''The School Nurse Files'' () is a South Korean streaming television series starring Jung Yu-mi and

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. Based on the 2015 award-winning novel ''School Nurse Ahn Eun-young'' by Chung Serang, it was released on

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on September 25, 2020.

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 *

as Hong In-pyo, a

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teacher with a special energy field protecting him from jellies

Supporting

* Lee Joo-young as Han Ah-reum, Life Sciences teacher. *

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as Hwang Ga-young, In-pyo's elementary school classmate. *

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as Choi Yoo-jin *

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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. *

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as Heo Wan-soo, student.

Special appearances

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as Student. *

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as Student. * Jeon Gook-hwan as Hong Jin-beom, Monglyeon High School founder and In-pyo's grandfather. *

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as Hwa-soo, director of acupuncture institute and Eun-young's friend.

Episodes

Season 1 (2020)

Production

Development

On December 19, 2018,

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 Lee Kyoung-mi ( ; born December 1973) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Lee Kyoung-mi was born in Seoul, and graduated with a Russian degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. After working at a company for thr ...

, who previously wrote and directed an episode of the anthology series ''

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'' for the streaming platform, served as the director. The series is produced for Netflix by

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Casting

It was revealed that Jung Yu-mi would portray the titular role when Netflix announced the commission of the series. On March 8, 2019,

was confirmed to have joined the main cast.

Filming

Filming took place during mid 2019.

Release

On August 14, 2020, it was announced that the series would be released on September 25.

References

External links

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The School Nurse Files Review
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