Dear Hongrang

Directed by Kim Hong-seon-I (김홍선)

Written by Kim Jin-a (김진아)

TV Channel/Platform: Netflix (넷플릭스)

Airing dates: 2025/05/16

12 episodes - Fri
Filming: 2023/10/04~2024/05/31
Synopsis
Adapted from a novel.
Hongrang - the son of a powerful Joseon merchant - goes missing, and his stepsister Jae-i (Jo Bo-ah) desperately searches for him. When Hongrang (Lee Jae-wook) returns with a secret years later, emotions stir between him and Jae-i. Beginning with the return of Hongrang as a grown man after his disappearance as a child, this period mystery romance depicts the unbreakable relationships between characters, each with their own secrets and desires. Lee Jae-wook ("Alchemy of Souls", "Search: WWW") plays Hongrang, who comes back after 12 years with no childhood memory. Jo Bo-ah ("Destined with Yo", "Tale of the Nine Tailed") plays Jo Bo-ah, Hongrang's stepsister who relentlessly searches for him. Jung Ga-ram ("The Interest of Love", "Love Alarm") plays Moo-jin, the merchant family's adopted son who is threatened by Hongrang's return, especially as Hongrang stirs Jae-i's feelings. Uhm Ji-won ("Little Women") plays Min Yeon-eui, the lady of the house with a twisted motherly love who stops at nothing to get her lost son back. Park Byung-eun ("The Bequeathed") plays Sim Yeol-gook, the head of the merchant business who makes difficult decisions to fulfill his ambitions.