[Drama 2021] No One But a Madman/On The Verge Of Insanity, 미치지 않고서야

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MBC DRAMA 2021

NOT CRAZY/NO ONE BUT A MADMAN

 

 

 

 

Drama: Not Crazy/No One But a Madman/ On The Verge Of Insanity (English title)

Hangul: 미치지 않고서야

Genre: office, slice of life, midlife crises

Network: MBC

Episodes:

Director: Kim Keun-hong (Welcome 2 Life, Make a Woman Cry)

Writer: Jung Do-Yoon (Witch's Court, The Time That I Loved You, Babyfaced Beauty)

Release Date: June 23, 2021- August 26, 2021

Runtime: Wednesday and Thursday, 21:00

Production Company:

 

OST: part 1 (KLANG) - 흔적 (Trace)

         part 2 PL(피엘) - 나를 찾아 (Find me)

         part 3 The Lime- Vacuity (공허)

         part 4 SEO SUNG HYUK - I dream of you

         part 5 Ha Jin Woo- A Day I Just Want to Walk

 

Official site: http://program.imbc.com/OnTheVergeOfInsanity

 

Plot

 

Not Crazy is a story about the hot survival of middle-aged workers struggling to survive in a turbulent society.

 

Notes

Ep.11, which was originally scheduled to air Wednesday, July 28, 2021, will air Wednesday, August 11, 2021. The delay is due to broadcasting of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

 

Cast

 

Jung Jae Young as Choi Ban-seok

Moon Sori as Dang Ja young

Lee Sang Yeob as Han Se Kwon

Kim Ga Eun as Seo Na Ri

Kim Nam Hee  as Shin Han-soo

Ahn Nae Sang as Roh Byung Guk

Park Won Sang as Peng Soo Gon as

Jo Bok Rae as Han Seung Gi

Cha Chung Hwa as Shin Jung Ah

Chun Hee Joo as Gye Bo-ram

Kim Joong Ki as Ko Jeong Shik

Park Chang Woo as Dong-gyu

Lee Seo Joon as Ahn Joon-soo

Kim Ye Eun as Oh Hye-yeon 

Park Sung Geun as Gong Jung-oil

Im Hyun Soo as So Sang-wook

Dong Hyun Bae as Ki Jeong-hyun

Baek Min Hyun as Ahn Joon-soo

Kim Sun Ah as Kim Seul-ah

 

Character descriptions

Choi Ban-Seok (Jung Jae-Young) is a veteran engineer, working as a developer in the consumer electronics division of Hanmyung Electronics. He has a calm disposition and a warm heart. He also has a sense of humor, but he faces the biggest crisis of his 22 year working career. To avoid being caught up in a wave of dismissals, he is transferred to the personnel department. He is completely unfamiliar with the personnel department. He decides to survive in the personnel department and not quit this job.

 

Dang Ja-Young (Moon So-Ri) is the leader of the personnel department. She was promoted to the position recently. She is a workaholic and she wants to become the company’s first female executive. Choi Ban-Seok is a new member of the personnel department. She doesn’t know what to do with him, but her life slowly changes by working with him.

 

Han Se Kwon (Lee Sang Yeob) is a troublemaker who stands in  Dang Ja Young`s path of steady promotions. He has an excellent academic record but his work skills leave something to be desired, even though his powerful supporters have given him a position as a development team leader. He has a lot of insecurities that he tries to hide with bluster and his goal is to become acknowledged as the No. 1 employee at the company.

 

Seo Na Ri (Kim Ga Eun) is Dang Ja Young’s rival and a senior employee in product planning. She is famous for her celebrity-level beauty, as well as being the sister-in-law of the company director. She is also a dedicated career woman who wants to seize both work and love.

 

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Moon Sori returns to MBC in 12 years with “Not Crazy”

 

 

Actor Moon Sori appears in the MBC drama 12 years after “The Golden Age of My Life” (2009).

 

MBC TV announced on the 21st that actor Moon Sori was chosen as the lead role in the new Wednesday and Thursday drama'Not Crazy', which is scheduled to be broadcast in the first half of next year.

 

“Not Crazy” is a drama about the fierce survival of middle-aged people to survive at work, and Moon Sori plays Ja-young Dang, the workaholic head of the  human resources team of an electronics company who dreams of becoming the first female executive in the company. Producer Kim Geun-hong, who directed “Jumong” and “Queen Seondeok,” was directed, and the screenplay was written by writer Jeong Do-yoon, who wrote “The Court of Witches” and “Dongnam Beauty.”

 

https://www.kbmaeil.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=864093\\\

 

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Jung Jae-yeong's appearance confirmed.

 

 

Actor Jung Jae-young is making a comeback with a survival office play with a different level of empathy through “Not Crazy”.

