Pawn

A debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother.

Cast

Sung Dong-il

as Doo-seok

Park So-yi

as Young Seung-yi

Kim Hie-won

as Jong-bae

Ha Ji-won

as Seung-yi

Yunjin Kim

as Myeong-ja

Kim Jae-hwa

as Madam Jeong

Teo Yoo

as Deok-hwa

Jeong In-gi

as Translator

Na Moon-hee

as Seung-yi's Grandmother

Jin Yoo-young

as Minister

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