Itaewon Class is a 2020 South Korean television series about the Itaewon Area. It is Showbox’s first production and is based on the webtooon of the same name. The series aired on JTBC in Korea from January 31 to March 21, 2020, and is available worldwide on Netflix. At the 25th Asian Television Awards, the series received Best Drama Series honors.
Itaewon Class Profile
Drama: Itaewon Class
Revised romanization: Itaewon Kkeulasseu
Hangul: 이태원 클라쓰
Director: Kim Sung-Yoon
Writer: Jo Gwang-Jin (webcomic & screenplay)
Network: JTBC
Episodes: 16
Release Date: January 31 – March 21, 2020
Runtime: Friday & Saturday 23:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
Itaewon Class Plot Revealed
Park Sae-Ro-Yi (Park Seo-Joon) punches his classmate Jang Geun-Won (Kim Jung-Rok) on the first day of school, who was bullying another student. The bully is the son of CEO Jang Dae-Hee (Yoo Jae-Myung). Park Sae-Ro-Yi’s own father works at Jagga, a restaurant chain run by the bully’s father.
Jang Dae-Hee, the company’s CEO, orders Park Sae-Ro-Yi to apologize to his son, but Park Sae-Ro-Yi refuses. Because of his refusal, Park Sae-Ro-Yi is expelled from school and his father loses his job. Soon after, an accident happens. Jang Geun-Won’s ex-classmate Jang Geun-Won causes a fatal motorcycle accident during which Park Sae-Ro-Yi viciously beats him.
He is imprisoned for the savage beating. Park Sae-Ro-Yi decides to destroy Jagga and avenge Jang Dae-Hee and his son Jang Geun-Won by destroying the company. Once Park Sae-Ro-Yi has been released from jail, he establishes a restaurant in Itaewon, Seoul. Jo Yi-Seo (Kim Da-Mi), who is well known on social media, joins Park Sae-Ro-Yi’s restaurant as a manager. She has romantic feelings for him.
Itaewon Class Highlights
The JTBC’s “Itaewon Class” takes over the channel’s Friday and Saturday 23:00 time slot previously occupied by “Chocolate” and followed by “The World of the Married,” which will premiere on March 27, 2020. Based on Jo Gwang-Jin’s webcomic “Itaewon Class.”
“Itaewon Class” is the first drama series to be produced by Showbox, a movie business. The script reading was held at JTBC’s headquarters in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea, on August 2019.
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Itaewon Class Full Cast & Crew
Park Seo-Joon
Kim Da-Mi
Kim Dong-Hee
Ryoo Kyung-Soo
Lee Joo-Young
Chris Lyon
Yoo Jae-Myung
Kwon Na-Ra
Ahn Bo-Hyun
Kim Hye-Eu
Hong Seo-Jun
Jang Young-Hyeon
Yoo Da-Mi
Lee Young-Jin
Park Yong
Kang Woo-Je
Lee Joon-Hyuk
Son Hyun-Joo
David Lee
Yoon Kyung-Ho
Choi Yoo-Ri
Won Hyun-Joon
Kim Yeo-Jin
Choi Myung-Bin
Ok Ye-Rin
Kim Ji-Young
Kim Tae-Yul
Choi Min-Young
Kim Yong-Jin
Kim Il-Joong
Kim Seong-In
Kyung Ki-Hyun
Han Bom
Choi So-Hyun
Kim Hyo-Myung
Lim Jae-Geun
Nam Jung-Woo
Ahn Sol-Bin
Jwa Chae-Won
Uhm Hye-Soo
Hwang In-Joon
Kim So-Young
Baek Seung-Hyeon
Kim Ik-Tae
Bae Ki-Bum
Jang Nam-Boo
Hong Seok-Cheon
Eom Ji-Man
Lim Ye-Eun
Han Ye-Ji
Yoon Hee-Jung
NC.A
Cha Chung-Hwa
Lee Tae-Kyoung
Yoon Park
Moon Yoo-Kang
Ahn Lu-A
Bae Bo-Ram
Jung Yoo-Min
Lee Do-Hye
Ri Min
Seo Eun-Su
Bret Allan Lindquist
Sung Chan-Ho
Cha Mi-Kyung
Choi Nam-Wook
Gu Bon-Jin
Jung Eui-Soon
Shin Dong-Ryuk
Seo Myung-Chan
Baek Seung-Chul
Jeon No-Min
Bae Sung-Il
Choi Ga-In
Choi Gyo-Sik
Yoon Bok-Sung
Song Ji-Woo
Kim Jin-Sung
Uhm Tae-Ok
Lim Jung-Min
Kang Hyoung-Suk
Park Bo-Gum
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Additional Cast & Crew Members
An Jae-Jun – male student (ep.1)
Park Jae-Wan – (ep.2)
Noh Eun-Ha – Oh Soo-A’s mother (ep.6)
Park Geun-Wan – (ep.11)
Oh Ki-Hwan – prosecutor’s office member (ep.16)
Yoo Young-Bin – staff
Kwak Gi-Hun – prisoner 2
Yeo Joo-Ha – Jo Yi-Seo’s fan
Kim I-San – Soo-A’s father
Kwak Hee-Joo
Cha Seung-Ho
Jung Ji-Hwan
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