The Midnight Romance in Hagwon
2024 South Korean television series
| The Midnight Romance in Hagwon | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 졸업 |
| Hanja | 卒業 |
| Literal meaning | Graduation |
| Revised Romanization | Jor-eop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Jol'eob |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Park Kyung-hwa |
| Directed by | Ahn Pan-seok |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Lee Nam-yeon[3] |
| Opening theme | "Don't Forget About Me" by The Restless Age |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 9 (as of June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kim Ryoon-hee (CP)[4] |
| Producer | Cho Youn-hee[4] |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | May 11, 2024 (2024-05-11) – present |
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon (Korean: 졸업) is an ongoing South Korean television series written by Park Kyung-hwa, directed by Ahn Pan-seok, and starring Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon. It premiered on tvN on May 11, 2024, and airs every Saturday and Sunday at 21:20 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, and on Viki and Viu in selected regions.
Synopsis
It tells the story of a secret and sweet real-life romance between Seo Hye-jin, a veteran cram school instructor, and Lee Joon-ho, a quirky student who returns after a decade to stir her heart. The secret midnight romance that begins when the lights go out in Daechi-dong Academy, and the colorful stories of the academy instructors we didn't know about.[5]
Cast
Main
- Jung Ryeo-won as Seo Hye-jin: a star tutor with 14 years of experience. She is a quiet competitor with a solid inner game who never gives up.[6]
- Wi Ha-joon as Lee Joon-ho: a new lecturer who returns after 10 years and stirs up Seo Hye-jin's daily life and heart.[6]
Supporting
People at Daechi Chase Academy
- So Joo-yeon as Nam Cheong-mi: a new instructor in the Korean Language Department of Daechi Chase Academy and has bold personality.[7]
- Kim Jong-tae [ko] as Kim Hyun-tak: Director of Daechi Chase Academy.[8]
- Kim Jung-young as Woo Seung-hee: Deputy Director of Daechi Chase Academy.[8]
- Gil Hae-yeon as Kim Hyo-im: Counseling Manager of Daechi Chase Academy.[8]
- Jang In-sub as Yoon Ji-seok: English Department 1 team leader of Daechi Chase Academy who is fairly popular and has an unrequited love for Hye-jin.[8]
- Lee Si-hoon as Lee Myung-jun: Korean Language Department 2 team leader of Daechi Chase Academy. He was the highest ranking Korean-language until Hye-jin came.[8]
- Yang Jo-a [ko] as Min Hee-joo: Social Studies team leader of Daechi Chase Academy.[8]
- Ahn Hyun-ho [ko] as Kim Chae-yoon: Korean Language Instructor of Daechi Chase Academy and Hye-jin's team member for three years. She graduated from the Department of Korean-language Education at a top-ranked women's university.[8]
- Yuk Hyun-suk as Jang Il-do: English Department 2 team leader of Daechi Chase Academy.[8]
- Lim Jin-hyo as Shin Dae-bak: the new instructor at English Department of Daechi Chase Academy who gets along well with people.[8]
- Jang So-yeon as Choi Ji-eun: Administrative and Support Department head of Daechi Chase Academy.[9]
People at Daechi Choisun Academy
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Choi Hyung-sun: Director and Instructor of Daechi Choisun Academy and known as White-haired Witch. She has the largest number of students at Heewon High School in Daechi-dong for 20 years.[10]
- Lee Kyu-sung as Park Ki-sung: Hyung-sun's assistant who is shrouded in mystery.[11]
People around Jun-ho
- Shin Joo-hyup [ko] as Choi Seung-gyu: Jun-ho's best friend and worldly cynical graduate student. He gave up getting a job and went to graduate school.[7]
- Yoon Bok-in as Oh Jeong-hwa: Jun-ho's mother who was once known as the "pig mom".[12]
