Jungle Fish

Jungle Fish
Promotional poster for Jungle Fish
Genre Teen drama
Written by Seo Jae Won
Kim Kyung Min
Im Chae Joon
Directed by Choi Sung Bum
Starring Kim Soo-hyun
Park Bo-young
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Gwang-Pil
Producer(s) Kim Jeong Hwan
Production location(s) Seoul, South Korea
Running time 1 hour
Monday at 19:20 (KST)
Distributor KBS
Release
Original network KBS2
First shown in May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05)
Chronology
Related shows Jungle Fish 2

Jungle Fish (Hangul: 정글피쉬; RR: Jeonggeul Piswi) is a South Korean youth drama based on a true story that depicts the pressures placed on students to achieve and gain admission to prestigious colleges and universities. Its sequel Jungle Fish 2 aired two years later with a different cast.

Reruns were aired on sister channel KBS1 on 8 August 2008 at 13:00, 4 March 2009 at 14:05, 25 April 2010 at 14:00 and 4 August 2009 at 14:10.

Cast

  • Kim Soo-hyun as Han Jae Ta
  • Park Bo-young as Lee Eun Soo
  • Jang Ki-bum as Han Dong-hee
  • Min Ji as Kang Sol
  • Seo Hye Jin as Na Mi Rae
  • Hwang Chansung as Park Young Sam
  • Kim C as Jae Ta's uncle
  • Kim Dong-beom as speaker
  • Kim Jung Kyoon as Jae Ta's teacher
  • Lee Joo Suk as Eun Soo's teacher
  • Kim Hee Ryung as Eun Soo's mother
  • Woo Saeng Soon

Awards

2008

3rd Seoul Drama Festival Award: Best Juvenile Series[1]

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Prize

2009

Jeonghwan Kim at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Jungle Fish

Peabody Award[2][3]

Adaptations

The drama was adapted into a movie and its special theatrical release took place on 23 September 2010 at the Lotte Cinema at Konkuk University entrance.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "찬성·박보영·김수현..'정글피쉬' 출신 '다 떴네~'". 7 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Jungle Fish". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ↑ “Jungle Fish” Wins a Peabody.KBS World.2 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Special re-edit of Park Bo-young and Kim Soo-hyun's Jungle Fish". 20 September 2010.
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