Lee Dong Hwi, Choi Woo Sung, And Yoon Hyun Soo Confirmed To Join Lee Je Hoon In New Drama

Aug 17, 2023

MBC has unveiled the main cast lineup of its upcoming drama “Chief Inspector: The Beginning” (working title)!

On August 17, MBC confirmed that Lee Dong Hwi, Choi Woo Sung, and Yoon Hyun Soo will be playing the supportive trio with whom Lee Je Hoon forms his squad in “Chief Inspector: The Beginning.”

“Chief Inspector: The Beginning” will serve as a prequel to the classic Korean series “Chief Inspector,” which ran for 18 years from 1971 to 1989 and achieved an incredible peak of 70 percent ratings. While the original show was set in the 1970s and 1980s (present day at the time), “Chief Inspector 1963” will be set even earlier in the 1960s. Lee Je Hoon will be playing a younger version of the titular chief inspector Park Young Han, who was played by Choi Bool Am in the original series.

Lee Dong Hwi will transform into detective Kim Sang Soon, also known as the “crazy dog” of the Jongnam Police Station. Born in a poor family, Kim Sang Soon is nothing without grit and courage. By the time he gets tired of being angry at the corrupted society, Kim Sang Soon meets Park Young Han, an uncompromising detective who changes Sang Soon’s life as a detective.

Choi Woo Sung will play Jo Kyung Hwan, a young man with extraordinary strength who later works at the Jongnam Police Station with a dream of becoming a proud person like Park Young Han who contributes to his country.

Finally, Yoon Hyun Soo will portray the role of Seo Ho Jung, a man with an elite background who later becomes the “strategist” of the Jongnam Police Station. Seo Ho Jung sometimes makes mistakes that cannot be repaired due to excessive confidence, and he gets entangled with Park Young Han at a time when he goes through the biggest ordeal in his life.