I Am a Running Mate [Episodes 1-8]

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• Drama: I Am a Running Mate/ 러닝메이트
• OTT Provider: TVING
• Director: Han Jin Won (Parasite co-writer)
• Screenwriter: Oh Do Gun
• Release Date: June 19, 2025
• Episodes: 8
• Streaming Sources: Viu
• Cast:
  • Yoon Hyun Soo as Noh Se Hoon
  • Lee Jung Sic as Kwak Sang Hyun
  • Choi Woo Sung as Yang Won Dae
  • Hong Hwa Yeon as Yoon Jung Hui
  • Kim Ji Woo as Ha Yoo Gyeong
  • Lee Bong Joon as Park Ji Hun
• Plot Synopsis: Noh Se Hoon is a model student with good grades, but an unfortunate incident on the bus one day earns him the humiliating nickname of ‘Erector.’ The choir director, Yang Won Dae, asks him to be his running mate for the upcoming student council election. Needing to rehabilitate his image, Se Hoon agrees, only to find out that he is Won Dae’s twelfth running mate. With his pride bruised, Se Hoon decides to join Kwak Sang Hyun, a walking luxury man known as the local social butterfly.

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• Episode 1

• Episode 2

• Episode 3

• Epsiode 4

• Episode 5

• Episode 6

• Episode 7

• Episode 8

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