I Am a Running Mate (2025) | Korean Drama | Main Trailer

Title: 러닝메이트/I Am a Running Mate
Also Known As: Running Mate , Reoningmeiteu
Genres: Youth, Drama, Political
Drama: I Am a Running Mate
Country: South Korea
Episodes: 9
Airs On: Thursday
Original Network: TVING
Screenwriter & Director: Han Jin Won
Screenwriter: Oh Do Gun
Release Date: June 19, 2025


Plot:

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, 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 Sang Hyun, a walking luxury man known as the local social butterfly.

Notes
Han Jin-Won makes his directorial debut with drama series "Running Mate." Han Jin-Won previously co-wrote movie "Parasite," which won the Palme D'or award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast
Yoon Hyun-Soo - No Se-Hun
Lee Jung-Sic - Kwak Sang-Hyun
Choi Woo-Sung - Yang Won-Dae
Hong Hwa-Yeon - Yoon Jung-Hee
Lee Bong-Joon - Park Ji-Hun
Kim Ji-Woo - Ha Yoo-Kyeong
Ok Jin-Wook
Yoon Do-Gun
Lee Jae-Yi