Agency (Korean Drama)

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Drama: Agency (literal title)
Revised romanization: Daehaengsa
Hangul: 대행사
Director: Lee Chang-Min
Writer: Song Soo-Han
Network: JTBC
Episodes: 16
Release Date: January 7 - February 26, 2023
Runtime: Saturday & Sunday 22:30
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Agency follows the career of Go A-In (Lee Bo-Young) as she works from the bottom to the highest position in an advertising agency.

Go A-In comes from a poor family background and she didn’t graduate from a prestigious university, but she has a strong desire for success. She works at an advertising agency. She is known at work as a person who only cares about success and money. With her dedication to hard work and desire for success, she works her from the bottom and strives to become the first female lead executive at a major advertising agency.

Notes

"Agency" takes over the JTBC's Saturday & Sunday 22:30 time slot previously occupied by "Reborn Rich" and followed by "Divorce Attorney Shin" on March 4, 2023.

Cast



Lee Bo-Young	Son Na-Eun	Cho Seong-Ha	Han Joon-Woo
Go A-In	Kang Han-Na	Choi Chang-Soo	Park Young-Woo

VC Planning



Jeon Hye-Jin	Lee Chang-Hoon	Lee Gyeong-Min	Kim Dae-Gon	Jung Woon-Sun
Jo Eun-Jung	Han Byung-Soo	Seo Jung-Woo	Kwon Woo-Chul	Bae Won-Hee



Baek Soo-Hee	Park Ji-Il	Ahn Soo-Bin	Kim Gun-Ho	Hwang Hee-Jung
Secretary Jung Soo-Jung	CEO Jo Moon-Ho	employee	employee	Sim Yi-Young



Sung Chang-Hoon	Jeon Jae-Hong	Eom Hyo-Seop	Ha Dong-Joon	Kim Moon-Ho
Kim Oh-Joong	Joo Ho-Young	HR Director Choi Ki-Ho	Seo Kwang-Hyun	Park Hyun-Chul



Kim Do-Young	Lee Sang-Kyung	Ban Hye-Young	Im Ji-Kyu	Ko Eun-Min
Mr. Jung	Hong Joo-Young (ep.1)	employee (ep.2)	Art Director Cha Sung-Woo (ep.3-4)	Eun Soo-Yeon (ep.3-4)



Yoon Hyo-Sik	Jung Seung-Jin	Lim Ji-Min	Kim In-Kwon	Park Ji-Ho
Jeon Joong-Soo (ep.3)	copywriter (ep.3)	graphic artist (ep.3)	staff (ep.4)	copywriter (ep.4)



Ha Si-Yeon	Choi Joon-Hyuk	Heo Yu-Ri	Joo Yeon-A	Shin Woo-Hee
staff (ep.4)	Mr. Jung's team staff (ep.7)	Mr. Jung's team staff (ep.7)	Secretary Jung Da-In (ep.9)	staff (ep.12)

VC Group



Jeon Kuk-Hwan	Song Young-Chang	Jo Bok-Rae	Jung Seung-Gil	Kim Min-Sang
Kang Geun-Chul	Kang Yong-Ho	VP Kang Han-Soo	Kim Tae-Hwan	Bae Jung-Hyun



Seo Jung-Hoo	Yoo Ok-Joo	Han Ki-Joong	Ahn Soo-Ho	Park Seung-Chan
Kim Tae-Hwan's secretary	cleaning lady (ep.1)	Kim Eun-Soo (ep.5-6)	subsidiary marketing executive (ep.5-6)	subsidiary marketing executive (ep.5-6)



Kang Ro-Chae	Kim Joon-Hyung	Choi Yi-Sun	Woo Sung-Eun	Shin Seung-Yong
information desk staff (ep.8)	corporate lawyer (ep.8)	corporate lawyer (ep.8)	VP Kang Han-Soo's secretary (ep.10)	cleaning staff manager (ep.11)

Han Sang-Gil

secretary (ep.14)

Woowon Group



Jung Won-Joong	Jung Ye-Bin	Jung Wook	Song Young-Kyu	Jun Joon-Woo
Chairman Kim Woo-Won	Kim Seo-Jung	Chairman Kim's secretary	Marketing Director Hwang Suk-Woo	Chairman Kim's lawyer (ep.6,9)

Son Dong-Hwa

presentations staff (ep.9)

J&M Planning



Kim Soo-Jin	Kim Mi-Hye	Kang Seong-Hwa	Jung Yu-Rie
CEO Choi Jung-Min	staff (ep.15)	staff (ep.15)	staff (ep.15)

JH Factory



Lee Ki-Woo	Ki Hwan
CEO Jung Jae-Hoon	director (ep.2)

