After the running mate presidential election, the election drama is good because it's the right time
Jun 12, 2025
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Director Han Jin-won said at a production presentation for the original TVing 『Running Mate" held at the Stanford Hotel in Mapo, Seoul on the 12th, 'It is good that it was released at an appropriate time after the presidential election.'
`Running Mate' is a high-teen cheerful political drama in which Roh Se-hoon (Yoon Hyun-soo), who was teased by all students due to an unexpected incident, is nominated as a vice president of the student council's election, and runs toward the election through all kinds of tricks. The simmering desires and joys and sorrows of young people in the fierce election for the president of the high school student council, and the friendship and warm growth story in them are expected to provide different fun.
Above all, drama fans are paying attention to the fact that it is the production debut of Han Jin-won, who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay as a co-writer of Parasite. Director Han Jin-won said, "The reason for the combination of high-teen and politics was not the purpose of making the work. I wanted to share my emotions. We tried to evoke the desire, desire for recognition, timing, jealousy, respect, hatred, loss, and longing we have. When I reach the age of 40, I am not a young man, but a middle-aged man, and it was a greeting and letter as the last young man. liked the 'Misaeng' and the 'Our distorted hero'. I was wondering if we could make it into the current version. I thought it would be nice to bring up the theme of election" he explained.
Coincidentally, it was released shortly after the presidential election. "I think it's good because it's released at the right time," Han said. What was interesting about this election period is that students are also interested in the election," he nodded.
The TVing original 'Running Mate' will be released on the 19th (Thursday).
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