Introverted Boss (Korean: 내성적인 보스; RR: Naeseongjeogin boseu) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Yeon Woo-jin, Park Hye-su, Gong Seung-yeon, and Yoon Park. It aired on cable network tvN every Monday and Tuesday at 23:00 (KST) from January 16 to March 14, 2017.
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Plot
Unbeknownst to his employees, Eun Hwan-ki (Yeon Woo-jin) is the timid CEO of a public relations company. Chae Ro-woon (Park Hye-soo), an energetic woman recognized for her hard work, starts working at Hwan-ki's company and plans to reveal his identity.
Cast
Main
Yeon Woo-jin as Eun Hwan-ki, the cold and timid CEO of Brain public relations firm. He avoids people as much as possible by hiding out in his penthouse office or covering himself in a black hoodie.
Park Ha-joon as young Eun Hwan-ki
Park Hye-su as Chae Ro-woon, an outgoing rookie employee who is surprisingly silent at home despite her extroverted nature and excellent communication skills She aims to take revenge on her boss for the death of her sister.
Gong Seung-yeon as Eun Yi-soo, Hwan-ki's sister who serves as chaebol heiress and is introverted like him. She has mental illness that was initially instigated by her father's long verbal and emotional abuse of her older brother.
Seo Eun-sol as young Eun Yi-soo
Yoon Park as Kang Woo-il, the warm and confident, yet sensitive vice-chairman of Brain public relations firm. He is Hwan-ki's close friend and fiancé of Eun Yi-soo.
Lee Tae-woo as young Kang Woo-il
Supporting
Ye Ji-won as Dang Yoo-hee, a working mother
Jun Hyo-seong as Kim Gyo-ri, an employee who has crush on Se-jong
Heo Jung-min as Eom Sun-bong
Han Jae-suk as Jang Se-jong, a new employee
Stephanie Kim as Director Park
Jung Yi-yun as Assistant Jung
Woo-il's fan club and the elite of Brand Promotions AE
Hwang So-hee as Assistant Lee
Woo-il's fan club and the elite of Brand Promotions AE
Others
Kim Eung-soo as Eun Bok-dong, Hwan-ki's father
Kim Ye-ryeong as Park Ae-ran, Hwan-ki's mother
Lee Han-wi as Chae Won-sang, Ro-woon's father
Kim Mi-kyung as Ro-woon's mother
Han Chae-ah as Chae Ji-hye, Ro-woon's older sister and Kang Woo-il's lover
Lee Kyu-han as Woo Gi-ja, Ro-woon's neighborhood brother and a reporter
Jang Hee-jin as Seo Yeon-jung, Hwan-ki's first love
Special appearances
Kim Junsu as Top Star (Ep. 1)
Choi Byung-mo as a presenter
Kim Ki-doo as a man in the restroom 1 (Ep. 2) / Chinese restaurant food-delivery
Jo Hyun-shik as a man in the restroom 2
Choi Joon-ho as a man in the restroom 3
Song Yung-jae as Won-sang's friend
Woo Hyun as Won-sang's friend
Seo Byung-sook as White Cloud Nursery School Director
Yoo Gun-woo as Secretary Kwak, Won-sang's secretary
Choi Eun-ho as Il-ho
Seo In-sung as Lee-ho
Lee Han-na as Si-yun
Geum Kwang-san as a people in sauna
Ji Dae-han as an advertiser for the Opera
Kim Hye-eun as Hwan-ki's psychiatrist
Kang Nam-gil as Brain security
Kim Byung-man as Scrubber in Korean Spa (Ep. 2), Choir conductor (Ep. 4) and Orphanage Event MC (Ep. 6)
Park Yeong-gyu as Actor Hwang Young-kyu
Heo Young-ji as Young-kyu's daughter (Ep. 3)
Kim Dae-hui as Young-kyu's manager
Production
The series reunited writer Joo Hwa-mi and PD Song Hyun-wook of Marriage, Not Dating after two years, with the latter having directed Another Miss Oh in 2016 as well.
The production team stated that the series would stop airing for a week, as they would do extensive rewrites to the scripts in order to make improvements to the drama.
Original soundtrack
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
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).
Episode 5 and 6 were delayed for one week because of the Lunar New Year holiday.