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The School Nurse Files: Netflix fantasy K-drama a creative change of pace for The Truth Beneath filmmaker Lee Kyoung-mi | South China Morning Post
The School Nurse Files: Netflix fantasy K-drama a creative change of pace for The Truth Beneath filmmaker Lee Kyoung-mi \| South China Morning Post

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# The School Nurse Files: Netflix fantasy K-drama a creative change of pace for The Truth Beneath filmmaker Lee Kyoung-mi

## - The School Nurse Files stars Jung Yu-mi as a school nurse who battles monsters only she can see – a story that Lee made when she ‘was in a very dark place’ - A tricky aspect of the filmmaker’s first foray into making a series was the quieter soundtrack; Lee felt she ‘was unable to provide that cinematic experience’

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Published: 3:00pm, 25 Sep 2020Updated: 3:02pm, 25 Sep 2020

A high school nurse becomes a reluctant monster hunter in _The School Nurse Files_, a quirky new Korean drama series which starts streaming on Netflix on Friday.

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The six-part adaptation of Chung Serang’s cult novel is directed by filmmaker Lee Kyoung-mi, who spoke to the _Post_ about creating the show.

“It’s a completely different world,” Lee says of her first foray into making a series. “When you make a film, you need to plant the seeds and reap the fruits within two hours. In this world, I was just a beginner. But because of that, a lot of it was experimental, and that made it fun.”

Lee is one of only a handful of female filmmakers currently working in South Korea, and cut her teeth under _[Oldboy](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/2173431/oldboy-park-chan-wooks-2003-tale-revenge-puts?module=inline&pgtype=article)_ director [Park Chan-wook](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3094222/how-oldboy-director-park-chan-wook-brings-korean-cinema?module=inline&pgtype=article) before directing a brace of feature films: 2008’s _Crush and Blush_ and the excellent 2016 thriller _[The Truth Beneath](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3097911/25-best-korean-movies-21st-century?module=inline&pgtype=article)_ starring Son Ye-jin.

_The School Nurse Files_ stars Jung Yu-mi ( _[Train to Busan](https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2006152/film-review-train-busan-yeon-sang-hos-inventive-zombies-train?module=inline&pgtype=article)_ ; _Kim Ji-young: Born 1982_) as Ahn Eun-young, who can see “jellies”, the viscous residue of desire that we all leave behind.

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