[Drama 2014] Pride and Prejudice 오만과 편견

Chinese Title: 傲慢与偏见

Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, a chief prosecutor - He passed a bar exam at a young age, is a smart high school graduate, and has 10 years experience as a prosecutor. Normally he acts casual and light hearted, but at the front of a case he arms himself with impartiality and a cool head, and never loses the main focus. He has an unshakable confidence in himself and he knows how to play the game at the moment in need.  He has no interest in politics or any organization.  He can toss away money and power but has excellent investigation skills and is a sharp ace in applying the law. He is an organization’s worry and real pain to the top people. He believes the law can save people.  In front of a crime he is prudent and with people he becomes warm hearted. (*)

Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, a law school graduate probationary prosecutor - She is smart and thinks studying is ease. She is daring, bright and untainted but also has another side of unfathomable secrecy.   She can be very persistent, determined with stubborn pride and has audacity and temper but she is a weary 20s’ youth who easily feels anxious and gets hurt.  Her ability doesn’t match her desire which causes her a hard time.   Her tenacity for digging to the end and her determination to face off makes her move at the right time.  She believes that a bad person never changes and everybody lies. She thinks if one commits crime one should get punished accordingly.  To her the law is the victim’s weapon, and the prosecutor’s duty is to punish bad guys on behalf of the victims. (*)

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An unemployed man with a nickname, 개개평 - because he lives a gambling life through (개평: taking a cut of the winnings) and he acts like scum/dirtbag (개차반) (개: a dog )    He isn’t doing much of any kind of work and is always broke.  Having many acquaintances, from hyeongnims and bosses, he can bring in a lot of investment money.  But because of his gambling habit he always losses them all and then he has to run.   He gets beaten frequently and is forced to kneel down and ask for mercy.  After drinking he is prone to act irresponsibly and he can be stubborn regardless but he has the ability to speak eloquently and to be very sociable which gives him a wide network and knowing everything.  He speaks well in English and Chinese, and frequently talks with an intelligent point.  There have been rumors about him which says he graduated from the Seoul university or worked for a major company but this hasn’t been proved.  He also doesn’t talk about his past.  He is a good person and has a soft spot which makes him vulnerable to fraud but still generous to others. Especially he is good to Kang Soo and he will do anything for him. (*)

Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, a public prosecutor - He went to school as his mom instructed, went to the Judicial Research and Training Institute as the professor instructed then he worked as his boss instructed.  He’s a typical ‘modern young prosecutor’.   As a rich son from Gangnam, he flowed through ‘the formal elite course’ from a high school abroad - Seoul National University - the Judicial Research and Training Institute – a military Judicial officer. His life has been a series of schooling and extracurricular activities so he has zero opinion of himself and if his boss says something about the indictment he changes it with a speed of light.   As a prosecutor his main concern is about cloths and style. To get off work promptly he is willing to pay with his soul. (*)

 

Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, an investigator, the National Intelligence Service in Incheon District and Prosecutors' Office, has many contacts.  He has been working in PO office for 30 years as a veteran investigator with 1 more year before retirement.  To him PO is heaven and Prosecutor is god.  He did everything and he has a sense for leads and his contacts are like an octopus’s legs.  His recorded age is 60 but his real age is much older.  He worries about his weak stamina, his weakening eye sight and recently his diminishing memory.   For the remaining year, he dreams of retiring into ease but when he is transferred to ‘민생안정팀’, that dream is completely broken.   His only daughter, Ju Gwang Mi ( Jeong Hye Seong) also works in the next room as an investigator so he feels pride in having a sort of judicial family. He was born and grew up in Incheon and his wish is that he would see the reunification and have a prosecutor as a son in law.(*) 

Incheon District Prosecutors' Office, an investigator  She is an investigator with 5 years experience who has an s-line figure and a v-line face. She has a neat and sassy personality and she works with straight forward motion.  She knows what a prosecutor’s job is for and what an investigator’s is for and divides them sharply like carving out for her part and no compromise with them.  She grew up watching her father who worried always about how prosecutors feel and she resolves not to be like her father as an investigator.  So she talks upfront to anybody regardless of the situation and rank.  Even the mighty MHM couldn’t do anything about her, ‘top investigator’. (*)

백반집 '삼시세끼’ (백반: meal with a bowl of rice , soup and side dishes) She is the owner of the백반 restaurant.   She always looks dour, likes money, and talks rough but she is bighearted and affectionate.  She has been running a restaurant for 20 years near the court house. There isn’t anyone from the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office who hasn’t eaten this grandmother’s meal. It is said she might have a better backing than the president’s but it hasn’t been confirmed. She considers eating three meals are so important that she prepares them for not only Kang soo and Dong Chi but also 개평 too.(*)

He is called the flower of prosecution, and he is the head of the public prosecutions in the Department of Justice.  He is a real big shot among the influential heavy weights as he handles personnel, budget, investigation and information.   He is a fast thinking prosecutor with actual experience in the special, powerful public security bureau including the central investigation department.    He has the ability to see things in the big picture yet he has a certain personality((not in good aspect)) which makes him acting as a relief pitcher whenever there is crisis.   He was like prosecution’s cyber dolsoe (돌쇠, an online game’s character) who took care of any of big or dirty work.   But after 2000, the success of independent counsel on Kim Jae Geon gate ((? KJG was the target of investigation)), he broke off all expectations of going to the National Assembly,  and he moved to the Department of Justice and served in various important positions becoming the prosecution’s back bone and the dragon among dragons. He thinks that the country collapses when the prosecution collapses, therefore the prosecutor has to exist for the sake of the country’s survival.  He thinks the organization should come first before Justice or principle.  He is a typical organization marksman with a belief in ‘the principle of uniformity/identity of public prosecutors’.   He is called the magnetic steel rope because he always backs his men.  He has a personal connection like a magnet with a presidential inner network, political community and chaebol groups and he is in the ranking of becoming the next Attorney General (*). 

A division of the Attorney General's Office, which is responsible for enforcement of violent criminals, a ministry of public security, special forces and the public welfare team are all under the her command.   She is an associate chaebol daughter and a queen with the connections from schooling, region and blood relations and plus having money.   In appearance she acts like she puts importance on the principles and justification but in fact she is often most interested in her own careerShe can be ‘a soft charisma’ in a good term or in a frank term, ‘auntie force’ which she uses as a weapon.   Acting like a fox, she laughs pleasantly, speaks her mind, can take away from others and suppress others if the opportunity occurs .  She is quick to be on the side with someone who has the advantage and she is the first one to walk away from a sinking situation. 

She has an excellent golf skill and she never fails to make an appearance in any of the golf events for the regal circles or the social gatherings.  There is also a rumor circulating she won the deputy job through golf (*).