The School Nurse Files Explained

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Native Name:	Hangul: 보건교사 안은영 Hanja: 保健教師 안은영 Rr: Bogeongyosa An Eun-yeong Lk: School Nurse Ahn Eun-young
Director:	Lee Kyoung-mi
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	6
Executive Producer:	Park Seong-hye Shin Yeon-ju
Runtime:	46–58 minutes
Company:	KeyEast
Network:	Netflix

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

• Jung Yu-mi as Ahn Eun-young, a school nurse who can see jellies
• Nam Joo-hyuk as Hong In-pyo, a Classical Chinese teacher with a special energy field protecting him from jellies

Supporting

• Lee Joo-young as Han Ah-reum, Life Sciences teacher.
• Kim Mi-soo as Hwang Ga-young, In-pyo's elementary school classmate.
• Go Youn-jung as Choi Yoo-jin
• Teo Yoo as Mr. Mackenzie, English teacher.

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.

Episodes

Season 1 (2020)

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yeo. Ye-rim. 'School Nurse' heading to Netflix. December 21, 2018. Korea JoongAng Daily. August 26, 2019. March 19, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230319225642/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3057211. live.
2. Web site: Seung. Jung. Netflix announces Korean original series School Nurse Ahn Eun-young. December 19, 2018. August 26, 2019. Netflix Media. December 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181220140633/https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-korean-original-series-school-nurse-ahn-eun-young. live.
3. Web site: Tae-woo. Kim. 정유미가 넷플릭스 드라마 '보건교사 안은영'에 출연한다. December 20, 2018. August 27, 2019. Huffington Post Korea. ko. August 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827063922/https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/entry/jung-yumi_kr_5c1b1d4ce4b0407e9076f7e5. live.
4. Web site: Ji-yeon. Moon. '보이스3'→'보건교사 안은영', 키이스트 2019 제작 라인업 공개. February 26, 2019. August 27, 2019. The Chosun Ilbo. ko. February 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190226122853/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/02/26/2019022600745.html. live.
5. Web site: Yoon-na. Choi. [공식입장] 정유미, 넷플릭스 오리지널 '보건교사 안은영' 출연 확정]. December 20, 2018. August 26, 2019. Sports Donga. ko. August 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826154527/http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20181220/93382319/1. live.
6. Web site: So-yeon. Kim. '보건교사 안은영' 정유미 출연 확정, 넷플릭스 제작. December 20, 2018. August 26, 2019. The Korea Economic Daily. ko. August 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826155522/https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/201812207731H. live.
7. Web site: Lee. Narin. Nam Joo Hyuk Confirms to Lead a New Fantasy Drama Series. March 8, 2019. SBS News. August 26, 2019. May 14, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514092552/https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005168612&plink=COPYPASTE&cooper=SBSNEWSEND. live.
8. Web site: Jin-seok. Kim. [단독]남주혁, 차기작은 넷플릭스 '보건교사 안은영']. March 18, 2019. August 26, 2019. JoongAng Ilbo. ko. August 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826155518/https://news.joins.com/article/23402916. live.
9. Web site: 정유미, 단발병 유발하는 상큼+우아 '요정 미모'. August 2, 2019. August 15, 2020. Donga. ko. December 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201055913/https://www.donga.com/news/Entertainment/article/all/20190802/96802414/1. live.
10. Web site: Kwak. Yeon-soo. 'The School Nurse Files' to premiere on Netflix in September. August 14, 2020. The Korea Times. August 14, 2020. September 19, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919232349/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2020/08/398_294395.html. live.
11. Web site: Minji. Kang. The School Nurse Files, Starring Jung Yu-mi and Nam Joo-hyuk, Confirmed For September 25 Release. August 14, 2020. August 15, 2020. Netflix Media. September 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922172939/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/the-school-nurse-files-starring-jung-yu-mi-and-nam-joo-hyuk-confirmed-for-september-25-release. live.