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, Park Hye-won and

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. It aired on

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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 who each have their own problems to solve, and the way 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. But Ji-soo must later come to grips with the secrets behind her birth.

Cast

;Yoo family *

as Yoo Hyun-soo *Park Hye-won as Yoo Ji-soo (sister) *

as Yoo Min-soo (brother, doctor) *

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as Yoo Yong-joon (father, doctor) *

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as Bam Soon-jung (mother, doctor) *

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as Yoo Keon-young (the great grandfather) *

as Jang Mi-ryung (Min-soo's wife) *

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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 *

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as Yoo Yong-sun (Hyun-soo's aunt) *

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as Park Chil-nam (husband) *Kim So-young as Park Shin-ae (daughter) ;Han family *

as Han Suin *

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as Han Sumi (sister) * Choi Min-hwan as Han Joo-ho (brother) *

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as Han Dae-hoon (father) *

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as Oh Seon-young (mother) ;Extended cast *

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 *

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as Mi-ryung's mother *Kim Joo-hwan as Hwang Sung-tae *Yoo Hyung-kwan as Oh Young-gil *

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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 *

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(cameo, ep 21-22)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Road Home (2009 TV series) Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2009 South Korean television series debuts 2009 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romance television series