Hotel King
Hotel King is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-wook, Lee Da-hae, Wang Ji-hye, and Lim Seul-ong. It aired on MBC from April 5 to July 27, 2014, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 32 episodes.
Lee Dong-wook and Lee Da-hae previously starred together in My Girl.
Synopsis
A love story between an heiress who tries to save her father's legacy, the one and only seven-star hotel in the nation, and a hotel manager who becomes his mentor's enemy in order to protect her.Cast
Main characters
- Lee Dong-wook as Cha Jae-wan/Jayden/Baek Hyun-woo/Lee Hyun-woo
- Lee Da-hae as Ah Mo-ne/Bok-Soon
- Wang Ji-hye as Song Chae-kyung
- Lim Seul-ong as Sunwoo Hyun
- Lee Deok-hwa as Lee Joong-goo
- Kim Hae-sook as Baek Mi-nyeo
- Jin Tae-hyun as Roman Lee/Lee Ju-han
Supporting characters
- Gong Hyun-joo as Cha Soo-an
- Alex Chu as Yoo Joon-sung
- Kim Sun-hyuk as Hong Joon
- Go Yoon as Park Do-jin
- Park Chul-min as Jang Ho-il
- Jung Suk-yong as Go San
- Ji Il-joo as Jin Jung-hyun
- Kim Ye-won as Yoon Da-jung
- Yoo Se-hyung as Eun Joon-jae
- Kim Sung-young as So Moon-jung
- Kim Kyu-sun as Ha So-yeon
- Goo Bon-im as Madam Kim
- Cha Hak-yeon as Noah
- Lee Do-yeon as Lee Ip-sae
- Lee Sang-mi as Yoon Ji-won
- Seo Yi-an as Lee Da-bae
- Choi Sang-hoon as Ah Sung-won
- Yoo Gun as John Howard
- Cho Yoon-woo as Yoo Joo-min
- Lee Joo-yeon as Chae-won
- Kim Ha-rin as Baek Mi-yeon
Production
Original soundtrack
The official soundtrack album for Hotel King was released on July 25, 2014. It was the debut foray of the famous Korean online auction and shopping mall Inter Park to the music industry business.Ratings
In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.Awards and nominations
International broadcast
The series became very popular in China and has recorded the second highest TV ratings among Korean dramas on Baidu during its run. It has also been the number one Korean drama on iQiyi, a Chinese video website, reaching more than 200 million views, and the 5th most popular drama in China during its run.It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from May 5 to September 15, 2014.
It aired in Thailand on Workpoint TV beginning July 23, 2014.
It aired in Vietnam on VTV and on Ho [Chi Minh City Television|HTV2] cable channel with a local title of Vua khách sạn from April 2, 2015.
It aired in Taiwan on GTV starting May 6, 2015.
It aired on Oh!K, a subscription pay cable and satellite television channel currently available in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
It is airing on NTDTV KXLA 44.7 starting on March 25, 2016, 11:00 pm