Scripted series · SBS
The Heirs
Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Park Shin-hye
Cha Eun-sang
20 eps
Lee Min-ho
Kim Tan
20 eps
Kim Woo-bin
Choe Yeong-do
20 eps
Kim Ji-won
Yu Rachel
20 eps
Kang Min-hyuk
Yoon Chan-young
20 eps
Choi Jin-hyuk
Kim Won
20 eps
Krystal Jung
Lee Bo-na
20 eps
Kang Ha-neul
Lee Hyo-shin
20 eps
Park Hyung-sik
Jo Myeong-soo
20 eps
Choi Tae-hwan
Lee Sang-woo
20 eps
Jeon Soo-jin
Kang Ye-sol
20 eps
Hwang Bo-Mi
Kang Han-na
20 eps
Jo Yoon-woo
Moon Joon-young
20 eps
Yang Seung-Pil
Hyo-joon
20 eps
Jeong Dong-hwan
Chairman Kim Nam-yoon
20 eps
Kim Mi-kyeong
Park Hee-nam
20 eps
Choi Jin-ho
Choi Dong-wook
20 eps
Choi Won-young
Yoon Jae-ho
20 eps
Im Joo-eun
Jun Hyeon-ju
20 eps
Kim Sung-ryung
Han Gi-ae
20 eps
Park Joon-geum
Jeong Ji-sook
20 eps
Seo Yi-sook
Hyo-shin's Mother
20 eps
Lee Yeon-kyung
Bo-na's Mother
20 eps
Jung Won-joong
Lee Chang-hyeok
20 eps
Ra Mi-ran
Myeong-soo's Mother
20 eps
Choi Eun-kyeong
Ye-sol's Mother
20 eps
Baek Seung-hyeon
Secretary Jeong
20 eps
Kim Seung-wook
Jeong Ji-hoon
20 eps
Yoon Son-ha
Esther Lee
20 eps
Moon Ah-ram
Lee Yoo-na
20 eps
Chanwoo
Young Kim Tan
20 eps
Seo Eun-kwang
Self
1 eps
Lee Min-hyuk
Self
1 eps
Lee Chang-sub
Self
1 eps
Lim Hyun-sik
Self
1 eps
Peniel Shin
Self
1 eps
Jung Il-hoon
Self
1 eps
Yook Sung-jae
Self
1 eps
Yoon Jin-seo
Cha Eun Suk / Stella [Eun Sang's older sister]
1 eps
Kim Hee-chul
Self
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Heirs actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Heirs reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 20 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20131 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201320 episodes
1.3IMDbKim Tan is the heir to Empire Group who has been sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home schemes to take over the family business. While in the States, Tan meets Cha Eun-sang, who arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée Yu Rachel arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty.
Best episode · S01E01 Episode 1
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lee Sung HoonProducer
- Yoon Ha-limProducer
- Shin Bong ChulProducer
Writing
- Kim Eun-sookWriter
Direction
- Kang Shin-hyoDirector
- Boo Seong-cheolDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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