[Drama 2023] Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, 스틸러: 일곱 개의 조선통보

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Premiere Watch: Stealer: The Treasure Keeper

by missvictrix

 

Time slot: Wednesday-Thursday
Broadcaster: tvN
Genre: Action, comedy
Episode count: 12

 

Reasons to watch: Are you ready for an action comedy? The promos for Stealer: The Treasure Keeper seem to promise they’re going all in — from stink suits to one-liners. With a really fun cast lineup up of Joo-won, Jo han-chul, Lee Joo-woo, Kim Jae-won, Lee Deok-hwa, and more, the drama has all the pieces in place for a quintessential caper, from the rich evil baddie, to the hero with a hidden identity.

I don’t know about you, but I could use a good laugh, and I’m hoping this drama brings the fun instead of getting too serious about its seemingly predictable plot (I mean, I think we are all a little bored of evil chaebol chairmen with no moral scruples). In its favor, dramaland has quite a handful of enjoyable caper-like tales that have leaned heavily on the team dynamics (Mad Dog, Lookout, etc.), and I’m down for more of that. So slap Joo-won in a skunk suit with an impish grin and propensity for danger, and I’m pretty much sold.

TL;DR: Joo-won and a crew of thieves called Karma go all Robin Hood and steal from the rich to give cultural artifacts back to the people

 

https://www.dramabeans.com/2023/04/premiere-watch-stealer-the-treasure-keeper/

 

 

 

 

[larus]

Today is the premiere.

 

 

[Brand ID] 'Fun to cook today!' tvN {Stealer: Seven Chosun News} VER. #Today is also fun #Stealer: Seven Chosun News

 

 

 

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Wed-Thu drama ‘Stealer: Seven Chosun Reports’ 1st and 2nd episodes, starring Joo Won ‘Caper comical action of cultural property thief and cultural property recovery team’

 

Drama ‘Stealer: Seven Chosun Reports’ character relationship diagram

 

 

https://www.lecturernews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=123553

 

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“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” Premieres To No. 1 Ratings + “Bo Ra! Deborah” Makes Promising Start

TV/Film

Apr 13, 2023

by E. Cha

 

Two new Wednesday-Thursday dramas have arrived!

On April 12, both tvN’s “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” and ENA’s “Bo Ra! Deborah” aired their highly-anticipated premieres.

 

“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper,” a new comic action drama starring Joo Won, kicked off its run at the top of its time slot. According to Nielsen Korea, the first episode of the series scored an average nationwide rating of 4.7 percent, making it the most-watched show in its time slot across all channels (including public broadcast networks).

 

https://www.soompi.com/article/1579810wpp/stealer-the-treasure-keeper-premieres-to-no-1-ratings-bo-ra-deborah-makes-promising-start

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Spoiler

Joo  Won Works Hard To Maintain His Strict Double Life In “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper”

TV/FILM

 

“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” is set to dive into Joo Won’s painful past!

 

tvN’s “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” is a new caper comic action drama in which a mysterious cultural asset thief Skunk and an unofficial heritage redemption team known as Team Karma collaborate to fight against those who cannot be judged by the law. Joo Won takes on the double role of both Hwang Dae Myung, a civil servant of the Cultural Heritage Administration, and the mysterious cultural asset thief Skunk.

 

Episode 2 of the drama will delve into the story that resulted in Hwang Dae Myung living a double life as Skunk. In the premiere episode, Hwang Dae Myung showcased his bittersweet lifestyle as a bored civil servant with no enthusiasm for his work. However, everything changed at night when Hwang Dae Myung became cultural asset thief Skunk. Wearing an all-black suit with state-of-the-art equipment, Skunk appeared on the scene like a hero, quickly conquered his targets, and made his escape.

 

With such contrasting sides to his double life, viewers were inevitably left with many questions about Hwang Dae Myung’s story and identity. The drama’s latest stills look to slowly peel off layers of the clumsy civil servant to look deeper into his secretive personal life.

 

The first photo captures Hwang Dae Myung’s dedication to exercise, which explains how Skunk is able to throw himself from high-rise buildings without hesitation and take on a group of enemies all at once. As he drips in sweat while focusing intently on his workout, it’s hard to believe that this is the same man who sits lazily and uncomfortably at his office desk every day.

 

 

After his workout, Hwang Dae Myung exercises his mind while admiring a photo, but there’s a hint of sadness in his expression. As Hwang Dae Myung was influenced by his father, a former archaeologist, to become a civil servant of the Cultural Heritage Administration, curiosity is rising even more to learn how he ended up living such a dramatic double life.

