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Graduation

  • TV Series
  • 2024–
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
705
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Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon in Graduation (2024)
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Trailer
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A secret and sweet real-life romance between veteran academy instructor Seo Hye-jin and her flirty student Lee Joon-ho, who returns after 10 years and stirs her heart.A secret and sweet real-life romance between veteran academy instructor Seo Hye-jin and her flirty student Lee Joon-ho, who returns after 10 years and stirs her heart.A secret and sweet real-life romance between veteran academy instructor Seo Hye-jin and her flirty student Lee Joon-ho, who returns after 10 years and stirs her heart.

  • Stars
    • Jung Ryeo-won
    • Wi Ha-joon
    • So Joo-yeon
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    705
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Jung Ryeo-won
      • Wi Ha-joon
      • So Joo-yeon
    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Jung Ryeo-won
    Jung Ryeo-won
    • Seo Hye-jin
    • 2024
    Wi Ha-joon
    Wi Ha-joon
    • Lee Joon-ho
    • 2024
    So Joo-yeon
    So Joo-yeon
    • Nam Jeong-mi
    • 2024
    Yang Jo-ah
    • Min Hee-joo
    • 2024
    Yoon Bok-in
    Yoon Bok-in
    • Oh Jeong-hwa
    • 2024
    Cha Kang-Yoon
    • Lee Si-woo
    • 2024
    Kim Jong-tae
    • Kim Hyeon-tak
    • 2024
    Yoon Seul
    • Lee Hyeon-sil (A fixed-term teacher)
    • 2024
    Jeon Seok-chan
    • Geum Choon-il
    • 2024
    Sung Yeo-jin
    Sung Yeo-jin
    • Director Seo
    • 2024
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    User reviews11

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    10p-60027

    Brilliant and so intelligent

    The plot, the story itself and its brilliant twists and turns are so captivating. The drama was directed in a perfect match to the story, adding the exact accurate light and setting, costumes and objects surrounding the characters. The casting was so perfect as well. The actors succeeded, in the most professional and talented way, to support their original and sooo important drama idea. Everything combined, it provided the viewer with a fascinating glimpse at the Korean world of education- a realistic portrait of both people and environment. As a teacher and a woman I would like to share my sheer admiration to all the wonderful people behind this amazing drama. May you all continue making such inspiring TV.
    4hanalisss

    Awesome star but 8 episodes too long

    The first half of this drama was interesting and entertaining enough to keep me watching. The chemistry between the leads worked well, even if it wasn't spectacular, and the story had potential to be something memorable.

    But after episode 8, everything started to fall apart. The plot became unnecessarily dragged out, repetitive, and lost all sense of direction. It felt like the writers were adding filler moments just to stretch it to 16 episodes, and instead of deepening the story, they completely diluted it. By the time it reached the finale, all the charm from the earlier episodes was gone, and it felt like a chore to finish.

    This drama could have been so much better with a tighter script and fewer episodes. What started off as a promising and simple romance turned into something unnecessarily long and frustrating. A shorter, more focused series would have done wonders for the pacing and overall impact.
    8sarsoory

    Beautiful drama

    The conversations are so real and the storyline and character development make sense and the acting is so convincing and natural. It is very refreshing to come across an intelligent and fairly realistic drama like this in K-drama land. It is still a drama of course with plenty of conflict and tension and feelings, but it is free of flashy materialism, immature characters and antics, and unrealistic plot events. I really enjoyed watching this one.

    If I could have made two requests of the director and production team, they would be:

    (1) I wish they could have varied the music. I get that this is this director's style, to use the same songs over and over again. He did the same thing in SITR, another drama I really enjoyed. But the repetitive music was annoying there as it was here.

    (2) I wish they had kept the original drama name of "Graduation" in the English marketing of this drama. "Graduation" is a much more poetic name for this drama than "Midnight Romance in Hagwon," which sounds like a paperback romance or Hallmark movie and this drama is far from those. Maybe the production team thought the drama would get even fewer views with the original name, but I think this drama will get the attention it deserves in time.

    I hope more people discover this one and enjoy it as much as I did. Dramas like this one are why I keep watching K-dramas, even if worthwhile ones like this one are few and far between.
    10ilovevespa-74744

    Brilliant and realistic.

    This show is brilliant in every sense. It gave a good insight on the education system. The script and plot was through provoking and so realistic. Every scene felt natural. The casting was superb. Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha Joon's acting brilliantly showed the nuances of their characters. The romance between them was so beautiful to watch as it built up in every episode because their chemistry was in a whole other level. Seo Jung-Yeon who was Gray witch did pretty well and gave me Meryl Streep vibes in Devil wears prada. This is up there with One Spring Night and Something in the rain. I'll surely be this rewatching again.
    2Jikooo

    Total miscast main actor (male)

    I know what screenwrites wanted to make nice, light tendible drama.

    Unfortunatelly the miscasted main male lead ruined everything.

    Don't get m wrong, the dude just doesn't fit the drama. You simply can't believe that he - wooden, out of touch, annoying bodybuilder can learn and teach anything, to be good couple with main lead female, who has emotions, softness, tendible, tiresome and was perfect for the role.

    Whole 7 episodes I watched I was sorry for the show and was sorry for the female lead that they were given such unsuitable male lead.

    Also it was quite hard to see her spending so much time with new teacher, helping him knowing that all teachers competes between themselves. And if you add that bodybuilder rude no manner wooden dude. You just can't believe it. And feel sorry every minute they are on screen.

    Such a pity...

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    • Release date
      • May 11, 2024 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
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    • Language
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    • Also known as
      • The Midnight Romance in Hagwon
    • Production companies
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      • Tving
      • tvN
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