Black Dog

블랙독

Director: Hwang Joon-Hyeok

Writer: Park Joo-Yeon

Genres: Life, School, Drama

Network: tvN

Episodes: 16

Release Date: December 16, 2019 - February 4, 2020

Runtime: Monday & Tuesday 21:30

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

It tells the story of a young woman who gets a short-term teaching position and does her best to fight for students’ dreams in school. The drama will take a deep look into the lives of teachers and provide commentary on society through the microcosm of a school setting. Go Ha Neul, who is newly appointed to a short-term teaching position at a private school. She dreamed of becoming a teacher because of her gratitude towards one of her own teachers who saved her life, and she will grow with the students as they face the various issues that exist in a cut-throat private school setting. Park Sung Soon, the head of the career counseling department at the school and a known workaholic. She is well-known as someone who will do whatever it takes for her students and is even willing to visit schools on her students' behalf to fight for them. She will be a mentor to Go Ha Neul. Do Yeon Woo, a Korean language teacher who is passionate about teaching and hearing that he’s good at his job makes his heart race. He is an idealist who believes talent will win over any office politics. Rather than getting involved in things like that, he likes to go his own way to grow as a person. 

(Source: Soompi, wikipedia, dramalist, asianwiki)

Main

• Seo Hyun-jin as Go Ha-neul

After a teacher saved her when she was a student, Ha-neul decided to become one herself. Years later, she starts working as a temporary teacher at a private high school and, through struggles, grows as a teacher and as a person.

• Ra Mi-ran as Park Seong-soon

An experienced teacher who becomes Ha-neul's mentor. She is the Chief of the Faculty of Advanced Studies and is known as a workaholic among the students.

• Ha Joon as Do Yeon-woo

A Korean language teacher who is very popular among students.

Notes

1. "Black Dog" takes over tvN's Monday & Tuesday 21:30 time slot previously occupied by "Catch The Ghost” and followed by "The Cursed" February 10, 2020.
2. Still images of Ra Mi-Ran and Seo Hyun-Jin in drama series "Black Dog."
3. Two teaser posters for tvN drama series “Black Dog.”
4. Still images of Seo Hyun-Jin, Ra Mi-Ran, Ha-Joon, and Lee Chang-Hoon in tvN drama series “Black Dog.”