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television series. It replaced ''

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'' and aired on cable network

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on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 ( KST) time slot for 16 episodes from March 7 to April 26, 2016.

Synopsis

Pied Piper focuses on a police negotiation task force that specializes in tense, worst-case scenarios that require highly trained communication. They handle all sorts of cases, from suicide to hostage situations to terrorist attacks, and even war. They do their work with words, not weapons, to neutralize volatile situations before they erupt into full-blown catastrophes. Joo Sung-chan ( Shin Ha-kyun) is a genius lead negotiator of the crisis negotiation police unit. Meanwhile, Yoon Hee-sung (

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) is the anchor of TNN Night News channel. Yeo Myung-ha (

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) is an inspector of the Crisis Negotiation Team.

Cast

Main

* Shin Ha-kyun as Joo Sung-chan – A genius negotiator in the past, currently an outside advisor of the police Crisis Negotiation Team **

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as young Joo Sung-chan *

as Yeo Myung-ha – An inspector, Crisis Negotiation Team member **

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as young Yeo Myung-ha *

as Yoon Hee-sung – The real Pied Piper, an anchor of TNN Night News channel * as Jung Soo-kyung – A Pied Piper

People around Joo Sung-chan

* as Seo Geon-il – K-Group chairman *

as Seo Joon – Seo Geon-il's son * as Kang Hong-seok – K-Group management director, chairman's brother-in-law * as Jung Tae-soo – a member of Assembly

People around Yeo Myung-ha

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as Han Ji-hoon – SWAT team leader *

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as Oh Ha-na – police officer of general switchboard 112 * as Gong Ji-man – Crisis Negotiation Team leader *

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as Choi Sung-beom – Sergeant, digital forensic expert * as Jo Jae-hee – Sergeant, profiler * Kim Jong-soo as Yang Dong-woo – Seoul district police chief

People around Yoon Hee-sung

* as Yoon Bo-ram – TNN channel social affairs reporter, Yoon Hee-sung's junior

Extended

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as Jung Hyun-ho – brother of the victim who died during the hostage kidnapping in the Philippines *

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as Part-timer at the PC room * as director Lee Joon-kyung *

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as Heo Tae-woong – the bank robber * Kwon Hyuk-joon – attempts suicide on the Han river bridge * as Kim Jae-gon *

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as Gong Jung-in – Gong Ji-man's son * as Noh Kyung-seok – former TNN syndicate president *

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as Moon Ji-hye – a doctor, Oh Jung-hak's friend * as judge * Park Hyo-seon * as Yeon Joon-hee * as Goo Dong-man * Park Shi-in as Jung Chan-gyu *

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as Shin Won-chang *

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as PC cafe customer * as factory magamement director * * * Kim Jung-seok as factory's CEO * Yang Fan * Cao Fei Fei as Shanshan *

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as detective Lee Cheol-yong * * Heo Min-young * as airplane hacker *

Special appearances

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as Oh Jung-hak – former Crisis Negotiation Team leader *

Kim Min-seo Kim Min-seo ( ko, 김민서, ; born March 16, 1984) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as Kim Se-ha in the short-lived K-pop three-member girl group Mint, which was active from 1999–2000. When Mint disbanded, she turned to acting. Kim is ...

as Lee Joo-eun – Joo Sung-chan's lover *

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as Prosecutor (Ep.6)

Ratings

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

References

External links

* {{Hancinema drama, Pied_Piper TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas 2016 South Korean television series debuts 2016 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean crime television series South Korean thriller television series Television series by KeyEast