Shock Over Colleague's Extreme Choice: JTBC's New Drama 'The Tale of Manager Kim' Premieres

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Shock Over Colleague's Extreme Choice

JTBC's New Saturday-Sunday Drama 'The Tale of Manager Kim' Premieres

A 'Real Office Saga' Begins, Depicting a Corporate Manager Drowning in Reality

"He'll Be a Managing Director Soon…" Manager Kim's Day Starts with Ambition

The first episode of JTBC's new Saturday-Sunday drama 'The Tale of Manager Kim Living in His Own House in Seoul and Working for a Large Company' (hereinafter 'The Tale of Manager Kim'), which aired on the 25th, featured

Actor Ryu Seung-ryong's first appearance as 'Manager Kim Nak-su,' a 100% realistic office worker character.

From the morning, Kim Nak-su goes to work, self-hypnotizing himself, saying, "I'll be a managing director soon, I'll be an executive soon."

He even goes into the managing director's office after arriving at work, tries to lift the managing director's bag,

and even imagines sitting in the chair and saying, "Good morning, Managing Director~,"

comically portraying the bitter reality of a '25-year veteran manager at a large corporation.'

However, while going in and out of the managing director's office, he gets caught by the actual managing director (played by Yoo Seung-mok)

and is scolded, "Do you come and go in this room when I'm not here?"

and receives the retort, "Let's just end it with 'I'm sorry.'"

"A House in Seoul, Manager at a Large Company…" The Entirety of His World

Kim Nak-su comforts himself in front of his friends, saying, "Being a manager at a large company is a great life,"

but the reality is different.

When a landlord friend (played by Park Soo-young) says she receives 30 million won in monthly rent,

he inwardly shouts 'I'm so jealous,'

and forces a smile at a friend's joke, "It's nothing even if you become an executive."

Even at home, he says to his son, "Why be jealous of a landlord?

Corporate employees receive social respect,"

trying to maintain his face and pride,

but he himself knows that those words are empty.

"Please Let It Be a Lease…" The Manager's Pride and Reality

While driving Do Jin-woo (played by Lee Shin-ki), the managing director's rival, to a golf outing,

Kim Nak-su secretly searches, saying, "That guy must be on a lease."

But the result is a house, and a 7 billion won apartment at that.

Kim Nak-su swings a golf club with anger and succeeds in a hole-in-one,

and spends a large sum of money extravagantly in a moment of accomplishment.

"You're Not the Victim, I Am" — And Tragedy

Meanwhile, Heo Tae-hwan (played by Lee Seo-hwan), a colleague facing a transfer to Ulleungdo due to personnel changes,

asks for help, saying, "Please help me just once,"

but Kim Nak-su coldly refuses, saying, "Stop playing the victim.

You're not the victim, I am."

However, after eventually feeling uncomfortable and telling the managing director about Heo Tae-hwan's situation,

the news that came shortly after was shocking.

Heo Tae-hwan had made an extreme choice in the parking lot.

In the midst of dreams of becoming an executive, face-saving, and reality,

can Manager Kim survive as a 'real manager'?

Snack's Comments

The sentence "A House in Seoul, Manager at a Large Company"

contains the pride and futility of middle-aged Koreans.

Ryu Seung-ryong's portrayal of a 'realistic manager's' face

is funny yet stabs at a corner of my heart.

Source :https://blog.naver.com/snack_blog/224054043172

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