The Awl (2015)

10/24/2015 (KR) • 1h

Drama

Overview

The drama tells the story of average workers, who silently work hard on each one’s own task. They finally pull together as a team to fight through a difficult and unfair situation. Lee Soo-In has the kind of temperament where he has to do the right thing no matter what. After his discharge from the military, he finds work at a large retail market. One day, his boss orders him to fire temporary employees at the store. Lee Soo-In refuses to do so and decides to join the labor union. He and the temporary employees struggle against unfair dismissals. The drama is based on a webtoon of the same name, which is in turn inspired by real-life events that transpired in 2002 when union workers were unfairly fired from large supermarket chain Carrefour, and fought back.

Top Billed Cast

Ji Hyun-woo

Lee Soo-In

12 Episodes

Ahn Nae-sang

Goo Go-Shin

12 Episodes

Hyun Woo

Joo Gang-Min

12 Episodes

Yesung

Hwang Joon-Chul

12 Episodes

Park Si-Hwan

Nam Dong-Hyub

12 Episodes

Kim Ga-eun

Moon So-Jin

12 Episodes

Kim Hie-won

Jung Min-Chul

12 Episodes

Kim Joong-ki

Manager Kim

12 Episodes

Lee Jung-eun

Kim Jung-Mi

12 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2015 | 12 Episodes

Season 1 of The Awl premiered on October 24, 2015.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Korean

Keywords

labor strike

labor rights

based on webcomic or webtoon

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