School 2017
School 2017 (Korean: 학교 2017; Hanja: 學校 2017; RR: Hakgyo 2017) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Jung-hyun, Kim Se-jeong, Jang Dong-yoon, Han Sun-hwa, and Han Joo-wan. It aired on KBS2 from July 17 to September 5, 2017 every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.[1] The series is the seventh installment of KBS2's School franchise.
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Hangul | 학교 2017 |
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Composer | Park Sung-jin |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Yoon Jae-hyuk |
Cinematography |
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Editor | Kim Byung-rok |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 60 mins |
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Distributor | KBS |
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Original network | KBS2 |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital |
Original release | July 17 – September 5, 2017 |
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Preceded by | Who Are You: School 2015 |
Followed by | School 2021 |
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Website |
Synopsis
The plot follows a class of high school students attempting to overcome the stress of being ranked by their exam grades, and facing the difficulties of being a teenager in a high-pressure, corrupt system. Its central protagonist is Ra Eun-ho (Kim Se-jeong), a cheerful and kind-hearted 18-year-old who dreams of being a webtoon artist but is caught up in the search for a mysterious troublemaker in the school, known as 'Student X'. When she is accused of being Student X, her dream of going to university to study art is put at risk as she faces expulsion. Hyun Tae-woon (Kim Jung-hyun) is the son of the director of the school who enjoys his youth but hides deep scars. Song Dae-hwi (Jang Dong-yoon) is a bright student who's ranked 1st every time but doesn't have enough money for his dream college.
Cast
Main
- Kim Jung-hyun as Hyun Tae-woon / Student X [2]
- The rebellious son of the school's director. He doesn't take school seriously and resents his father. He was involved in a motorcycle accident in which his best friend Joon-ki died after saving Eun-ho from the wreckage of a bus. He and Eun-ho have mutual love interest and he is X.
- Kim Se-jeong as Ra Eun-ho[3][4]
- An 18-year-old student who is low-ranked but optimistic and dreams of studying to become a webtoon artist. She comes from a working-class family who owns a chicken restaurant.
- Jang Dong-yoon as Song Dae-hwi[5]
- The school's student president. He is a seemingly perfect student who is always ranked first place, despite coming from a poor family. He is in a relationship with Hong Nam-joo, who comes from a poor family but appears wealthy. He was best friends with Tae-woon and Joon-ki before the accident. However, after the death of Joon-ki, he and Tae-woon fell into a conflicted relationship.
- Han Joo-wan as Shim Kang-myung
- Form teacher for Class 2-1, he cares deeply for his students and always believes in them against the advice of the other staff. He struggles to speak up against authority. He falls in love with the police officer Han Soo-ji.
- Han Sun-hwa as Han Soo-ji
- A police detective who gets demoted for mishandling a case, and ends up assigned to the high school as the school police officer. She is an ace detective and a stickler for rules. She falls in love with teacher Shim Kang-myung.
Supporting
Students
- Seol In-ah as Hong Nam-joo[6]
- Dae-hwi's girlfriend. She pretends to be from a rich family because she is ashamed of her father's actual profession as a taxi driver. She is frustrated and stressed because of her family's financial struggles.
- Park Se-wan as Oh Sa-rang
- Eun-ho's loyal best friend, who is a big fan of Issue. Her mother is a cleaner at the school and she has given up her dreams to support her mother. She often gets into fights with Eun-ho but always makes it up.
- Seo Ji-hoon as Yoon Kyung-woo
- A guitarist and singer-songwriter who had been educated abroad. He has a crush on Sa-rang. He often comforts her.
- Kim Ro-woon as Kang Hyun-il / Issue[7]
- An unpopular member of the K-pop boy group Cherry on Top whose stage name is Issue. A transfer student at Eun-ho's school. He is the guy Oh Sa-rang has a crush on.
- Kim Hee-chan as Kim Hee-chan
- Son of a prominent prosecutor. He is tutored by Dae-hwi but is jealous of him because he always comes in second place to him. When he was in grade 10 he used to date Seo Bo-ra, but ends up splitting because he is obsessive and abusive. He really wants to prove who X is.
- Hong Kyung as Won Byung-goo
- Tae-woon's clueless friend, often seen drinking strawberry milk.
- Han Bo-bae as Seo Bo-ra
- A target of bullying in the class. She is afraid to report Young-gun and her other bullies to teachers because of their previous failings. She used to date Kim Hee-chan in year 10 before she broke up with him for being abusive. She takes a while to trust people, and believes in forgiveness. She is a loyal friend to Eun-ho.
