MOTEL CALIFORNIA

Title: 모텔 캘리포니아 / Motel Kaelliponia (Motel California)

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 12

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2025-Jan-10 to 2025-Feb-15

Air time: Friday & Saturday 21:50

Synopsis 

Ji Gang Hui grew up at Motel California because her father ran the motel in her rural hometown village. Her mother also came from a mixed-raced background. Due to Gang Hui's unusual family background, she was the object of whispers and gossip by the local residents. Gang Hui carried a deep wound in her heart from that time. She liked her childhood friend Cheon Yeon Su, who was her first love. When she turned 20, she left her hometown and moved to Seoul. 12 years later, she works as an interior designer and is reaching the apex of her career, but for some reason, she decides to return to her hometown. She reunites with her first love, Cheon Yeon Su.

Cheon Yeon Su works as a veterinarian in the village. The only woman he has loved is Gang Hui, but he has received a lot of attention from the farmers who are eager to introduce him to their daughters. In order to avoid these kind of uncomfortable situations, he doesn't clarify the rumor that he is going to marry a fellow veterinarian. His first love Gang Hui appears again after 12 years.

Cast

Main Cast

Lee Se Young as Ji Kang Hee (interior designer)

Oh Eun Seo as child Kang Hee

Na In Woo as Chun Yun Soo (veterinarian)

Choi Min Soo as Ji Choon Pil (owner of Motel California)

Kim Tae Hyung as Keum Suk Kyung (tycoon)

Choi Hee Jin as Yoon Nan Woo (veterinarian)

HGPJ (Hwang Geum Park Ji)

Seo Ye Hwa as Esther Park (app engineer)

Woo Mi Hwa as Hwang Jung Koo (CEO)

Gangster (Kang Hee Family)

Koo Ja Sung as Cha Seung Eon (forklift driver)

Jung Yong Joo (정용주) as Ryu Han Woo (livestock farmer)

Lee So Yi as Han Ah Reum (librarian)

Hana-eup's Alumni

Yoon Seung Woo (윤승우) as Kim Hun Yul (golden spoon building owner)

Ma Hyun Jin (마현진) as Kim Yong Soo (hardware store owner)

Lee So Geum (이소금) as Choi Min Koo (police)

Lee Rang Seo (이랑서) as Jo Jin Ah (nursing care worker)

Jung Hyun Ji (정현지) as Noh In Sook (bakery owner)

People of Hana-eup

Ji Soo Won as Soon Ja / Soo Ji (Yun Soo's mother)

Moon Kyung Min (문경민) as Ryu Duk Goo (Han Woo's father)

Noh Yoon Jung (노윤정) as Bae Sin Ja / Ra Ra

Park Yong (박용) as Kim Soo Nam (Yong Soo's father)

Lee Kyu Ho as Mr. Kwon (General Manager of Motel California)

Others

Oh Seung Ah as Oh Seung Ah

Production Credits

Production Company: HB Entertainment

Directors: Kim Hyung Min (김형민), Lee Jae Jin

Original writing: Shim Yoon Seo (심윤서)

Screenwriter: Lee Seo Yoon (이서윤)

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