Misaeng: Incomplete Life


Misaeng: Incomplete Life is a 2014 South Korean television series based on the eponymous webtoon series 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.
The title translates to Go terminology meaning "an incomplete life" "living/birth", meaning "not yet alive"). Misaeng: Incomplete Life 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 the protagonist, which he played in an earlier film adaptation, Incomplete Life: Prequel.
The series became a cultural phenomenon and recorded high viewership ratings for a cable network program in Korea.

Synopsis

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 GED high school equivalency diploma 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.

Cast

Main

  • Yim Si-wan as Jang Geu-rae
  • * Kim Ye-jun as young Jang Geu-rae
  • Lee Sung-min as Oh Sang-shik
  • Kang So-ra as Ahn Young-yi She joins Resource Team as permanent employee at One International.
  • Kang Ha-neul as Jang Baek-gi He joins Steel Team as permanent employee at One International.
  • Byun Yo-han as Han Seok-yool. He joins Textile Team as permanent employee at One International.

    Supporting

One International Sales Teams

Team 3 (to which Geu-rae is assigned)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Ratings

Awards and nominations

Remake