Buried Hearts 보물섬 [2025]

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English Title (Literal): Treasure Island

Director: Jin Chang Gyu

Writer: Lee Myung Hee

Episodes: 16

Broadcast Station: SBS

Streaming Site: TBA

Schedule: Feb 21 – Apr 12, 2025

Website: Official Website | NamuWiki | Naver | MDL

 

Plot Summary

 

To survive, a man hacked into a political slush fund worth 2 trillion won. The other man is a powerful shadowy figure, who loses 2 trillion won by killing a man without knowing that he was hacked.

 

Seo Dong-Joo (Park Hyung-Sik) works as a leader in the chairman's secretary office at Daesan Group. He is known as the "Daesan Man," someone who lives dies for Daesan Group's interests, but, he hides his elaborate and passionate ambitions deep within his mind. His ultimate goal is to entirely consume Daesan Group when he has the chance.

 

Yeom Jang-Sun (Heo Jun-Ho) is a law school professor and the former director of the National Intelligence Service. He is the most influential person in the South Korean political world. He even controls the kingmaker behind the scenes. Yeom Jang-Sun feels the zenith of joy when he wields money and power as he pleases. He is the type of person who feels alive only when he has control over everyone, like a marionette puppet (source: AsianWiki).

 

Cast

• Park Hyung Sik - Seo Dong Joo
• Heo Joon Ho

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Character Description: Seo Dong-joo (徐東柱)

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Head of the External Relations Team, Chairman's Office, Daesan Group.

Rank: Executive Director.

He’s handsome.
His body is well-built.
His fists are strong.

 

He has a photographic memory and a brain capable of solving advanced math problems mentally.

He excels in Government Relations (GR: dealing with government officials). He can sense the currents of legislation, judiciary, and administration in South Korea, and uses this knowledge to his advantage in a way that no one can match.

 

How does he do it so well?

Because he spares no means or methods.

 

He harbors the deep goal of taking over Daesan entirely.
Daesan Group's chairman, Cha Kang-chun, has only two daughters and no sons.
When the elderly Cha Kang-chun can no longer manage the company, Daesan will become a land of opportunity.

Using his deep understanding of the inner workings of the group, he plans to slowly take control of Daesan Group.

At one point, he had been aiming to marry the chairman’s granddaughter and become part of the Daesan family, but he chose to be with a woman he loved more than Daesan’s granddaughter, showing a romantic side.

 

He played a key role in embezzling special government budgets for energy projects to create political slush funds, and prides himself on becoming an indispensable talent for Daesan Group.
However, he is soon betrayed by the woman he loves, and when the pyramid scheme is complete and the slush fund is set, he is eliminated—only to miraculously survive and return to stand before the enemies who tried to kill him.

 

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Character chart

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Park Hyung Sik Headlines Political-Crime Drama 'Treasure Island'

 

On March 26, Park Hyung Sik has been confirmed to headline the political-crime series "Treasure Island," penned by the brilliant writer Lee Myung Hee.

 

Based on the news cited by a media outlet, the actor is poised to continue his success story with this new series.

 

"Treasure Island" follows the story of a man who hacks into a 2 trillion KRW political slush fund to survive, and a political fixer who, unexpectedly, kills the man and loses the 2 trillion KRW.

 

However, the hacker survives but returns with no memory, giving the viewers an unpredictable narrative and exciting plot.

 

In the forthcoming series "Treasure Island," Park Hyung Sik will play the character Seo Dong Joo, the lead of the external cooperation team at Daehan Group's chairman's secretariat.

 

Dong Joo was born with photographic memory. While he is known as a loyal man in the company, he harbors a hidden ambition to take over Daehan, making him a character of ambition with a secretive family history.

 

"Treasure Island" will be helmed by "Military Prosecutor Doberman" director Jin Chang Gyu. It has been said that the team is currently in the casting phase and once everything is settled, the production will start filming in June.

 

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Previews

 

 

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2024.12.21 Heo Joon Ho & Park Hyung Sik at the SBS Drama Awards

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Script Reading

 

 

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[Video] Script Reading

 

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New Stills

 

 

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2025.01.17 New Preview

 

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2025.01.31 Preview

 

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Poster

Gosh, so handsome

Spoiler

 

 

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3rd Preview

I desperately want this to be good!

[abs-oluteM]

This looks good. But I pray it doesn't turn out like The Heirs. It gives the same vibes - hope execution is better 

 

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3 hours ago, abs-oluteM said:

But I pray it doesn't turn out like The Heirs. It gives the same vibes - hope execution is better

Writer wrote Money Flower. I did not watch that one, but it was a serious kind of drama. This one also looks quite dramatic and serious.

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Spoiler

 

Spoiler

 

 

[abs-oluteM]

I saw some spoilers on X - reminds me of The Impossible Heir . Let's hope plot is not like the latter 

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@abs-oluteM I only saw spoiler of hot kisses from PHS.

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1 hour ago, mademoiselle said:

@abs-oluteM I only saw spoiler of hot kisses from PHS.

