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7.6/10 Viki Directed by Kim Jung-gyu Final episode date 2 October 2007 Network KBS2 | 85% AsianWiki 7.1/10 IMDb Written by Lee Jin-mae First episode date 6 August 2007 Number of episodes 16 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Also known as I'm SamI am Your Teacher Based on Kyōkasho ni Nai!by Kazuto Okada Starring Yang Dong-geunPark Min-youngPark Jun-gyuSon Tae-youngT.O.P Cast Lee Min‑ho, Park Min‑young, TOP, Yang Dong‑geun, Son Tae‑young Similar Mackerel Run, Secret Campus, Get Up, Personal Taste, City Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I am Sam (Hangul: 아이엠샘; RR: A-i Em Saem) is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Yang Dong-geun, Park Min-young, Park Jun-gyu, Son Tae-young, and T.O.P in his acting debut. It aired on KBS2 from August 6 to October 2, 2007, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Based on the Japanese comic series Kyōkasho ni Nai! (in English, Not in a Textbook! or Very Private Lesson), Yang plays a geeky, straight-arrowed, under-qualified high school teacher who becomes a live-in tutor for the troublemaking daughter of a notorious gangster, in exchange for one million won.
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The title is a word play since sam in Korean roughly translates to "teacher" in slang, thus the international title, I am Your Teacher.
Plot
Yoo Jae-gon (Park Jun-gyu), head of an infamous gangster organization, becomes troubled by the future prospects of his only daughter, Eun-byul (Park Min-young), who refuses to study. Then coincidence or fate brings together Eun-byul and goofy-looking high school teacher Jang Yi-san (Yang Dong-geun) in a somewhat sticky situation. After finding out that Yi-san can actually inspire his troublesome daughter to focus on her studies, Jae-gon offers a deal to Yi-san: become his daughter's private tutor in exchange for one million won. The catch is Yi-san has to move in with her. And the money? It's given as security for his own life.
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Reception
I Am Sam received average viewership ratings of around 6.5%.
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