Bad Thief, Good Thief

Bad Thief, Good Thief (Korean: 도둑놈, 도둑님) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Seohyun, Kim Ji-hoon, Lim Ju-eun and others. It replaced Father, I'll Take Care For You and aired on MBC on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 (KST) from May 13 to November 5, 2017 for 50 episodes.

Bad Thief, Good Thief
Promotional poster
Also known asThe Good Thieves
Hangul
도둑놈, 도둑님
Literal meaningThief Guy, Mr. Thief
Revised RomanizationDodungnom, Dodungnim
Genre
Created byLee Jae-Dong[1]
Written by
  • Son Young-mok
  • Cha Yi-young[1]
Directed by
  • Oh Kyung-hoon
  • Jang Joon-ho[1]
Starring
Music byOh Jun-Seong
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producerKim Jin-cheon
Running time70 minutes
Production companyMay Queen Pictures
Release
Original networkMBC TV
Original releaseMay 13 (2017-05-13) 
November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)

Plot

The story of the descendants of the Korean activists during the Japanese colonial rule who became the important figures of the history. They were unaware of their identity as it will harm their lives.

Cast

Main cast

Baek-san's descendant. His identity is hidden by his foster father as he is the key to find the treasure map.
  • Seohyun as Kang So-joo
    • Moon So-hee as young Kang So-joo
A police-woman-turned-investigator who struggles to fight against the abusive officials.
Dol-mok's missing brother. He holds grudges because of his bitter past and vows to change his ill-fated life.
  • Lim Ju-eun as Yoon Hwa-young
    • Kang Ji-woo as young Yoon Hwa-young
So-joo's friend turns enemy. A wolf in sheep's clothing. She likes to get everyone's attention. She appears to like Joon-hee but only actually frustrated because he shows no signs of liking her.

People around Jang Dol-mok

People around Kang So-joo

Yoon Joong-tae's family and Hong family

Extended

  • Lee Joo-sil as Kim Soon-chun
  • Lee Jung-eun as Kwon Jung-hee
  • Woo Hee-jin as Park Sun-jin
  • Lee Se-chang as Lee Eun-suk
  • Lee Sang-woo as Oh Song-sik
  • Yoon Ji-won as Go Eun-ji
  • Ryu Ji-an as Park Yeo-wool
  • Shorry J as Heo Jong-bum
  • Kim Joon-won as Choi Kang-gyu
  • Lee Bong-won as Nam Jong-hab
  • Jo Duk-hyun as Kim Chan-gi
  • Kang Ji-won as Secretary Heo
  • Ko Byung-wan as Song Gook-hyun

