The first broadcast of 'Undercover Miss Hong,' which embraces fin-de-siècle sensibility, a delightful office comedy and a thrilling mystery, is one day away.
tvN's new Saturday-Sunday drama 'Undercover Miss Hong' (writer Moon Hyun-kyung, director Park Sun-ho, produced by Studio Dragon, produced by Celltrion Entertainment, Studio Dragon), scheduled to premiere on the 17th at 9:10 p.m., is a retro office comedy drama set at the end of the 1990s about 30-year-old elite securities inspector Hong Geum-bo (Park Shinhye), who disguises herself as a 20-year-old low-level employee and takes a job at a securities firm where suspicious funds have been detected, triggering a series of chaotic events.
Undercover Miss Hong is generating expectations with the meeting of the undisputed box-office queen Park Shinhye and tvN, and a stellar cast including Ko Kyung-pyo, Ha Yoon-Kyung and Cho Han-gyeol joins to add synergy. Director Park Sun-ho, who directed Greasy Melo, Business Proposal and Suspicious Partner, has teamed up to capture viewers with a fin-de-siècle office comedy drama.
In the first broadcast, the story will unfold of how Hong Geum-bo, a securities inspector from the Capital Market Investigation Bureau at the Financial Supervisory Service who once dominated Yeouido with cool charisma and superior job performance, is forced to become a low-level employee overnight. Tasked with tracking the slush fund ledger hidden within Hanmin Securities and an anonymous whistleblower 'Yeppe,' Hong Geum-bo borrows the name of her younger sister Hong Jang-mi (Shin Yuna) and disguises herself as a low-level 20-year-old employee who is fifteen years younger, carrying out undercover employment.
After many twists and turns, Hong Geum-bo begins her tense undercover mission as a new employee at Hanmin Securities and the youngest resident of room 301 in the Seoul dormitory for single female workers, forming relationships with several people. Undercover Miss Hong is expected to captivate viewers from the early episodes with episodes that evoke the era, distinctive characters, comedy elements that find the gaps, and a brisk pace.
The striking appearances of Shin Jung-woo (Ko Kyung-pyo) and Albet Oh (Cho Han-gyeol), who become major variables in the undercover operation, and Hong Geum-bo's entanglement with them also pique interest. Hong Geum-bo complains to her boss Director General Yoon Jae-beom (Kim Won-hae), who entrusted her with the grave mission, saying, "If I had known Shin Jung-woo was coming, I wouldn't have entered Hanmin Securities!" She shows reluctance, and she reunites with Albet Oh, with whom she once had an awkward argument at a video store, now as boss and subordinate, falling into a dilemma. Known as the 'Yeouido witch' who rushes forward without hesitation to achieve her goals, attention is focused on what new path Hong Geum-bo will pioneer after encountering these obstacles that block her smooth sailing.
The first meeting of the roommates in room 301, who will become one through irreplaceable friendship, is also highly anticipated. Although Hong Geum-bo is actually the oldest, she must play the role of the youngest, and she struggles to blend in naturally while arousing the roommates' subtle suspicions. In particular, Hong Geum-bo and Go Bok-hee (Ha Yoon-Kyung), the dormitory's eldest sister and a senior at the company, already have an unpleasant connection from their first meeting, so observers are watching how their peculiar psychological battle will proceed from the outset. Also, the faceless heiress Kang Nora (Choi Ji-soo) and universally acknowledged kind employee Kim Mi-sook (Kang Chae-young) gather in room 301 each harboring their own secrets, making readers curious about the starting point of the four women's close friendship under one roof.
Undercover Miss Hong, which will depict a heart-pounding undercover operation, the fierce landscape of Yeouido at the fin de siècle and the warm woman-to-woman romance that blooms within it, will premiere on the 17th at 9:10 p.m.
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