Misaeng (TV series)
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Promotional poster for Misaeng
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Also known as | An Incomplete Life |
Genre | Workplace Drama Comedy |
Based on | Misaeng by Yoon Tae-ho |
Written by | Jung Yoon-jung |
Directed by | Kim Won-seok |
Starring | Yim Si-wan Lee Sung-min Kang So-ra Kang Ha-neul Byun Yo-han Kim Dae-myung Shin Eun-jung Park Hae-joon |
Composer(s) | Kim Jun-seok Park Seong-il |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kim Mi-na Lee Chan-ho |
Producer(s) | Park Ji-young Choi Jin-hee Lee Jae-moon Ham Seung-hoon |
Production location(s) | Korea, Jordan |
Cinematography | Choi Sang-mook |
Editor(s) | Kim Na-young |
Running time | 65 minutes Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) |
Production company(s) | Number 3 Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | tvN |
Picture format | 1080i |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
Original release | October 17 December 20, 2014 |
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Chronology | |
Preceded by | Plus Nine Boys |
Followed by | Heart to Heart |
External links | |
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Misaeng (Hangul: 미생 - 아직 살아 있지 못한 자; RR: Misaeng - Ajik sala ittji mothan ja) is a 2014 South Korean television series based on the webtoon series of the same title by Yoon Tae-ho. It aired on tvN from October 17 to December 20, 2014 on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 for 20 episodes.[1][2][3][4][5]
The title translates to "an incomplete life" (literally "not yet" (미) "birth" (생), meaning "not yet alive"). Misaeng was the first Korean drama to film on location in Jordan, where actors Yim Si-wan and Lee Sung-min shot the series's prologue in Amman, Petra, and Wadi Rum.[6] Yim reprised his role as Misaeng's protagonist, which he played in an earlier film adaptation, Incomplete Life: Prequel (2013).[7][8][9]
Misaeng became a cultural phenomenon and recorded high viewership ratings, with a peak of 8.4%, the all-time second highest for a cable network program in Korea.[10][11][12][13][14][15] [16]
Contents
Plot
Since he was a child, the board game baduk has been everything to Jang Geu-rae.[17] But when he fails at achieving his dream of becoming a professional baduk player, Geu-rae must leave his isolated existence and enter the real world armed with nothing but a high school equivalency exam on his resume. Through an acquaintance's recommendation, he gets hired as an intern at One International, a large trading company.
There, Geu-rae meets his boss, manager Oh Sang-shik, who's a workaholic and has a warm personality; fellow intern Ahn Young-yi, who attracts her colleagues' ire because of her impressive educational credentials and by being extremely competent at any task; and Jang Baek-gi, a geeky co-worker whose anxious nature masks his inner ambition. Geu-rae learns to navigate and adapt to corporate culture, with baduk as his guide.[18]
Cast
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- Yim Si-wan as Jang Geu-rae[19][20]
- Lee Sung-min as Oh Sang-shik
- Kang So-ra as Ahn Young-yi[21]
- Kang Ha-neul as Jang Baek-gi[22]
- Byun Yo-han as Han Seok-yool
- Kim Dae-myung as Kim Dong-shik
- Shin Eun-jung as Sun Ji-young
- Park Hae-joon as Chun Kwan-woong
- Yoon Jong-hoon as Lee Sang-hyun
- Yeo Eui-joo as Jang Ki-seok
- Kim Jong-soo as Kim Boo-ryun
- Ryu Tae-ho as Go Dong-ho
- Kim Hee-won as Park Jong-shik[23]
- Kim Kyung-ryong as Lee Shin-tae
- Park Jin-soo as Assistant manager Hwang
- Nam Kyung-eup as CEO of One International
- Lee Geung-young as Choi Young-hoo
- Son Jong-hak as Ma Bok-ryul
- Jung Hee-tae as Jung Hee-seok
- -- as Cha Jung-ho
- Jang Hyuk-jin as Moon Sang-pil
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Park Yong-gu
- Shin Jae-hoon as Yoo Hyung-ki
- Jeon Seok-ho as Ha Sung-joon
- Oh Min-suk as Kang Hae-joon
- Tae In-ho as Sung Joon-shik
- -- as Cha Soo-jin
- Park Jin-seo as Shin Da-in
