Release dateKR wide release date set to 28 October 2026.
Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng
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- Announced
- Shooting
- Wrapped
- Released
- Country
- South Korea
- Director
- Writer
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 12KR
- Genres
- Comedy
Release dates
US dates, plus theatrical dates in the film's own country.
- WideKR
Plot
Ms. Maeng, a small-town teacher, unexpectedly joins the team responsible for creating South Korea’s most important exam: the College Scholastic Ability Test. She thought it would be all about academic prestige and scholarly debate but instead finds herself locked away under spy-level security, her phone confiscated and surrounded by office politics. Can this unlikely underdog turn test stress into test success, or just test everyone's patience?
Cast
(11)
- Lee Sun-bin · Maeng Bo-ram
- Yoo Jae-myung · Moon Joo-yeol
- Kim Young-min · Park Kyung-tae
- Jun Seok-ho · Ki Joon-su
- Kim Gyeong-min
- Lee Jin-hee
- Hwang Bo-ra · Na Eun-mi
- Jeong Soo-young
- Lee Joong-ok
- Ryu Kyeong-hwan
- Choi Si-won
Crew
(5)
Companies
(1)
Latest updates
(3)
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Crew attachedSoyo Park attached to write.
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CastingKim Gyeong-min joins the cast.