Drama: The
Heirs / The Inheritors
Revised
romanization: Wangkwoneul Sseuryeoneunja
Keumugyeruel
Kyeondyeora - Sangsokjadeul
Hangul: 왕관을
쓰려는자
그무게를
견뎌라-상속자들
Director: Kang
Shin-Hyo, Boo Sung-Chul
Writer: Kim
Eun-Sook
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release
Date: October 9 - December 12, 2013
Run
time: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
Genre: Romance
Language: Korean
Country: South
Korea
CAST
LEE
MIN HO as Kim Tan
PARK
SHIN HYE as Cha Eun Sang
KIM
WOO BIN as Choi Young Do
SYNOPSIS
This
drama is about the lives of 18-year-old heirs of conglomerates, their
rivalries, friendships, love lives and family lives.
Kim
Tan (Lee Min Ho) is the second son of Jeguk Group out-of-wedlock who
loves to rebel against his father, brother and mother. He is also
banished to California, USA for three years due to his behavior.
Cha
Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye) is an 18-year-old high school student who
has multiple jobs to help ends meet.
Choi
Young Do (Kim Woo Bin) is a directionless heir of Zeus Hotel, an
ex-best friend of Tan and will also fall in-love with Eun Sang.
Eun
Sang is having hard life in Korea and decided to ran away to Los
Angeles (America) where her sister is but soon finds out that her
sister is in worse state than her. She coincidentally ran into Kim
Tan and he became her savior while in Los Angeles. This is their
meet-cute and the beginning of their love story.
REVIEW
The
Heirs is definitely one of the best Korean dramas that I've seen.
It's a combination of Boys Before Flowers (terms of high school
drama, the bullying, the glamor and wealth) and Bokura Ga Ita (manga)
in terms of Kim Tan and Young Do's friendship and their rivalry. It's
a perfect combination and you can't get enough once you star watching
so clear your calendar. The actors are perfectly cast. The storyline
is smooth and not overly done. No slow parts, every part is gripping
and you won't want to bat an eyelash to miss one scene. 10 out of 10
stars!!!
HIGHLIGHTS
- Eun Sang and Tan's mini get-away in a creepy old California motel.
- Tan kicks Young Do ala Crow's Zero style for picking on Eun Sang.
- Tan, Young Do and Eun Sang having a love-triangle squabble in the middle of a crosswalk.
- Tan's emotional breakdown in his apartment overlooking night-time Seoul.
- Kim Tan and his mother's relationship is heartwarming, it's how a son should love his mother.
- **warning – tearjerker** Young Do eating at Eun Sang's house while her mother served him home cooked meal.
- Each and every skin ship (hugs & kisses) between Eun Sang and Kim Tan! **don't blink** Their chemistry is on fire and heartfelt.
theme song ~ Moment by 2AM Changmin
AWARDS
2013
18th Anhui TV Drama Awards
- Popular Foreign Actress ~ Park Shin Hye
- Popular Foreign Actor ~ Lee Min Ho
2013
Baidu
Fei
Dian ("The Hottest") Award ~
Best Asian Actor ~ Lee Min Ho
2013
SBS Drama Awards
- Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special ~ Lee Min Ho
- Netizen Popularity Award ~ Lee Min Ho
- Best Dressed ~ Lee Min Ho
- Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special ~ Park Shin Hye
- Best Couple Award ~ Park Shin Hye and Lee Min Ho
- Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special ~ Kim Sung-Ryung
- Top 10 Stars ~ Lee Min Ho, Park Shin Hye, Kim Woo Bin
- New Star Award ~ Choi Jin-Hyuk, Kang Min-Hyuk, Kim Ji-Won
2014
50th Baeksang Arts Awards
- Most Popular Actor ~ Lee Min Ho
- Most Popular Actress ~ Park Shin Hye
2014
2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards
- Best Modern Drama ~ The Heirs
- Outstanding Leading Actress ~ Park Shin Hye
- Outstanding Director ~ Kang Shin-Hyo
- Outstanding Scriptwriter ~ Kim Eun-sook
- Outstanding Theme Song ~ “Moment” by Lee Chang-min
2014
9th
Seoul International Drama Awards ~
Outstanding Korean Drama ~ The Heirs
2014
3rd APAN Star Awards ~ Excellence Award, Actress in a
Miniseries ~ Park Shin Hye
SOUNDTRACK
- ending theme ~ I'm Saying by Lee Hong Ki
- Moment by Lee Chang min
- Painful Love by Lee Min Ho
- Story by Park Shin Hye
NOTES
- Shot on location at Los Angeles, California and in Korea
- Screenwriter Kim Eun-Sook also wrote dramas Lovers in Paris (2004), On Air (2008), Secret Garden (2010) and Descendants of the Sun (2016).
- Lee Hong Ki of FT Island and Park Shin Hye worked together in 2009 drama “You're Beautiful”.
- Park Shin Hye and Lee Min Ho worked together for Etude House commercials in 2009.
- Original title ~ Hangul 왕관을 쓰려는 자, 그 무게를 견뎌라 – 상속자들Literally, "He Who Wishes to Wear the Crown, Endures Its Weight – The Heirs"
YOU MIGHT LIKE ~
Boys Before Flowers
High Society
credits
~ AsianWiki, Wikipedia, Google Images, Yahoo Images, Koreandrama.com
