Start-Up

Start-Up

Details

• Title: 스타트-업 / Seutateu-Eop (Start-Up)
• Also known as: 스타트업 / Seutateueop (Startup)
• Formerly known as: 샌드박스 / Saendeubakseu (Sandbox)
• Genre: Drama
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: tvN
• Broadcast period: 2020-Oct-17 to 2020-Dec-06
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
• Original Soundtrack: Start-Up OST

Synopsis

A woman dreams of becoming an entrepreneur like Steve Jobs.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.55

(11 votes)

Cast

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Main Cast

• Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi
  • Heo Jung Eun as young Dal Mi
• Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San
  • Kim Kang Hoon as young Do San
• Kim Sun Ho as Han Ji Pyung
  • Nam Da Reum as young Ji Pyung
• Kang Han Na as Won In Jae
  • Lee Re as young In Jae

People around Seo Dal Mi

• Kim Hae Sook as Choi Won Duk (Dal Mi's grandmother)
• Kim Joo Hun as Seo Chung Myung (Dal Mi & In Jae's father)

People around Nam Do San

• Kim Hee Jung as Park Geum Jung (Do San's mother)
• Kim Won Hae as Nam Sung Hwan (Do San's father)
• Jang Se Hyun as Nam Chun Ho (Do San's cousin)
• Hong Boo Hyang (홍부향) as Chun Ho's mother
• Yoo Seung Il (유승일) as Chun Ho's father

Samsan Tech

• Kim Do Wan as Kim Yong San (software engineer)
• Yoo Soo Bin as Lee Chul San (software engineer)

People around Han Ji Pyung

• Seo Yi Sook as Yoon Sun Hak (SH Venture Capital CEO / Sandbox)
• Kim Min Suk as Park Dong Chun (SH Venture Capital)

People around Won In Jae

• Song Sun Mi as Cha Ah Hyun (In Jae & Dal Mi's mother)
• Uhm Hyo Sup as Won Doo Jung (In Jae's stepfather)
• Moon Dong Hyuk (문동혁) as Won Sang Soo (Doo Jung's son)
• Lee Min Ryung (이민령) as Yi Soo
• Song Ho Soo (송호수) as Lee Dae Myung

Supporting Cast

• Stephanie Lee as Jung Sa Ha (designer)
• Jasper Cho as Alex Kwon (2STO / Sandbox)
• Joo Bo Young (주보영) as Shin Jung
• Kang Yoo Suk as Shin Hyun

Others

• Park Choong Sun as Il Cheung Construction & Trading manager (ep. 1)
• Park Young Soo as real estate agent (ep. 1)
• Yoo Mi Ran (유미란) as real estate agent (ep. 1)
• Ahn Soo Bin as Lee Min Ji (ep. 1)
• Ji Sung Geun (지성근) as bus passenger (ep. 1)
• Yoon Sul (윤설) as hotel waitress (ep. 2)
• Kim Ji In as Seo Hyun (Lucca The Tea) (ep. 2-3)
• Jo Ah Ra (조아라) as Assistant Manager Jung (Lucca The Tea) (ep. 2-3)
• Yoon Seo Hyun as human resources manager (Lucca The Tea) (ep. 2-3)
• Bae Bo Ram (배보람) as barista (Lucca The Tea) (ep. 2)
• Jung Ji Hyun (정지현) as barista (Lucca The Tea) (ep. 2)
• Kwon Ki Joo (권기주) as deliveryman (ep. 3)
• Ko Seung Joon (고성준) as Won In Jae's developer (ep. 4)
• Ko Han Min (고한민) as Ko Eun Hyun (ep. 4)
• Kwon Ban Suk (권반석) as investor (ep. 4)
• Kim Jin Ah (김진아) as hackathon CEO (ep. 5)
• Jang Young Hyun (장영현) as hackathon CEO (ep. 5)
• Im Sung Mi as blind woman (ep. 8)
• Koo Bon Jin (구본진) as police detective (ep. 8)
• Jun Suk Chan as Hwang Sang Hyun (reporter) (ep. 15-16)
• Kim Hyun Mok (김현목) as young start-up guy (ep. 16)
• Jung Wook Jin as Kim Dong Soo

Special Guest Appearances

• Moon Se Yoon as security guard (ep. 7)
• Bae Hae Sun as Lee Hye Won (ep. 8)
• Park Chan Ho as himself (ep. 8)
• Lee Bo Young as pseudo-religion missionary (ep. 10)
• Yeo Jin Goo as AI Jang Young Shil (voice cameo) / Hong Ji Suk (ep 16)

Production Credits

• Production Companies: Studio Dragon, HiSTORY D&C
• Producer: Hwang Ki Yong (황기용)
• Director: Oh Choong Hwan
• Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun

Recognitions

• 2021 16th Seoul International Drama Awards: Excellence Award for Hallyu Drama
• 2021 16th Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress for Hallyu Drama (Bae Suzy)
• 2021 57th Baeksang Arts Awards: Television - TikTok Popularity Award (Kim Sun Ho)

Episode Ratings

See Start-Up/Episode Ratings

External Links

• Official site
• HanCinema
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia

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