Drama: The Heirs / The One Who Wants To Wear The Crown, Bear The Crown – The Heirs (literal title)
Revised romanization: Wangkwoneul Sseuryeoneunja, Keumugyeruel Kyeondyeora - Sangsokjadeul
Hangul: 왕관을 쓰려는자, 그무게를 견뎌라-상속자들 (working title)
Director: Kang Shin-Hyo
Writer: Kim Eun-Sook
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release Date: October 9, 2013 --
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
Genre: Romance
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
story line
This drama follows a group of privileged, 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 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, Kim Won (Choi Jin Hyuk) schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), who’s 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 half-brother Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin) develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy? ~
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Cast
Empire High School Students
Lee Min Ho as Kim Tan (18, heir of Empire Group)
Park Shin Hye as Cha Eun Sang (18, heir of poverty)
Kim Woo Bin as Choi Young Do (18, heir of Zeus Hotel)
Jung Soo Jung as Lee Bo Na (18, heir of Mega Entertainment)
Kim Ji Won as Rachel Yoo (18, heir of RS International/Young Do's step sister)
Kang Min Hyuk as Yoon Chan Young (18)
Kang Ha Neul as Lee Hyo Shin (19, heir of Attorney-general Lee Chang Hyuk)
Park Hyung Shik as Jo Myung Soo (18, heir of Victory Law Firm)
Jun Soo Jin as Kang Ye Sol (18, heir of Gangnam room salons)
Empire Group
Choi Jin Hyuk as Kim Won (31, president of Empire Group/Tan's older brother)
Kim Sung Ryung as Han Ki Ae (44, Tan's mother)
Jung Dong Hwan as Kim Nam Yoon (62, chairman of Empire 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 Hoo (45, chief secretary of Empire Group/Chan Young's father)
Park Joon Geum as Jung Ji Sook (54, foundation chairwoman of Empire Group/Tan's registered mother)
Others
Yoon Son Ha as Esther Lee (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, Empire High School teacher)
Yoon Jin Seo as Cha Eun Suk (25, Eun Sang's older sister) special appearance