The School Nurse Files

The School Nurse Files (Korean: 보건교사 안은영) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Jung Yu-mi and Nam Joo-hyuk. Based on the 2015 award-winning novel School Nurse Ahn Eun-young by Chung Serang, it was released on Netflix on September 25, 2020.^[1]

The School Nurse Files
Promotional poster
Hangul	보건교사 안은영
Hanja	保健教師 안은영
Lit.	School Nurse Ahn Eun-young
RR	Bogeongyosa aneunyeong
MR	Pogŏn'gyosa anŭnyŏng
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Superhero
Based on	School Nurse Ahn Eun-young by Chung Serang
Written by	Chung Serang Lee Kyoung-mi
Directed by	Lee Kyoung-mi
Starring	Jung Yu-mi Nam Joo-hyuk
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Park Seong-hye Shin Yeon-ju
Running time	46–58 minutes
Production company	KeyEast
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)

Synopsis

Ahn Eun-young is a school nurse with the power to see human desires, feelings, and spirits that exist in the form of "jellies". Some of these jellies can take on dangerous, monstrous forms. Ahn is appointed to a new high school where mysterious incidents are taking place. Along with a fellow teacher, Hong In-pyo, a man with a special energy field around him that protects him from jellies, she tries to solve these mysterious cases.

Cast

Main

• Jung Yu-mi as Ahn Eun-young, a school nurse who can see jellies
• Nam Joo-hyuk as Hong In-pyo, a Classical Chinese teacher with a special energy field protecting him from jellies

Supporting

• Lee Joo-young as Han Ah-reum, Life Sciences teacher.
• Kim Mi-soo as Hwang Ga-young, In-pyo's elementary school classmate.
• Go Youn-jung as Choi Yoo-jin
• Teo Yoo as Mr. Mackenzie, English teacher.

Monglyeon High School Students

• Park Hye-Eun as Sung A-ra "Jellyfish"
• Lee Suk-hyung as Min-woo, student.
• Choi Joon-young as Kim Kang-sun, Eun-young's middle school classmate.
• Hyun Woo-seok as Seung-kwon, student.
• Kwon Young-chan as Lee Ji-hyung, student.
• Park Se-jin as Jang Radi, student.
• Song Hee-jun as Baek Hye-min, student.
• Shim Dal-gi as Heo Wan-soo, student.

Special appearances

• Lee Kyu-sung as Student.
• Lee Jong-won as Student.
• Jeon Gook-hwan as Hong Jin-beom, Monglyeon High School founder and In-pyo's grandfather.
• Moon So-ri as Hwa-soo, director of acupuncture institute and Eun-young's friend.

Episodes

Season 1 (2020)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Episode 1"	Lee Kyoung-mi	Chung Serang & Lee Kyoung-mi	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Ahn Eun-young enters the forbidden basement as Hong In-pyo reluctantly trails along. They join hands when a dark secret shakes up the school.
2	"Episode 2"	Lee Kyoung-mi	Chung Serang & Lee Kyoung-mi	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
When the bond between two troublemaking students catches Eun-young's eye, In-pyo proposes unconventional ideas to split and keep them apart.
3	"Episode 3"	Lee Kyoung-mi	Chung Serang & Lee Kyoung-mi	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Eun-young and In-pyo get knotty behind closed doors. With Mackenzie's support, a student settles the score with the basketball team.
4	"Episode 4"	Lee Kyoung-mi	Chung Serang & Lee Kyoung-mi	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Baek Hye-min introduces herself to Eun-young as a new transfer student and presents a solution to a mite infestation that's hard to stomach.
5	"Episode 5"	Lee Kyoung-mi	Chung Serang & Lee Kyoung-mi	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Eun-young reunites with an old friend. With sympathy for Hye-min's lonely world, Eun-young seeks out ways to help her outlive her fate.
6	"Episode 6"	Lee Kyoung-mi	Chung Serang & Lee Kyoung-mi	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Evil floods the school with uncontrollable negative energy. Eun-young reaches her limit and makes a difficult decision with In-pyo by her side.

Production

Development

On December 19, 2018, Netflix announced that it would produce a 6-part adaptation of the South Korean novel School Nurse Ahn Eun-young. Its author, Chung Serang, wrote the series, while Lee Kyoung-mi, who previously wrote and directed an episode of the anthology series Persona for the streaming platform, served as the director.^[2][3] The series is produced for Netflix by KeyEast.^[4]

Casting

It was revealed that Jung Yu-mi would portray the titular role when Netflix announced the commission of the series.^[5][6] On March 8, 2019, Nam Joo-hyuk was confirmed to have joined the main cast.^[7][8]

Filming

Filming took place during mid 2019.^[9]

Release

On August 14, 2020, it was announced that the series would be released on September 25.^[10][11]