Hello My Teacher

2005 South Korean television series

Hello My Teacher
Promotional poster
Also known as	Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy Hardtack Teacher and Sugar Candy
Written by	Park Kye-ok Kim Jung-ah
Directed by	Oh Jong-rok Kim Hyung-shik
Starring	Gong Hyo-jin Gong Yoo Kim Da-hyun Choi Yeo-jin
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Moon Jung-soo Teddy Hoon-tak Jung Jang Jin-wook
Producers	Kim Yang Noh Jun-kyu
Running time	Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55
Production company	SidusHQ
Original release
Network	SBS
Release	April 13 (2005-04-13) – June 2, 2005 (2005-06-02)

Hello My Teacher (Korean: 건빵선생과 별사탕; RR: Geonbbang Seonsaeng-gwa Byeolsatang; lit. Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy) is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Gong Hyo-jin, Gong Yoo, Kim Da-hyun, and Choi Yeo-jin.^[1] It aired on SBS from April 13 to June 2, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Synopsis

Na Bo-ri (Gong Hyo-jin) is a 25-year-old woman who desperately wants to be a teacher at the high school she was kicked out of due to a misunderstanding with her teachers over injuring a group of male classmates (she had been a legend there for being a troublemaker and getting into fights). After overcoming numerous hardships and getting her high-school equivalency certification, she rejects job offers from other high schools and works on becoming a substitute teacher at her old high school so she can work side by side with her longtime high school crush, the art teacher Ji Hyun-woo (Kim Da-hyun).

However, the only thing that enables her to get the coveted job is by signing a contract to essentially babysit Park Tae-in (Gong Yoo), a troublemaker who attends the same high school. Tae-in, a lonely 20-year-old youth, quickly becomes the "jjang", or "king" of the high school, and enjoys playing mean tricks on Bo-ri whose tough but easygoing personality attracts the majority of her students. As his relationship with his teacher takes a turn for the worse, Tae-in gradually becomes attracted to her through a series of complicated events. Noh Jem-ma (Choi Yeo-jin) is jealous of the relationship between Bo-ri and Tae-in, and goes out of her way to get Bo-ri kicked out but she's not the only one against them.^[2]

Cast

Main

Gong Hyo-jin as Na Bo-ri
Gong Yoo as Park Tae-in
Kim Da-hyun as Ji Hyun-woo
Choi Yeo-jin as Noh Jem-ma

Supporting

Family members

Lee Yoon-ji as Na Seon-jae (Bo-ri's younger sister)
Yang Geum-seok as Ji Young-ae (Tae-in's stepmother)
Lee Hyo-jung as Park Joong-seop (Tae-in's father)
Oh Yoon-ah as Chae Eun-seong
Geum Bo-ra as Bae Yi-da (Bo-ri's mother)
Seo Jun-young as Park Jae-in (Tae-in's half-brother)
Lee Jae-yong as monk (Bo-ri's father)

Teachers

Jo Hyung-ki as Dong Chil-hwan (principal)
Park In-hwan as Hwang Gap-soo (Homeroom teacher)
Jo Sang-ki as Nam Seong-ki (Biology teacher)
Kim Yoon-kyung as Oh Joo-yeon (English teacher)
Hyun Young as Jo Ji-ah (PE teacher)
Jeon Jae-hyung

Students

Jung Eui-chul as Choi Chang-il
Jung Gyu-woon as Lee Ho-joon
Go Joon-hee¹ as Kim Sun-ah
Jang Hee-jin as Oh Eun-byul
Kang Do-han as Lee Yoo-jin
Yang Joo-ho as Kim Yeong-song
Lee Eun as Yeo Se-ra
Jo Han-na as Bae Pil-soon
Cha Seo-rin as Lee Hye-bin
Shin Ah as Kang Ri-ping
Park Ki-young as Bang Soo-hyun
Shin Hyun-tak as Park Man-chang
Ki Moo as Choi Hoon
Jang Ji-woo as Lee Jang-baek
Nam Chang-hee as Kim Baek-joon
Song Jin-yeong as Jo Pil
Yoo Da-in as Da-in
Park Hyo-jun as Oh Sang-tae
Hahm Eun-jung as suicidal honor student
Kim Hwa-joo

Notes

¹Credited as Kim Eun-joo.

References

^ "Gong Hyo-jin Turns Into Giddy Young Teacher". The Dong-a Ilbo. April 11, 2005. Archived from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
^ "Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy". SBS Global. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2012-06-22.