City Hall
Title: 시티홀 / City Hall
Chinese Title : 市政厅
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-29 to 2009-July-02
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Synopsis
City Hall is a drama that will deal with politics in a romantic comedy genre. It’s about the happenings between a young woman mayor and an elite bureaucrat. Jo Gook is an exceedingly smart government official. He passed the Higher Civil Service quickly, and basically is the perfect guy. But being a deputy mayor is not enough for him. He lives with the dream of becoming South Korea’s President. He should have easily gone straight to the top, but due to an unexpected incident, he gets dispatched as a deputy mayor for a provincial small town, Inju City, where Shin Mi Rae was working. Shin Mi Rae is a low-ranking secretary in Inju, but she works her way up in becoming the youngest City Mayor. As their paths met, they have to deal with each other’s personal and social differences. But despite their constant bickerings, would they end up in each other’s arms?
Cast
Cha Seung Won as Jo Gook
Kim Sun Ah as Shin Mi Rae
- Yoon Chae Rin as Mi Rae (child)
Choo Sang Mi as Min Joo Hwa
Lee Hyung Chul as Na Jung Do
Extended Cast
Cha Hwa Yun as Jo Yong Hee (Jo Gook’s mother)
Yoon Se Ah as Go Go Hae
Jung Soo Young as Jung Boo Mi
Lee Joon Hyuk as Ha Soo In
Yang Jae Sung as Kang Tae Gong
Kim Gun as Yang Kye Jang
Choi Sang Hoon as So Yoo Han
Kwon Da Hyun as Sun Hwa
Kim Neul Mae as Go Yang Yi
Choi Il Hwa as BB
Shin Jung Geun as Ji Gook Jang
Park Joo Ah as Yoo Kwon Ja
Kim Jin Seong as Jo Rang
Yum Dong Hun as Go Boo Sil
Park Tae Kyung as Boo Jung Han
Im Dae Il as Director Moon
Ryu Sung Han as Director Byun
Kang Joo Hyung as Mang Hae Ra
Lee Jae Goo as Ye San
Kim Ah Rang as Ha Ni
Choi Dae Sung
Kim Dong Gyoon
Production Credits
Director: Shin Woo Chul
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
Awards
- 2009 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actor – Special Drama (Cha Seung Won)
- 2009 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actress – Special Drama (Kim Sun Ah)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-04-29 | 1 | 13.9 (7th) | 14.9 (8th) |
| 2009-04-30 | 2 | 14.6 (5th) | 16.0 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-06 | 3 | 15.3 (5th) | 16.3 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-07 | 4 | 16.7 (2nd) | 17.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-05-13 | 5 | 14.6 (5th) | 15.4 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-14 | 6 | 16.4 (3rd) | 17.2 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-20 | 7 | 15.3 (4th) | 16.6 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-21 | 8 | 17.8 (3rd) | 18.3 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-27 | 9 | 15.5 (4th) | 15.8 (3rd) |
| 2009-05-28 | 10 | 16.9 (2nd) | 17.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-06-03 | 11 | 16.7 (3rd) | 17.4 (2nd) |
| 2009-06-04 | 12 | 16.8 (4th) | 17.6 (3rd) |
| 2009-06-10 | 13 | 17.0 (4th) | 17.1 (3rd) |
| 2009-06-11 | 14 | 14.1 (3rd) | 14.6 (2nd) |
| 2009-06-17 | 15 | 16.7 (3rd) | 17.8 (3rd) |
| 2009-06-18 | 16 | 17.4 (2nd) | 18.9 (2nd) |
| 2009-06-24 | 17 | 18.0 (3rd) | 19.4 (2nd) |
| 2009-06-25 | 18 | 18.3 (2nd) | 20.0 (2nd) |
| 2009-07-01 | 19 | 17.6 (2nd) | 18.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-07-02 | 20 | 19.6 (2nd) | 20.8 (2nd) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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July 9th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
HI CITY HALLERS, AT FIRST I HAVE TO GET USED TO ALL THE ACTORS, NOW I LOVE THEM ALL HAHA.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:09 am
@2538 Norev27
thank you for your high praise! I’m very Honored. What a nice surprise having been away for a few days. If I have one wish it is to compile our city hall notes into a book and present it to the director-script writer team and invite them for a chat!
