Friday, October 31, 2014

Hotelier - Korean Drama

Hotelier.



Profile .

  • Drama: Hotelier
  • Revised romanization: Hotelrieo
  • Hangul: 호텔리어
  • Director: Jang Yong-Woo
  • Writer: Kang Eun-Kyung
  • Network: MBC
  • Episodes: 20
  • Release Date: April 4 - June 7, 2001
  • Runtime: Wed.-Thurs.
  • Language: Korean
  • Country: South Korea 



Story .


President Choi, hotelier of Seoul Hotel, dies from a heart attack hours after his old friend Kim Bok-man informed him that his company Hankang Distribution was buying shares of Seoul Hotel in preparation of a takeover. Choi is succeeded by his wife, Yoon Bong-sook, who had never assumed any managerial position in the hotel before. Her son, Choi Young-jae is a dissolute young man who refuses to work and spends all his time partying.
To fend off the competitor, Madam Yoon sends one of the hotel employees, Seo Jin-young, to America to try to rehire Seoul Hotel's former hotel manager, Han Tae-jun, who was forced to resign after a scandal despite his innocence. Tae-jun is currently taking care of Jenny, a drug-addicted Korean-American girl.

To assist him in buying Seoul Hotel's shares through whatever means possible, Bok-man hires Frank Shin (aka Shin Dong-hyuk), a wealthy Korean-American lawyer, businessman, and mergers and acquisitions specialist.
Frank only agrees to take the job after meeting Jin-young in America and being fascinated by her. Traveling to Seoul for the first time since he left the country as a child, Frank and his loyal business assistant Leo move into a chalet at the Seoul Hotel to better conduct their secret business deal.

Through Frank's double dealings, Bok-man learns of Seoul Hotel's mismanagement problems. But Franks finds himself falling in love with Jin-young, and Jin-young feels torn between him and her old friend and colleague Tae-jun.
Meanwhile, Young-jae falls for Kim Yoon-hee, melancholic heiress and Bok-man's daughter, after meeting her at a nightclub. But Yoon-hee is attracted to the kind and mature Tae-jun, whom she'd encountered at a birthday party held at Seoul Hotel.
Tae-jun is weighed down by his numerous responsibilities: defending the hotel from its competitors, protecting Yoon-hee from her abusive father, preventing Jin-young from falling in love with the suspicious Frank, and helping Young-jae mend his ways.
Frank soon discovers that Jenny, whom Tae-jun had rescued, is his biological sister. Together, they go to see their father, who calls them by their Korean names, Dong-hyuk and Dong-hee. His reconciliation with his family and love for Jin-young results in a change of heart for Frank, and he decides to switch sides and help Seoul Hotel.

Tae-jun and Frank work together and succeed in re-establishing Seoul Hotel's reputation as a top hotel. Bong-sook is diagnosed with cancer and dies. Frank and Jin-young get engaged. Yoon-hee goes to Las Vegas to study business, and Tae-jun follows her abroad; in a scene after the ending credits, Tae-jun and Yoon-hee are shown reuniting on a highway road.











 Cast :

  • Bae Yong-joon - Frank Shin / Shin Dong-hyuk
  • Song Yun-ah - Suh Jin-young
  • Kim Seung-woo - Han Tae-jun, hotel manager
  • Song Hye-kyo - Kim Yoon-hee
  • Yoon Yeo-jeong - Yoon Bong-sook, hotel owner
  • Park Jung-chul - Choi Young-jae, son of Yoon Bong-sook
  • Joo Hyun - President Choi
  • Han Jin-hee - Kim Bok-man, chairman of Hankang distribution
  • Choi Hwa-jung - Lee Soon-jung, housekeeping manager
  • Heo Joon-ho - Oh Hyung-man
  • Choi Yong-min - Leo Park, Frank's business partner
  • Kim In-moon - Shin Jang-hae, Dong-hyuk's father
  • Kim Na-rae - Jenny / Shin Dong-hee
  • Myung Gye-nam - head chef
  • Lee Gae-in - Manager Yoo
  • Kang Young-seok - bellboy Hyun-chul
  • Lee Jung-yong - assistant chef Lee Gap-seu
  • Kim Yong-hee
  • Yeo Hyun-soo













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