Monstar

Monstar is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Yong Jun-hyung, Ha Yeon-soo, and Kang Ha-neul. It aired on music channel Mnet (and simultaneously on tvN) from May 17 to August 2, 2013, every Friday at 21:50 for 12 episodes. The drama is about how a group of teenagers are healed through the power of music.

Plot
Seol-chan, a member of Korea's most popular K-pop boy band Men in Black, is provoked into pushing one of his crazy fans, and when that goes viral, his reputation plummets. As damage control, his agency tells him to quietly attend school for a while. Meanwhile, Se-yi, a new transfer student from New Zealand, draws attention in the school for both her talent and oddness. Misunderstandings occur between Seol-chan, Se-yi, and their other classmates. But in the midst of all the chaos, these students find a common interest which connects them to each other: music. Every character has his or her own untold stories, which have had significant impact in their lives. But as they gather together to sing and play the music they love, they learn to soothe the pain inside them, and to open each of their souls.

Main cast

 * Yong Jun-hyung as Yoon Seol-chan
 * Park Ji-woo as young Seol-chan
 * Ha Yeon-soo as Min Se-yi
 * Kim Cho-eun as young Se-yi
 * Kang Ha-neul as Jung Sun-woo
 * Yoon Chan-young as young Sun-woo
 * Ahn Nae-sang as Han Ji-woong
 * Jung Joon-young as young Han Ji-woong

Color Bar members

 * Dahee as Kim Na-na
 * Kim Min-young as Shim Eun-ha
 * Ivy as adult Eun-ha
 * Park Kyu-sun as Cha Do-nam
 * Kang Eui-sik as Park Kyu-dong
 * Lee Eun-sung as young Kyu-dong

All For One members

 * Moon Yong-suk as Ma Joon-hee
 * Kim Yoo-hyun as Ma Hyo-rin
 * Yoon Jong-hoon as Shin Jae-rok

Supporting cast

 * Kim Sun-kyung as Choi Kyung
 * Lim Kim as young Choi Kyung
 * Lee Hee-jin as Dokgo Soon
 * Kim San-ho as Choi Joon-goo
 * Jo Jae-yoon as Manager Hong
 * Kim Hee-won as CEO Go
 * Kim Jae-heung as math teacher
 * Kim Young-hee as language teacher
 * Lee Dal-hyung as head teacher
 * Nat Thewphaingam as Nawin Thammarat
 * Kim Min-young as Shim Eun-ha
 * Kim Young-ho as Min Gwang-ho
 * Kim Young-jae as PD Byun Hee-sool
 * Im Hyun-sik as Men In Black member (ep. 2, 6, 9, and 12)
 * Lee Min-hyuk as Men In Black member (ep. 2, 6, 9, and 12)
 * Yook Sung-jae as Arnold, Men In Black member (ep. 2, 6, 9, and 12)
 * Lee Chang-sub as Men In Black member (ep. 2, 6, 9, and 12)

Cameo appearances

 * Ryu Hye-rin as Seol-chan's fan
 * Lee Joo-yeon as Ah-ri, actress in opening scene with Seol-chan (ep. 1)
 * Lee Sung-min as Kwon Tae-hyun, movie director (ep. 1)
 * Ko Chang-seok as Do-nam's judo master (ep. 5)
 * Park Ga-ram as waiter (ep. 6)
 * Kim Ji-soo as performer (ep. 10)
 * Jo Moon-geun as performer (ep. 10)
 * Nam Ji-hyun as Stella (ep. 12)
 * No Min-woo as Daniel Park (ep. 12)
 * Kim Min-kyu

Casting
Monstar 12 episodes music drama that tells the story of ordinary teenagers who are hurt and grow as they heal through music, was directed by Kim Won-seok. Kim joined hands with Korea's representative music channel Mnet. The fact that it is the first work that director Kim Won-seok did after transferring to CJ E&M made the expectations are high.

On February 18, 2013, CJ E&M announced that The music drama 'Monstar' will be aired in early April. They also confirmed Yong Jun-hyung as the male lead. On February 28, 2013, Kang Ha-neul was confirmed as second male lead.

Interlude music
The series features numerous song covers sung onscreen by the characters.

Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.


 * This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

International broadcast

 * 🇯🇵 Japan - It aired on DATV beginning April 30, 2014, followed by reruns on KNTV on May 17 to August 2, 2014.
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: NOW 101 and Channel M
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore: Channel U
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 8TV
 * Taiwan: Channel M
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines: Channel M
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia: RTV
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand: Workpoint TV