MBC's new Wednesday-Thursday miniseries, scheduled for the first broadcast in the first half of this year, (Director Geun-Hong Kim, play Do-yoon Do-yoon, and iWill Media) depicts the fierce survival of middle-aged workers struggling to survive in a turbulent workplace.

Above all, Jung Jae-young confirmed the appearance, raising expectations even more. There is a keen interest in the meeting between Jeong Jae-young and Moon Sori, two “deities of acting” who do not need explanation. The attention is also focused on the transformation of Jung Jae-young, who returned to MBC two years after the “Partners of Justice 2”.

 

Jae-young Jung plays the role of “Ban-seok Choi,” the developer of Hanmyeong Electronics' home appliance division. Choi Ban-seok is a veteran engineer who has a cold reason, a warm sensibility, and even greed for a child's gag. He survived the gust of job cuts that struck one person before, but after twists and turns, he crash landed on the personnel team. Ban-Seok Choi, who is ‘incognito (who does not know personnel affairs)’ is in danger of resetting 22 years of experience and efforts. He decides to recover rather than retire, and begins to endure with indomitable will. Here, he is entangled in an inevitable symbiotic relationship with Ja-young Dang (played by Moon Sori), the head of workaholic personnel team with his fierce will, and unfolds a hot survival period that cannot be sustained without being crazy.

 

https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/entertain_photo/2021/02/03/2A7U5S5U5JOHA3DT7P5DG5GTVI/

 

 

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Jung Jae-young to act opposite Moon Sori in midlife crisis office drama

by tineybeanie

 

 

 

After months of negotiations, it’s been finally confirmed that Jung Jae-young (Partners for Justice, Duel) will join Moon Sori (The School Nurse Files) in upcoming MBC drama, No One But a Madman. It’s an office drama about a middle-aged man who struggles to survive in an ever-changing workplace.

 

Jung Jae-young plays the main character who is faced with a decision that many company employees are faced with at some point in their careers: the undesirable choice to resign, switch jobs, or be fired. He’s just a regular logical, warmhearted guy, who likes cracking dad jokes all the time.

Originally, he was a veteran engineer in the consumer electronics department of a large conglomerate. He manages to survive the mass layoffs that happened at his company, but he ends up in the personnel and human resources department, and everything he’s learned in his 22-year-long career becomes moot. The drama is set to show his story as he starts from zero again, under a tyrant-like workaholic team leader, played by Moon Sori.

 

Written by Jung Do-yoon (Witch’s Court) and directed by Kim Geun-hong (Welcome 2 Life), Wednesday-Thursday drama No One But a Madman will begin airing in the early half of this year on MBC.

 

 

 

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I am glad that I will see Lee Sang Yeob in another drama. It was a pleasant surprise to hear that he will join the drama.

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There will probably be no romance in this one (romance between older couples would be a plus for me), but the storyline and cast have me waiting expectantly. True to life Workplace drama has a special place in my heart. I hope the story is good and stays good to the last episode!!

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Cha Cheong hwa Joining'Not Crazy Only''Blue Spring Seen From A Distance'

 

http://ph.spotvnews.co.kr/news/photo/202103/408538_517093_5210.jpg

 

In this work, which depicts the fierce survival of a middle-aged office worker, Cha Cheong-hwa is expected to act as Moon Sori's roommate.

http://www.spotvnews.co.kr/?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=408538

 

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Dong Hyeon-bae confirmed to appear on MBC'Not Crazy'

 

 

Actor Dong Hyeon-bae, the brother of Big Bang member Taeyang, confirmed to appear in MBC's new tree mini-series'Not Crazy'.

 

As a result of the interview on the morning of the 2nd, Dong Hyeon-bae will take the role of Ki Jeong-hyun (Ki Liang) in'Not Crazy', and will start shooting for the first time on the 10th. Lee Sang-yeop, who is the head of the development department with a strong desire for success, is expected to meet with Lee Sang-yeop of Han Se-kwon.

 

https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2021040208230002962

 

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I have high expectations for this one. Moon So-ri seems to be quite selective with her projects and i trust in that.

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Lim Hyun-soo, cast'Not Crazy'... along with Jaeyoung JeongㆍMoon Sori

http://img.etoday.co.kr/pto_db/2021/04/600/20210402095659_1602487_959_1440.jpg

http://img.etnews.com/news/article/2021/04/02/cms_temp_article_02105043931512.jpg

In the play, Lim Hyun-soo played the role of So Sang-wook, deputy representative of the HR team at Hanmyung Electronics' Home Appliances Division. Sangwook likes to meet people, and is a person who becomes insatiable at the moment he doesn't even know. The HR team is well suited to his aptitude, so he learns steadily under Ja-young Dang (played by Moon Sori) and is looking forward to a chance for a promotion.

