Netflix’s ‘The Apartment Job’: Release Date, Plot, Cast, and Everything Else You Need to Know About Ji-Sung’s New Show

Netflix is about to hand Ji Sung a completely different kind of role, and it involves stealing from his own neighbors. ‘The Apartment Job’ premieres July 11 on JTBC and Netflix, and it follows a former gang boss who runs for apartment residents’ association president purely to steal the building’s hidden reserve fund, only to end up becoming the neighborhood’s most unlikely protector.

For a star known for tense courtroom battles and detective thrillers, this crime comedy premise is a genuine curveball, and it looks like exactly the kind of left turn that could make his career even more interesting.

‘The Apartment Job’ Release Date and Where to Watch

‘The Apartment Job’ is scheduled to premiere on JTBC on July 11, 2026, and will air every Saturday and Sunday. New episodes will drop at 10:40 p.m. KST in South Korea, with the series also available for streaming on Netflix. The show will run for a total of 12 episodes, with each episode lasting approximately 70 minutes, and episodes will air first on JTBC before landing on Netflix the same day.

If there are no schedule changes, the finale is expected to air in mid-August 2026. That gives fans a solid month and a half of weekend viewing to look forward to, which is honestly a nice change of pace in a streaming landscape dominated by all-at-once drops.

‘The Apartment Job’ is actually taking over JTBC’s Saturday-Sunday slot previously held by ‘Reborn Rookie’, so anyone who has been following that series now knows exactly where to look for its replacement.

‘The Apartment Job’ Cast Is Led by Ji Sung

Ji Sung headlines the series as Park Hae-gang, the former Oasis gang boss turned reluctant residents’ association president, and this marks his first-ever Netflix series after lead roles in ‘Connection,’ ‘Doctor John,’ ‘The Devil Judge,’ and ‘The Judge Returns.’ After years of playing lawyers and detectives, watching him talk his way through parking disputes instead sounds like a genuinely fun swing.

Ha Yoon-kyung plays Kang Ha-ri, an ambitious, aspiring lawyer who gets tangled up in Hae-gang’s scheme, and this is her first-ever leading role in a drama after building a following through supporting turns. She has steadily gained recognition for her performances in shows like ‘Hospital Playlist,’ ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo,’ ‘See You in My 19th Life,’ and ‘Resident Playbook.’

Moon So-ri rounds out the leads as Jang Suk-jin, a prominent resident whose early clashes with Hae-gang spark much of the neighborhood friction, and she has described this as her first major comedic role after being primarily known for film and serious dramatic work. Park Byung-eun completes the core cast as Lee Chung-won, another key figure navigating the complex’s internal politics.

‘The Apartment Job’ Plot Explained

The series centers on Park Hae-gang, a former boss of the legendary Oasis gang once known for never failing to collect outstanding debts. Now serving as the CEO of a company, he enters a newly built apartment complex with hidden motives, aiming to become chairman of the residents’ council so he can recover 10 billion won in hidden illicit funds, money he hopes to use to save Yong-man, a father figure from his past.

To pull off the scheme, Hae-gang teams up with Kang Ha-ri, and while pursuing the hidden fund, he unintentionally uncovers a massive, deeply rooted web of corruption involving influential neighbors and powerful local figures. What starts as a straightforward money grab spirals into something far messier and far more personal.

Instead of leaving once he achieves his original goal, Hae-gang gradually begins working alongside the residents to expose those responsible, transforming from a man driven purely by personal gain into an unexpected neighborhood hero. Writer Kim Yoon-young has described the show’s core idea as the “intermittent family,” comparing it to intermittent fasting, where residents only act like a family when they need each other, coming together in short, intense bursts rather than as a constant unit.

‘The Apartment Job’ Themes and Behind-the-Scenes Details

The series is directed by Jo Yong-won, who won the Best Director award at the Seoul Drama Awards for ‘Missing Child,’ and written by Kim Yoon-young, whose previous credits include ‘Kaist,’ ‘Sweet Palpitations,’ and ‘My Strange Hero.’ The show is co-produced by SLL and Red Nine Pictures.

Kim and director Jo reportedly held themselves to two guiding rules while making the show, keeping the characters grounded in reality even inside a comic, farcical plot, and above all, making sure the whole thing stays fun. Kim has said the biggest viewing points are the ensemble cast, Hae-gang’s outrageous solutions to everyday apartment complaints like parking disputes and delivery chaos, and watching the residents shift from indifference to real solidarity as the story goes on.

The premise gives ‘The Apartment Job’ a rare hook among caper comedies, since instead of targeting a bank or a corporation, the scheme goes after something almost every apartment-dwelling viewer recognizes from their own monthly bill. That everyday relatability, paired with a cast full of actors stepping outside their usual lanes, is exactly what has people buzzing ahead of the premiere.

So between Ji Sung’s gangster turned reluctant hero and Moon So-ri’s first real shot at comedy, which one of ‘The Apartment Job’ cast members are you most curious to see in this unexpected genre swap?