July 9th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Wow! This thread is on fire! Thanks to our new CityHallers – Dree, via, solmaz, Norev27!
@ Dree
Can feel your excitement in your sharing. Certainly brings me down memory lane… When I first watched this wonderful drama, I remembered being completely blown away! I wanted to share and tell everyone about it. The most amazing thing is I still want to do so…
@ Norev27
First & foremost, a very warm welcome to Inju City! If you have enjoyed your visit so far (i.e. the recent posts), try exploring a little more of this lovely city (older posts especially those just after the drama ended last year). You’ll discover many more nuggets!!!
@ DBEST
I watched The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry and enjoyed it too – it was fun, lighthearted and heartwarming. I’ve never liked Kim Bum’s acting before but in this show, he did put up a decent performance & looked so cute together with his leading lady!
July 9th, 2010 at 5:09 am
@DBEST. I saw that one when it was being aired! I enjoyed it immensely! It’s funny, a little crazy too when it comes to the intertwining of relationships, like the mother and young lover…son and older lover among the characters…but, it’s only fiction, right!
July 9th, 2010 at 1:17 am
MY DEAR USA-MARY, AND CITYHALLER, I JUST WATCHING THE WOMAN WHO STILL WANTS TO MARY, AND THANK YOU, (MRC) ITS QUITE FUN HAHA …
July 8th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Yay, CityHaller Ladies! As I mature, I’ve come to understand and enjoy the true meaning of romance, affection (different kinds and levels), and the deserved treatment that I as a woman continually embrace! I’m in love with the concept of love (somewhat like the character MR*)…it’s the foundation of my emotional make up, like the breath that I breathe. Two things I pray for…first, that I’ll not become desensitized to beautiful love scenes, e.g. MR and JG, and second, that I remain allergic to stupidity!
*I said somewhat like MR…horses will literally sprout wings right in front of me eyes and fly across the sky before I go in debt for a man! ….I’m not talking about computerized, digitized, graphically created ones either! Real horses!
July 8th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
@Norev27 and via…a warm City Hall welcome to you who are newcomers and/or all those whose names I’ve not seen before!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
etee7114
Thanks!
Glad to be here- drama-watching is no longer a lonely enjoyment =)
Didn’t notice JG is a clean-freak! More like control-freak. MR is simply to free-spirited and of cos lack consciousness of her surrounding.
At Ep9, JG seems to be a 2-timer, yet truly sincere with his feelings for her. It’s a mystery..There’s this gloomy, knitted brow sad look behind the arrogant smug face of his that sometimes just lit up for MR. Exclusive.
I’m super-tempted to fast fwd the series to see when’s their next heart-melt scene!
July 8th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
@ Norev27
We are glad to have you on board this CH train. It still keeps chugging away!
Re : Camping scene where JG wipes MR’s hands. I will always giggle when I come to that scene. Well, you know what MR was doing prior to that! Digging sanitary pits!! Of course, JG, the clean freak, has to wipe her hands!
And guys out there : this is the perfect excuse to touch a girl’s hands. Kekeke!!
July 8th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
As we mature, we get more desensitise by the woolly romantic scenes in movies. Yet, the scenes between JG and MR never fail to melt the ice in our hearts. They’re an amazing pair!
A classic move is when JG hastily cleans MR’s dirty hands with wet tissue (super prepared for camping trips!) at the campsite, as she was making a beeline for the noodles (he cooks!) with . She was stunned with appreciation- watch the confused glow she exudes. What a charmer!
July 8th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
@2528 etee7114
Yes and I remember now the title of the Song “MOON RIVER”, when I first heard the song, i never knew this song will give me that kind of feeling, I knew its and old song, but when He play the song to ask her to dance I keep thinking : what a perfect song!!! and a perfect scene too.. Uhhh.. I love that man… !!! I can say now I am a CITY HALLER…
July 8th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
@ lover
Found this address from soompi. Hope that this will
be of help to you. You can write to KSA c/o Yedang.
