School 2013

School 2013
Promotional poster
GenreComing-of-age
Teen
Written byLee Hyun-joo
Go Jung-won
Directed byLee Min-hong
Lee Eung-bok
StarringJang Nara
Choi Daniel
Lee Jong-suk
Kim Woo-bin
Park Se-young
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16 + 1 special
Production
Executive producerHwang Eui-kyung
Production locationKorea
CinematographyWi Chang-seok[1]
Kwon Hyuk-gyun
EditorJung Hyun-kyung
Running time70 minutes
Production companiesCulture Industry Company School LLC, Content K
Original release
NetworkKBS2
Release3 December 2012 (2012-12-03) –
28 January 2013 (2013-01-28)
Korean name
Hangul
학교 2013
Hanja
學校2013
Revised RomanizationHak-gyo 2013
McCune–ReischauerHak-kyo 2013

School 2013 (Korean: 학교 2013; Hanja: 學校2013; RR: Hak-gyo 2013) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Park Se-young and Kim Woo-bin.[2][3][4][5] 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.[6][7][8][9]

It is the fifth installment of KBS's School series which aired from 1999 through 2002.[10] 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[11]
  • Jang Na-ra as Jung In-jae, homeroom teacher[12][13]
  • Choi Daniel as Kang Se-chan, former top lecturer[14][15]
  • 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[16]

Ratings

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[19] TNmS[20]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 December 3, 2012 8.0% 8.6% 8.2% 8.6%
2 December 4, 2012 8.2% 8.8% 10.0% 10.9%
3 December 10, 2012 10.8% 11.8% 11.5% 12.7%
4 December 11, 2012 8.9% 9.4% 10.4% 10.8%
5 December 17, 2012 9.8% 10.7% 12.9% 13.5%
6 December 18, 2012 11.5% 12.7% 12.9% 14.2%
7 December 24, 2012 10.2% 11.1% 11.7% 12.1%
8 December 25, 2012 12.9% 14.3% 14.8% 16.5%
9 January 1, 2013 15.2% 16.8% 15.7% 16.3%
10 January 7, 2013 13.1% 14.6% 14.7% 15.1%
11 January 8, 2013 15.8% 17.3% 16.3% 18.0%
12 January 14, 2013 14.5% 16.4% 16.1% 17.3%
13 January 15, 2013 15.5% 17.3% 17.1% 18.3%
14 January 21, 2013 14.0% 16.1% 15.1% 15.9%
15 January 22, 2013 15.7% 17.3% 15.3% 16.2%
16 January 28, 2013 15.0% 17.0% 16.0% 17.1%
Average 12.4% 13.7% 13.7% 14.6%
Special January 29, 2013 11.5% 12.7% 12.7% 13.3%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012 KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Jang Nara Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Choi Daniel Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Jang Nara Won
Best New Actor Lee Jong-suk Won
Popularity Award, Actor Choi Daniel Nominated
Lee Jong-suk Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress Jang Nara Nominated
2013 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Drama School 2013 Nominated
Best New Actor (TV) Kim Woo-bin Nominated
7th Mnet 20's Choice Awards 20's Drama Star, Male Lee Jong-suk Nominated
20's Booming Star, Male Kim Woo-bin Nominated
6th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Kim Woo-bin Nominated
2nd APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor Lee Jong-suk Won
Best New Actor Kim Woo-bin Won

References

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  20. ^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2012.