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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

Jeguk High School Students

Lee Min Ho as Kim Tan
– Jung Chan Woo as Kim Tan (young)
– Jun Jin Seo as Kim Tan (child)
Park Shin Hye as Cha Eun Sang
Kim Woo Bin as Choi Young Do
– Yang Hyun Mo as Young Do (young)
Krystal Jung as Lee Bo Na
Kim Ji Won as Rachel Yoo
Kang Min Hyuk as Yoon Chan Young
Kang Ha Neul as Lee Hyo Shin
Park Hyung Shik as Jo Myung Soo
Jun Soo Jin as Kang Ye Sol
Jo Yoon Woo as Moon Joon Young
Choi Tae Hwan as Sang Woo
Yang Seung Pil as Hyo Joon

Jeguk Group

Choi Jin Hyuk as Kim Won
Kim Sung Ryung as Han Ki Ae
Jung Dong Hwan as Kim Nam Yoon
Kim Mi Kyung as Park Hee Nam
Choi Woon Young as Yoon Jae Hoo
Park Joon Geum as Jung Ji Sook
Kim Seung Wook as Jung Ji Hoon (Ji Sook’s younger brother)
Baek Seung Hyun as Secretary Jung
Seo Jin Wook as Senior Managing Director Park

Others

Yoon Son Ha as Esther Lee
Choi Jin Ho as Choi Dong Wook
Im Joo Eun as Jun Hyun Joo
Seo Yi Sook as Hyo Shin’s mother
Ra Mi Ran as Myung Soo’s mother
Choi Eun Kyung as Ye Sol’s mother
Choi Ji Na as Yoo Kyung Ran (Young Do’s mother)
Jung Won Joong as Lee Chan Hyuk (Hyo Shin’s father)
Lee Yun Kyung as Bo Na’s mother
Lee Chang Yub as man on blind date
Jo Mi Nyeo

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Production Company Hwa and Dam Pictures
Chief Producer Choi Moon Suk
Producer Yoon Ha Rim
Director Kang Shin Hyo
Screenwriter Kim Eun Sook
Genre Romance, Comedy, School, Melodrama
Episodes 20
Broadcast network SBS
Broadcast period 2013 October – December

Awards

2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards Popularity Actress Park Shin Hye
2013 SBS Drama Awards New Star – Choi Jin Hyuk (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards New Star – Kim Ji Won (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards New Star – Kang Min Hyuk (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Top 10 Stars – Park Shin Hye (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Top 10 Stars – Lee Min Ho (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Top 10 Stars – Kim Woo Bin (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Best Dressed – Lee Min Ho (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Popularity Awards – Lee Min Ho (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Best Couple – Lee Min Ho & Park Shin Hye (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Special Acting Actress (Mid-Length Series) – Kim Sung Ryung (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Special Acting Actress (Mini-Series) – Kim Mi Kyung (The Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, The Master’s Sun)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Actress (Mid-Length Series) – Park Shin Hye (The Heirs)
2013 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Actor (Mid-Length Series) – Lee Min Ho (The Heirs)