………..Ms. Kim Sun Ah
………..c/o Yedang Entertainment
………..Yedang Building
………..1563-10 Seochodong
………..Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
………..137-877
July 8th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Hi guys! I’m really glad to chance upon this site and City Hall. Thanks for sharing all the reflections and thoughts from the show.
Just as I thought City Hall is taking my breathe away, this community gives it another level of meaning.
The cinemagraphy/scripting is amazing- yup, I’m a new fan! =)
mmlinma / USA – Mary – You both got to compile your reviews/comments/interpretations into a book!
July 8th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Stay healthy everyone,… long live CityHall & CityHallers !
@ Grace, how are you ??
July 8th, 2010 at 11:47 am
@ USA-Mary & Dree,
Lately, in the real life, the ” Real gentleman ” is hard to find,…
after watching CH and found a character like JG, wondering, whether there was such a perfect man for me out there ??? ^_^,
my expectation to a man, is higher now, hehehehehe.
Watch CH & Lovely sam soon gave me another opinion about “soulmate things”, if it’s time, no matter who you are, how old you are, your ” Man ” , the best soulmate will come.,…
July 8th, 2010 at 3:19 am
@Dree. I have a comment that’s awaiting moderation again! The comment is re my perspective as a woman on the 2 types of gentlemen’s kind gestures. One from strangers, e.g. when they open the door for us to a common public area, like the workplace, store, etc. or graciously allow us to enter the elevator before them. The other from a boyfriend or spouse! When you see ‘hint, hint’ where I reference male viewers…its hinting to them (whoever they are) as men to recognize and be aware of what kind gestures women like and to practice it…e.g. using the very examples you gave on Jo Gook’s talk to Mi Rae on how to be treated as a woman!
July 8th, 2010 at 3:00 am
@DEBEST. Most definitely! I wouldn’t have it any other way…hahaha!
July 8th, 2010 at 2:57 am
I like (KIM SUN AH),she is cute and very nice actress,,,,,,,,
I like her
: )
July 8th, 2010 at 1:06 am
HI USA MARY, BUT WE ARE STILL THE CITY HALL AT HEART HAHA..
July 8th, 2010 at 12:09 am
@Dree. You’re so right! After thinking about it, I have 2 ways to look at the effect a gentleman has on us as women. One way is when it’s kind gestures from strangers…its amicable. While the other way is when its from Your Man…totally different feeling, though both feeds our femininity. I agree, we could get a little crazy with excitement when we receive treatment like that on a daily basis from that special one. It’s just plain sexy and alluring (male viewers…hint, hint-*smile*)! Well at least to me it is! Especially, when it’s part of that special one’s character and its not a pretense! I can bask in that taste of Heaven here on earth for a long time, and he would definite reap the rewards! *big smile*
July 7th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
specific jastinel hi jastinel.whether thinkable have error address yedang
building (@1814).whether existent other address toward communicate with ms.kim sun ah .are you rival lover?and give mistake address?thousand mind are in my head
July 7th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
building (@1814).whether existent other address toward communicate with ms.kim sun ah .are you rival lover?and give mistake address?thousand mind are in my head……..specific jastinel hi jastinel.whether thinkable have error address yedang
July 7th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
@ 2520 & 2526 via
I don’t think anyone could come up with a drama of this quality in the near future. A lot of currently airing ones and even those with “higher” ratings that I’ve watched, the ending has always fallen flat. But for City Hall, as in the scene you have described, I stopped breathing. And then the writer, gave us the telephone exchange 8 yrs ago and then the wedding photo shoot and then…..well, you know the story. And I turned blue. No ending in the history of my drama watching has this kind of ending. Absolutely brilliant!
July 7th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
@ Dree
Thanks for sharing your experience. It feels like I watched this drama yesterday. The emotions are as raw as when I watched it last year. Keke! Isn’t that strange?
July 7th, 2010 at 10:42 am
I love the scene when they were dancing at tle last episode, they both so sexy and really show they feeling for each other, and the song really makes me chill and makes me want to cry, its a very romantic scene.. I wish someone could do something like that to me.. LOL