A story about the life of a mother and her two daughters; a real daughter and an adopted daughter whose fates are twisted and lives change due to the real daughter and the adopted daughter have been swapped, cause intense conflicts within the family.
Cha Kang Jin grows up in a poor family who is constantly on the move. After relocating to his mother's hometown when Kang Jin is a teenager, his mother falls back into her old ways, opening a bar that draws a group of undesirable men. Kang Jin is forced to watch helplessly from the sidelines, getting into fights with other high school students to protect her honor. When he meets Han Ji Wan at school, sparks fly immediately, but tragedy soon strikes when Ji Wan suddenly must leave town. Eight years later, Kang Jin finally finds her again—at her engagement party. Never able to forget the girl he loved and hurt so badly, Kang Jin has trouble accepting the loss of his love, and after discovering that Ji Wan's fiancée is his co-worker, the three soon become hopelessly entangled in each other's lives.
The City Hall is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Sun-ah and Cha Seung-won. It aired on SBS from April 29 to July 2, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Written by Kim Eun-sook and directed by Shin Woo-chul, the story revolves around a low-ranking government clerk who becomes the youngest mayor of the fictional Inju City, and her romance with an ambitious and cynical deputy mayor.
The drama series also marked movie star Cha Seung-won's return to the small screen after a six-year absence.
As the chairman of GD Motors, Han Gi-Ju is a divorced man working in Paris. He takes Gang Tae-Young, who is working as a housekeeper at his home, as his date to a business party. She is a poor international student who is chasing her father's dream of studying in Paris. Han Gi-ju's nephew, Yu Soo-Hyeok meets Tae-Young by chance, and falls for her.
Tae-Young ends up returning to Seoul, soon after, Gi-Ju and Soo-Hyeok also return to Seoul separately. Tae-Young asks Gi-Ju for a job and in time, the two fall in love. Gi-Ju's father tries to force his son to marry Moon Yun-A (Oh Joo-Eun) the daughter of an influential politician and she exhausts every means to make this happen. As the family secret involving Gi-Ju's and Soo-Hyeok is disclosed, the relationship between Tae-Young and Gi-Ju is in crisis.
Orphaned at young age, abandoned by his uncle and later by his adoptive parents, Sang-doo’s life has been a succession of difficulties. At 27, he makes a living by seducing older women in order to support his daughter’s hospital fee. However, the love he has for his first love, Chae Eun-hwan, keeps him happy and optimistic. When he runs into Eun-hwan again, he decides to give another chance at his love and goes back to high school to be Eun-hwan’s student.
Dalja, a 33-year old single at a crossroad of whether to remain single or get married before she gets older. The drama aims to comically and candidly portray the reality and undying pursuit of romance of a thirty something single woman.
Maeng Gong is the coach of the professional basketball team ‘Big Pandas’, which has been on the verge of elimination from the playoffs for three consecutive years. Due to poor performance, he is in danger of being fired. When he was young, he was a star player who attacked boldly on the court, as his name suggests, but now he is more famous as the ‘Young Gong Dae’ coaching a professional basketball team.
Ko Hwa Jin, a dedicated hater of Maeng Gong, works under the nickname ‘Maeng Gong Extermination Group’. He is a high school student who knows how to analyze the game in seconds. He is a character who has become a malicious commenter, full of hostility and a desire to get revenge on Maeng Gong.
With his job on the line, Maeng Gong decides to work with his malicious commenter to achieve team results.
A tragic story about young sisters who part ways after their parent's divorce but reunite once again as mother and daughter-in-law in the whirlwind of fate, ending up in catastrophe after desire and conflict.
Born in 1981, So Won should be in her forties now, but when she became twenty in 2000, she encountered a witch by chance.
So Won was cursed by the witch because she turned down her favor. The curse was "to live as a twenty-year-old woman for the rest of her life." At first, she thinks it will be a blessing but soon starts suffering from the pain of losing her beloved ones and her life re-setting every year.
One day, So Won happens to spot the witch in a photo, so she heads to the resort in the photo's backdrop. To lift the curse, she sneaks in as a resort staff and meets Kang Hyun and Sang Wook there.
A stepmother takes revenge on four spoiled brothers. The father feels betrayed by his sons who are always after his money. This twisted family shows conflict and the true meaning of being a family. The story revolves around Buruna Noodles and the owner of the restaurant. Each son and their wives have different dreams, but they all want one thing.
A romantic comedy which is about a timpanist witnessing a murder case but cannot remember anything about what happened. With the help from a mysterious guy, she attempts to recover her memories from that day.
It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The branch is on a soon to be shutdown list. Surprisingly, No Dae Ho is promoted to an auditor at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul. No Dae Ho then faces corruption at the bank.
Song Jin Poong is the eldest of four sons and works hard to earn money to support his family. He is also a man who cannot forget his first love. His mother, Ok Hee, wants him to get married because he is already 38 years old. Ok Hee believes that her sons are great catches and any woman would be lucky enough to marry them, however, their neighbors feel differently as each son has an unique problem.