I'm Not a Robot

 



I'm Not a Robot is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin and Um Ki-joon. It is written by Kim Sun-mi and directed by Jung Dae-yoon. Producing the series for MBC is May Queen Pictures. It aired on MBC from December 6, 2017 to January 25, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) for 32 episodes.

 

Plot

 




The two principal characters of this story are Kim Min-kyu (Yoo Seung-ho) and Jo Ji-ah (Chae Soo-bin). Kim Min-kyu lives a luxurious but isolated life due to a severe allergy to physical contact with other human beings. He develops extreme life-threatening rashes that rapidly spread over his body whenever he makes any form of skin contact. Jo Ji-ah is trying to make it in life by creating businesses based on her inventions, notably two networked heart-shaped lamps. The two first meet when Kim Min-kyu hires her to purchase an exclusive toy, but the transaction leads them into a fight.

Kim Min-kyu is the chairman and largest shareholder the KM Financial company. He inherited his shares from his parents, who died in a car accident 15 years earlier. He was brought up by his father's friend and colleague, Hwang Do-won (Son Byong-ho), whose son, Hwang Yeo-chul (Kang Ki-young), is the same age as Kim Min-kyu. Both are executives at KM Financial and Hwang Yeo-chul has become the CEO.

KM Financial owns the Santa Maria team. The team is headed by professor Hong Baek-gyun (Um Ki-joon). Professor Hong's team has secretly created an advanced humanoid robot called AG3 (pronounced Aji 3), whose face and other features he modeled on those of his ex-girlfriend Jo Ji-ah (the sound of the robot's name is Ji-a [AJI 3] backwards).





Hwang Yeo-chul and his father Hwang Do-won try to sell the Santa Maria team to Bold Group, owned by a foreign investor, Martin, who has learned about the Aji 3 and wants to use it as a weapon. To convince Kim Min-kyu not to sell the Santa Maria team, Hong Baek-gyun sends the robot to him as a demonstration. Just before the Aji 3 is delivered, a crucial internal mechanism inside the robot's body is accidentally damaged by a single drop of water. Hong Baek-gyun approaches Jo Ji-ah, asking her to pose as the robot since she was its original model, giving the team time to repair Aji 3. Desperate for the 10 million won fee, Jo Ji-ah agrees, and impersonates the robot under the supervision of the Santa Maria team and the robot's computer brain.

Gradually, Kim Min-kyu falls in love with Jo Ji-ah, believing that she is Aji 3. He is disturbed by this, and reboots the Aji 3, erasing its memory. Professor Hong Baek-gyun replaces Jo Ji-ah with the real Aji 3. Jo Ji-Ah, who has also fallen in love with Kim Min-kyu, leaves the city to work in her aunt's restaurant, in an attempt to forget him.

Kim Min-kyu discovers that Jo Ji-ah had replaced the robot, and has a sudden and violent allergic reaction, which nearly kills him. Hong Baek-gyun saves him by injecting him with ephedrine, but he is furious and breaks completely with Jo Ji-ah. Nevertheless, in a climactic scene, Jo Ji-ah confesses everything to Kim Min-kyu and they rediscover their love, this time between humans.

Before the reboot, Aji 3 had stored all the video footage and data from the trials with Kim Min-kyu in a secret cache. This cache gets hacked, revealing everything about Kim Min-kyu's illness. This knowledge is used to attempt a take-over of KM Financial, to remove Kim Min-kyu as chairman of the company and complete the sale of the Santa Maria team and Aji 3 to Martin. Kim Min-kyu manages to thwart the attempt at the last moment. He uncovers evidence that Hwang Do-won and Martin were involved in the murder of Chairman Park, and restores the Aji 3 to the Santa Maria team. The Santa Maria team successfully launches a new robot after changing its appearance.

 



Main Role

Yoo Seung-ho as Kim Min-kyu (28 years old)

The largest shareholder of the country's largest financial company with an IQ of 159 but is a "human allergy" patient who cannot be in contact with people. Through his company, he owns Aji 3, an android robot which gets sent to him to be tested. When the robot is damaged in an accident, Ji-ah is used to replace Aji 3. He develops feelings for Ji-ah as the robot and falls in love with her.

Chae Soo-bin as Jo Ji-ah (28 years old) / Aji 3

Jo Ji-Ah: A passionate young entrepreneur with a high emotional intelligence and an imaginative inventor who was inspired by her father while spending time with him in his car repair shop. She is recruited by the Santa Maria robot team to pretend to be Aji 3. She has an IQ of 94.

Aji 3: The world's most advanced humanoid robot among the artificial intelligence models released.

Um Ki-joon as Hong Baek-kyun (34 years old)

Ji-Ah's ex-boyfriend who is a world-renowned genius robotics professor who creates the android named Aji 3 and bases her appearance on Ji-ah.

 

Supporting

Santa Maria team

·         Park Se-wan as "Pi" Angela Jin (30 years old)

·         Song Jae-ryong as "Hoktal" Kang Dong-won (33 years old)

·         Go Geon-han as "Ssanip" Eddie Park (29 years old)

·         Adarsh kumar as "the only indian"

·         Alison F as “the only white”

KM Financial

Kang Ki-young as Hwang Yoo-chul (28 years old)

 Min-kyu's childhood best friend who betrayed him after Min-kyu's parents' death and, having become the CEO of the company, is now his rival both in business and for the hand of Ri-el.

Hwang Seung-eon as Ye Ri-el (28 years old)

Min-kyu's childhood friend and first love. Yoo-chul is in love with her but at first she wants to marry Min-kyu.

Son Byong-ho as Hwang Do-won

Yoo-chul's father and the president of the company.

Lee Byung-joon as Ye Sung-tae

Ri-el's father and one of the founders of the company.

Lee Hae-young [ko] as Mr. Yoon

KM Group Managing Director.

 

People around Min-kyu

Um Hyo-sup as Doctor Oh

Min-kyu's doctor. Having cared for him for fifteen years, he is initially the only other person aware of his condition.

Kim Ha-kyun as Butler Sung

 

People around Ji-A

Seo Dong-won  as Jo Jin-bae

Ji-ah's older brother who is the research team leader of KM Financial.

Lee Min-ji as Sun-hye (28 years old)

Ji-ah's friend who is a cafe owner and is a fortune-teller and an expert on romance.

Yoon So-mi  as Hong-ju (28 years old)

Ji-ah's schoolmate friend and Jin-bae's wife.

Lee Han-seo  as Jo Dong-hyun (8 years old)

Jin-bae and Hong-ju's child.

 

Extended

Kim Ki-doo  as Miami, a hired thief.

Choi Dong-gu as Alps

 

Cameo

Ahn Se-ha

Lee Si-eon as Man cutting in line (Ep. 1)

Park Chul-min

Hong Yoon-hwa as couple in public bathhouse (Ep. 10)

Kim Min-ki as couple in public bathhouse (Ep. 10)

 

 


Production

Dong Ha and Bang Min-ah were first offered the lead roles, but ultimately declined.

The first script reading of the cast was held on September 27, 2017 at MBC Station in Sangam-dong.

 


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