Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng ()
Overview
Ms. Maeng, a small-town teacher, unexpectedly joins the team responsible for creating South Korea’s most important exam: the College Scholastic Ability Test. She thought it would be all about academic prestige and scholarly debate but instead finds herself locked away under spy-level security, her phone confiscated and surrounded by office politics. Can this unlikely underdog turn test stress into test success, or just test everyone's patience?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ko |
| Popularity | 0.6986 |
Directed By
Lee Yong-jae
TOP CAST
Lee Sun-bin
Maeng Bo-ram
Yoo Jae-myung
Moon Joo-yeol
Kim Young-min
Park Kyung-tae
Jun Suk-ho
Ki Joon-su
Hwang Bo-ra
Na Eun-mi
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