''Bad Guys'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring

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and

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. It aired on OCN from October 4 to December 13, 2014, on Saturdays at 22:00 for 11 episodes.

Plot

Detective Oh Gu-tak will use any means necessary to catch criminals, and his ambiguous moral line often results in him getting suspended for

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. Gu-tak comes up with a plan to form a team of "bad guys" to work on cases and hunt down other criminals, and with the rising number of

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s in their district, ambitious police inspector Yoo Mi-young signs off on the arrangement. Gu-tak releases three convicts from jail to form his team: Lee Jung-moon is the youngest member of Mensa with a genius IQ of 165 and

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degrees in math and philosophy, but behind his boyish facade is a

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; Park Woong-Cheol is a

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boss who crushed his way to the top of the gangster chain in 25 days, and still remains top dog in prison; and Jung Tae-soo was once a hired hit man who never made a single mistake, but suddenly confessed and turned himself in one day.

Cast

as Oh Gu-tak *

as Park Woong-Cheol *

as Lee Jung-moon *

as Jung Tae-soo *

as Yoo Mi-young *

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as Nam Gu-hyeon *Min Ji-ah as Park Seon-jeong *

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as Yang Yoo-jin *Park Jung-hak as Lee Doo-kwang * Kim Tae-hoon as Oh Jae-won *Ki Se-hyung as Kang Doo-man *Kim Jae-seung as Woo Hyun-woo *Kim Sung-hoon as Lee Seok-jin *

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as Jung Hon-ja, Hyun-woo's fiancée *Jeon Jin-seo as Kim Young-joon *Seo Hye-jin as Shin So-jung *Nam Sung-jin as Kim Dong-ho *Park Jung-woo as Son Moon-ki *

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as Yoon Chul-joo *Park Sung-taek as Kim Do-shik *Nam Tae-boo as Korean-Chinese man *Kim Byung-choon as Serial killer obsessed with blood *Lee Yong-nyeo as Hwang Kyung-soon *Jang Seon-ho as Park Jong-seok *

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as Oh Ji-yun, Gu-tak's daughter

Ratings

In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

The drama is available to stream on

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with a variety of subtitles in North America, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka.

References

External links

''Bad Guys'' official OCN website
* * {{OCN original series OCN television dramas 2014 South Korean television series debuts 2014 South Korean television series endings South Korean crime television series South Korean thriller television series Television series by Urban Works Media