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9.7/10 Viki Also known as An Incomplete Life Written by Jung Yoon-jung First episode date 17 October 2014 Director Kim Won-seok | 8.8/10 IMDb 4.5/5 DramaFever Based on Misaeng
by Yoon Tae-ho Directed by Kim Won-seok Final episode date 20 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Awards PaekSang Arts Award for Best Leading Actor in Television Genres Drama, Comedy, Television comedy Cast Siwan, Kang So‑ra, Kang Ha‑neul, Lee Sung‑min, Shin Eun‑jung Similar Signal, Kill Me - Heal Me, Warm and Cozy, Oh My Ghostess, Pinocchio Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misaeng 2014 teaser ep 1 drama south korea
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.
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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. Yim reprised his role as Misaeng's protagonist, which he played in an earlier film adaptation, Incomplete Life: Prequel (2013).
Misaeng became a cultural phenomenon and recorded high viewership ratings for a cable network program in Korea.
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Plot
Since he was a child, the board game baduk has been everything to Jang Geu-rae. 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.
Source material
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.