Introverted Boss

Introverted Boss is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Yeon Woo-jin and Park Hye-su. It aired on cable network tvN every Monday and Tuesday at 23:00 (KST) from January 16 to March 14, 2017.

Synopsis
Eun Hwan-ki (Yeon Woo-jin) is the CEO of a public relations company, but he is extremely shy. Due to his personality his employees do not know him well.

Chae Ro Woon (Park Hye-soo) starts working in the company of Eun Hwan-ki. She is very energetic and receives recognition for her good work, however she is interested in CEO Eun Hwan-ki and plans to reveal who he really is.

Main

 * Yeon Woo-jin as Eun Hwan-ki
 * Park Ha-joon as young Eun Hwan-ki
 * The "Silent Monster" CEO of Brain public relations firm. He appears to be cold and prickly, but is actually extremely shy and sensitive, and avoids people as much as possible by hiding out in his penthouse office or by covering himself in black and wearing a hood.


 * Park Hye-su as Chae Ro-woon
 * An outgoing rookie employee who, despite her extroverted nature and excellent communication skills, is silent and lethargic introvert at home. She aims to take revenge on her boss for the death of her sister.


 * Yoon Park as Kang Woo-il
 * Lee Tae-woo as young Kang Woo-il
 * The warm, confident but sensitive co-CEO of Brain public relations firm and Hwan-ki's best friend. Also the fiancé of Eun Yi-soo.


 * Gong Seung-yeon as Eun Yi-soo
 * Seo Eun-sol as young Eun Yi-soo
 * Hwan-ki's sister, a chaebol heiress with an introverted personality. She has a mental illness initially instigated by her father's prolonged verbal and emotional abuse of her brother.

People in Silent Monster

 * 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

People in Brain PR

 * 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
 * Park Sang-myun as Master Jin (Ep. 4)
 * Choi Dae-chul as Restaurant Owner (Ep. 4)
 * Lee Byung-joon as Rose Airlines CEO (Ep. 7)
 * Kim Ji-seok as Yu-hui's husband
 * Han Suk-joon as Yeon-jung's first love. Also a Kookmin MC

Production
The series reunites writer Joo Hwa-mi and PD Song Hyun-wook of Marriage, Not Dating after 2 years. Song Hyun-wook also directed the 2016 hit drama Another Miss Oh.

The production team stated that the series would stop airing for a week, as the team would be doing extensive rewrites to the scripts in order to make improvements to the drama.

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 airs 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 a week because of the Lunar New Year holiday.