I Am Sam (TV series)
| I am Sam | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | I'm Sam I am Your Teacher |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy |
| Based on |
Kyōkasho ni Nai! by Kazuto Okada |
| Written by | Lee Jin-mae |
| Directed by | Kim Jung-gyu |
| Starring |
Yang Dong-geun Park Min-young Park Jun-gyu Son Tae-young T.O.P |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Lee Jae-sang |
| Running time | 60 minutes on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | KBS2 |
| Original release | August 6 – October 2, 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Conspiracy in the Court |
| Followed by | Evasive Inquiry Agency |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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.
The title is a word play since sam in Korean roughly translates to "teacher" in slang, thus the international title, I am Your Teacher.
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.
I Am Sam received average viewership ratings of around 6.5%.
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