School 2013
2012 South Korean television series
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::summary 2012 South Korean television series ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | School 2013-poster.jpg |
| caption | Promotional poster |
| genre | Coming-of-age |
| Teen | |
| writer | Lee Hyun-joo |
| Go Jung-won | |
| director | Lee Min-hong |
| Lee Eung-bok | |
| starring | Jang Na-ra |
| Choi Daniel | |
| Lee Jong-suk | |
| Kim Woo-bin | |
| Park Se-young | |
| country | South Korea |
| language | Korean |
| num_episodes | 16 + 1 special |
| executive_producer | Hwang Eui-kyung |
| editor | Jung Hyun-kyung |
| location | Korea |
| cinematography | Wi Chang-seok |
| Kwon Hyuk-gyun | |
| runtime | 70 minutes |
| company | Culture Industry Company School LLC, Content K |
| channel | KBS2 |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| native_name | {{Infobox Korean television name/auto |
| hangul | ^학교 2013 |
| hanja | 學校2013 |
| :: |
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School 2013 () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Park Se-young and Kim Woo-bin. The teen drama depicts the struggles and dilemmas that modern-day Korean youth face, such as bullying, student suicides, school violence, deteriorating teacher-student relations, private tutoring and other real-life high school issues, all within the confines of one small classroom at Victory High School.
It is the fifth installment of KBS's School series which aired from 1999 through 2002. It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2012 to January 28, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes.
Synopsis
Jung In-jae (Jang Na-ra) and Kang Sae-chan (Choi Daniel) are homeroom teachers whose philosophies are apparently at odds. Together, they manage Victory High's toughest class; facing bullies, academic underachievers, and demanding parents, as they help the students overcome their problems.
Cast
;Teachers
- Jang Na-ra as Jung In-jae, homeroom teacher
- Choi Daniel as Kang Se-chan, former top lecturer
- Um Hyo-sup as Uhm Dae-woong "Uhm Force", math teacher
- Park Hae-mi as Im Jung-soo, principal
- Lee Han-wi as Woo Soo-chul, vice principal
- Oh Young-sil as Yoo Nan-hee, ethics teacher
- Yoon Joo-sang as Jo Bong-soo, gym teacher
- Kwon Nam-hee as Kwon Nam-hee
- Kim Yun-ah as Kim Yun-ah
- Lee Won-suk as Kim Dae-soo
;Students
- Lee Jong-suk as Go Nam-soon
- Park Se-young as Song Ha-gyeong
- Ryu Hyo-young as Lee Kang-joo
- Kim Woo-bin as Park Heung-soo
- Gil Eun-hye as Gil Eun-hye
- Kwak Jung-wook as Oh Jung-ho
- Choi Chang-yub as Kim Min-ki
- Kim Young-choon as Byun Ki-duk
- Kim Jong-hyun
- Kim Dong-suk as Kim Dong-suk
- Jeon Soo-jin as Kye Na-ri
- Shin Hye-sun as Shin Hye-sun
- Kim Chang-hwan as Han Young-woo
- Lee Ji-hoon as Lee Ji-hoon
- Lee Yi-kyung as Lee Yi-kyung
- Jung Yeon-joo as Student
- Ahn Ji-hyun as Ahn Ji-hyun
- Kim Dani
Ratings
::data[format=table] | Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Nielsen Korea | TNmS | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average || || || || | Special | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | December 3, 2012 | **** | **** | **** | **** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 4, 2012 | 8.2% | 8.8% | 10.0% | 10.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 10, 2012 | 10.8% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 12.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 11, 2012 | 8.9% | 9.4% | 10.4% | 10.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 17, 2012 | 9.8% | 10.7% | 12.9% | 13.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 18, 2012 | 11.5% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 14.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 24, 2012 | 10.2% | 11.1% | 11.7% | 12.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 25, 2012 | 12.9% | 14.3% | 14.8% | 16.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 1, 2013 | 15.2% | 16.8% | 15.7% | 16.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 7, 2013 | 13.1% | 14.6% | 14.7% | 15.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 8, 2013 | **** | **** | 16.3% | 18.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 14, 2013 | 14.5% | 16.4% | 16.1% | 17.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 15, 2013 | 15.5% | **** | **** | **** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 21, 2013 | 14.0% | 16.1% | 15.1% | 15.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 22, 2013 | 15.7% | **** | 15.3% | 16.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 28, 2013 | 15.0% | 17.0% | 16.0% | 17.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | January 29, 2013 | 11.5% | 12.7% | 12.7% | 13.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
Awards and nominations
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| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Jang Na-ra | |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Choi Daniel | |||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Jang Na-ra | |||
| Best New Actor | Lee Jong-suk | |||
| Popularity Award, Actor | Choi Daniel | |||
| Lee Jong-suk | ||||
| Popularity Award, Actress | Jang Na-ra | |||
| 2013 | 49th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama | School 2013 | |
| Best New Actor (TV) | Kim Woo-bin | |||
| 7th Mnet 20's Choice Awards | 20's Drama Star, Male | Lee Jong-suk | ||
| 20's Booming Star, Male | Kim Woo-bin | |||
| 6th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Woo-bin | ||
| 2nd APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | Lee Jong-suk | ||
| Best New Actor | Kim Woo-bin | |||
| :: |
References
References
- Jun, Ji-young. (20 December 2012). "The Image Aesthetics Between "Realism" and "Sensibility"".
- Jeon, Ji-young. (23 November 2012). "Distinctive Posters in Three Sets Released".
- Lee, Tae-ho. (2 November 2012). "Actors in KBS ''School'' Hold 1st Script Reading Session". 10Asia.
- Ho, Stewart. (2 November 2012). "''School'' Holds First Script Reading As Entire Cast Gathers". enewsWorld.
- Ho, Stewart. (15 November 2012). "''School 2013'' Holds Gosa Ceremony To Ensure Success and Good Health". enewsWorld.
- (28 November 2012). "Anticipation for the New "Real" School Report".
- Oh, Jean. (29 November 2012). "Fifth ''School'' series too close for comfort?".
- Lee, In-kyung. (2 December 2012). "Why ''School 2013'' is Going to be Worth the Wait". enewsWorld.
- Jeon, Su-mi. (4 December 2012). "''School 2013'' Shows the Ugly Side of Today's Schools". enewsWorld.
- Ho, Stewart. (5 November 2012). "''School 2013'' Set As Official Title and Releases Group Poster of the Students". enewsWorld.
- Jeon, Ji-young. (22 November 2012). "Biographies of Realistic High School Teachers". KBS Global.
- Jeon, Ji-young. (30 November 2012). "Jang Nara's Cute Wish for School 2013's Success". KBS Global.
- Hong, Grace Danbi. (8 November 2012). "Jang Nara Flawlessly Pulls Off a School Uniform". enewsWorld.
- Choi, Eun-hwa. (16 November 2012). "Choi Daniel to Act as Capitalistic Teacher in ′School 2013′". enewsWorld.
- (27 November 2012). "Choi Daniel Films Extravagant First Day at the Office". KBS Global.
- Jeon, Ji-young. (3 December 2012). "Unique and Diverse Characters of Future Stars Add Fun". KBS Global.
- Jeon, Su-mi. (7 November 2012). "Lee Jong Seok Featured in New Stills for ''School 2013''". enewsWorld.
- Ho, Stewart. (7 November 2012). "T-ara's Dani Joins 5Dolls' Hyoyoung in Cast of ''School 2013''". enewsWorld.
- "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research.
- "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings.
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