Choi Min-sik returns to TV with Netflix's 'Notes from the Last Row'

Choi Min-sik, one of Korean cinema’s most formidable screen presences, is set to return in a Netflix adaptation of the acclaimed Spanish stage play "The Boy in the Last Row." Psychological drama "Notes from the Last Row" stars Choi as Heo Moon-oh, a failed novelist and Korean literature professor who becomes consumed by the talent of Lee Kang (Choi Hyun-wook), a quiet student who always sits in the back row of his classroom.

As the professor grows increasingly fascinated by the young man’s writi ...