Misaeng (2014)

Original title

미생

Directed by

Kim Won-seok

Cast

Im Si Wan, Choi Ha Ho, Kim Ye Joon, Lee Sung Min, Bae Yoo Ram, Kang So Ra, Ahn Ji Hyun, Kang Ha Neul

Genre

drama television series

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 20 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.6 of 10 from 75 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows a young man who joins a large corporation after a life devoted to the game of Go. He struggles to adapt to the cutthroat office culture and find his place among ambitious coworkers and demanding bosses. It shows the daily pressures and small victories of trying to succeed in a corporate world.

groundedintrospectiveslow-pacedearnesttensemelancholicrealisticimmersive

What happens

Misaeng: Incomplete Life (Korean: 미생 - 아직 살아 있지 못한 자; RR: Misaeng - ajik sara itji mothan ja) 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 (KST) for 20 episodes. The title translates to Go terminology meaning "an incomplete life" (literally "not yet" (미) "living/birth" (생), meaning "not yet alive"). Misaeng: Incomplete Life was the first Korean drama to film on location in Jordan, where actors Im 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 (2013). The series became a cultural phenomenon and recorded high viewership ratings for a cable network program in Korea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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