Did you see the steamy bath scene? Hahahahah

I will watch this shortly. Just finished Undercover High School which I enjoyed. 

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53 minutes ago, abs-oluteM said:

Did you see the steamy bath scene? Hahahahah

I will watch this shortly. Just finished Undercover High School which I enjoyed. 

Yeah. The hot kisses I saw was a compilation of all his hot scenes from ep1. xD

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On 2/8/2025 at 4:56 PM, mademoiselle said:

Writer wrote Money Flower. I did not watch that one, but it was a serious kind of drama. This one also looks quite dramatic and serious.

Money Flower - I liked it but mainly cause of Jang Hyuk's performance.  Heavy melodrama and the writer weaved a complex story - it was an MBC weekender so it dragged a bit.  The revenge will be an elaborate one if the writer's style doesn't change. Hopefully here we have 16 episodes, so pace should be faster.  

 

I was worried about this being like The Impossible Heirs but I don't think it will be. After the 1st episode, I find it quite layered. I am on board to see him get his revenge - in the first episode he was betrayed on many levels - by the Daesan owner/ his boss  ( who gave him the impression that he trusted him with his life) , by HJH's character (it was hinted HJH was his former mentor) and most painfully by his lover. 

 

Pre-released. Yes, Dong Ju make sure you get your revenge. 

 

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Finally caught up with both episodes. I was hoping by episode 2, we would be at the stage where the plot summary tells us—Dong Joo came back for revenge. However, it seems we're still in the introduction stages. I find myself needing to digest the complicated relationship(s) of Daesan Group and Yeom Jang Sun's family.

 

By mid-episode 1, I had a feeling Yeo Eun Nam is the granddaughter of Daesan Group, and voilà, I was right. To complicate things even further, her husband is Dong Joo's classmate and nephew of Yeom Jang Sun.

 

I at first thought Dong Joo worked for Yeom Jang Sun because in the beginning he was communicating with Dong Joo, controlling the fate of the inquiry, but later I realised Dong Joo works for Daesan Group. Since Yeom Jang Sun is a law school professor, and Dong Joo is classmate with his nephew, my guess is he was Dong Joo's teacher in law school.

 

As for Chairman Cha, the subtitles went too fast, so I didn't catch how he has an illegitimate son. He seems to genuinely trust Dong Joo and treasure his capabilities. But if he could cut out Dong Joo once, he could do it again, so he isn't entirely trustworthy. I reckon Dong Joo also played his moves well in this chessboard by maintaining his calm. And this won the Chairman back.

 

P.S. I'm still unsure whether I like the drama.

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1 hour ago, mademoiselle said:

As for Chairman Cha, the subtitles went too fast, so I didn't catch how he has an illegitimate son. He seems to genuinely trust Dong Joo and treasure his capabilities.

At the bakery, there was a woman who came out after the son left on the bike to go out with his friends. I think he had a fling with the woman and but she didn't want his involvement and raised the boy himself. That's why the son doesn't carry his surname. 

 

What surprised me was how everyone somewhat knew that Dong Joo and Eunnam were living together. After eps 2, I am certain Eunnam's feelings for DJ are genuine. I am assuming she was somewhat "forced' to marry the other guy - "I don't buy the grandfather is going to give me Daesan shares"  excuse. When you belong to the top 1% of the country, your marriage is not for your choosing. Her not telling DJ who she is was also her way to see if he genuinely loved her and probably she has never liked this Daesan heritage of hers.

 

I quite like Daesan chairman and DJ's relationship - it is a mutually beneficial one of course but Chairman doesn't trust anyone else the way he does DJ. But from the preview it looks like DJ is going to steal  Yeom Jang Sung's $$$ and has asked Eunnam to come with him - so is he gonna be on the run already? 

 

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@abs-oluteM Not only they all pretended they didn't know Eun Nam is seeing Dong Joo, they also feign ignorance that Chairman has a son. 

 

Yeah, agreed, Eun Nam genuinely loves Dong Joo because she said her heart aches just thinking about another woman standing beside Dong Joo. At that time, she already knew she will get married. That said, I find it hard to believe these people planning to seduce an heiress don't bother to do their homework? They don't at least hire an investigator to find out how she looks like and what she's like so they can come up with a seduction plan...?

 

I think I know why you said this drama reminded you of The Impossible Heir. From the relationship between the Chairman and Dong Joo, I do see similarity. Both are Chairman's secretaries. In The Impossible Heir, the Chairman has a dream/vision and Lee Jae Wook understands and is capable of making his dream comes true. As for Chairman Cha, he's also seeking a worthy heir but there's no guarantee his illegitimate son can do the job either, so it might ends up with Dong Joo inheriting Daesan later, too. Especially, we can see he doesn't like/want to be controlled by Yeom Jang Sun.

 

Eun Nam is of no help to Dong Joo at the moment, so they will fail with running away. 

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Oh so when does this happen? Am guessing he ain't running off just yet.

 

Here he is making friends to gain the trust of Chairman's son ( ooo the kid from MeloMovie) and Chairman seems please...