a prospective spouse for his socially inept son Jin-goo. Chairman Kim is impressed with Dal-rae's kindness and integrity, and is determined that she become his daughter-in-law. Meanwhile, Dal-rae also encounters Kwon Oh-joon. Oh-joon was once a boxer, but he quit because he didn't want to mess up his "pretty boy" face. Since then, he has been masquerading as a

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, but in reality he is a

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who lives off lonely, gullible women by scamming them. His sister Oh-sook is married to an abusive husband, and Oh-joon has been paying off her debts, but he soon grows desperate with the

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s hounding him and threatening to kill him unless he pays up. Learning that Dal-rae has been saving to start her own business, she becomes his next target. But as he gets to know her and her family, Oh-joon finds himself falling in love for real.

Cast

* Jang Hyuk as Kwon Oh-joon * Lee Da-hae as Jin Dal-rae * Kim Jung-tae as Kim Jin-goo *

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as Lee Soon-seom, Dal-rae's mother-in-law *Hong Kyung-in as Kim Man-doo, Oh-joon's friend *

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as Kim Ho-jin, gangster boss *

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as Kwon Oh-sook, Oh-joon's sister *

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as Jang Yoo-jin (nicknamed " Soon-dae"), Dal-rae's daughter *Kang Ki-hwa as Kim Yeon-ah *Choi Eun-sook *Kim In-ae as Chairman Kim, Jin-goo's father * Ma Dong-seok as Jong-goo, debt collector *

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as Joong-sik, the other debt collector *

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as Oh-joon's ex-girlfriend * Jung Gyu-woon as Jang Tae-oh, Dal-rae's husband * Kim Eun-joo as Young-sook (cameo, ep 1) *

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International broadcast

References

External links

''Robber'' official SBS website
* *{{IMDb title, 2548274, Robber 2008 South Korean television series debuts 2008 South Korean television series endings Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas South Korean romance television series Television series by IHQ (company)