''Romance Town'' () is a 2011

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starring

Sung Yu-ri Sung Yu-ri (born March 3, 1981) is a South Korean actress and singer. She made her entertainment debut in 1998 as a member of the now-defunct K-pop group Fin.K.L. Sung turned to acting in 2002, starring in television dramas such as ''Thousand ...

Jung Gyu-woon Jung Gyu-woon (; born June 28, 1982) is a South Korean actor. Career Jung Gyu-woon made acting his debut in 2004 with the mobile drama ''Five Stars''. He first gained notice in 2008 when he took two contrasting roles — as a crazy young executi ...

, Kim Min-jun, and

Min Hyo-rin Min Hyo-rin (; born Jung Eun-ran on 5 February 1986) is a South Korean actress, model and singer. Career Born in Daegu as Jung Eun-ran, she adopted the stage name Min Hyo-rin when she began modeling for the clothing brand Flapper in 2006. She ...

. It aired on

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from May 11 to July 14, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Plot

Noh Soon-geum is a spunky young woman whose mother and grandmother worked as housemaids, and due to poverty, finds herself continuing the tradition. Her life reaches a turning point when she wins the lottery, with a pot money of (). Determined to keep her irresponsible father away from her money, Soon-geum stays on at her job and keeps her newfound wealth (stashed away in boxes and boxes of cash) a secret from the residents of her ritzy neighborhood, including her maid friends and her boss's irritable, disagreeable son Kang Gun-woo, with whom she shares a past. But as Soon-geum and Gun-woo later fall in love, her secret eventually gets revealed, and greed and betrayal mount in the neighborhood, from maids and masters alike.

Cast

as Noh Soon-geum *

as Kang Gun-woo * Kim Min-jun as Kim Young-hee *

as Jung Da-kyum * Park Ji-young as Oh Hyun-joo * Lee Kyung-shil as Uhm Soo-jung * Kim Jae-in as Yoon Shi-ah *

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as Noh Sang-hoon *

Lee Jae-yong Lee Jae-yong (; born 23 June 1968), known professionally in the West as Jay Y. Lee, is a South Korean business magnate and the chairman of Samsung Electronics. He is the only son of Hong Ra-hee and Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung until his d ...

as Kang Tae-won *

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as Seo Yoon-joo * Jo Hwi-joon as Kang San *

Ban Hyo-jung Ban Hyo-jung (born Ban Man-hee on November 27, 1942) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1964 with a bit part in Shin Sang-ok's film ''Rice'', and went on to a prolific career in television drama In film and television ...

as Yoo Choon-jak * Kim Ye-won as Thu Zar Lin *

Jo Sung-ha Jo Sung-ha (; born August 8, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in '' The Yellow Sea'' (2010), '' Helpless'' (2012), and ''Korean Peninsula'' (2012) and ''The K2 ''The K2'' () is a 2016 South Korean tele ...

as Hwang Yong *

Claudia Kim Kim Soo-hyun (born January 25, 1985), also known as Claudia Kim, is a South Korean actress and model. She has appeared in the television series ''Queen of the Game'' (2006–2007) and ''Marco Polo'' (2014–2016), as well as the films '' Avengers ...

as Hwang Joo-won *

Lee Jung-gil Lee Jung-gil (born October 1, 1944) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in 1967 in the stage play ''Sakhalinsk's The Sky and the Earth'', Lee has had a prolific career in Korean television and film. Filmography Television ser ...

as Jang Chi-gook *

Shin Shin-ae Shin Shin-ae (; born June 3, 1959) is a South Korean actress and trot singer. She has been loved by the public by appearing in various media, including televisions programs, television dramas, movies, and theater plays. She is known for her re ...

as Kim Soon-ok * Kwon Ki-seon as Oh Boon-ja *

Kim Dong-beom Kim Dong-beom (born January 26, 1991) is a South Korean actor. Kim made his acting debut in 2007, and has appeared in mostly bit parts and supporting role A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the pri ...

as Choi, convenience store clerk * Heo Tae-hee as Son Jin-pyo *

Im Ye-jin Im Ye-jin (born Im Ki-hee on January 24, 1960) is a South Korean actress. As a teenage actress, she reached the peak of her popularity in the 1970s with the "Really Really" film trilogy, which include '' Never Forget Me'', '' I Am Really Sorry'' ...

as Soon-geum's mother * Kim Ji-young as Soon-geum's grandmother * Go In-beom as Sang-hoon's friend * Kim Yang-woo as burglar * Choi Jae-hwan as burglar

International broadcast

*It aired in Japan on TBS beginning April 9, 2012. *It aired in Thailand on

Workpoint TV Workpoint TV is Thailand's television station, owned by Workpoint Entertainment, broadcasting on channel 23 of Thailand's digital television. History Workpoint Entertainment began to test their satellite TV broadcasting Channel for Workpoints ...

References

External links

* * * {{HanCinema film, Romance_Town Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2011 South Korean television series debuts 2011 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romantic comedy television series Television series by CJ E&M Television shows written by Seo Sook-hyang