Yoo Jung-Suk's Group



Jang Hyun-Sung	Kim Chae-Eun	Yoo Seong-Yul	Lee Seung-Joon
Yoo Jung-Suk	Yoo Ji-Woo (ep.13-14)	Min-Jun (ep.14)	drunk diner (ep.12)

Go A-In's Group



Kim Mi-Kyung	Lee Ga-Yeon	Lee Ye-Joo	Shin Soo-Jung	Ahn Se-Eun
Seo Eun-Ja	Go A-In (young)	Go A-In (child)	Psychiatrist Oh Soo-Jin	Oh Soo-Jin (teen) (ep.4)

Kim Da-Yun

Go A-In's classmate (ep.4)

Kang Han-Na's Group



Min Ha-Ram	Lee Dong-Ha	Han Ji-Woo	Oh Ji-Yul
Kim Min-Ji	Kim Yoo-Bin	chaebol family's daughter (ep.7,14)	Kang Han-Na (child) (ep.13)

Jo Eun-Jung's Family



Jo Eun-Sol	Kim Ra-On	Yoon Bok-In
Song Jung-Ho	Song A-Ji	Park Kyung-Sook

Prosecutors' Office



Yoo Chang-Gyun	Son Seung-Hoon
Prosecutor Kim Woo-Seok	investigator (ep.11)

Ad Industry



Park Yong-Woo	Park Young-Woon	Shin Hee-Gook	Park Sung-Hoon	Kim Jeong-Han
Director Jang	CM prince (ep.1)	VC job applicant (ep.2)	ad agency CEO (ep.6,9)	freelance copywriter (ep.7-8)



Lee Si-Young	Dok Ko-Kwang	Jung In-Gi	Yook So-Young	Byun Jin-Soo
freelance copywriter (ep.7-8)	freelance copywriter (ep.7-8)	Jo Suk-Jae (ep.8-9)	Seo-Ah's mom (ep.12)	Seo-Ah's dad (ep.12)

Kim Seo-A

Seo-Ah (ep.12)

Ad Clients



Park Jong-Bo	Hong Dae-Sung	Kang Hak-Soo	Yoon Sung-Won	Min Eung-Sik
VC Planning advertising client (ep.4)	VC Planning advertising client (ep.4)	Kim Jae-Hwan (ep.4)	Human & Money CEO (ep.14-15)	Wuseong Milk executive (ep.15)

Park Joon-Sang

Wuseong Milk executive (ep.15)

Media



Yeom Ji-Hye	Kim Sun-Ik	Yang Ha-Yoon	Bae Bo-Ram	Park Sang-Hwi
TV show host (ep.2)	reporter (ep.4)	reporter (ep.4)	reporter (ep.5-6)	reporter (ep.5-6)



Kim Byung-Cheol	Lee Sung-Il	Hwang Soo-Min
news program host (ep.9)	news program executive (ep.9)	anchorwoman (ep.15)

Others



Min Woo-Ki	Jo Hye-Sun	Kaare Olsen	Seo Hye-Jin	Yang Chang-Wan
bus driver (ep.1,5)	bus passenger (ep.1,5)	online tutor (ep.1)	FA Kim Mi-So (ep.2)	diner (ep.2)



Kwak Na-Yeon	Yoon Ye-Won	Ahn Seo-Ha	Kim Yoon-Joo	Lee Jae-Eun
restaurant owner (ep.2)	hostess bar manager (ep.2)	student (ep.3)	student's mother (ep.3)	restaurant worker (ep.4)



Joo Boo-Jin	Jeon Kwang-Jin	Lee Eun-Ju	Park Yong	Heo Sun-Haeng
restaurant worker (ep.4)	Lawyer Choi Young-Jae (ep.8-9)	convenience store owner (ep.8)	judge (ep.8-9)	apartment security guard (ep.9-10)



Im Yu-Ran	Jung Woo-Young	Kim Moon-Chan	Kim Sung-Yong	Choi Yo-Woon
bench passerby (ep.9-10)	CCTV room staff (ep.10)	staffing company owner (ep.10)	taxi driver (ep.10)	Seo Eun-Ja's employer (ep.12)



Uhm Tae-Ok	Baek Kil-Sung
real estate agent (ep.13)	Human & Money's client (ep.14)

Additional Cast Members:

An Young-Mi - Kang family's maid
Jung Jong-Yul - drunk diner (ep.12)
Kim Jin-Goo - wedding officiant (ep.14)

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Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	AGB
Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2023-01-07	1	4.797%	5.520%
2023-01-08	2	5.102%	5.369%
2023-01-14	3	6.481%	7.149%
2023-01-15	4	8.907%	9.286%
2023-01-21	5	5.869%	6.545%
2023-01-22	6	7.711%	8.111%
2023-01-28	7	9.150%	9.606%
2023-01-29	8	11.959%	12.400%
2023-02-04	9	10.902%	11.692%
2023-02-05	10	11.629%	12.434%
2023-02-11	11	10.444%	11.372%
2023-02-12	12	12.658%	14.135%
2023-02-18	13	11.049%	11.360%
2023-02-19	14	13.383%	14.041%
2023-02-25	15	13.149%	13.841%
2023-02-26	16	16.044%	17.267%

