The School Nurse Files
Genre
Writer
DirectorLee Kyoung-mi
Starring
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Num episodes6
Executive producerPark Seong-hye
Shin Yeon-ju
Runtime46–58 minutes
CompanyKeyEast
NetworkNetflix
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2020
The School Nurse Files
Hangul^보건_교사 %안은영
Hanja保健教師 안은영
LkSchool Nurse Ahn Eun-young

The School Nurse Files () is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Jung Yu-mi and Nam Joo-hyuk. Based on the 2015 award-winning novel School Nurse Ahn Eun-young by Chung Serang, it was released on Netflix on September 25, 2020.[1]

Synopsis

Ahn Eun-young is a school nurse with the power to see human desires, feelings, and spirits that exist in the form of "jellies". Some of these jellies can take on dangerous, monstrous forms. Ahn is appointed to a new high school where mysterious incidents are taking place. Along with a fellow teacher, Hong In-pyo, a man with a special energy field around him that protects him from jellies, she tries to solve these mysterious cases.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Monglyeon High School Students

  • Park Hye-Eun as Sung A-ra "Jellyfish"
  • Lee Suk-hyung as Min-woo, student.
  • Choi Joon-young as Kim Kang-sun, Eun-young's middle school classmate.
  • Hyun Woo-seok as Seung-kwon, student.
  • Kwon Young-chan as Lee Ji-hyung, student.
  • Park Se-jin as Jang Radi, student.
  • Song Hee-jun as Baek Hye-min, student.
  • Shim Dal-gi as Heo Wan-soo, student.

Special appearances

  • Lee Kyu-sung as Student.
  • Lee Jong-won as Student.
  • Jeon Gook-hwan as Hong Jin-beom, Monglyeon High School founder and In-pyo's grandfather.
  • Moon So-ri as Hwa-soo, director of acupuncture institute and Eun-young's friend.

Production

Development

On December 19, 2018, Netflix announced that it would produce a 6-part adaptation of the South Korean novel School Nurse Ahn Eun-young. Its author, Chung Serang, wrote the series, while Lee Kyoung-mi, who previously wrote and directed an episode of the anthology series Persona for the streaming platform, served as the director.[2][3] The series is produced for Netflix by KeyEast.[4]

Casting

It was revealed that Jung Yu-mi would portray the titular role when Netflix announced the commission of the series.[5][6] On March 8, 2019, Nam Joo-hyuk was confirmed to have joined the main cast.[7][8]

Filming

Filming took place during mid 2019.[9]

Release

On August 14, 2020, it was announced that the series would be released on September 25.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Yeo, Ye-rim (December 20, 2018). "'School Nurse' heading to Netflix". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived March 19, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Jung, Seung (December 19, 2018). "Netflix announces Korean original series School Nurse Ahn Eun-young". Netflix Media. Archived December 20, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Kim, Tae-woo (December 20, 2018). "ko:정유미가 넷플릭스 드라마 '보건교사 안은영'에 출연한다" (in Korean). Huffington Post Korea. Archived August 27, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Moon, Ji-yeon (February 26, 2019). "ko:'보이스3'→'보건교사 안은영', 키이스트 2019 제작 라인업 공개" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Archived February 26, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Choi, Yoon-na (December 20, 2018). "ko:[공식입장] 정유미, 넷플릭스 오리지널 '보건교사 안은영' 출연 확정" (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived August 26, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Kim, So-yeon (December 20, 2018). "ko:'보건교사 안은영' 정유미 출연 확정, 넷플릭스 제작" (in Korean). The Korea Economic Daily. Archived August 26, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Lee, Narin (March 8, 2019). "Nam Joo Hyuk Confirms to Lead a New Fantasy Drama Series". Seoul Broadcasting System. Archived May 14, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Kim, Jin-seok (March 18, 2019). "ko:[단독]남주혁, 차기작은 넷플릭스 '보건교사 안은영'" (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. Archived August 26, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "ko:정유미, 단발병 유발하는 상큼+우아 '요정 미모'" (in Korean). The Dong-A Ilbo. August 2, 2019. Archived December 1, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  10. ^ Kwak, Yeon-soo (August 14, 2020). "'The School Nurse Files' to premiere on Netflix in September". The Korea Times. Archived September 19, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  11. ^ Kang, Minji (August 14, 2020). "The School Nurse Files, Starring Jung Yu-mi and Nam Joo-hyuk, Confirmed For September 25 Release". Netflix Media. Archived September 22, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 15, 2020.