MBC Miniseries drama (2001) - 20
episodes
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Aired on MBC in Korea:  April 4, 2001 -
June 7, 2001
Aired on KBFD-TV in Hawaii:  May 23,
2001 - July 26, 2001 Wednesday &
Thursday nights 8:00 - 9:00 (Replaced
Delicious Proposal)

Cast:
Attorney Shin Dong-hyuk/Frank Shin:  
Bae Yong Jun
Mgr. Suh Jin-young:  Song Yun Ah
Kim Yun-hee :  Song Hae Gyo (main
actress in Autumn Story)
Head Mgr. Han Tae-jun:  Kim Seung
Woo (Mr. Duke)
Yun Bong-sook (hotel proprietress):  Yoon
Yeo Jung
Choi Young-jae (proprietress's son): Park
Jung Chul
President Choi of Seoul Hotel:  Joo Han
Chairman Kim Bok-man of Hankang  
Distribution (Yun-hee's father): Han Jin Hee
Housekeeping Mgr. Lee Soon-jung:  
Choi __ Jung
Mgr. Oh Hyung-man (Tae-jun's rival):  
Hu Joon Ho
Leo (Dong-hyuk's business partner):  Choi
Yong Min
Shin Jang-hae (Dong-hyuk's birth father):  
Kim Im Moon

Summary:
This story is centered around the lives of
people working for and against the success
of the 30-year old Seoul Hotel.  After the
beloved president of the hotel suddenly
dies,  the hotel management must struggle
not only to survive  day-to-day problems,
but to thwart the aggressive takeover
attempt by a rival.  Dong-hyuk is the
high-priced, arrogant attorney/corporate
raider brought in to mastermind the
takeover of the hotel.  Jin-young is a
devoted manager of Seoul Hotel who
struggles to keep the hotel intact, and
becomes the love interest of the attorney.

Special:
For a fantastic fansite on this drama by TT
and Haze, go to:  
www.hotelier2002.com
Actors Bae Yong Jun, Song Yun Ah, Song Hae Gyo and Kim Seung Woo
Hotelier
Ho-te-li-uh
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From left to right:  Dong-hyuk,
Jin-young, Yun-hee and Tae-jun
Go to Ending of Drama


Factoid:
Bae Yong Jun's character in Hotelier is
patterned after Hong Seung-pyo, a
real-life Korean-American merger and
acquisition specialist.  To read more
about Hong, go to a 8/23/02 Korea
Herald article at:  
wk.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/
html_dir/2002/08/23/2002082300012.
asp.

Read about this drama being shown in
Qatar of the Middle East in a 2/22/05
KOCCA article by
clicking here.

Variations of drama name:
Ho-tel-li-uh
Hotel Lear

Staff:
Producer:  Shin Ho Kyoon
Writer:  Kang Eun Kyung

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