- Ji Hye-ran (Z.Hera) as Yoo Bit-na
- Highly-strung daughter of a sought-after plastic surgeon. She is one of Bo-ra's bullies. She often blames everything on her and overreacts. She uses her money against everyone.
- Ha Seung-ri as Hwang Young-gun
- A troublemaker who bullies Bo-ra. She later trains to become a police officer, inspired by Han Soo-ji. She is loyal and will owe up to anyone's mistakes. She is struggling to find a place to belong.
- Kim Min-ha as Yeo Sung-eun
- A member of Young-gun's group.
- Song Yoo-jung as Choi Hyun-jung
- A member of Young-gun's group.
- Lee Joon-woo as Go Hak-jung
- Ahn Seung-gyun as Ahn Jung-il
- Choi Sung-min as SeJeong
School personnel
- Lee Jong-won as Hyun Kang-woo
- Rich and powerful director of the school. He is the father of Hyun Tae-woon.
- Kim Eung-soo as Yang Do-jin
- The school's corrupt principal.
- Park Chul-min as Park Myung-deok
- Assistant to the principal, who dreams of being promoted.
Teachers
- Lee Jae-yong as Koo Young-goo, a strict but fair teacher who succeeds Hyun Kang-woo to become Geumdo High School's principal.
- Min Sung-wook as Jung Joon-soo, a PE teacher who is Shim Kang-myung's rival for police officer Han Soo-ji's affections.
- Jo Mi-ryung as Jang So-ran
Ra family
- Sung Ji-ru as Ra Sun-bong, Eun-ho's father, who secretly works laying pavements to earn money for Eun-ho to go to extracurricular classes.
- Kim Hee-jung as Kim Sa-bun, Eun-ho's mother. She is seen as strict but she is very caring. She manages everything around the house.
- Jang Se-hyun as Ra Tae-shik, Eun-ho's brother. He is seen is irresponsible by his family and doesn't have big dreams. All he wants is to be an employee at a company.
Extended
- Mi Jung as Na Young-ok, Song Dae-hwi's mother.
- Kim Soo-jin as Oh Sa-rang's mother, a cleaner at Geumdo High School.
- Choo Kwi-jung as Kim Hee-chan's mother.
- Kim Jin-woo as Im Joon-ki, Tae-woon and Dae-hwi's late best friend.
- Shin Yun-sook as Im Joon-ki's grandmother.
- Kim Sun-hwa as Ahn Jung-il's mother.
- Lee Jae-kyung as Parent.
- Song Yoo-hyun as College Academic Counselor.
- Lee Hyun-suk
- Ahn Tae-joon
- Kim Song
- Kim Bo-kyung
- Lee Jae-seo
- Kwon Se-rin
- Shin Joo-hang
- Won Jin-ho
- Kim Si-eun as Lee Min-jung
- Jung Yo-han
- Park Hye-young
- Lee Yoon-ji
- Kim Ji-sung
- Choi Moon-kyung
- Yoo Chae-mok
- Lee Se-rang
- Park Ji-yun
- Kim Jae-chul
- Yoo In-soo
- Jo Jae-hyun
- So Joon-hyung
- Lee Mi-kyung
- Park Ok-chool
Special appearances
- Kang Min-hyuk as Jong-geun (Episode 1), a student at Eun-ho's dream college, whom Eun-ho has a crush on.
Production
In May 2017, KBS offered the leading role to Kim Yoo-jung as a follow-up project to her popular series Love in the Moonlight (2016). By June 2017, she officially declined.[8][9] The first script reading of the series took place on June 19, 2017 at the KBS Annex Building in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.
