Jungle Fish
| Jungle Fish | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster for Jungle Fish | |
| Genre | Teen drama |
| Written by | Seo Jae Won Kim Kyung Min Im Chae Joon |
| Directed by | Choi Sung Bum |
| Starring | Kim Soo-hyun Park Bo-young |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kim Gwang-Pil |
| Producer | Kim Jeong Hwan |
| Production locations | Seoul, South Korea |
| Running time | 1 hour Monday at 19:20 (KST) |
| Original release | |
| Network | KBS2 |
| Related | |
| Jungle Fish 2 | |
Jungle Fish (Korean: 정글피쉬; RR: Jeonggeul Piswi) is a South Korean youth drama based on a true story that depicts the pressures placed on students to achieve and gain admission to prestigious colleges and universities. Its sequel Jungle Fish 2 aired two years later with a different cast.
Reruns were aired on sister channel KBS1 on 8 August 2008 at 13:00, 4 March 2009 at 14:05, 25 April 2010 at 14:00 and 4 August 2009 at 14:10.
Cast
- Kim Soo-hyun as Han Jae Ta
- Park Bo-young as Lee Eun Soo
- Jang Ki-bum as Han Dong-hee
- Min Ji as Kang Sol
- Seo Hye Jin as Na Mi Rae
- Hwang Chansung as Park Young Sam
- Kim C as Jae Ta's uncle
- Kim Dong-beom as speaker
- Kim Jung Kyoon as Jae Ta's teacher
- Lee Joo Suk as Eun Soo's teacher
- Kim Hee Ryung as Eun Soo's mother
- Woo Saeng Soon
Awards
2008
- 3rd Seoul Drama Festival Award: Best Juvenile Series[1]
- Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Prize
2009
Adaptations
The drama was adapted into a movie and its special theatrical release took place on 23 September 2010 at the Lotte Cinema at Konkuk University entrance.[4]
References
- ^ "찬성·박보영·김수현..'정글피쉬' 출신 '다 떴네~'". 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Jungle Fish". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ “Jungle Fish” Wins a Peabody.KBS World.2 April 2009.
- ^ "Special re-edit of Park Bo-young and Kim Soo-hyun's Jungle Fish". 20 September 2010.
External links
- Jungle Fish official KBS website (in Korean)
- Jungle Fish at HanCinema