''The Queen's Classroom'' () is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Go Hyun-jung. A

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of the popular Japanese drama that aired on NTV 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

* Go Hyun-jung as Ma Yeo-jin *

Youn Yuh-jung Youn Yuh-jung (, ; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress, whose career in film and television spans over five decades. Her accolades include an Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy Film Award, and Independent Spir ...

as Principal Yong Hyun-ja *

Lee Ki-young Lee Ki-young (born August 26, 1963) is a South Korean actor. His notable roles include ''Marathon (2005 film), Marathon'' (2005), ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005), and ''Love Me Not'' (2006). Filmography Film * ''Night in Paradise (2020 film) ...

as Vice-Principal Song Young-man *Jung Suk-young as Goo Ja-song * Choi Yoon-young as Yang Min-hee *

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as Jung Hwa-shin * Ricky Kim as Justin

Students of 6th Grade, Class 3

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

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as Kim Seo-hyun * Seo Shin-ae as Eun Bo-mi *

Lee Young-yoo Lee Young-yoo (; born July 10, 1998) is a South Korean actress and singer. She was born in Osaka, Japan to Korean parents. Lee began her acting career as a child actress in 2003, and among her notable television dramas are '' Bad Housewife'' ( ...

as Go Na-ri * Chu Ye-jin 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 *

Kang Chan-hee Kang Chan-hee (; born January 17, 2000), also known by his stage name Cha ni, is a South Korean singer and actor. He began his career as a child actor, in the television dramas '' Listen to My Heart'' (2011), '' The Innocent Man'' (2012), ''The ...

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 * Ryu Ui-hyun 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

* Byun Jung-soo as Na-ri's mother *

Lee Ah-hyun Lee Ah-hyun (; born April 13, 1972) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the television drama ''Daughter of a Rich Family'', for which she won Best New Actress at the 1994 KBS Drama Awards The KBS Drama Awards () is an aw ...

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

"Green Rain" is a

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- R&B song performed by the

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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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