The Midnight Romance in Hagwon TV Series Details:
| Hangul | 졸업 |
| Hanja | 卒業 |
| Literal meaning | Graduation |
| Revised Romanization | Jor-eop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Jol’eob |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Genre | Romantic, Drama |
| Season | 1 |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release date | May 11, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 |
| Aired on | Saturday, Sunday |
| Running time | 70min |
| Starring | Jung Ryeo-won Wi Ha-joon |
| Directed by | Ahn Pan-seok |
| Written by | Park Kyung-hwa |
| Produced by | Cho Youn-hee |
| Executive producer | Kim Ryoon-hee (CP) |
| Music by | Lee Nam-yeon |
| Production Companies | Studio Dragon JS Pictures |
| Distributor | tvN |
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon TV Series Cast & Character:
Main
- Jung Ryeo-won as Seo Hye-jin: a star tutor with 14 years of experience. She is a quiet competitor with a solid inner game who never gives up.
- Wi Ha-joon as Lee Joon-ho: a new lecturer who returns after 10 years and stirs up Seo Hye-jin’s daily life and heart.
Supporting
- People at Daechi Chase Academy
- So Joo-yeon as Nam Cheong-mi: a new instructor in the Korean Language Department of Daechi Chase Academy and has bold personality.
- Kim Jong-tae as Kim Hyun-tak: Director of Daechi Chase Academy.
- Kim Jung-young as Woo Seung-hee: Deputy Director of Daechi Chase Academy.
- Gil Hae-yeon as Kim Hyo-im: Counseling Manager of Daechi Chase Academy.
- Jang In-sub as Yoon Ji-seok: English Department 1 team leader of Daechi Chase Academy who is fairly popular and has an unrequited love for Hye-jin.
- Lee Si-hoon as Lee Myung-jun: Korean Language Department 2 team leader of Daechi Chase Academy. He was the highest ranking Korean-language until Hye-jin came.
- Yang Jo-a as Min Hee-joo: Social Studies team leader of Daechi Chase Academy.
- Ahn Hyun-ho as Kim Chae-yoon: Korean Language Instructor of Daechi Chase Academy and Hye-jin’s team member for three years. She graduated from the Department of Korean-language Education at a top-ranked women’s university.
- TBA as Jang Il-do: English Department 2 team leader of Daechi Chase Academy.
- TBA as Shin Dae-bak: the new instructor at English Department of Daechi Chase Academy who gets along well with people.
- Jang So-yeon as Choi Ji-eun: Administrative and Support Department head of Daechi Chase Academy.
- People at Choiseon Korean-language
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Choi Hyeong-seon: Director and Instructor of Choiseon Korean Language and known as White-haired Witch. She has the largest number of students at Heewon High School in Daechi-dong for 20 years.
- Lee Kyu-sung as Park Ki-seong: Hyung-seon’s assistant who is shrouded in mystery.
- People around Jun-ho
- Shin Joo-hyup as Choi Seung-gyu: Jun-ho’s best friend and worldly cynical graduate student. He gave up getting a job and went to graduate school.
- Yoon Bok-in as Oh Jeong-hwa: Jun-ho’s mother who was once known as the “pig mom”.
- Oh Man-seok as Lee Taek-yeol: Jun-ho’s father who is a former executive at a large securities company but now a current executive at a small to medium-sized company.
- People around Hye-jin
- TBA as Cha Seo-young: Hye-jin’s best friend and a lawyer.
- Jeon Suk-chan as Geum Chun-il: Owner of Night Flight bar.
- People at Chanyoung High School in Daechi-dong
- Kim Song-il as Pyo Sang-sub: a Korean Language Teacher at Chanyoung High School with 20-year experience.
- Kim Na-yeon as Sung Ha-yool: a student at Chanyoung High School who is timid and smart.
- TBA as Lee Ye-eun: a student at Chanyoung High School who is cheerful and simple.
- TBA as Lee Jung-soo: a student at Chanyoung High School who is the class president.
- People at Heewon High School in Daechi-dong
- TBA as Lee Si-woo: a student at Heewon High School who rank first in the entire school.
Storyline:
It tells the story of a secret and sweet real-life romance between Seo Hye-jin (Jung Ryeo-won), a veteran cram school instructor, and Lee Joon-ho (Wi Ha-joon), a quirky student who returns after a decade to stir her heart. The secret midnight romance that begins when the lights go out in Daechi-dong Academy, and the colorful stories of the academy instructors we didn’t know about.
About The Midnight Romance in Hagwon TV Series:
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon (Korean: 졸업) is a South Korean romantic drama television series written by Park Kyung-hwa, directed by Ahn Pan-seok, and starring Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon.
The series’ working title was Graduation. Principal photography began in October 2023.
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon premiered on tvN on May 11, 2024, and will air every Saturday and Sunday at 21:20 (KST). The series was also be available for streaming on the local OTT platform TVING.
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon TV Series Episodes List:
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 11, 2024 | 5.169% (1st) | 6.329% (1st) |
| 2 | May 12, 2024 | 5.150% (1st) | 5.492% (1st) |
| 3 | May 18, 2024 | 3.010% (1st) | 4.005% (1st) |
| 4 | May 19, 2024 | 4.805% (1st) | 6.052% (1st) |
| 5 | May 25, 2024 | 4.231% (1st) | 5.262% (1st) |
| 6 | May 26, 2024 | 4.897% (1st) | 5.749% (1st) |
| 7 | June 1, 2024 | 4.117% (1st) | 5.248% (1st) |
| 8 | June 2, 2024 | 4.322% (2nd) | 5.434% (1st) |
| 9 | June 8, 2024 | 3.175% (1st) | 3.676% (1st) |
| 10 | June 9, 2024 | 4.173% (2nd) | 4.957% (2nd) |
| 11 | June 15, 2024 | 3.369% (1st) | 4.309% (1st) |
| 12 | June 16, 2024 | 4.790% (1st) | 5.950% (1st) |
| 13 | June 22, 2024 | 3.614% (1st) | 4.553% (1st) |
| 14 | June 23, 2024 | 5.192% (1st) | 6.306% (1st) |
| 15 | June 29, 2024 | 3.940% (1st) | 4.476% (1st) |
| 16 | June 30, 2024 | 6.596% (1st) | 7.442% (1st) |
