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as an unconventional, "alien-like" high school P.E. teacher whose position is put at stake when the school adopts a new policy to boost

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education, so he decides that becoming an English teacher (E.T.) overnight is his only hope.

Synopsis

Chun Sung-geun (

) is the gym teacher of a private high school in an upscale district where competition is heated among students to enter top colleges. Called "

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" by his students because of his quirky appearance and behavior, he is a teacher who has lived life his own lazy, ignorant way for years without any worries. But one day he's hit with a crisis: At the school's board meeting, a parent requests that the school get rid of "useless" gym classes and expand the hours for

classes. The school decides to hire another English teacher— at the cost of a gym teacher. In danger of losing his position, he remembers by chance that he obtained a license to teach English a decade ago. The school board president tells him to pass a test in order for her to acknowledge it. So Sung-geun, who hasn't spoken (much less taught) English for ten years, faces the near-impossible task of becoming an English teacher within two weeks. His only weapon is his amazingly incomparable physical strength, and with the help of a few students who understand his warm heart, the simpleton Sung-geun begins his rigorous training to exercise his brain "muscles" to master English in his journey to become the school's E.T.

Cast

as Chun Sung-geun *

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as Principal Joo Ho-shik *

Baek Sung-hyun Baek Sung-hyun (; born January 30, 1989) is a South Korean actor. Career Baek Sung-hyun made his acting debut in the 1994 film ''I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me'' when he was five years old. The child actor practically grew up onscreen, pla ...

as Baek Jung-goo *

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as Han Song-yi *

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as Oh Sang-hoon *

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as Lee Eun-shil * Lee Chan-ho as Ok Ki-ho *

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as school board director Lee * Kim Hyeong-beom as Cha Seung-ryong, English teacher *

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as "Meok-tong" (meaning hard-headed) * Park Jin-taek as Jin-gook * Kim Young-ok as Sung-geun's mother *

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as president of publishing company *

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as handsome doctor ( cameo) * Jang Hee-soo as Ki-ho's mother * Lee Young-yi as Eun-shil's mother * Lee Hyung-kwon as Vice principal * Gong Ho-seok as Teacher Choi * Lee Chan-young as Byeong-jin *

Oh Yeon-seo Oh Yeon-seo (, born Oh Haet-nim []; June 22, 1987), is a South Korean actress, singer and model and is best known for her roles in television dramas '' My Husband Got a Family'' (2012), '' Jang Bo-ri is Here!'' (2014), ''Shine or Go Crazy'' (201 ...

as Soo-jin * Maeng Bong-hak as Vice principal of countryside school * Choi Yoon-jung as Yoon-jung * Jeon In-geol as Kyeong-sam *

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as Je-dong *

Min Ji-hyun Min Ji-hyun (born November 6, 1984) is a South Korean actress. Filmography Television series Film Music video Awards and nominations References External links * * * * * 1984 births Living people South Korean television a ...

as Ki-ho's seat partner * Kim Jae-rok as math teacher * Jung Jong-yeol as music teacher *

Lee Sa-bi Lee Sa-bi (born Lee Eon-jeong on July 3, 1977) is a South Korean model and actress. She began her modelling career as a runway model in Daegu in 1998. Lee was the first native Korean to become a Playboy model. Her nude photo shoot was published i ...

as chemistry teacher * Yoo Jeong-ho as English Kim * Kim Si-hyang as Sang-hoon's girlfriend * Oh Soon-tae as Jo Ba-nom

References

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