Chief Detective Lee Je-hoon is on the case in 1958

10 March 7, 2024April 13, 2024

Chief Detective Lee Je-hoon is on the case in 1958

by tccolb

MBC’s period-action Chief Detective 1958 is back with more promos, with our stalwart hero Lee Je-hoon (Taxi Driver 2) teaming up with his crew and chasing down baddies in the prequel’s new poster and teaser.

Freshly transferred from the backwaters to the big leagues in Seoul, the trailer begins with our Park Young-han (Lee Je-hoon) at an emotional low, desperate to catch the culprit and frustrated by his failure thus far. Regaining his composure, Young-han decides he’ll go back to the beginning and try again. But this time he assembles a ragtag squad, working together with crazy dog Lee Dong-hwi (Big Bet), brown bear Choi Woo-sung (Melancholia), and Yoon Hyun-soo (A Good Day to Be a Dog) who is nicknamed after the Chinese historical figure Zhuge Liang as the brains of the group.

The sequence then reveals our first glimpse of local bookshop owner Seo Eun-soo (Unlock the Boss), who is initially dismissive of the rambunctious Young-han. But as a crime novel aficionado with a keen ear for the town gossip, she’ll soon become an important source for intel to our detective team.

On his part, our hero is quite open about having little concern for social propriety when it comes to catching bad guys and Young-han doesn’t care if they’re 100 years old – lawbreakers are all bratty children in his eyes. As we come to a close, the captions then introduce Park Young-han as, “a handsome, bumpkin detective with good intuition and a good sense of humor.”

Written by Kim Young-shin with filmmaker Kim Sung-hoon (Rampant, Confidential Assignment) at the helm, MBC’s Chief Detective 1958 will be premiering next month on April 19.

Via MBC (1), (2)

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Tags: Chief Detective 1958, Lee Dong-hwi, Lee Je-hoon, Seo Eun-soo, Yoon Hyun-soo

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1 Kafiyah Bello

March 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM

oh fun!!

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2 peiyeelai

March 7, 2024 at 5:56 PM

MBC is definitely on a period/historical drama roll though this one will set in the 1950's and comes under period-action. Excellent writer and director team along with a brilliant cast.

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3 Unaspirated

March 7, 2024 at 7:07 PM

I’m never not excited to see Lee Je-hoon and this seems like it could be fun. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to appreciate it without knowing much about the original show, but it sounds like there will be plenty for newcomers too.

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4 mary

March 7, 2024 at 9:10 PM

I love this man.

That is all.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

March 8, 2024 at 9:42 AM

^^ 💯 🥰

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5 Healer’s

March 8, 2024 at 12:50 AM

Hopefully this show will be recapped!!

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

March 8, 2024 at 9:43 AM

🤞

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6 Diana Hansen

March 8, 2024 at 7:26 AM

I'm so excited for this one. I love Lee Je-hoon. The story sounds fun!

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7 🌸 Seeker 🌸

March 8, 2024 at 9:45 AM

I like the look and feel (character descriptions) of this drama. It would be really nice to have the drama recapped. It has a old time feel but I think the "investigation" with be modern.