 

 

Find out the answers to all these questions on the next episode of “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper,” which airs on April 13 at 10:30 p.m. KST.

 

https://www.soompi.com/article/1579876wpp/joo-won-works-hard-to-maintain-his-strict-double-life-in-stealer-the-treasure-keeper

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[Episode 3 preview] The secret hero Joo-won, whose identity has already been revealed, is in a crisis situation?! #Stealer: The Seven Korean Reports EP.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here are the ratings for Episode 2! .

 

“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” And “Bo Ra! Deborah” Ratings Dip For 2nd Episodes

 

Both tvN’s “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” and ENA’s “Bo Ra! Deborah” saw decreases in their viewership ratings last night.

 

On April 13, both new Wednesday-Thursday dramas aired their second episodes after premiering the night before.

 

According to Nielsen Korea, “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” fell to an average nationwide rating of 3.7 percent for its second episode, dipping a full percentage point from its premiere.

 

 

https://www.soompi.com/article/1579994wpp/stealer-the-treasure-keeper-and-bo-ra-deborah-ratings-dip-for-2nd-episodes

[partyon]

Watched the first episode of this drama. It was so much fun!

Haven't seen Joo Won in a role like this before and I find it very refreshing. Am liking the FL a lot (she was my favorite in Welcome to Waikiki) and the Cultural Heritage team lead is a hoot.

 

I know @joccu is watching this drama. What about @kittyna @Tongtong @flutterby06 @Ameera Ali @LeftCoastOppa @sadthe1st @valinor500 ?

 

Off to watch ep 2 to learn how Joo Won's character became "The Skunk".

Do you guys think there are abs under that suit? #justcurious

[partyon]

@Ameera Ali @joccu @the_sweetroad I think the PD nim is a fan of Steven Spielberg?

 

 

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Stealer: The Treasure Keeper: Episodes 1-2

by mistyisles

 

Part slick heist, part lighthearted caper, Stealer: The Treasure Keeper introduces us to an underground network populated with nimble artifact thieves, cold-blooded villains with elaborate hideaways, and smooth-talking brokers, all looking to line their own pockets at everyone else’s expense. But not to fear — our heroes are determined to bring them all to justice and put the nation’s treasures back where they belong.

 

EPISODES 1-2

 

The show kicks off with our titular thief mid-heist. As notorious black market broker KIM YOUNG-CHAN (Jeon Jin-oh) presents his wealthy customer with an illegally obtained antique, a masked man swan dives off the roof of the high-rise, his cable suspending him directly outside the room where the illicit deal is taking place.

The thief, commonly known as “Skunk” for his trademark odorized spray, takes his time drawing a giant heart on the window and kicking it in. Then he fights off Young-chan’s thugs, swipes the antique, and jumps back out the window, flashing finger hearts all the way down and landing safely on a gigantic heart-shaped inflatable.

 

This scene, we’ll come to learn, is a small window into the intricate network of brokers, buyers, thieves, and other agents who deal in precious cultural artifacts — most of which end up hoarded by wealthy collectors in secret compartments and lairs, waiting to be leveraged for the accumulation of even more wealth and power. Skunk is a bit different from most artifact thieves, however. Instead of keeping or re-selling his spoils, he turns them over to the authorities so they can be returned to their rightful places.

In this instance, “the authorities” means the Cultural Heritage police unit, which no one ever joins by choice. Our heroine CHOI MIN-WOO (Lee Joo-woo), for example, is transferred to the team as a supposed temporary demotion until a vaguely mentioned incident blows over.

And she’s not the only one. Team Leader JANG TAE-IN (Jo Han-chul) used to handle drug-related crimes, but after publicly smashing priceless pottery in a moment of hubris to reveal the drugs smuggled within, he was assigned to the Cultural Heritage unit as a sort of penance.

Min-woo’s first day on the job has her chasing an artifact thief through the streets and over rooftops. Just when she finally corners him, he makes a desperate and painful-looking leap off the roof. Only after following suit does Min-woo realize that Tae-in has swooped in to grab the thief, rendering her painful leap unnecessary. But it turns out this was not only a sting operation to catch the thief, but also Min-woo’s initiation test — and she’s passed.

 

Min-woo’s next assignment is to locate Cultural Heritage Administration Officer HWANG DAE-MYUNG (Joo-won) and enlist his help getting a known contraband collector to hand over the stolen ancient manuscript they know he has. This all turns out to be much harder than it sounds.

