Hotel King - Korean Drama 2014

Hotel King is about a man with a painful past and an heiress who has led a sheltered life must work together to confront their pasts and fight for a better future. Cha Jae Wan (Lee Dong Wook) carries emotional baggage after being abandoned by his father as a child but grows up to become the successful manager of the Hotel Ciel, the only 7-star luxury hotel in Korea. Ah Mo Ne (Lee Da Hae), the daughter of the hotel owner, has lived a life of privilege and comfort but is faced with having to save her family’s hotel from a sudden crisis.

The hotel’s concierge, Sun Woo Hyun (Im Seul Ong), clashes with Jae Wan on ways to save the hotel and competes for Mo Ne’s heart, while Song Chae Kyung (Wang Ji Hye), the hotel restaurant manager and Jae Wan’s ex-girlfriend, complicates matters. Can Jae Wan and Mo Ne win the battle for their beloved hotel and their personal feelings? “Hotel King” is a 2014 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Dae Jin.

Main Cast

• Lee Dong Wook as Cha Jae Wan (general manager of Hotel Ciel)
• Lee Da Hae as Ah Mo Ne (heiress of Hotel Ciel)
• Im Seul Ong as Sun Woo Hyun (Mo Ne's VIP staff)
• Wang Ji Hye as Song Chae Kyung (director of Hotel Ciel's restaurant)
• Lee Duk Hwa as Lee Joong Goo (vice chairman of Hotel Ciel)
• Kim Hae Sook as Baek Mi Nyeo (training manager of Hotel Ciel)

Extended Cast

• Lee Sang Mi as Yoon Ji Won
• Seo Yi Ahn as Lee Da Bae
• Choi Sang Hoon as Ah Sung Won (chairman of Hotel Ciel)

Hotel Ciel International Division

• Gong Hyun Joo as Cha Soo Ahn
• Alex as Yoo Joon Sung
• Kim Sun Hyuk as Hong Joon
• Go Yoon as Park Do Jin

Hotel Ciel Domestic Division

• Jung Suk Yong as Go San
• Park Chul Min as Jang Ho Il
• Ji Il Joo as Jin Jung Hyun
• Kim Ye Won as Yoon Da Jung

Others

• Kim Kyu Sun as Ha So Yun
• Kim Sun Young (김선영) as So Moon Jung
• Goo Bon Im as Madam Kim
• Lee Do Yun as Lee Ip Sae
• Cha Hak Yun as No Ah

Lee Dong-wook is poised to turn hotelier for an upcoming MBC drama Hotel King—or rather become one again, as he was a hotel chaebol in My Girl (not that he did much… hotelier-ing in that).

The role he’s considering favorably is of a cold, perfect hotelier who harbors a grudge against his father for ditching him and his mother to seek out his own success. A rep described it as a “complicated and difficult character,” though I think we’ve seen enough of these types in dramaland to understand what he’s all about. Y’know, perfectionism and ambition, hiding a soft wounded heart that only needs a good woman to heal over, etc.

Writing the drama is Jo Eun-jung of weekend drama Feast of the Gods and daily drama Goldfish, and directing is PD Kim Dae-jin of Just Like Today. It’ll follow Gold Rainbow, and as that show is only halfway through its 50-episode run, we still have a ways to go before Hotel King hits airwaves. I do like the idea of Lee Dong-wook returning to modern shows; I’ve enjoyed him so much through the years in roles that suited him better (Scent of a Woman, Partner, My Girl, La Dolce Vita) that it was actually something of a shocker to find him so jarringly over-the-top in his last show, Mandate of Heaven (although I really did like that show regardless). Perhaps this will be a more natural character for him.
I am overwhelmed with emotions after watching this week’s episodes and I even can’t stop replaying them specially Ep 26. And I think I will never get over that episode EVER. I was both heartbroken and SO happy watching it (If that is even possible)

I must say that I am out of words to describe how AMAZING our OTP scenes were in that episodes. Lee Da-hae and Lee Dong Wook really took the romance to another level. Pouring us with so much emotions in those scenes that felt so raw, real and just left me speechless <3

And I should also praise them because they really did a very good job in their dramatic/melo scenes as well.