Melancholia (TV series)

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Melancholia
Promotional poster
Hangul
멜랑꼴리아
Revised RomanizationMellangkkollia
Genre
Single-camera
Running time60 minutes[2]
Production companyBon Factory Worldwide[1]
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseNovember 10 (2021-11-10) –
December 30, 2021 (2021-12-30)

Melancholia (

Viu in selected territories.[4][5]

Synopsis

Melancholia tells the story of Ji Yoon-soo (Im Soo-jung), a mathematics teacher at the prestigious private Ahseong High School which is also a hotbed of corruptions. She is good-natured on the outside but gets very tenacious and stubborn once she makes up her mind about something. Extremely passionate about math, she is a teacher who encourages her students to find their own answers. At the school, she meets Baek Seung-yoo (Lee Do-hyun), a troubled student who is at the bottom of the class. She notices his potential in math, and with her attention and interactions with him, Seung-yoo's grades rises and becomes number one in the class.

Baek Seung-yoo himself is a student who rarely talks, but he likes to take pictures with his camera. He has no friends at school, but he has a shocking past. When he was a child, he won many mathematical olympiads. When he was 10 years old, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, but he suddenly disappeared at the age of 12.

Yoon-soo never knew that her attention and interactions with Seung-yoo would create rumors of a teacher-student sexual scandal among other students and parents, which results in her being fired from her job. Four years later, Yoon-soo and Seung-yoo meet again. Now both as adults, they unite to expose the corruptions at Ahseong High School, and to regain Yoon-soo's reputation as a teacher.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Ahseong High School

  • Jeon Jin-ki as Choi Seong-han, principal of Ahseong High School which is affiliated with Ahseong Academy Foundation.[8]
  • Jin Kyung as Noh Jung-ah, head of the school administration at Ahseong High School.[9]
  • Woo Da-vi as Seong Ye-rin, Min-joon's and Hye-mi's daughter, first student at Ahseong High School.[10]
  • Oh Hye-won as Noh Yeon-woo, the second daughter of the president of Ahseong Academy and the principal of Ahseong International Middle School.[11]
  • Choi Woo-sung as Jang Gyu-yeong, second in the entire school who is always jealous of Baek Seung-yoo.[12][13]
  • Yang Jo-ah as Kim Jin-hee, a teacher of the Korean language department at Ahseong High School and the homeroom teacher of the 8th grade in the second year.
  • Kim Mi-hye as Ahn Seong-go, a math teacher at Ahseong High School.[14]
  • Lee Kang-ji as Lee Hyun-jae, a close friend of Seung-yoo.[15]
  • Lee Sang-jin as Park Hyun-do, a close friend of Baek Seung-yoo. He is lively bright and honest, and join dance club together with Seung-yoo and Hyun-jae.[16]
  • Son Jin-hwan as Oh Jin-taek, principal of Ahseong High School, a famous private high school in South Korea's 1st education district.[17]
  • Kim Ji-young as Kim Ji-na, the only daughter of Noh Jung-ah, head of school affairs at Ahseong High School. As Little Paris Hilton, she is friendly under her mother's shadow, outspoken, neglects her friends, and does evil.[18]
  • Shin Soo-yeon as Choi Si-an[19]
  • Park Sung-yeon as Yoo Seon-ah
  • Lee Da-yeon as Kyung Soo-young, the daughter of Minister Kyung-min, who borrows her father's powers to transfer Ahseong High School.[20]

Others

  • Choi Dae-hoon as Ryoo Seong-jae, Yoon-soo's fiancé, a policy advisor at the Office of Education.[21]
  • Jang Hyun-sung as Seong Min-joon, a parent of a student at Ahseong High School and a member of the National Assembly.
  • Byun Jung-soo as Yoo Hye-mi, a top actress, wife of Seong Min-joon.
  • Baek Ji-won as Min Hee-seung, Baek Seung-yoo's mother.
  • Kim Ho-jin as Baek Min-sik, a psychiatrist in Hangok-dong.
  • Sunwoo as Jenny's mother, a mother who works hard for her daughter Jenny's education.[22]
  • Oh Kwang-rok as Ji Hyun-wook, Ji Yoon-soo's father.[23]
  • Lee Se-na as Jo Yoon-ah, a radio station reporter.[24]

Production

In April 2021, Im Soo-jung was offered to appear in the TV series. Her agency, King Kong, reported that they were considering it positively. Im Soo-jung is appearing in series after hiatus of two years as she last appeared in 2019 tvN series Search: WWW.[25] The line-up for cast was confirmed in July 2021.[26] Sunwoo is appearing in the series after a hiatus of 7 years. She last appeared in 2014 series Family Secret.[27]

On October 31, 2021 it was reported that 4 staff members at filming site were found positive of COVID-19 and as per safety guidelines the production was suspended. As this would affect the smooth flow of broadcast of the series, airing of the first episode was postponed for a week.[28]

Release

The series was scheduled to premiere on November 3, 2021[29] but due to contagion of COVID-19 at the filming site, the premiere was postponed to November 10.[30]

Original soundtrack

Melancholia
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released2021
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label
  • Genie Music
  • Stone Music Entertainment

Part 1

Released on November 17, 2021 (2021-11-17)[31]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."All I Need"Jayins, JemmaJayinsJemma3:10
2."All I Need" (Inst.) Jayins 3:10

Part 2

Released on December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)[31]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Darling"Choi In-youngChoi In-youngSunwoo Jung-a4:10
2."Darling" (Inst.) Choi In-young 4:10

Part 3

Released on December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) [31]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Lily of the Valley" ((Original song: DANIEL))DANIELDANIELNa Sang-hyun's band4:20
2."Lily of the Valley" (Inst.) Na Sang-hyun's band 4:20

Part 4

Released on December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16) [31]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Let Me Know"Hanjun, Park Se-joonLee Yoojin, Park Se-joonCHEEZE2:56
2."Let Me Know" (Inst.) Lee Yoo-jin, Park Se-joon 2:56

Viewership

Melancholia : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)