Incomplete Life
미생
“The Office's quiet despair meets a Go prodigy's second life”
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.
Yim Si-wan
as Jang Geu-rae · LEAD
Yim Si-wan
Jang Geu-rae
Lee Sung-min
as Oh Sang-shik · LEAD
Lee Sung-min
Oh Sang-shik
Kang So-ra
as Ahn Young-yi · SUPPORTING
Kang So-ra
Ahn Young-yi
Kang Ha-neul
as Jang Baek-gi · SUPPORTING
Kang Ha-neul
Jang Baek-gi
Byun Yo-han
as Han Seok-yool · SUPPORTING
Byun Yo-han
Han Seok-yool
Kim Dae-myung
as Kim Dong-sik · SUPPORTING
Kim Dae-myung
Kim Dong-sik
Park Hae-joon
as Chun Kwan-woong · SUPPORTING
Park Hae-joon
Chun Kwan-woong
Lee Kyung-young
as Choi Young-hoo · SUPPORTING
Lee Kyung-young
Choi Young-hoo
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Should you watch?
A landmark workplace drama and a perennial all-time-best pick.
✓Anyone who has worked an office job, fans of grounded, humane character drama
✗You want romance or high-stakes plot rather than understated realism
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What is it really about
A would-be Go master with no credentials lands as an intern at a giant trading firm and discovers that office survival is its own merciless game. A piercing, true-to-life portrait of work, hierarchy and dignity.
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