Nurse slays jelly monsters with plastic sword

In fantasy dramedy The School Nurse Files, the heroine also wields a BB gun and needs to be recharged during battles

In The School Nurse Files, Jung Yu-mi (left) plays the heroine with an ability to see monsters, while Nam Joo-hyuk (right) plays a teacher who discovers his ability to recharge the protagonist's powers during battles. PHOTOS: NETFLIX
Jan Lee
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Sep 28, 2020, 06:20 AM
Published
Sep 28, 2020, 05:00 AM
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When South Korean actress Jung Yu-mi imagined her first action role, she thought it would be along the lines of the sword fights of wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

Instead, in the fantasy dramedy series The School Nurse Files, the 37-year-old is fighting jelly monsters with a BB gun and a tiny plastic sword.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 28, 2020, with the headline Nurse slays jelly monsters with plastic sword. Subscribe

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