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The Road Home (South Korean TV series)

2009 South Korean television series

Field	Value
image	The Road Home (2009 TV series).jpg
caption	Promotional poster
alt_name	The Way Home
On the Way Home
genre	Drama, Romance, Drama
director	Moon Bo-hyun
writer	Lee Geum-rim
Park Ji-sook
starring	Lee Sang-woo
Jang Shin-young
Shim Hyung-tak
Jo Yeo-jeong
Park Hye-won
Ryohei Otani
country	South Korea
language	Korean
num_episodes	120
producer	Han Chul-kyung
runtime	30 minutes
network	KBS1
first_aired
last_aired

On the Way Home Park Ji-sook Jang Shin-young Shim Hyung-tak Jo Yeo-jeong Park Hye-won Ryohei Otani

The Road Home () 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.

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.

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.

Cast

;Yoo family

Lee Sang-woo as Yoo Hyun-soo
Park Hye-won as Yoo Ji-soo (sister)
Shim Hyung-tak as Yoo Min-soo (brother, doctor)
Jang Yong as Yoo Yong-joon (father, doctor)
Youn Yuh-jung as Bam Soon-jung (mother, doctor)
Park Geun-hyung as Yoo Keon-young (the great grandfather)
Cho Yeo-jeong as Jang Mi-ryung (Min-soo's wife)
Yoo Yeon-mi as Yoo Eun-ji (Min-soo and Mi-ryung's daughter)
Cha Jae-dol as Yoo Hyun (Min-soo and Mi-ryung's son)

;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

Jang Shin-young as Han Suin
Kim Yoo-ri as Han Sumi (sister)
Choi Min-hwan as Han Joo-ho (brother)
Han Jin-hee as Han Dae-hoon (father)
Lee Bo-hee as Oh Seon-young (mother)

;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
2009	[KBS Drama Awards](2009-kbs-drama-awards)	Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama	Lee Sang-woo
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama	Jang Shin-young
Best Young Actor	Choi Min-hwan
Best Young Actress	Kim So-young
Best Couple Award	Shim Hyung-tak and Cho Yeo-jeong
Lee Sang-woo and Jang Shin-young
Ryohei Otani and Park Hye-won

References

Han, Sang-hee. (January 20, 2009). "New Family Dramas to Warm Up Fans". [[The Korea Times]].
(17 October 2008). "Yoon Sang-hyun and Cho Yeo-jung to Star in New Drama". KBS Global.
(27 April 2009). "Japanese Man, Korean Woman Fall in Love in ''The Road Home''". KBS Global via [[Hancinema]].

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