# Lobbyist (TV series)

Lobbyist (Korean: 로비스트; RR: Lobiseuteu), originally titled Angel, is a 2007 South Korean television series produced by Korea Pictures International, Inc. that aired on SBS. Budgeted at ₩12 million, overseas filming locations included the United States and Kyrgyzstan. It stars Song Il-kook, Han Jae-suk and Jang Jin-young (in her last performance).

## Plot

Lobbyist centers around a fictional love story caught in the real-world scenario of international politics, secret weapons trading, and deadly lobbying activities.
Kang Tae-hyuk is the successor of a main munitions business company in Korea. He has an innate ability as a lobbyist and is a master schemer. His exploits take him to the United States where he deals with the mafia. He plans to sweep over the whole of Asia.

## Cast

* Song Il-kook as Harry / Kim Joo-ho
** Lee Hyun-woo as young Joo-ho
* Jang Jin-young as Maria / Yoo So-young
** Nam Ji-hyun as young So-young
* Han Jae-suk as Kang Tae-hyuk
* Huh Joon-ho as James Lee
* Kim Mi-sook as Madam Chae
* Yoo Sun as Eva / Yoo Moon-young
** Park Eun-bin as young Moon-young
* Choi Ja-hye as Karen / Kim Soo-ji
* Kim Sung-kyum as Chairman Kang, Tae-hyuk's father
* Lee Jae-yong as Jang Tae-sung, Mi-ran's father
* Jung Yoon-jo as Jang Mi-ran
* Sung Ji-ru as Yoo Sung-shik, Maria and Eva's father
* Lee Mi-young as Kim Jung-soon, Maria and Eva's mother
* Kim Da-hyun as Andy, Madam Chae's son
* Sung Chang-hoon as Yang Dong-jin
* Jun-seong Kim as Michael
* Choi Min as "Yankee"
* Bang Gil-seung as Park So-ja
* Kim Yang-woo as "Brown Bear"
* Kim Seo-ra as Maggie, Harry's aunt
* Lee Seung-hyung as Kang Tae-joon, Tae-hyuk's stepbrother
* Lee Jin-ah as Reporter Song
* Manny Oliverez as mafia thug
* Devin Rumer as mafia thug
* John J. Quinn as Luciano
* Brian Townes as Jack
* James Nalitz as butler
* Jefferson Smith as chauffeur
* Park Ji-yeon as friend of deaf daughter (bit part, ep 21-22)

## Ratings

| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 2007-10-10 | 1 | 12.6% (6th) | 13.8% (6th) |
| 2007-10-10 | 2 | 12.0% (9th) | 13.5% (7th) |
| 2007-10-11 | 3 | 15.7% (3rd) | 16.6% (4th) |
| 2007-10-11 | 4 | 14.1% (7th) | 16.2% (5th) |
| 2007-10-17 | 5 | 14.0% (6th) | 15.3% (6th) |
| 2007-10-18 | 6 | 15.6% (7th) | 16.5% (6th) |
| 2007-10-24 | 7 | 14.4% (6th) | 15.3% (6th) |
| 2007-10-25 | 8 | 21.3% (3rd) | 22.4% (3rd) |
| 2007-10-31 | 9 | 14.9% (6th) | 16.2% (5th) |
| 2007-11-01 | 10 | 14.7% (6th) | 15.5% (6th) |
| 2007-11-07 | 11 | 12.3% (11th) | 13.1% (8th) |
| 2007-11-08 | 12 | 12.3% (11th) | 12.6% (9th) |
| 2007-11-14 | 13 | 13.3% (8th) | 13.9% (7th) |
| 2007-11-15 | 14 | 12.2% (9th) | 12.6% (8th) |
| 2007-11-21 | 15 | 11.0% (14th) | 11.5% (12th) |
| 2007-11-22 | 16 | 11.6% (12th) | 11.8% (12th) |
| 2007-11-28 | 17 | 10.5% (15th) | 10.3% (16th) |
| 2007-11-29 | 18 | 12.6% (11th) | 12.8% (11th) |
| 2007-12-05 | 19 | 10.1% (17th) | 10.1% (17th) |
| 2007-12-06 | 20 | 14.6% (5th) | 15.3% (3rd) |
| 2007-12-12 | 21 | 12.1% (9th) | 12.5% (9th) |
| 2007-12-13 | 22 | 14.1% (8th) | 14.9% (8th) |
| 2007-12-20 | 23 | 11.6% (9th) | 12.0% (10th) |
| 2007-12-26 | 24 | 11.1% (12th) | 11.6% (11th) |
| Average | Average | 13.3% | 14.0% |
Source: TNmS Media Korea