"Start-Up" is one of the most awaited K-Dramas of 2020.
Two top Hallyu stars are starring in this drama. It is none other than Suzy ("Dream High", "Gu Family Book", "Uncontrollably Fond", "While You Were Sleeping", "Vagabond") and Nam JooHyuk ("Who Are You: School 2015", "Cheese in the Trap", "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo", "Weightlifting Fairy Kim BokJoo", "The Bride of HaBaek", "Dazzling").
Kim SeonHo ("Welcome to Waikiki 2", "Catch The Ghost") and Kang HanNa ("Familiar Wife", "Designated Survivor 60 Days") are also the lead actors
The writer of this drama is Park HyeRyun ("Dream High", "I Can Hear Your Voice", "Pinocchio", "While You Were Sleeping") and the director is Oh ChungHwan ("You Who Came from the Stars", "Doctors", "While You Were Sleeping", "Hotel del Luna").
Here is more information.
Start-Up (2020)
Information
Title: Start-Up / Sandbox / Seutateueop / 스타트업
Director: Oh ChungHwan
Writer: Park HyeRyun
Network: tvN x Netflix
Runtime: From Oct. 17
# of Episodes: 16
Language: Korean
Summary
It tells the story of young people who dream of success and who start working in start-ups in the Korean Silicon Valley. It tells their 'START' and their growth 'UP'.
Cast
Suzy as Seo DalMi
Seo DalMi entered the university however she left school because she wanted to earn more than one hundred million KRW to start a business. She has done so many part-time jobs.
She started her social life early so she has connections and good relationships.
She refuses to lose it to her older sister who is a chaebol of the second generation. So she started to dream to be like Steve Jobs.
Nam JooHyuk as Nam DoSan
Nam DoSan is the founder of SamSanTech.
He loves coding and knitting. He likes to boast the time when he won the Youngest Grand Prize Math Olympiad as a child.
However, 15 years later, his family is on the verge of humiliation. With his friends, he jumped onto a start-up business and it has been 2 years since the foundation but he has only been eating up the investment.
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Kim SeonHo as Han JiPyung
He is paying debts back to someone who did a huge favor to him in the past.
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Kang HanNa as Won InJae
She is a second-generation chaebol. She does not want to be recognized for her familial background but her skills.
Interesting Facts
Here is the first teaser.
Here are the official posters.
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