Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek (2013)

Original title

광고천재 이태백

Cast

Jin Goo, Park Ha Sun, Jo Hyun Jae, Han Chae Young, Lee Sae Rom, Go Chang Suk, Kwak Hee Sung, Ah Young

Genre

drama television series

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with no advantages works his way up in the high-stakes world of advertising. He faces fierce rivalries and uses his creativity to become the best in his field.

ambitiouscompetitiveunderdogdeterminedenergeticinspiringdramaticfast-paced

What happens

Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek (Korean: 광고천재 이태백) 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 (KST) for 16 episodes. The protagonist is loosely based on internationally renowned advertising designer and social activist Jeseok Yi (a.k.a. Jeski), 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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