Twelve years after the heir to a prominent merchant family mysteriously disappears, a stranger shows up and claims to be him. Sensing something amiss, his half-sister seeks to uncover the man’s true identity. In the process, the two grow close. Directed by Kim Hong-sun (Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area) and written by Kim Jin-A (Dr. Brain), the Korean period drama Dear Hongrang stars Lee Jae-wook, Cho Bo-ah, and Jung Ga-ram.
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The Sims, who run the Min Family’s Guild, are the largest merchant family in the Joseon era. Their matriarch, Yeol-guk (Park), has two children: Jae-yi (Cho) and Hongrang. But one day, Hongrang — the Sims’ only son and heir — vanishes. To provide their family with a new heir, Yeol-guk takes in Mu-jin (Jung), whose esteemed family fell from grace. Though Jae-yi grows close to her adopted brother, she never gives up her search for Hongrang. Twelve years later, to everyone’s surprise, Hongrang returns. While his mother, Yeon-ui (Uhm), is overjoyed to have him back, Jae-yi is suspicious: She’s convinced this man isn’t who he claims to be. Now she’s on a mission to find out who he really is — and why he’s infiltrated their lives. As Jae-yi continues her desperate search for the real Hongrang, with the help of the doting Mu-jin, she battles her growing feelings for this mysterious stranger.
Yes, it’s based on the 2021 novel Tangeum: Swallowing Gold by Jang Da-hye.
No. Dear Hongrang is historical fiction.
The series takes place at the Min Family’s Guild in the mountains of South Korea sometime during the Joseon dynasty, which lasted from 1392 to 1910.