- Hwang Seok-jeong as Kim Sun-joo
- Jo Hyun-sik as Kim Seok-ho
- Kim Jung-hak as Lee Seok-joong
- Kwak In-joon as Audit team leader
- Han Kap-soo as One International Jordan branch manager
- Choi Jae-woong as One International Jordan branch employee
- Sung Byung-sook as Geu-rae's mother
- Nam Myung-ryul as Geu-rae's baduk teacher
- Lee Shi-won as Ha Jung-yeon
- -- as Senior colleague Kim
- Oh Yoon-hong as Oh Sang-shik's wife
- Lee Seung-joon as Shin Woo-hyun
- Seo Yoon-ah as Lee Eun-ji
- Cho Hunhyun (cameo)
- Yoo Changhyuk (cameo)
- Oh Jung-se as Husband of Chungsol's CEO (cameo, ep 20)
Ratings
Episode | Original airdate | AGB Nielsen[24] |
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Average Rating | Peak Rating | ||
01 | October 17, 2014 | 1.6% | 2.8% |
02 | October 18, 2014 | 2.35% | 3.1% |
03 | October 24, 2014 | 3.11% | 4.6% |
04 | October 25, 2014 | 3.49% | 4.9% |
05 | October 31, 2014 | 4.55% | 6.0% |
06 | November 1, 2014 | 3.7% | 5.4% |
07 | November 7, 2014 | 5.2% | 6.4% |
08 | November 8, 2014 | 5.0% | 6.6% |
09 | November 14, 2014 | 5.2% | 6.7% |
10 | November 15, 2014 | 5.9% | 7.0% |
11 | November 21, 2014 | 6.1% | 7.1% |
12 | November 22, 2014 | 6.3% | 7.8% |
13 | November 28, 2014 | 6.3% | 7.9% |
14 | November 29, 2014 | 5.8% | 7.9% |
15 | December 5, 2014 | 7.2% | 9.4% |
16 | December 6, 2014 | 7.4% | 8.6% |
17 | December 12, 2014 | 7.6% | 9.7% |
18 | December 13, 2014 | 8.0% | 9.5% |
19 | December 19, 2014 | 7.6% | 9.3% |
20 | December 20, 2014 | 8.4% | 10.3% |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2015 |
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Grand Prize (Daesang) | Misaeng | Won |
Star Award - Best Actor | Yim Si-wan | Won | ||
Kang Ha-neul | Won | |||
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Best Drama | Misaeng | Nominated | |
Best Director (TV) | Kim Won-seok | Won | ||
Best Actor (TV) | Lee Sung-min | Won | ||
Best New Actor (TV) | Yim Si-wan | Won | ||
Kim Dae-myung | Nominated | |||
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Best Miniseries | Misaeng | Won | |
Best Director | Kim Won-seok | Nominated | ||
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Best Drama | Misaeng | Won | |
Best Production Director | Kim Won-seok | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Jung Yoon-jung | Nominated | ||
Top Excellence Award, Actor | Yim Si-wan | Nominated | ||
Excellence Award, Actor | Kim Dae-myung | Won | ||
Special Jury Prize | Yim Si-wan | Won | ||
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Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Sung-min | Won | |
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Yim Si-wan | Won | ||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Kang So-ra | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Kim Dae-myung | Nominated | ||
Lee Geung-young | Won | |||
Best New Actor | Byun Yo-han | Won | ||
Kang Ha-neul | Nominated |
Source material
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With his webtoon, author Yoon Tae-ho drew an analogy between life in modern society and the game of baduk, a chess-like strategy board game. He also wrote vivid descriptions of the everyday life and struggles of Korean corporate culture as his flawed characters deal with the fierce competition for survival, interpersonal work relationships and office politics. Misaeng gained immense popularity among Korean white-collar workers in their twenties and thirties largely because its realism resonated with their experiences. It drew 1 billion hits when it was published on online portal Daum from September 2012 to October 2013, and the nine-volume paperback version sold 900,000 copies. It is now considered a must-read comic in the country.[27][28]
International broadcast
Country | Network(s)/Station(s) | Series premiere | Title |
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Thailand | PPTV | October 28, 2015 | หนุ่มออฟฟิศพิชิตฝัน (Num Office Pichit Fun[29]) |
References
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