Original soundtrack
School 2017 OST Album | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | 2017 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | Korean |
Label | Leon Korea Warner Music |
Producer | Lee Woo-hyun (executive), Jung Hee-chul |
Part 1
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Believe In This Moment" (이 순간을 믿을게) | Shim Hyun-bo | Choi Min-chang | Gugudan | 03:16 |
2. | "Believe In This Moment" (Inst.) | Choi Min-chang | 03:16 | ||
Total length: | 06:32 |
Part 2
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Throbbing Summer Day" (두근두근 여름날) | Shim Hyun-bo | Choi Min-chang, Park Sung-jin | Yozoh | 03:20 |
2. | "Throbbing Summer Day" (Inst.) | Choi Min-chang, Park Sung-jin | 03:20 | ||
Total length: | 06:40 |
Part 3
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Going Home" | Kang Woo-kyung | Jung Sung-am | Tarin | 03:24 |
2. | "Going Home" (Inst.) | Jung Sung-am | 03:24 | ||
Total length: | 06:48 |
Part 4
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Stay In My Life" |
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| Taeil, Taeyong, Doyoung (NCT) | 03:15 |
2. | "Stay In My Life" (Inst.) |
| 03:15 | ||
Total length: | 06:30 |
Part 5
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Reach To You" (너에게 닿기를) |
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| Maktub | 03:34 |
2. | "Reach To You" (Inst.) |
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Total length: | 07:08 |
Ratings
- In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
- NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | |||
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Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | |||
1 | July 17, 2017 | Grade Class Society | 6.5% (NR) | 7.0% (NR) | 5.9% (NR) | 6.4% (NR) |
2 | July 18, 2017 | About Trouble Kids | 4.8% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) | 4.2% (NR) | 4.3% (NR) |
3 | July 24, 2017 | Suspect Your Friend | 4.6% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) | 4.2% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
4 | July 25, 2017 | Encounter | 4.6% (NR) | 5.0% (NR) | 4.1% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
5 | July 31, 2017 | Something the Student Evaluation Doesn't Record | 4.2% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) | 4.2% (NR) | 5.1% (NR) |
6 | August 1, 2017 | The Real Records of Our Lives | 4.7% (NR) | 5.1% (NR) | 4.6% (NR) | 5.9% (NR) |
7 | August 7, 2017 | Everyone Lies | 4.6% (NR) | 4.8% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 4.6% (NR) |
8 | August 8, 2017 | After the Lie | 5.0% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
9 | August 14, 2017 | The Weight Rumors Carry | 4.4% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 5.4% (NR) |
10 | August 15, 2017 | How to Endure the Weight | 4.7% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) |
11 | August 21, 2017 | Dreams, the Shining Worries | 4.8% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) | 4.8% (NR) |
12 | August 22, 2017 | Soaring Up, You | 4.7% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) | 4.1% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) |
13 | August 28, 2017 | Two People's Lines | 4.4% (NR) | 4.6% (NR) | 4.3% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
14 | August 29, 2017 | How to Face Different Lines | 5.1% (NR) | 5.7% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) | 5.0% (NR) |
15 | September 4, 2017 | How to Protect You | 4.9% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) | 4.1% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) |
16 | September 5, 2017 | On My Way to Meet the Real You | 4.5% (NR) | 5.1% (NR) | 4.6% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) |
Average | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.5% | 4.9% |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | 10th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Kim Se-jeong | Nominated | |
1st The Seoul Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Jung-hyun | Nominated | [12] | |
Best New Actress | Kim Se-jeong | Nominated | |||
31st KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Jung-hyun | Nominated | [13] | |
Netizen Award - Male | Nominated | ||||
Best New Actress | Kim Se-jeong | Won | |||
Netizen Award - Female | Nominated | ||||
Best Couple Award | Kim Jung-hyun and Kim Se-jeong | Nominated | |||
2018 | 13th Annual Soompi Awards | Nominated | [14] | ||
54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Jung-hyun | Nominated | [15] | |
Best New Actress | Kim Se-jeong | Nominated |
See also
References
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- 이정현 (June 7, 2017). '역적' 김정현, '학교 2017' 남주인공으로 김세정과 호흡. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- "[공식입장] 구구단(gugudan) 김세정, '학교2017' 캐스팅…"특유의 리더십과 유쾌한 성격이 잘 맞는다"". Nate (in Korean).
- "Kim Se-jung confirms role in 'School 2017'". Kpop Herald.
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- "[단독] SF9 로운, '학교2017' 출연 확정..김세정과 연기 호흡". OSEN (in Korean).
- "KBS·김유정 측 '학교 2017' 여주인공 물망.."긍정 검토 중"(종합)". Herald Corporation (in Korean). May 19, 2017.
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- "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ‘제1회 더 서울어워즈’ 노미네이트 공개, 이보영 지성 김희선 조승우 등 화려한 라인업 공개 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
- Lee, Kyung-ho (January 1, 2018). "김영철·천호진,KBS 연기대상 공동 수상..아버지의 힘!(종합)". Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- "Nominees: Best Couple in the 13th Annual Soompi Awards". YouTube.
- "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.