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My Mister

★ 9.0 17K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 16 episodes Ended tvN
Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 10/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10RedemptionThe long road to earning back a lost self.This show: 8/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Lee Sun-kyunIULee Ji-ahPark Ho-sanSong Sae-byeokKo Du-shim
Starring
Lee Sun-kyunIULee Ji-ahPark Ho-sanSong Sae-byeokKo Du-shim
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Two exhausted strangers learn to be gentle"

A weary middle-aged engineer, worn down by office politics and family burdens, crosses paths with a guarded young woman drowning in debt and loneliness. What follows isn't romance but something rarer: two exhausted people quietly noticing each other's pain and choosing kindness anyway. The pace is unhurried, the tone melancholic yet warm, and the storytelling trusts silence and small gestures over big dramatic beats. It's a show about dignity under pressure, ordinary decency, and healing that comes from being truly seen rather than saved. Understated, patient, and quietly devastating.

Watch it for

the slow-burn tenderness between two broken people who ask for nothing but honesty.

Maybe skip if

you need fast plotting, romance, or upbeat energy rather than quiet emotional endurance.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12018
8.76K1621h 3m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶150,000 Dollar Trap7.9
45887 min
▶2Survive8.2
41672 min
▶3Will You Hate Me, Please?8.1
39176 min
▶4A Diligent Lifer8.6
39978 min
▶5The Pay Phone8.6
38377 min
▶6Betrayal8.5
37875 min
▶7Camping Site8.7
38678 min
▶830,000 Years Old8.6
37779 min
▶9The Envelope9.1
44277 min
▶10The Slippers8.8
39477 min
▶11Out of All, Why?8.9
38178 min
▶12I Wanted You to be Happy9.0
38480 min
▶13Can I Hug You?9.0
38680 min
▶14Would You Be Happy to See Me?9.1
46179 min
▶15I'm Sorry8.9
39279 min
▶16Ji An9.0
43691 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Sun-kyun Park Dong-hoon
IU Lee Ji-an
Lee Ji-ah Kang Yoon-hee
Park Ho-san Park Sang-hoon
Song Sae-byeok Park Gi-hoon
Ko Du-shim Byun Yo-soon
Nara Choi Yoo-ra
Park Hae-joon Monk Gyeom-deok
Jeon Gook-hwan Executive Director Wang, Executive Director Wang Young Geun
Oh Na-ra Jeong-hee

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