Level Up (South Korean TV series)
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| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Written by | Kim Dong-gyu |
| Directed by | Kim Sang-woo |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Release | July 10 – August 15, 2019 |
Level Up (Korean: 레벨업; RR: Lebeleop) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Sung Hoon, Han Bo-reum, Cha Sun-woo, Kang Byul and Danny Ahn. It aired from July 10 to August 15, 2019 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 (KST) time slot of MBN and Dramax.[1]
Synopsis
An Dan-Te is a director at Yoosung CRC, which specializes in restructuring companies. He does not express his feelings and he is a perfectionist at work. He seems cold-blooded. To save the game company Joybuster from bankruptcy, An Dan-Te is sent there and begins to work as their new CEO.
Meanwhile, Shin Yeon-Hwa is head of game development at Joybuster. She works on a new game, which can satisfy CEO An Dan-Te, but they come into conflict on pretty much everything.
Cast
Main
- Head of headquarters for Yuseong CRC.
- The ace of Yuseong CRC, a company that specializes in structural reorganization. Any floundering company will be transformed into a thriving business under his magic hands. His impeccable manner of handling work comes with a hot personality and cold-hearted ruthlessness. Although he tried not to work with game companies due to bad childhood memories involving games, he starts to break the rules he imposed on himself one by one while working with Yeon Hwa.
- Han Bo-reum as Shin Yeon Hwa[3]
- Leader of Joybuster Development.
- After working at Joybuster for 3 years, she suddenly became the head of the design division after a series of voluntary resignations. She mistook Dan Te as one of the company shareholders and was shocked to discover that he would be Joybuster's new CEO. She's passionate and good at designing games, but she was unable to let her ideas come to fruition because of her lack of experience.
- Cha Sun Woo as Kwak Han Cheol[4]
- New employee at Yuseong CRC.
- A nice guy who pursues happiness over success. He gave up on going to college due to a family situation. After helping his father for a few years, he jumped into the job market later than his peers. By a strike of fate in his mundane life, he met Dan Te & Yeon Hwa. He considered Dan Te as a life coach, and Yeon Hwa as his soul mate.
- CEO of Arena Entertainment
- She's the CEO of one of the companies Dan Te saved and has an unrequited love for him, and insists on having some kind of relationship, even though Dante makes it clear he has no interest. She becomes jealous of Yeon Hwa as she thinks they are competing for Dan Te's affections.
- General Manager of Yuseong CRC.
- Dan Te's right-hand man. He is the only son of Yuseong's CEO. Gil Woo is aware that he's nowhere near as skilled as Dan Te. He trusts and follows Dan Te and is satisfied as the General Manager. He's a simple guy who prefers happiness over success with YOLO as his life motto.
Supporting
- Shin Jung-yoon as Song Joo-im
- Ryu Seung-soo as Jo Tae-goo
- Lee Byung-joon as Shin Yeon-hwa
- Jung Soo-kyo as Kang Seong-goo
- Son Sang-yeon as Kim Hoon
- Lee Ga-won as Oh Mi-ja
- Son Jin-hwan as Dan-te's father
- Kim Ji-in as Sang-mi
Original soundtrack
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Walk Alone" (걸어가네) | Jeje | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Limpid Snow" (지금처럼) | Jeon Keonho | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Love Song" (더 조금만 더) | Kim Areum | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Walk Alone" (Inst.) | 3:42 |
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Broadcast date | |
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| AGB Nielsen (Nationwide)[7] | ||
| 1 | July 10, 2019 | 1.346% |
| 2 | July 11, 2019 | 0.789% |
| 3 | July 17, 2019 | 1.388% |
| 4 | July 18, 2019 | 0.856% |
| 5 | July 24, 2019 | 1.090% |
| 6 | July 25, 2019 | 0.716% |
| 7 | July 31, 2019 | 0.913% |
| 8 | August 1, 2019 | 0.717% |
| 9 | August 7, 2019 | 0.996% |
| 10 | August 8, 2019 | 0.698% |
| 11 | August 14, 2019 | 0.773% |
| 12 | August 15, 2019 | 0.534% |
| Average | 0.901% | |
- This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
References
- ^ Jo, Yoon-seon (June 17, 2019). "'레벨업' 성훈X한보름, 찰떡 케미…드라마 200% 즐길 '필독 가이드'". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ Kim Han-na (June 3, 2019). "'레벨업' 성훈-한보름, 극과 극 앙숙 케미 발산…첫 커플 포스터 '눈길'". Star Hankooki (in Korean).
- ^ Lee, Ji-hyun (July 6, 2019). "'레벨업' 한보름, 지하철에서 마스크 끼고 '추격전' 무엇?". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ Jung, An-ji (June 27, 2019). "'레벨업' 차선우, '기합 바짝' 들어간 새내기 사회인 변신". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ Yu, Chung-hee (June 13, 2019). "'레벨업' 강별 "발랄하고 씩씩한 캐릭터 벗어나 연기 도전"". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ Lee, Ji-hyun (June 24, 2019). "'레벨업' 데니안, 반전 있는 남자는 언제나 옳다♥". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
External links
- Official website (Dramax) (in Korean)
- Official website (MBN) (in Korean)
- Level Up at HanCinema