“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” has been added to the Kdrama+ class on Tubi TV. It’s an motion comedy Korean drama sequence launched in 2023, with 12 episodes.
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♦ A Skilled Thief Who Returns Treasure?
“Stealer: The Treasure Keeper” is a couple of skilled thief, nicknamed “Skunk”, who finds Korean treasures that had been stolen through the Japanese colonial interval, re-steals them, and returns them to Korea as Cultural Heritage Property. There isn’t any cost for his service.
Jang Tae-In, Shin Chang-Hoon, and Choi Min-Woo are police investigators assigned to the Cultural Heritage Property Staff (CHAT). For some time now, the crew’s job has been made straightforward as a result of an expert thief nicknamed “Skunk” has been sending them the cultural belongings that he steals or somewhat re-steals.
Skunk finds folks dealing within the black market who’re shopping for and promoting stolen treasures, i.e. Korea’s cultural heritage belongings, and returns them to their rightful proprietor, i.e. The Republic of Korea. After all, because it’s the black market, the events he stole from can’t report his theft to the police with out revealing their underhanded dealings.
♦ The Legend of the Seven (7) Joseon Cash
In Korea, it’s believed that through the Japanese colonial occupation, lots of Korea’s cultural heritage belongings had been stolen. (Supply: Historical past.com)
In “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper”:
- Based on accessible data the belongings had been destroyed and the one belongings remaining after the Japanese left had been seven (7) Joseon cash.
- Nevertheless based on legend, whoever finds the seven (7) Joseon cash may even discover out the place the Korean cultural belongings are hidden.
The seek for the seven (7) Joseon cash just isn’t solely intense, it’s harmful and lethal. A well known vintage collector had managed to seek out all however two (2) of the cash. He and his complete workers had been murdered. On the crime scene, the police had been baffled as a result of his treasured assortment value a number of billion gained had not been touched.
So what was the killer after? Later the police understand that he was after the cash. The opposite treasures didn’t matter, and that’s why they weren’t stolen.
CHAT decides to focus their efforts on discovering the Joseon cash; and hope that they discover them earlier than the cultural heritage criminals do.
Jang Tae-In is the CHAT chief and he invitations Hwang Dae-Myeong to affix their crew. He thinks Dae-Myeong is “Skunk” however he can’t show it. However even when he isn’t, Dae-Myeong is aware of rather a lot about Korea’s cultural heritage belongings. His experience on this space can be an important contribution to the crew’s efforts.
♦ So What’s the POA?
That is the CHAT chief’s POA (plan of motion). There are quite a lot of cultural belongings that should be returned to the Korean authorities. Skunk could also be good at his thievery, however there’s no means he can single-handedly do the job. He may use some assist. The CHAT needs to assist Skunk steal the treasures.
What? However CHAT is legislation enforcement and … isn’t stealing illegal? Sure. Sure, it’s. However Jang Tae-In and the remainder of the crew have agreed that it’s the quickest and finest approach to get well many of the treasures. In the event that they do it the authorized means, then the criminals who’re protected by the legislation (as a result of the felony ring contains corrupt authorities officers) will simply get away with their crimes.
The cultural heritage criminals are stealing the belongings and profiting. CHAT plans to steal the belongings and return them to the rightful house owners, i.e. the residents of the Republic of Korea. In that means the entire nation income.
OK! Seems like a 3D plan. Harmful and lethal; however doable.
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Viewership and Score:
IMDb: 6.4 out of 10 stars
My Drama Record: 7.5 out of 10 stars
My private score is 8 out of 10 stars. The motion scenes type of turned Skunk right into a superhero. They had been unrealistic however enjoyable. The concept of a whole crew of investigators becoming a member of palms with an expert thief to return treasures to the rightful proprietor was additionally enjoyable. The dangerous guys had been actually dangerous and their felony actions had been downright unpatriotic. The principle characters and assist forged made this sequence very entertaining.
{Private word/commentary: I’m not a certified historian. However I discover it fascinating that one nation would invade one other nation and attempt to oppress the folks by depriving them of their tradition. They try and make them “disappear” by not permitting them to talk their language, taking away their freedom, and demanding that they assimilate. However they’ll steal their cultural heritage belongings. Does that even make sense? In a way, it does make sense. They in all probability stole it after which tried to say it was theirs! That’s so trifling! Anyway! They didn’t succeed.}
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TRAILERS/TEASERS:
CJ ENM International. “Stealer: The Treasure Keeper | Official Trailer | CJ ENM.” YouTube Video. YouTube, August 18, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4dfvKABc7s.
