{"id":68698,"date":"2026-07-14T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68698"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:59:01","slug":"netflix-k-drama-the-apartment-job-ji-sung-led-crime-comedy-juggles-genre-and-social-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68698","title":{"rendered":"Netflix K-drama The Apartment Job: Ji Sung-led crime comedy juggles genre and social codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/14\/bb183085-2ad9-4ada-b896-bb38d511e78b_08f66226.jpg?itok=DyctEZ2R&amp;v=1784021725\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">Lead cast:<\/strong> Ji Sung, Ha Yoon-kyung, Moon So-ri, Park Byung-eun<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">Latest Nielsen rating:<\/strong> 5.4 per cent<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The caper thriller gets a decidedly Korean twist in <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The Apartment Job<\/em>, a new star vehicle for Ji Sung (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The Devil Judge<\/em><\/span>). The drama follows a cash-strapped gangster who targets an unusual mark for a quick windfall: the administration fund of a high-end apartment complex.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ji plays the dashing Park Hae-gang, who runs HK Trading and Investment, a front for an illegal gambling den. He operates the company with the help of three lieutenants from his former gang whom he has kept under his wing. He also supports the grizzled gangster who initially took him in as a child.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, Seoul\u2019s police commissioner is attempting to gain admittance to \u201cOne Club\u201d, an exclusive clique for the most powerful men in the country. The price of admission? Ten billion won (US$6.7 million).<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"methode-html-wrapper oembed-wrapper e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"e2gky7d0 e1drg7e30 e1ciypty0 ehdmpxk0 css-1avyp1d e1hpd36k0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<div class=\"e1hpd36k3 css-79hwxn e1x11wau0\" data-qa=\"SCMPYouTubeVideoFooter-VideoTitleContainer\"><default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"25\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 25\" fill=\"none\" data-qa=\"SCMPYouTubeVideoFooter-StyledVideoRecorder\" class=\"css-1nnwg93 e1x11wau1\"><default:path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M22 6.22926V18.4315L17.5463 13.9868V17.8655C17.5463 18.1618 17.4383 18.4248 17.2228 18.6531C17.0067 18.8829 16.7498 18.9967 16.4537 18.9967H3.13414C2.80989 18.9967 2.53968 18.8829 2.32425 18.6531C2.10808 18.4248 2 18.1618 2 17.8655V6.79519C2 6.49893 2.10808 6.23665 2.32425 6.00688C2.53968 5.77858 2.80989 5.66333 3.13414 5.66333H16.4537C16.7498 5.66333 17.0067 5.77858 17.2228 6.00688C17.4383 6.23665 17.5463 6.49893 17.5463 6.79519V10.674L22 6.22926Z\" fill=\"#001246\"\/><\/default:svg><\/p>\n<p>The Apartment Job | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Needing to raise the money in a hurry, he sends a goon to Hae-gang, who has been bribing him to turn a blind eye. Hae-gang also lacks access to that kind of cash, but when his lieutenants and his mentor are locked up on trumped-up charges by the commissioner\u2019s men, he must find a way to secure the funds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/k-drama\/k-drama\/article\/3360530\/netflix-k-drama-apartment-job-ji-sung-led-crime-comedy-juggles-genre-and-social-codes?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead cast: Ji Sung, Ha Yoon-kyung, Moon So-ri, Park Byung-eun Latest Nielsen rating: 5.4 per cent The caper thriller gets a decidedly Korean twist in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[15951,2612,2689,1372,11269,6182,26500,6545,5916,811,26499],"class_list":["post-68698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-apartment","tag-codes","tag-comedy","tag-crime","tag-genre","tag-job","tag-juggles","tag-kdrama","tag-netflix","tag-social","tag-sungled","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}