10.089 minSeason 1 • Episode 20
LatestAfter the turmoil, the 3rd Sales division finally returns to normal. A new boss arrives with new methods. Meanwhile, Geu-rae’s contract nears its end.
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.
Acting
Lee Sung-min's mentorship breaks your heart weekly
Writing
Webtoon adaptation that nails corporate microaggressions
Direction
Baduk metaphors woven into every office power struggle
Creators
Kim Won-suk, Yoon Tae-ho
Yim Si-wan
Jang Geu-rae
Lee Sung-min
Oh Sang-shik
Kang So-ra
Ahn Young-yi
Kang Ha-neul
Jang Baek-gi
Byun Yo-han
Han Seok-yool
Kim Dae-myung
Kim Dong-sik
Park Hae-joon
Chun Kwan-woong
Lee Kyung-young
Choi Young-hoo
Shin Eun-jung
Sun Ji-young
Tae In-ho
Sung Joon-sik
Ryu Tae-ho
Go Dong-ho
Jun Suk-ho
Ha Sung-joon
Jung Hee-tae
Jung Hee-seok
Oh Min-suk
Kang Hae-joon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The webtoon 'Misaeng' (literally 'incomplete life') became a phenomenon for naming what Korean salaried workers couldn't articulate about their own precarity.
Yim Si-wan was an idol from ZE:A with zero acting background; his rawness as Geu-rae was allegedly his actual confusion about set directions.
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