Special appearances

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.DateAverage audience share
TNmS Ratings[2] AGB Nielsen[3]
NationwideSeoulNationwideSeoul
1 May 13, 20178.7% (9th)9.4% (7th)9.1% (7th)9.2% (7th)
2 May 14, 20179.6% (9th)9.7% (8th)8.9% (11th)9.0% (11th)
3 May 20, 20176.8% (14th)7.4% (7th)6.6% (15th)7.1% (11th)
4 May 21, 20178.8% (11th)8.8% (13th)9.4% (10th)9.4% (10th)
5 May 27, 20179.7% (8th)9.5% (5th)9.5% (7th)9.2% (7th)
6 May 28, 201711.0% (7th)11.6% (4th)11.6% (7th)11.7% (7th)
7 June 3, 20178.9% (9th)9.3% (5th)10.4% (5th)10.1% (5th)
8 June 4, 201710.4% (5th)11.2% (6th)10.7% (8th)10.3% (10th)
9 June 10, 20179.4% (7th)10.4% (5th)10.8% (5th)11.1% (3rd)
10 June 11, 201711.7% (5th)11.5% (6th)11.8% (6th)11.9% (6th)
11 June 17, 20179.3% (6th)9.6% (5th)11.6% (5th)12.1% (5th)
12 June 18, 201711.4% (5th)11.2% (6th)13.2% (4th)12.7% (5th)
13 June 24, 20179.7% (6th)10.4% (5th)10.4% (6th)10.3% (7th)
14 June 25, 201710.2% (7th)9.8% (8th)12.3% (5th)12.1% (6th)
15 July 1, 20178.5% (11th)9.6% (5th)10.9% (5th)11.3% (5th)
16 July 2, 201711.3% (7th)11.9% (5th)11.0% (10th)11.0% (10th)
17 July 8, 201710.5% (8th)11.2% (5th)10.5% (5th)10.6% (5th)
18 July 9, 201711.0% (9th)11.8% (8th)11.9% (7th)11.4% (8th)
19 July 15, 201710.1% (6th)10.9% (5th)10.4% (6th)10.4% (6th)
20 July 16, 201711.9% (8th)12.9% (4th)12.0% (9th)12.1% (7th)
21 July 22, 201710.5% (5th)10.1% (6th)9.9% (7th)9.8% (6th)
22 July 23, 201711.3% (7th)11.0% (9th)11.3% (8th)11.1% (10th)
23 July 29, 201710.1% (10th)10.0% (6th)9.7% (7th)9.5% (8th)
24 July 30, 201711.8% (5th)11.7% (4th)11.9% (5th)11.5% (6th)
25 August 5, 20179.2% (8th)9.6% (6th)9.4% (8th)9.0% (8th)
26 August 6, 201710.1% (9th)10.3% (9th)10.8% (8th)10.5% (9th)
27 August 12, 20178.9% (9th)8.4% (7th)8.6% (10th)8.4% (8th)
28 August 13, 201710.3% (9th)10.5% (9th)10.5% (8th)10.2% (8th)
29 August 19, 20179.9% (6th)9.8% (6th)9.6% (8th)9.6% (8th)
30 August 20, 20179.4% (9th)9.2% (9th)11.0% (9th)10.8% (10th)
31 August 26, 20179.1% (7th)8.2% (7th)8.7% (9th)8.6% (8th)
32 August 27, 201710.6% (9th)9.9% (9th)12.1% (6th)12.1% (7th)
33 September 2, 20176.7% (19th)6.7% (12th)8.0% (12th)7.9% (11th)
34 September 3, 201710.0% (7th)10.0% (8th)10.5% (8th)10.2% (9th)
35 September 9, 20177.9% (11th)7.6% (10th)8.0% (10th)7.6% (11th)
36 September 10, 20179.5% (7th)8.1% (12th)10.2% (8th)9.9% (8th)
37 September 16, 20177.7% (14th)7.9% (8th)8.4% (12th)8.1% (10th)
38 September 17, 20179.9% (6th)9.6% (6th)11.4% (4th)10.6% (4th)
39 September 23, 20177.7% (11th)6.6% (11th)8.3% (7th)8.0% (7th)
40 September 24, 201710.5% (5th)10.6% (6th)11.8% (4th)11.2% (4th)
41 September 30, 20177.8% (13th)7.5% (9th)8.5% (10th)8.4% (8th)
42 October 1, 20179.8% (6th)9.8% (4th)11.6% (4th)10.9% (6th)
43 October 8, 2017[lower-alpha 1]10.1% (6th)10.3% (4th)11.4% (5th)11.6% (5th)
44 8.9% (7th)8.8% (8th)11.7% (4th)11.7% (4th)
45 October 14, 20177.8% (11th)7.6% (9th)8.3% (10th)7.8% (10th)
46 October 15, 201710.6% (6th)9.7% (6th)12.5% (5th)12.3% (5th)
47 October 28, 2017[lower-alpha 2]9.6% (4th)9.6% (4th)9.6% (4th)9.6% (5th)
48 11.8% (2nd)11.9% (2nd)11.8% (2nd)11.1% (2nd)
49 November 5, 2017[lower-alpha 3]9.2% (8th)8.5% (7th)9.9% (6th)9.5% (7th)
50 12.2% (5th)11.6% (6th)13.4% (5th)12.4% (5th)
Average9.76%9.78%10.44%10.26%

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2017 10th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actress Seohyun Nominated [4]
2017 MBC Drama Awards Newcomer Award: Best New Actress Won [5]
Top Excellence Actress (Weekend Drama) Nominated
Golden Acting Award, Actor (Weekend Drama) Ahn Gil-kang Won

Notes

  1. No episode was aired on October 7 due to a Mid-Autumn special. In return, two episodes were aired back-to-back that day.
  2. No episodes were aired on October 21 and 22 due to the on-going labor strike at MBC. In return, two episodes were aired back-to-back that day.
  3. No episode was aired on November 4 due to a timeslot shift for the series Man in the Kitchen. In return, two episodes were aired back-to-back that day.

References

  1. "Crew". iMBC. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  3. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  4. "한석규·김상중·차인표·김영철·최민수, '2017 Kda' 대상 후보 5人 확정 (공식)".
  5. 김선호·김정현·서주현·이선빈 남녀신인상 수상 [Kim Sun Hee, Kim Jung Hyun, Seo Joo Hyun, Lee Sun Bin won new artists awards]. The DongA Ilbo (in Korean). December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
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