'Vincenzo': Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about Song Joong-ki K-drama on Netflix
After 'Mr. Queen' arrived on Viki for international streaming, 'Vincenzo' will be streamed on Netflix while being broadcast on tvN in Seoul. The show arrives just days after the lead star Song Joong-ki's film 'Space Sweepers' released on Netflix on February 5. The show's trailer was also released recently and this has increased the excitement among fans as the thriller is set to excite fans everywhere. Can this show take over the popularity of 'Descendants of the Sun' otherwise known as DOTS?
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Release date
'Vincenzo' is scheduled to release on February 20 and will air on Saturdays and Sundays at 9 pm KST. The show can also be streamed on Netflix.
Plot
The official synopsis of the show is as follows. "At the age of 8, Park Joo-hyeong went to Italy after he was adopted. He is now an adult and has been named Vincenzo Casano (Song Joong-ki). He is a lawyer, who works for the Mafia as a consigliere. Because of a war between mafia groups, he flees to South Korea. In South Korea, he gets involved with Lawyer Hong Cha-young (Jeon Yeo-bin). She is the type of attorney who will do anything to win a case. Vincenzo Casano falls in love with her. He also achieves social justice in his own way."
Cast
Song Joong-ki as Park Joo-hyeong aka Vincenzo Casano
Actor Song Joong-ki plays the lead role in the show that centers on wars between the mafia and social struggles back in Korea as well. He was adopted when he was all of eight years, taken to Italy where he became a lawyer but because of a conflict there, he flees to South Korea where he falls in love.
Jeon Yeo-bin as Hong Cha-young
Actor Jeon Yeo-bin plays the role of Hong Cha-young in the show. She is a lawyer who would do anything to win the case and she is also the one that Vincenzo ends up falling in love with. Will this be a thriller or a love story? Definitely, something to wait and watch.
Other members of the cast include TaecYeon as Jang Joon-woo, Yoo Jae-myung as Hong Yoo-chan, Kim Yeo-jin as Choi Myung-hee, Kwak Dong-yeon as Jang Han-seo, Jo Han-chul as Han Seung-hyeok, Choi Duk-moon as Tak Hong-sik, Kim Hyung-mook as Chef Toto, Yang Kyung-won as Lee Cheol-wook, Seo Ye-hwa as Jang Yeon-jin, Lee Hang-na as Kwak Hee-soo, Kim Seol-jin as Larry Kang, Kwon Seung-woo as Monk Chaeshin, Kim Yoon-hye as Seo Mi-ri, Lim Chul-soo as An Ki-seok, Kim Young-woong as Park Seok-do and Kim Woo-jin as a paramedic.
Writer and director
The show is written by Park Jae-bum and directed by Kim Hee-won. Jae-bum is the writer of popular shows such as 'The Fiery Priest', 'Good Manager', 'Blood' and 'Good Doctor' among others. Hee-won previously directed popular shows such as 'The Crowned Clown' and 'Money Flower'.
Trailer
The trailer reveals more about the theme of the show and we see how Joong-ki will not be playing the good guy but the bad one. He says in the trailer that only "evil can punish evil" and considering how he flees from a mafia conflict in Italy to arrive in Korea where there is more conflict, he may be the evil that would punish the rest. So how will he punish them and who will stand by his side?
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