Curtain Call (South Korean TV series)

During the Korean War, while attempting to escape North Korea, Geum-soon (Go Doo-shim) is separated from her husband and infant son. She manages to make it to South Korea where she begins her new life, running Nakwon Inn on Korea's southern coast, while waiting for her lost family. She remarries, has a son and grandchildren and builds the Nakwon Group, the top hotel chain in the country. Years later, at a reunion between separated families, Geum-soon gets a chance to meet her grown-up North Korean son and his son named Ri Moon-sung. She tried to invite them to live with her in the South for a better life but her son refused, having been brainwashed by North Korean propaganda, causing him to despise his mother for being a capitalist. But at the next reunion, she is informed about the death of her son, losing any contact with the grandson as well. In the present day, Geum-soon is dying of cancer and has only three months left. Geum-soon's granddaughter and the manager of the hotel, Park Se-yeon (Ha Ji-won), works hard to protect Nakwon's name and keep the chain in the family while her elder brother tries to sell it. Meanwhile, Geum-soon's trusted right-hand man, Jeong Sang-cheol (Sung Dong-il) who has been searching for her North Korean grandson for years, finally tracks him down only to learn that he has become a smuggler and a violent criminal operating in China. Jeong decides to keep this truth from Geum-soon but comes up with a plan to grant her last wish to meet her grandson again. Jeong then approaches Yoo Jae-hoon (Kang Ha-neul), a struggling actor of an unknown theater company who does several part time jobs to make ends meet, after watching his performance as a North Korean soldier in a play. Jeong asks Yoo to impersonate Geum-soon's North Korean grandson. In exchange for 500 million won, Yoo begins to play that role for three months. ==Cast==

Main • Kang Ha-neul as Yoo Jae-heon / Jung-moon : Geum-soon's granddaughter. The youngest daughter and the general manager of Hotel Nakwon. She and her brothers lost their parents at a young age and were raised by their grandmother. • Go Doo-shim as Ja Geum-soon • Ha Ji-won as young Geum-soon :The founder of Hotel Nakwon, a leading hotel chain in Korea. During the Korean War she descends to the South and is separated from her husband and child. She grows a hotel while waiting for the two of them. She wishes to see her grandson Moon-sung one last time. • Sung Dong-il as Jeong Sang-cheol • Dawon as young Jeong Sang-cheol : A theater actress in Yoo Jae-heon's theater company. She is asked to play the wife's role of the defecting grandson played by Yoo Jae-heon. • Noh Sang-hyun as Ri Moon-sung • Kang Ji-yong as young Moon-sung : Geum-soon's North Korean grandson. A smuggler from North Korea and a member of a Korean-Chinese drug organization. • Kwon Sang-woo as Bae Dong-jae : Se-yeon's ex-fiancé. The successor of a giant conglomerate Samwoo who owns a distribution chain. Supporting Geum-soon's family • Ji Seung-hyun as Park Se-jun : The first grandson and the major shareholder of Hotel Nakwon founded by his grandmother Geum-soon. • Choi Dae-hoon as Park Se-gyu : Park Se-jun's wife who is a former announcer. • Bae Hae-sun as Yoon Jung-sook : A housekeeper of Hotel Nakwon for a long time, now serving as Geum-soon's housekeeper. Others • Kim Hyun-sook as Hong Ra-kyung : Manager of Hotel Nakwon who works under Park Se-yeon's direct management. • Jung Yoo-jin as Song Hyo-jin : Park Se-yeon's close friend and the youngest daughter of a large construction company. • Son Jong-hak as Kim Seung-do : A longtime employee and managing director of Hotel Nakwon. • Han Jae-Young as Jang Tae-joo : A former detective who has been tracking the whereabouts of the real grandson of Geum-soon at the request of Jeong Sang-cheol. Special appearances • Ahn Nae-sang as a doctor • Jang Hye-jin as Oh Ga-young • Jung Eui-jae as Mu-jin : Geum-soon's South Korean husband. • Baek Jin-hee as Jin-sook : Wife of Ri Moon-sung. • Choi Jung-woo as Cheol-jin ==Production==

The early working title of the series was A Tree Dies Standing (). The roles of Park Se-yeon and Geum-soon were first offered to Son Ye-jin and Youn Yuh-jung respectively. In July 2022, it was reported that filming was under progress. ==Original soundtrack==

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