Source: AGB Nielson

Comments

Pete Mar 12 2023 5:18 pm I personally love this drama for it's straightforwardness. No dragging. Cheers to the whole cast.

winnie Mar 02 2023 2:25 am I like this drama overall except the parts on the following:

1) Go Ah-In's mother, in my opinion seems wrong the mother (biological mother) gave birth to her and abandoned her, so naturally she was not raised by her biological mother; decades later the biological mother turned up and worked in the same organisation for 1/2 days; suddenly she has to support her biological mother who never raised her! She should be supporting the aunty /person who raised her.

2) the prosecutor dug into Go Ah In's medical records and passed it on to Director Choi: this part has not been dealt with...shouldn't the prosecutor be punished?

Bobe2 Feb 20 2023 1:16 am @Winnie we are back on track and ep 14 sealed the safety towards our final weeks..The rating was even highest for Sunday ep compared to the two competititors...If this drama was equivalent to The Hunger Games universe, we have passed that filler Mockingjay part 1 episode. Ep 11-12 were less exciting due to personal problems for each character (Hanna's romance, Ah In's past and crazy lawyer, Eunjung's family acceptance on her career-establishing decision). So my complained for ep 11-12 were the entries of the mom to the agency was so abrupt and so not natural with the flow of drama,and so did the prosecutor (personal motive lmao, damn I wish Ah In would just throw back some cynical doses to him!)..I am glad this unnatural flows were get resolved quickly, and we are back in the final game, the advertisement task!.

winnie Feb 18 2023 8:47 pm @Bobe2: in my opinion, the storyline about Go Ah-In's mother/parent abandoned her for decades and now appeared to see the child, for forgiveness / sorry seems to create problems to Go Ah-In e.g. would her abusive/alcoholic father look for Go Ah-In? which I hope not.

Bobe2 Feb 18 2023 12:56 pm @Winnie Ep 11 was surely weird and a filler episode! lucky the chapter about annoying mom seems majorly resolved!!

winnie Feb 16 2023 5:04 am In ep 11, the Prosecutor Kim Woo-Seok visiting Go Ah-in does not give a good vibe, he has been investigating her parents' past - what is the purpose of the script here? Unless a storyline on Go Ah-in to make sure Prosecutor Kim together with the Prosecutor Kim's investigator removed from the prosecution office for abusing their positions, e.g. instigating her parents esp her father to visit and abuse Go Ah-in for money!

Oh no, Go Ah-in's mother deliberately worked in the same organisation, and I am unable to comprehend this part of the storyline, abandoned her daughter and now wanted to see her!

Bobe2 Feb 12 2023 1:54 am Damn writer, please dont turn this into a makjang piece after good first half....

kdrama fan Feb 10 2023 10:26 am Lee Bo Young will always be Cream to me! :)

winnie Feb 09 2023 12:09 am 1) Chairman Kang Yong-Ho, must step down, for the unethical remark (i.e. ....dressed like a model....just accept..which his right-hand man Kim Tae Hwan wrote for him) he said to Director Goh Ah In

2) Chairman Kang's right-hand man Kim Tae Hwan and Director Choi Chang-Soo need to be demoted/transferred from HQ VC Group to a rural area's office in order to preserve peace and a conducive working environment!

3) Director Goh Ah In's mother, OMG, abandoned her daughter a few decades ago without any news but now looking for her daughter and for a job in the same advertising agency..oh no, as that is only to cause pain to her daughter.

I honestly detest parents abandoning their children, regardless of poverty, sick or whatever, without news for decades!

Hopefully, Director Go Ah In would not bring her back into her home this kind of mother. I really hope Director Go Ah In can let go of her pain and live a happy life without her mother.

With regard office's politics, i.e., VP Kang Han-soo team or Director Kang Han-na team, hopefully, Director Go Ah In will not choose any party. Instead, just do her job/work. And when the time comes, to resign from the VC group and move on.

Reely Feb 08 2023 4:15 am I decided to watch this because of Son Naeun’s funny clips on instagram and tiktok but I definitely continued because of all the casts and the scenes. Lee Boyoung is such a femme fatale, her character slaaaays! Choi Changsoo is very effective as an antagonist, he really is very annoying hahahaha and I’m excited to see more of Son Naeun’s character and what she’ll do in the future. So far I love it and cant wait for the remaining episodes to be released.

sgt_doom Feb 06 2023 9:09 pm Interesting script by Song Soo–Han!

