Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek
Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Jin Goo, Park Ha-sun, Jo Hyun-jae and Han Chae-young. Set in the cutthroat field of advertising where creativity and competition coexist, the drama is the success story of underdog Lee Tae-baek who fights his way to becoming the best ad man in the business. It aired on KBS2 from February 4 to March 26, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
The protagonist is loosely based on internationally renowned advertising designer and social activist Jeseok Yi, who wrote the 2010 book Ad Genius Lee Je-seok.
The drama reunites Han Chae-young and Jo Hyun-jae who previously worked together in the 2005 TV series Only You.
Synopsis
Drama series depicts the lives and love of people working in the advertisement industry.Lee Tae-baek is extremely talented but, due to his poor resume, goes through difficulties as he attempts to succeed in the advertising world.
Baek Ji-yoon is an intern at Geumsan Ad Company. She tries to do her best regardless of the task. Ji-yoon is full of passion and becomes involved with Lee Tae-Baek.
Go Ah-ri is an ad planner at Geumsan Ad Company. She's a confident and sexy woman. In order to achieve her dream, she throws away her past and her love.
Cast
Main
- Jin Goo as Lee Tae-baek
- Park Ha-sun as Baek Ji-yoon
- Han Chae-young as Go Ah-ri / Bok-hee
- *Lee Sae-rom as young Go Ah-ri
- Jo Hyun-jae as Addie Kang
Supporting
People in GRC
- Ko Chang-seok as Ma Jin-ga
- Kwak Hee-sung as Ma Yi-chan
- Ah Young as Gong Sun-hye
- Bang Dae-han as Hassan
People in Geumsan Ad Company
- Choi Jung-woo as Kang Han-chul
- as Lee Eun-hee
- Shin Seung-hwan as Shin Dong-hoon
- as Kim Jong-wook
- Yang Hee-yoon as Jang Min-ah
- Lee Hae-young as Executive Director Hwang
Lee Tae-baek's family
- Han Sun-hwa as Lee So-ran
- as Ji Kwan-soon
Others
- Yoo In-young as Han Byul
- as a jjajangmyeon restaurant owner
- Jang Yong as Chairman Baek
- Bang Eun-hee as Won Mi-ok
- as President Nam
- Lee Dae-yeon as President Choi