So Ji-sub's Daughter Missing, Declares Lawless Middle Age

So Ji-sub, Revealing His Hidden Past After Daughter's Disappearance, Declares Himself a 'Lawless Middle-Aged Man' So Ji-sub, who had been living as an ordinary middle-aged man, began a rampage after his daughter's disappearance, revealing his dangerous identity. In the first episode of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Manager Kim,' which aired on June 26, an incident occurred involving Manager Kim (played by So Ji-sub), who had been living in hiding, quietly raising his daughter.

On this day, Manager Kim's daughter, high school sophomore Kim Min-ji (played by Seo Su-min), was bullied by the group of Joo Hye-ri (played by Yoo Ji-an), the daughter of Joo Kang-chan, CEO of Joo Construction, because she was from a single-parent household. Kim Min-ji, who exploded at the taunts about not having a mother, got into a physical fight with Joo Hye-ri. As a result, Manager Kim was called to the school. Although Joo Hye-ri's group was clearly the aggressor, Joo Hye-ri was turned into a victim of school violence, and Kim Min-ji into an perpetrator.

Manager Kim and Joo Kang-chan met for the first time at the school. Kim Min-ji pleaded her innocence, but when Joo Hye-ri's side decided to hold a school violence committee to record it in her student file, Manager Kim knelt before Joo Hye-ri's parents, begged for forgiveness, and promised to transfer his daughter. This greatly disappointed Kim Min-ji, who told her father, "If even you aren't on my side, I don't want to be with you," and announced she would sleep at a friend's house. Manager Kim tried to dissuade her, mentioning her birthday, but Kim Min-ji coldly turned away, saying, "It's the day our mom died."

As predicted, Kim Min-ji did not return home. She wandered the streets instead of going to her friend's house. After receiving a DM from Kim Nam-hoon, her crush, she headed to the back gate of the school. Kim Min-ji was later found unconscious, seemingly kidnapped, but Manager Kim did not actively search for her, fearing she would stray further. The next morning, Manager Kim contacted Kim Min-ji's friend and learned that his daughter had not gone to her friend's house. He also heard from Kim Nam-hoon, "I didn't send the DM. Some gangster guys told me to come to the back gate."

Upon arriving at the back gate, Manager Kim discovered a large bloodstain, a blood-covered brick, and Joo Hye-ri's hair tie. He then encountered a suspicious-looking delinquent man and Joo Hye-ri, and got into an altercation with the delinquent. During this encounter, Manager Kim's scarred body, containing his past history, and his identity as codename 66 were revealed. He was a North Korean agent who had been recruited by South Korea and defected, with a career that included five instances of double-agent activity, 17 official infiltration missions, and leading an assassination operation against the North Korean supreme commander. Enraged by his daughter's disappearance, Manager Kim subdued the man and asked, "​Where is my Min-ji?"