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starring Chae Jong-hyeop, Seo Eun-soo, and

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of the same Korean title by writer Park Seong-hyun, which was serialized on

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Synopsis

The series is about a company president who gets trapped in a smartphone due to a suspicious incident, and an unemployed young man whose life changes after picking up the strange smartphone.

Cast

Main

* Chae Jong-hyeop as Park In-seong: a job-seeker who is majored in acting, and has lived a hard life, but still has not accomplished anything * Seo Eun-soo as Jung Se-yeon: a robot-like secretary who becomes In-seong's strongest ally *

as Kim Seon-joo: president of Silver Lining, an emerging IT company

Supporting

* Lee Sang-hee as Oh Mi-ran: executive director of Beomyoung Group, the largest domestic market capitalization company *

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as Ma-pi: a loan shark *

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as Oh Young-geun: vice chairman of Beomyoung Group * Kim Byeong-chun as Kwak Sam-soo: a managing director at Silver Lining * Ki So-yu as Kim Min-ah: Seon-joo's daughter * Heo Ji-na as Jung Ji-hye: Seon-joo's live-in housekeeper

Extended

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as Park Jae-chun: In-seong's father * Kim Young-sun as Choi Soo-jin: In-seong's mother * Yoon Byung-hee as Jung Hyeon-ho: In-seong's best friend * Choi Jin-ho as Shim Seung-bo: Seon-joo's butler * Bang Joo-hwan as Noh Wi-je: a secretary and bodyguard * Byun Jun-seo as Nam Sang-won: a team leader at Silver Lining *

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as Choi Seong-jun: a veteran detective *

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as Managing Director Kim: a managing director at Silver Lining

Special appearances

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* Im Chul-soo

Release

The series was initially scheduled to premiere on November 30, 2022, but was pushed back to December 7.

Viewership

References

External links

* * * * {{Webtoon (platform) Korean-language television shows ENA television dramas Television series by Studio N (Naver) South Korean fantasy television series South Korean comedy television series South Korean thriller television series Television shows based on South Korean webtoons 2022 South Korean television series debuts 2023 South Korean television series endings Works about mobile phones