A romantic comedy about high school students living in top 1% high society, learning about love and friendship. Things get turned topsy turvy when the students end up getting tangled with a girl from lower class who is the heir of "poverty", and romance unfolds.
The Inheritors (The Heirs) (Hangul: 왕관을 쓰려는 자, 그 무게를 견뎌라 – 상속자들; RR: Wang-gwan-eul Sseu-ryeo-neun Ja, Geu Moo-gae-reul Gyun-dyeo-ra – Sangsokjadeul; lit. "He Who Wishes To Wear the Crown, Endure Its Weight – The Heirs"), also known as The Heirs, is a South Korean television series starring Lee Min-ho and Park Shin-hye. A trendy drama set in a high school populated by the privileged and uber-rich, it aired on SBS on October 9, 2013
The series follows a group of privileged, rich, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control, except their love lives. Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) is the heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home (Choi Jin-hyuk) schemes to take over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), who has arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée, Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji Won), arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel's stepbrother and Kim Tan's former best friend, Choi Young Do (Kim Woo-bin) develops his own feelings for Cha Eun Sang. Kim Tan then realizes that he has developed his feelings for Eun Sang, and Young Do, at the same time
Title: 왕관을 쓰려는자, 그무게를 견뎌라 - 상속자들 / Wangkwaneul Sseuryeoneunja, Geumoogereul Gyeondyeora - Sangsokjadeul
Also known as: The Inheritors / The One Trying to Wear the Crown, Withstands the Weight - The Heirs
Genre: Romance, youth, school, melodrama, comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Oct-09 to 2013-Dec-12
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
Original Soundtrack: The Heirs OST
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Cast
Jeguk High School Students
Lee Min Ho as Kim Tan (18, heir of Jeguk Group)
Jung Chan Woo as young Kim Tan
An heir to the Jeguk (Empire) Group. He is overshadowed by his older half-brother, Kim Won, and is actually the son of his father's mistress, and is therefore an illegitimate child, although he is listed in the family registry as the son of the second wife in order to be a legitimate heir. Prior to the show, he was exiled to study abroad in the U.S. before returning to South Korea. Although he is engaged to Yoo Rachel, he falls in love with Cha Eun-sang despite her poor background. The plausible reason for his exile to America, may have something to do with what happened in middle school. Tan confessed to Eun Sang that the hierarchy and the bullying all started with him and Choi Young Do back in middle school. Despite the fact Won, his older brother, hates him, Tan still cares about Won.
Park Shin Hye as Cha Eun Sang (18, heir of "poverty")
Daughter of Jeguk Group's housekeeper. Her family consists of her mother, sister and her, and she grew up in a poor household. She grew up with Yoon Chan-young and gets caught in a love triangle with two privileged men, Kim Tan and Choi Young-do. She lives in Kim Tan's home, living as a live in housekeeper. She is enrolled into Empire High School, as is introduced as "New Money" by Kim Tan. Her secret is then found out by Choi Young Do.
Kim Woo Bin as Choi Young Do (18, heir of Zeus Hotel)
The heir to the Zeus Hotel Group. He has an IQ of 150, but uses his wit to put down and harass his friends rather than to excel in his studies. His only soft spot is Cha Eun-sang. At the beginning of the series, Young Do's target was Moon Joon Young (played by Jo Yoon Woo) because he was in the social care group of the school's hierarchy. Joon Young was nice to Eun Sang by telling her not to say anything as he knew the truth of her family background and the fact that since she was new and if they found out she is in social care group, Eun Sang would be Young Do's next target, though this failed inevitably. Young Do has a rather complicated family history himself. His father, Choi Dong Wook, is mercilessly strict and physically abusive towards him. Young Do dislikes his father for his temperament, abuse, as well as for his womanizing ways that drove Young Do's mother to run away without him (Young Do). His bullying ways might be his way of letting out his anger and frustration out towards the weaker students. As part of his training as the next head of Zeus Hotel, Young Do is often seen washing dishes at the hotel, something he's been doing since he was a kid.
Jung Soo Jung as Lee Bo Na (18, heir of Mega Entertainment)
She lives a fabulous lifestyle as the daughter of the CEO of 'Mega Entertainment'. Her first love and ex-boyfriend, Kim Tan, never loved her. Yoon Chan-young heals her heartbreak. She is often seen speaking in English
Kim Ji Won as Yoo Rachel/Yoo Ra Hel (18, heir of RS International/Young Do's stepsister)
Kim Tan's ex-fiancée. A haughty and chic heiress of RS International (a clothing company), she is a girl who wants for nothing in the world.
Kang Min Hyuk as Yoon Chan Young (18)
Son of the Jeguk Group's secretary. Cha Eun-sang's best friend, he is dating Kim Tan's ex-girlfriend, Lee Bo-na. Although he is in the social care group like Eun Sang, nobody bullies him (not even Young Do) due to the fact he is the class representative, number one in his class, his girlfriend is the feisty Lee Bo Na and the known fact that his father works for Jeguk Group.
Kang Ha Neul as Lee Hyo Shin (19, heir of Attorney-general Lee Chang Hyuk)
Son of the attorney general. He is the student body president, and has a crush on his teacher, Jeon Hyun-joo. He attempted suicide when he visited Kim Tan in America, his family wants him to join the law school while he wants to become a film maker, and he wins Asia best film award of course behind his parents back.
Park Hyung Shik as Jo Myung Soo (18, heir of Seungri Law Firm)
Son of the CEO of the largest law firm 'Victory'. Quick to think on his feet, he's a slacker who doesn't want to inherit the family business.
Jun Soo Jin as Kang Ye Sol (18, heir of Gangnam room salons)
Jo Yoon Woo as Moon Joon Young
Jeguk Group
Choi Jin Hyuk as Kim Won (31, president of Jeguk Group/Tan's older brother)
Kim Tan's "perfect" older half-brother, an accomplished and capable young executive who runs his family's giant conglomerate, Jeguk (Empire) Group. He is the son of his father's first wife, Sofia Lee, a Korean woman who grew up in a vineyard in California, thus he is a step-son to his father's second wife, Jeong Ji-suk. To commemorate his birth, Won's mother, Sofia, made a series of wine called One, which is homonym to Won's name before she died. Won does not allow anybody else to drink the wine except for himself. He has a secret relationship with Jeon Hyun-joo.
Kim Sung Ryung as Han Ki Ae (44, Tan's mother)
Jung Dong Hwan as Kim Nam Yoon (62, chairman of Jeguk Group/Tan and Won's father)
Kim Mi Kyung as Park Hee Nam (50, housemaid/Eun Sang's mother)
Choi Won Young as Yoon Jae Ho (45, chief secretary of Jeguk Group/Chan Young's father)
Park Joon Geum as Jung Ji Sook (54, foundation chairwoman of Jeguk Group/Tan's registered mother)
Others
Yoon Son Ha as Lee Esther (43, CEO of RS International/Rachel's mother)
Choi Jin Ho as Choi Dong Wook (47, CEO of Zeus Hotel/Young Do's father)
Im Joo Eun as Jun Hyun Joo (25, Jeguk High School teacher)
Seo Yi Sook as Hyo Shin's mother
Ra Mi Ran as Myung Soo's mother
Choi Eun Kyung as Ye Sol's mother
Cameo Appearances
Yoon Jin Seo as Cha Eun Suk (25, Eun Sang's older sister) (ep1)
2EYES as themselves (ep 4)
VIXX as themselves (ep4)
BTOB as themselves (ep4)
Kim Hee Chul as himself (ep4)
Source: Wikipedia Dramawiki
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