When Min-woo finds Dae-myung, she first mistakes him for a corpse because he’s sleeping in a dark, abandoned temple building with a giant kimchi stain on his shirt. Her opinion of him only goes downhill from there when they visit the collector, CHOI SONG-CHUL (Jung Eun-pyo), and all Dae-myung does is fawn over him and offer expensive gifts. Needless to say, they leave empty-handed.

 

But! Not all is as it seems. Those “gifts” are actually concealed cameras and clever excuses to get Song-chul’s fingerprints and retina scans. Because Dae-myung moonlights as none other than Skunk, and he’s got his own strategy for getting his hands on that manuscript. Oh, and the annoying ajumma who constantly shows up at Dae-myung’s office to complain and threaten lawsuits? She’s his hacker accomplice, LEE CHOON-JA (Choi Hwa-jung), secretly slipping him tools and intel for upcoming missions.

These two have worked together for years, fine-tuning Dae-myung’s super suit along the way. Now it can do all sorts of cool things (though they’ve yet to bulletproof it), like detect that Song-chul’s entire yard and house is crackling with high-voltage electricity. Undeterred, Dae-myung ziplines in and hops across the flagpoles before twirling down onto the doorstep. (I’m not sure which I find funnier — Dae-myung’s Skunk antics themselves, or the fact that he commits to them regardless of whether anyone’s around to see!)

more

https://www.dramabeans.com/2023/04/stealer-the-treasure-keeper-episodes-1-2/

 

 

[joccu]

the first two episodes were funny.  like @partyon  I found the captain really hoot. 

 

also the lady who is helping our skunk is awesome. 

[partyon]

Episode 2 was fun as well. Does anyone think there is going to be any romance in this drama? I am guessing not.

 

Joo Won's arms

[joccu]

@partyon  well there could be. And they at least will hint the possibility. 

 

[marrez1]

21 minutes ago, joccu said:

@partyon  well there could be. And they at least will hint the possibility. 

 

yep, i think a little

[partyon]

A first poll is up! What kind of Stealer would you be?

 

Let's vote!

 

@marrez1 @flutterby06 @joccu @Tongtong @rocher22 @Sleepy Owl @confusedheart @agenth @Ameera Ali @kittyna

 

@LeftCoastOppa You can watch this drama. There won't be an ALICE ending, promise.

[rocher22]

I thought Inspector Choi bought the coin from those kids.   

She also bought them dinner and that was it. 

At least she, as the police officer, should have taken care of them.  

 

I also dont understand how Ms.Lee appeared in front of the collector's house to drag the thug away.

Only if she was  running the mission from a nearby van. 

 

I like the Heritage Team...and Im glad MW was honest during the team dinner.

The Captain is smart except when he destroyed the vases..  

And the youngest member of the team is also smart and capable. Usually in  k-dramas this is not the case.  

The drama is more of a comedy than a serious crime drama.  

 

 

 

 

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19 hours ago, rocher22 said:

I thought Inspector Choi bought the coin from those kids.   

She also bought them dinner and that was it. 

At least she, as the police officer, should have taken care of them.  

 

I also dont understand how Ms.Lee appeared in front of the collector's house to drag the thug away.

Only if she was  running the mission from a nearby van. 

 

I like the Heritage Team...and Im glad MW was honest during the team dinner.

The Captain is smart except when he destroyed the vases..  

And the youngest member of the team is also smart and capable. Usually in  k-dramas this is not the case.  

The drama is more of a comedy than a serious crime drama.  

 

 

 

 

Yep. Its a comedy. Super Refreshing to see JooWon in such a role. I just wish he didn’t have to cover up his face! He would look darn cool with just a simple mask like batman that shows his sparkly eyes and nice naughty smile

[backstreetboysfan]

I am loving this so far, it is so cool to see Joo Won in a role like this.

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Here are the ratings for Episode 3! .

 

 

“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” Remains No. 1 In Viewership Ratings As “Bo Ra! Deborah” Enjoys Boost

 

Both “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” and “Bo Ra! Deborah” have entered their second week of broadcast.

 

According to Nielsen Korea, episode 3 of tvN’s “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” starring Joo Won garnered an average nationwide viewership rating of 3.6 percent. This is a 0.1 percent decrease from its previous episode’s rating of 3.7 percent.

 

https://www.soompi.com/article/1581441wpp/stealer-the-treasure-keeper-remains-no-1-in-viewership-ratings-as-bo-ra-deborah-enjoys-boost