- Oh Man-seok [ko] as Lee Taek-yeol: Jun-ho's father who is a former executive at a large securities company but now a current executive at a small to medium-sized company.[13]
People around Hye-jin
- Hwang Eun-hoo as Cha Seo-young: Hye-jin's best friend and a lawyer.[14]
- Jeon Suk-chan as Geum Chun-il: Owner of Night Flight bar.[14]
People at Chanyoung High School in Daechi-dong
- Kim Song-il [ko] as Pyo Sang-sub: a Korean Language Teacher at Chanyoung High School with 20-year experience.[15]
- Kim Na-yeon as Sung Ha-yool: a student at Chanyoung High School who is timid and smart.[15]
- Jin Ga-eun as Lee Ye-eun: a student at Chanyoung High School who is cheerful and simple.[15]
- Park Min-su [ko] as Lee Jung-soo: a student at Chanyoung High School who is the class president.[15]
People at Heewon High School in Daechi-dong
- Cha Kang-yoon as Lee Si-woo: a student at Heewon High School who rank first in the entire school.[16]
Production
Development
Developed under the working title Graduation is the new work of director Ahn Pan-seok, who directed Something in the Rain (2018) and One Spring Night (2019), and attracted the attention of broadcasters since the beginning of production.[17] Park Kyung-hwa announced as the writer while Studio Dragon and JS Pictures managed the production of the series.[5]
Casting
Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon were offered the lead roles for the series in July and October 2023, respectively.[17][18]
Jung and Wi were officially confirmed as the lead actors of the series.[19]
Filming
Principal photography began in October 2023.[19]
Original soundtrack
Part 1
All lyrics are written by Will Bryant, Lee Falco, Brandon Morrison and Lee Nam-yeon; all music is composed by Will Bryant, Lee Falco, Brandon Morrison and Lee Nam-yeon.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Forget About Me" | The Restless Age | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Catch Me" | The Restless Age | 3:45 |
| Total length: | 7:39 | ||
Part 2
All lyrics are written by Will Bryant, Lee Falco, Brandon Morrison and Lee Nam-yeon; all music is composed by Will Bryant, Lee Falco, Brandon Morrison and Lee Nam-yeon.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Now and Then" | The Restless Age | 4:44 |
| Total length: | 4:44 | ||
Release
In October 2023, the series was scheduled to be released on tvN in 2024 and is also available for streaming on TVING, Viki, and Viu.[5][20][21] Five months later, tvN confirmed that the release date will be on May 11, 2024.[22]
Viewership
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[23]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 1183 | 1269 | 675 | 1061 | 946 | 1278 | 930 | 1011 | 741 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[23] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | May 11, 2024 | 5.169% (1st) | 6.329% (1st) |
| 2 | May 12, 2024 | 5.150% (1st) | 5.492% (1st) |
| 3 | May 18, 2024 | 3.010% (1st) | 4.005% (1st) |
| 4 | May 19, 2024 | 4.805% (1st) | 6.052% (1st) |
| 5 | May 25, 2024 | 4.231% (1st) | 5.262% (1st) |
| 6 | May 26, 2024 | 4.897% (1st) | 5.749% (1st) |
| 7 | June 1, 2024 | 4.117% (1st) | 5.248% (1st) |
| 8 | June 2, 2024 | 4.322% (2nd) | 5.434% (1st) |
| 9 | June 8, 2024 | 3.175% (1st) | 3.676% (1st) |
| 10 | June 9, 2024 | ||
| 11 | June 15, 2024 | ||
| 12 | June 16, 2024 | ||
| 13 | June 22, 2024 | ||
| 14 | June 23, 2024 | ||
| 15 | June 29, 2024 | ||
| 16 | June 30, 2024 | ||
| Average | — | — | |
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External links
- Official website
(in Korean) - Production website at Studio Dragon (in English and Korean)
- The Midnight Romance in Hagwon at IMDb
- The Midnight Romance in Hagwon at HanCinema
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