The Road Home (South Korean TV series)

The Road Home
Promotional poster
Also known asThe Way Home
On the Way Home
GenreDrama, Romance, Drama
Written byLee Geum-rim
Park Ji-sook
Directed byMoon Bo-hyun
StarringLee Sang-woo
Jang Shin-young
Shim Hyung-tak
Jo Yeo-jeong
Park Hye-won
Ryohei Otani
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes120
Production
ProducerHan Chul-kyung
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkKBS1
ReleaseJanuary 12 (2009-01-12) –
June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)

The Road Home (Korean: 집으로 가는 길; RR: Jipeuro Ganeun Gil) is a South Korean daily drama starring Lee Sang-woo, Jang Shin-young, Shim Hyung-tak, Jo Yeo-jeong, Park Hye-won and Ryohei Otani. It aired on KBS1 from January 12 to June 26, 2009 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 120 episodes.

Plot

A simple yet heartwarming story of a three-generation family, The Road Home portrays the love and conflicts between family members running a general hospital. It explores the lives of the grown-up children, each facing their own challenges, and how they cope with their aging parents.[1]

Yoo Min-soo is the eldest son of the hospital's CEO. His wife, Jang Mi-ryung, bears a child out of wedlock but raises it with maternal love.[2]

Hiro, a Japanese model, confesses his love for Ji-soo, Min-soo's sister. However, Ji-soo must later come to grips with the secrets behind her birth.[3]

Cast

Yoo family
Park family
  • Im Ye-jin as Yoo Yong-sun (Hyun-soo's aunt)
  • Lee Dae-yeon as Park Chil-nam (husband)
  • Kim So-young as Park Shin-ae (daughter)
Han family
Extended cast
  • Ryohei Otani as Hiro
  • Ban Hyo-jung as Gook Hyo-soon (Keon-young's friend)
  • Jung Jae-soon as Jang Yoon-joo
  • Kim Byung-sun as Song Jin-kyung
  • Yang Hee-kyung as Mi-ryung's mother
  • Kim Joo-hwan as Hwang Sung-tae
  • Yoo Hyung-kwan as Oh Young-gil
  • Jung Soo-young as Kim Min-kyung
  • Seo Hoo as Bae Hyung-tae
  • Min Joon-hyun as doctor
  • Lee Tae-seung as model
  • Cha Ji-yeon
  • Kang Cho-hee
  • Lee Jin-wook (cameo, ep 21-22)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2009 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Lee Sang-woo Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama Jang Shin-young Nominated
Best Young Actor Choi Min-hwan Nominated
Best Young Actress Kim So-young Nominated
Best Couple Award Shim Hyung-tak and Cho Yeo-jeong Nominated
Lee Sang-woo and Jang Shin-young Nominated
Ryohei Otani and Park Hye-won Nominated

References

  1. ^ Han, Sang-hee (January 20, 2009). "New Family Dramas to Warm Up Fans". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
  2. ^ "Yoon Sang-hyun and Cho Yeo-jung to Star in New Drama". KBS Global. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
  3. ^ "Japanese Man, Korean Woman Fall in Love in The Road Home". KBS Global via Hancinema. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2013-07-02.