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Dream High (2011)

Dream High poster
Original title
드림하이
Directed by
Lee Eung Bok, Kim Sung Yoon
Cast
Kim Soo Hyun, Bae Suzy, Taecyeon, Kang Yi Suk, Ham Eun Jung, Wooyoung, IU, Jun Ah Min
Genre
comedy television series, romance television series
Country
South Korea
Length
2 seasons, 32 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 87 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Six students at a performing arts school work towards their dreams of becoming K-pop stars. They face personal struggles and rivalries while training in singing and dancing.

youthfulaspirationalenergeticheartfeltupbeatsentimentallightheartedfeel-good

What happens

Dream High (Korean: 드림하이) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Bae Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, Ok Taec-yeon, Hahm Eun-jung, Jang Wooyoung and Lee Ji-eun. It aired on KBS2 from January 3 to February 28, 2011, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST). The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in average viewership ratings of 15.7% during its two-month run. A special episode, in which the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul on February 24, 2011, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended. The show was successful internationally and helped the proliferation of the Korean Wave. Its sequel Dream High 2 aired a year later with a different cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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