CAST: Jang Geun Suk, Heo Sung Tae, Lee Elijah.
DIRECTOR: Kim Hong-seon-I
Decoy, also known as Bait, is a thriller miniseries from Korea that follows Ku Do Han, a lawyer turned detective as he works on one of the biggest fraud cases ever seen in the country.
His investigations lead him to a young reporter called Cheon Na Yeon, who is also seeking the truth. They join forces to bring justice to the victims of No Sang Cheon’s fraudulent schemes.
Fans have been waiting for Jang Geun -suk’s return since 2018 when he enlisted for his mandatory military service. He completed his compulsory military service in 2020 and this is his comeback drama.
Directed by Kim Hong-seon-I, this story is about Sang-cheon, who is a loan shark. While at a gambling den asking around for the slots manager who owes him money, he gets a call from manager Park asking him for a meeting at an investment briefing of a magnetic mattress. A speaker tells the audience about a chance to make 100 million a month by investing with them as a gold member and Sang-cheon deciphers right away that it is a fraud scheme.
Manager Park also figured it out and instead of investing in the Ponzi scheme; he invested in the company in charge of distributing the mattresses. Sang-cheon is introduced to the importer, Jang Kang-chun. Kang-chun manages to convince Sang-cheon to invest 200 million won promising a profit of 300 percent. Soon after, Kang-chun disappears.
Fast forward to the year 2023, and the masked murderer is torturing Young-jin. He says Sang-cheon was not a smart person. Young-jin still has no answers to the questions the murderer asks and he is killed with a knife to the heart.
At the violent crimes investigation, unit Do-han and his team are brainstorming the case. They wonder what the deputy’s head is hiding since he went to the extent of getting his suspension lifted so he could handle the case. In retrospect, Jang-hun said he had nothing to hide and was not looking for a cover-up. The captain decides to release the main suspect Byeong-jun and get him followed.
Decoy season 2 is expected to have 6 episodes, with two episodes releasing weekly on @viki in the United States.