You want to root for the Bo–Young character but really, these are all somewhat bad people, business vultures and coyotes, working in the best interest of their questionable client simply to further their careers ------ are their really any positive characters here?

Entertaining, I'll say that!

Kdrama Feb 06 2023 2:06 am unlike some of actresses on her batch, lee boyoung takes various genres and characters for her works.. watched her in ICHYV, whisper, mother, mine and now this.. glad she takes more womance roles again after mine.. I need more actresses take womance dramas

Ariya Feb 05 2023 12:38 am It is not Lee Bo Young, here is Queen Bo Young for sure!

me Feb 04 2023 2:08 pm Good drama that is heating up.

It will be interesting to see what Director Han - na will have to give up as stated by the CEO.

Will it be Mr. Park?

Can't wait until episode 9.

winnie Feb 04 2023 1:58 pm Le Bo-Young (in this drama Agency Go Ah-In) is really a savvy actress, as I have watched her acting in several dramas. I hope she will win the best actress award.

The drama Agency has not disappointed me; brilliant script, brilliant actress Lee Bo-Young (Go Ah-In character), and all the supporting actors/actresses.

Sober Feb 03 2023 9:49 pm After ep 8…gosh cannot wait my heart is pumping for ep 9’s presentation!! I love went all characters have their strength and weakness, despite we are rooting for Go Ah In team, it still shows that she is afraid and trembling inside. This is an intriguing fight.

Byron Roy Jan 30 2023 8:49 pm I am hook into the characters of Director Go Ah In and Director Kang Hanna. Exciting twists and plots in every episode.

Torai Jan 30 2023 8:55 am Go Ah In is toraiiii

TeeEl Jan 29 2023 3:18 pm My favourite character is Kang Hannah. Woohoo ❤️

mint Jan 28 2023 8:23 am @Aloooo there's not really a male lead in the classical sense bc it's not a romance drama

aya Jan 27 2023 3:57 pm @Aloooo

I think this drama has 4 main leads, without any specific male lead coz this is a workplace drama not a romance one.

Aloooo Jan 25 2023 12:33 am Who is the male lead?

ColdeFiction Jan 24 2023 8:34 am As a Marketing Management student this is treat. I absolutely love this kind of concept because I got to know the possible scenarios if ever. Also I love to hear the terminologies they use.

Tya Abdullah Jan 24 2023 4:42 am I almost did not recognise Na-Eun. I think she looks so different now. Maybe it's just me.

Iwanz Jan 24 2023 3:56 am This drama is so badass and fast pacing. I like it Damn, lee bo young look so much similar with kwon eun bi, former leader izone. Her face her hair, they are from different generation but look very much the same. Maybe kwon eun bi will grown up like her

sgt_doom Jan 23 2023 10:04 pm Betrayal! Skulduggery! Denial! To the pits of hell and back --- yup, it's the corporate biz world!

First episode, kind of vapid and tepid ---- second episode, it really takes off like a Korean rocket ship to the Moon (believe there was one of those recently, from the online photos I saw)!

Not a Bo–Young fan, but she gives a respectable performance.

seina Jan 17 2023 7:24 am the story and vibes similar with "Why Her" just the setting is different. Why Her is a law office and Agency is advertising company lol

Park Jan 17 2023 3:12 am Crazy rating yeah, it is like watching Hush but in a faster pace!!! Commercial version of misaeng + Hush and I am not having time to fall asleep so far

Country bumpkin Jan 14 2023 8:00 pm Watched a bit so far. The entire wardrobe,stylist, make-up artists department deserve a huge pay raise. top notch! and FL:from now on, I love you!

sm Jan 11 2023 10:35 pm surprisingly good!!! i love this kind of drama

Angel Jan 07 2023 3:02 am Can't wait to see how she will fight in her battle,she so good in acting,so fierce and charismatic?

z Jan 04 2023 9:04 am this would be similar to Mad Men, which is why I'm excited. Lee Bo Young is probably an anti-hero from the trailer

Martha Oct 25 2022 7:49 am Can't wait to see her again but can't you bring it closer 2023 sounds like ages but am glad and excited to see her again

Anonymous Oct 13 2022 11:32 am please no more "good mom" roles for her. i want to see her being a villain too

Zuha Jun 09 2022 7:44 am Wow! So excited for this drama. Can't wait to see Lee Bo Young again on screen :)

Alice Jun 09 2022 6:24 am Yes!

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Agency (Korean Drama)

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Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Notes

Cast

VC Planning

VC Group

Woowon Group

J&M Planning

JH Factory

Yoo Jung-Suk's Group

Go A-In's Group

Kang Han-Na's Group

Jo Eun-Jung's Family

Prosecutors' Office

Ad Industry

Ad Clients

Media

Others

Trailers

Episode Ratings

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