 

http://m.rpm9.com/news/article.html?id=20210402090012

 

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Pictures from the first script reading

 

 

From the 17th March, the script reading of MBC's new Wednesday and Thursday mini-series “Not Crazy” (played by Jeong Do-yoon/Director Kim Geun-hong, Choi Jeong-in) was held in Changwon city for two days. Acting actors such as director Kim Geun-hong and Do-yoon Do-yoon, as well as Jung Jae-young, Moon Sori, Sang-yup Lee, Kim Ga-eun, Guidance Sang, Park Won-sang, Park Seong-geun, Kim Nam-hee, Cha Cheong-hwa, Cho Bok-rae, Kim Joong-ki, and Kim Jin-ho, etc.

 

https://www.sedaily.com/NewsVIew/22JUV4DZ7V

 

 

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Lee Sang-yeop, a warm smile on fans  during the filming of'Not Crazy'

 

 

Actor Lee Sang-yeop revealed the current situation during the filming of the drama'Not Crazy'. Lee Sang-yeop posted a photo on his SNS on the 5th May with a post saying, "Thank you. #It's not your birthday today." The released picture is a certified shot of the coffee tea arriving at the set of MBC's new drama'Not Crazy'. Lee Sang-yeop's warm visual, responding with a smile to the support of Thai fans, attracts attention. The fans who encountered the photo showed reactions such as "shooting fighting", "I'll look forward to it," "melting with a smile".

 

 

https://news.joins.com/article/24051597

 

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Office worker '100 times empathy' drama 'Unless you go crazy'... First broadcast on June 23rd

 

 

 

MBC's new tree mini-series 'Only Without Going Crazy' (directed by Choi Jeong-in, written by Jeong Do-yoon) depicts the fierce survival period of n-year-old office workers struggling to survive in a turbulent workplace. It is planned to arouse sympathy from viewers by dealing with everything from 'retirement' and 'resigning' to 'dismissal' that no one can be free from.

Above all, actors such as Jung Jae-young and Moon So-ri, Lee Sang-yeop, Kim Ga-eun, Ahn Nae-sang, Park Won-sang, Park Seong-geun, Kim Nam-hee, Cha Jeong-hwa, Jo Bok-rae, and Kim Joong-ki are raising expectations that they will digest the characters with realistic acting and double empathy.

The production team of 'Only Without Going Crazy' said, "Today, we plan to delightfully depict the fierce survival stories of n-year-old office workers who do their best to endure." "The office world that cannot survive without going crazy, and the rebellion of adults for a reason gives fresh laughter and empathy. will do it,” he said. Then, he showed confidence, saying, “Please look forward to the performances of the acting masters who bring out the flavor of the characters.” 'Only Without Going Crazy' will premiere on June 23rd.

 

http://www.sisaweek.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=144541

 

 

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June 2 2021

Teaser poster for MBC drama “No One But a Madman”

Teaser poster added for MBC drama series “No One But a Madman” (literal title) starring Jung Jae-Young & Moon So-Ri. Caption on the teaser poster states “First of all, I made it through today.” The drama series is set in the consumer electronics division of a major corporation.

The teaser poster also reveals that “No One But a Madman” will first air June 23, 2021 in South Korea.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Choi Ban-Seok (Jung Jae-Young) is a veteran engineer, working as a developer in the consumer electronics division of Hanmyung Electronics. He has a calm disposition and a warm heart. He also has a sense of humor, but he faces the biggest crisis of his 22 year working career. To avoid being caught up in a wave of dismissals, he is transferred to the personnel department. He is completely unfamiliar with the personnel department. He decides to survive in the personnel department and not quit this job.

Dang Ja-Young (Moon So-Ri) is the leader of the personnel department. She was promoted to the position recently. She is a workaholic and she wants to become the company’s first female executive. Choi Ban-Seok is a new member of the personnel department. She doesn’t know what to do with him, but her life slowly changes by working with him.

 

https://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/teaser-poster-for-mbc-drama-no-one-but-a-madman

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Teaser

1st teaser without going crazy] ‘Is the company crazy? Are you going to nurture that side?

 

 

 

 

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New poster was released.

'Only Without Going Crazy' has released posters of Jung Jae-young and Moon So-ri.'Only Without Going Crazy' depicts the fierce survival period of n-year-old office workers struggling to survive in a turbulent workplace.

 

The production team of 'Only Without Going Crazy' said, "You can look forward to the chemistry between Jung Jae-young and Moon So-ri, who will realistically portray the hot survival period of n-year office workers who dream of an exhilarating rebellion on the descent of life."

 

https://www.mk.co.kr/star/hot-issues/view/2021/06/539407/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Baek Min Hyun confirmed cast for MBC drama No One But a Madman and he will act as Ahn Joon-soo who is a member of robot cleaner development team.