Dream High

Dream High (Korean: 드림하이) is a South Korean television series broadcast by KBS in 2011. It features Suzy, Taecyeon, IU, Wooyoung, Ham Eun Jung andKim Soo-hyun.

The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in viewership ratings in the 18 to 20 percent range during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended.

Another less successful second season with a different cast aired in January 2012, a year after the original series.

(Philippines Trailer of Dream High)

Plot

Six students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry. During the drama, the students learn how to develop their singing, songwriting and dancing skills while also undergoing personal growth. They also go through their love life and start to develop feelings for each other. Each one of the students has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, but with the support and guidance of each other, they strive to debut on stage.

Character descriptions

Bae Suzy as Go Hye-mi

Originally from a wealthy family, after her mother’s death, her father’s business failed and their family fell into debt and her father went to Canada to get help from Hye-mi’s aunt. Hye-mi is pursued by debt collector Ma Doo-shik and his men for much of the beginning of the drama.

Kim Soo-hyun as Song Sam-dong

Song Sam-dong lives in the countryside and dreams of becoming the owner of a stock farm. He falls in love at first sight with Go Hye-mi and follows her to Kirin High School of Art. He later struggles with a hearing problem that threatens to derail his dreams.

Taecyeon as Jin-gook / Hyun Shi-hyuk

Jin-gook is the son of the President. He shares childhood memories with Go Hye-mi and constantly tries to help her. Initially living on the streets as a tough guy, he is naturally talented at dancing and rapping.

Ham Eun Jung as Yoon Baek-hee

Baek-hee used to be Hye-mi’s best friend and sidekick at their old school, but she is betrayed by Hye-mi during the Kirin School audition. She is devastated by the betrayal and becomes Hye-mi’s biggest rival. She is in love with Jin-gook, who beats up the agency president after he sexually assaulted Baek-hee. Later on in the series she reconciles with Hye-mi.

IU (singer) as Kim Pil-sook

Kim Pil-sook first appears as a girl wearing a sushi mascot costume during the auditions. She is a girl with a beautiful voice and perfect pitch but is overweight. She vows to lose weight in 200 days during Group K’s activities for her crush, Jason.

Jang Wooyoung as Jason

Jason is a Korean-American student who excels mainly in dancing but is also good at singing. He is courteous and has good manners, leading to misunderstandings with Pil-sook, who believes that he is nice to her because he likes her.

Main Cast

Suzy as Go Hye-mi
Kim Soo-hyun as Song Sam-dong
Taecyeon as Jin-gook / Hyun Shi-hyuk
Ham Eun Jung as Yoon Baek-hee
Wooyoung as Jason
IU as Kim Pil-sook

Extended cast

Ahn Gil-kang as Ma Doo-shik
Ahn Sun-young as Kang Oh-sun (Oh-hyuk’s older sister)
Ahn Seo-hyun as Go Hye-sung (Hye-mi’s little sister)
Park Eun-Bin as 16-year-old Hye-sung (ep 16)
Lee Hye-sook as Song Nam-boon (Sam-dong’s mother)
Choi Il-hwa as Hyun Moo-jin (Jin-gook’s father)
Park Hyuk-kwon as Go Byung Jik (Hye-mi’s father)
Park Hwi-soon as Jin-gook’s roommate (ep 1, 2, 5)

Cameos
Jo Soo-mi as herself (ep 1)
Kim Hyun-joong as himself (ep 1)
Nichkhun as Lee Ri-ah’s CF partner (ep 8)
Koo Jun Yup as himself (ep 9)
Chansung as Oh-sun’s imaginary boyfriend (ep 12)
Leeteuk as himself (ep 13)
Eunhyuk as himself (ep 13)
miss A as flash mob dancers (ep 16)
2AM as flash mob dancers (ep 16)
Dal Shabet as Baek-hee’s Kirin students (ep 16)

Kirin’s Teachers

Uhm Ki-joon as Kang Oh-hyuk
Lee Yoon-ji as Shi Kyung-jin
Park Jin-young as Yang Jin-man
Lee Byung-joon as Principal Shi Bum-soo
Lee Yoon-mi as Maeng Seung-hee
Baek Won-kil as Gong Min-chul
Bae Yong-joon as President Jung Ha-myung (ep 1-4)
Joo Young-hoon as the composing teacher (ep 11)

Kirin’s Students
Jun Ah-min as Jo In-sung (Jin-gook’s friend)
JOO as Jung Ah-jung
Han Ji-hoo as Park Do-joon
Yoon Young-ah as Lee Ri-ah
Park Jin-sang as Jun Tae-san
Kim Bo-reum as Ha So-hyun

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