Queen’s Classroom releases posters
by girlfriday
Here are the posters for MBC’s new Wednesday-Thursday drama Queen’s Classroom, the Japanese drama remake starring Go Hyun-jung as a rigid and exacting dictator… turned sixth-grade teacher. I wish I could say they were pretty posters, or ones that didn’t look like they were either cobbled together out of her past dramas, or pulled out of the What Not To Do pile in photoshop class, but there you have it. Five Go Hyun-jungs, some in spectral form, starin’ right at me, multiplying and refusing to be ignored.
Bad posters notwithstanding, the drama might be a worth a shot for the child cast alone, which includes some great young talent: Kim Sae-ron (Ajusshi), Seo Shin-ae (Incarnation of Money), Kim Hyang-gi (A Werewolf Boy), and Chun Bo-geun (Gone With the Wind) are the four main characters among the students. They’re all seasoned child actors (crazy that there is such a thing) with impressive movies and dramas on their resumes.
The 16-episode drama will follow their sixth grade class, as they get assigned the scariest new homeroom teacher who ever lived, and have to find a way to survive her class. Literally. The posters read: “If you can’t change, stay alive.” She lives by absolute rules, and the belief that she has to prepare these children for the real world through special training. Much like bootcamp, it sounds. The kids won’t fall in line so easily of course, so the drama will be in their battle of wills. I don’t know — Go Hyun-jung’s pretty scary, but a bunch of pre-teens don’t exactly seem like they’d be pushovers either.
Queen’s Classroom follows When a Man Loves and premieres June 12 on MBC.
Via My Daily
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Tags: Chun Bo-geun, Go Hyun-jung, Kim Hyang-gi, Kim Sae-ron, Seo Shin-ae
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1 MsB
June 3, 2013 at 9:16 AM
For my two sweethearts, Kim Sae-Ro and Seo Shin-Ae, I will break my rule of watching HS or middle school dramas for them! Definitely!
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2 Ivoire
June 3, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Thanks!
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3 Jenny
June 3, 2013 at 9:32 AM
She still looks too "soft" for Akutsu-sensei. Amami Yuki scared me and in general the feel of this version seems to be completely different then it's Japanese counterpart.
The child cast is great but I do hope they don't change the plot and make Akutsu fall in love with a male teacher and change her methods.
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Anonymous
June 3, 2013 at 11:16 AM
I hope it's one of those freakish bait and switch, such that the teacher looks nice but turns out to be a dictator.
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Mini Roo
June 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM
My friend keeps despairing over the fact that this woman is SMILING, because in the jpn version, she NEVER smiles
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Lang
June 3, 2013 at 5:12 PM
Except, in the ending credits you see her take off the character, and dance with a huge smile. That really helped because the drama was so depressing, yet uplifting at the same time.
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sparks121
June 3, 2013 at 5:19 PM
but go hyun jung is scarier when she's smiling, tbh..
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michyeosseo
June 3, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Amen to that~
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shepo
June 3, 2013 at 10:41 PM
indeed,,,she has this scary aura when she's smiling
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Tweetie
June 4, 2013 at 3:13 AM
The last poster if the only one that does it justice...would have been better to go for a much darker look, almost horror like I think. I also thought why on earth is she smiling!!!
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4 snow_white
June 3, 2013 at 9:51 AM
looking forward to this show :)
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5 Rovi
June 3, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Looks and sounds like Miss Kim-slash-Mishil meets School 2013(-not so much, but)-slash-Gokusen(-much better comparison).
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6 Cam
June 3, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Owohahwohawohawaaa!! <3
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7 cherypoot
June 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM
HAHAHA the first paragraph just cracked me up like a goon in my room!!! You're way too funny! :)
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8 Angélina Eang
June 3, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Go Hyun Jung ? Whatever, count me in :D
Since Queen Seon Duk and Daemul, I have falled in love with that amazing actress.
The storyline seems interesting but I really do understand when people say that nowadays, Koreans love to make remake from Japanese dramas XD.
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9 chasen8888
June 3, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I loved the Japanese version, which was one of the earliest j-dramas that I watched. That teacher scared the bits out of me. Though I watched it once, still remember the show, it was excellent. Notwithstanding, at times romance for the key character or characters is not needed for a k-drama. This is one of them and it is with hope that what they do with this show is at either the same level or of a superior quality considering the stellar cast.
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10 doublen
June 3, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Can they stop doing perms for both female and male characters? It doesn't look natural, neither creates effect of messiness they trying to achieve.
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YY
June 3, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Amen ^
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11 berrycrunch
June 3, 2013 at 6:56 PM
They've been doing a lot of Japanese drama remakes recently... Just off the top of my head: JIN and Haken no Hinkaku (Queen of Office) are still fairly fresh
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12 Ennayra
June 3, 2013 at 7:19 PM
The only thing I've seen Go Hyun-jung in is What's Up Fox?, and I really liked her in it. I didn't get any scary vibes from her in the posters and I haven't seen the Japanese drama, but hoping there's potential!
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13 mary
June 3, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Top poster looks like a draft.
Poster with kids look adorably better. :) Specially the one with the cage + kids escaping.
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14 Tweetie
June 4, 2013 at 3:07 AM
Its gonna be hard to beat the Japanese version, it was so unique and gripping. She doesn't have the robotic/horror motion of the teacher in the Japanese version...
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15 Captain Obvious
June 4, 2013 at 6:45 AM
Why do these dramas always have to be compared and contrasted with existing dramas from other countries? Is not each country or artist allowed to do Shakespeare or play Beethoven if they wish? In this world, there is plenty of room for both cake AND ice cream... ;)
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16 YL
June 6, 2013 at 2:47 AM
I just finished watching the Japanese version which is EXCELLENT. I guess Go.Hyun Jung looks softer because there is white in her outfit and her build is different from Amami Yuki's. Also the Japanese.version had Akutsu sensei's hair pulled back in.a very.severe bun.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how this version fares. Much of Akutsu sensei's life lessons.were based on Japanese society so it will be interesting to see if there are Korean parallels.
Oh...and Akutsu sensei DID smile - the genuine smile at the end, and the creepy slight smiles all through the show which looked like sneers.
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17 dorzqi
June 18, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Go..go...go...KHJ your many filipino fans are very excited and happy to watch your drama series again. Forever hyun jung fans club ..godbless.
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