''The Queen's Classroom'' () is a 2013 South Korean television series starring

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. A

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of the popular Japanese drama that aired on

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in 2005, it depicts a teacher whose rigid perfectionism and unique teaching methods conflicts with her young sixth grade students over the period of one school year. It aired on MBC from June 12 to August 1, 2013 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Cast

Faculty at Sandeul Elementary School

as Ma Yeo-jin *

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as Principal Yong Hyun-ja *

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as Vice-Principal Song Young-man *Jung Suk-young as Goo Ja-song *

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as Yang Min-hee *

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as Jung Hwa-shin * Ricky Kim as Justin

Students of 6th Grade, Class 3

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as Shim Ha-na * Chun Bo-geun as Oh Dong-gu *

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as Kim Seo-hyun *

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as Eun Bo-mi *

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as Go Na-ri *

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as Han Sun-young *Jung Ji-in as Seon Hwa-jung * Byun Seung-mi as Hwang Soo-jin *Jeon Park Yi-jin as Yoon Ji-min *Yang Hye-kyung as Kim Ga-eul *Kim Jung-yeon as Lee Da-in * Kim Ji-hoon as Kim Tae-sung *Kang Ji-won as Choi Bit-na *Lee Ji-oh as Cha Jung-soo *Son Sung-joon as Han Gook *

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as Kim Do-jin *Shin Yi-joon as Pi Eun-soo *Im Je-noh as Jung Sang-taek *Park Woo-rim as Kwon Hyuk-pil *

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as Jo Yeon-hoo *Kim Sang-woo as Park Kyung-hyun *Yoon Hye-sung as Yoo Seok-hwan *Kang Hyun-wook as Son In-bo

Parents' Association

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as Na-ri's mother *

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as Ha-na's mother *Kim Young-pil as Ha-na's father

Ratings

In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

Original soundtrack

Green Rain

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n boy group

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. The song and its instrumental version were released as a double-sided

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on June 28, 2013 under the record labels of

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and KT Music. "Green Rain" was the second

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for the MBC TV drama series ''The Queen's Classroom'' to be unveiled, preceded by " The 2nd Drawer" from labelmate Sunny. It was also used as the ending theme-song for the series.

Production and release

The song is written, composed, directed and arranged by

's resident

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, Kenzie. She also contributed the lyrics of the song. While the TV drama series started airing on June 12, 2013, the song was released as a

only after the fourth episode aired in

. It was made available for

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on June 28, 2013.

Music video

The music video for "Green Rain" was released on July 16, 2013.

Track listing

Chart performance

"Green Rain" was released as a

and debuted at the spot 49 of

's '' Gaon Weekly Singles Chart''.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

''The Queen's Classroom'' official MBC website

at MBC Global Media *
"Green Rain"
on

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"Green Rain"
on

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