Shin Woo-chul
Director
City Hall (2009)
Season 1
The City Hall is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Sun-ah and Cha Seung-won. It aired on SBS from April 29 to July 2, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Written by Kim Eun-sook and directed by Shin Woo-chul, the story revolves around a low-ranking government clerk who becomes the youngest mayor of the fictional Inju City, and her romance with an ambitious and cynical deputy mayor. The drama series also marked movie star Cha Seung-won's return to the small screen after a six-year absence.
Released April 29, 2009
Episode 63 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Keywords: imdb.politics, tmdb.forbidden-love, tmdb.romance, tmdb.political-campaign, tmdb.political-intrigue, tmdb.political-corruption, tmdb.abuse-of-power, tmdb.civil-servant
Watch Providers: Kocowa, OnDemandKorea, OnDemandKorea
Network: SBS
Country: South Korea
Languages:
Korean
S1E1 - Episode 1
Cheongang-ri village chief election, someone in the back is not interested and is just eating food. It's Inju Mayor's secretary, Shin Mi-rae.
April 29, 2009, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Major Goh tries to push Joh Guk into running the beauty pageant, but he refuses. Shin Mi-rae, having hopes of winning the $20,000 grand prize, walks in on their conversation...
April 30, 2009, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Joh Guk is asked to expel the current Mayor out of office. Shin Mi-rae uses her 7-year worth vacation days to participate in the beauty pageant and becomes one of the 15 finalists.
May 6, 2009, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
As part of the contest, they went to fix up an old house. Mayor Goh makes an unplanned visit and finds Shin Mi-rae's face planted on Joh Guk's legs.
May 7, 2009, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Shin Mi-rae is back at the office and contemplates on the sudden kiss that happened last night. Shin Mi-rae meets who she thinks is Joh Guk and spills her beans.
May 13, 2009, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Joo-hwa demands Mayor Goh fire Shin Mi-rae. Mi-rae fights with Joo-hwa for this out-of-the-blue comment but gets kicked out of the office.
May 14, 2009, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Joh Guk wants to get rid of Mayor Goh for all his corruption and asks Shin Mi-rae if she is on board. Mi-rae tells Joh Guk that she is interested in the money only and rejects his offer to work together.
May 20, 2009, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
Joh Guk asks recently unemployed Mi-rae to go on a trip together. She wonders if this is a dream. Joh Guk and Mi-rae ride a bicycle to the river for an overnight camping trip.
May 21, 2009, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
Joo-hwa tries to get on Mi-rae's nerve, and finally, she tells Joo-wha that she will run for mayor. Mi-rae is surprised to find that Boo-mi signed her up to run for mayor.
May 27, 2009, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
Mi-rae rejects a blank check from Go-hae and worries about the cost of running an election. Joh Guk lends $25,000 to Mi-rae and gets her to sign her organs as collateral.
May 28, 2009, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
Mi-rae is taken back by the number of supporters that showed up to her speech by the park. She gets tired of the empty speech prepared by Joh Guk and speaks her mind.
June 3, 2009, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
A mayor with kind heart but not so good at playing politics. A compassionate mayor, a mayor willing to admit mistakes, a mayor willing to show gratitude. Mi-rae, who wants to be remembered as an honest politican, runs the election and becomes the mayor of Inju.
June 4, 2009, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
Mi-rae surprised by the resignation paper work of the directors think they need some time to cool off, and requests Jung-do to not set up any meetings for a while.
June 10, 2009, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
Mi-rae's heart beats fast as she receives a surprise kiss from Joh Guk. And that's how they had their first kiss.
June 11, 2009, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15
BB asks Mi-rae to choose between the Inju city and Joh Guk. Mi-rae leaves stating that she lost someone she respected. BB shares his plans to ruin Mi-rae to get Joh Guk back. And Jog Guk shares his plans to leave Go-hae.
June 17, 2009, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
Soo-in tells Joh Guk that the pictures of him and Mi-rae will be on the front page. Joh Guk demands Jung-do to tell people that it was a misunderstanding and to look after Mi-rae.
June 18, 2009, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17
Mi-rae is arrested for taking bribes. Joh Guk manages to get her out of trouble but Joo-hwa and Jung-do face their worst crisis as a married couple.
June 24, 2009, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18
Mi-rae is surprised by the sudden breakup notice from Joh Guk. He even returns the "Transfer of Body Ownership" form back to Mi-rae, and her heart skips a beat.
June 25, 2009, midnight
S1E19 - Episode 19
Mi-rae plans to re-evaluate the deal with Daehan, and meets heavy pushback from the residents of Inju. Mi-rae asks Go-hae if Daehan will financially support BB with campaign funds. Mi-rae won't sign anything until all her questions are answered.
July 1, 2009, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
Mi-rae puts everything she has on the line to stop the plant from being built in Inju. Go-hae threatens to sue her for a great sum of money, and Joh Guk threatens to go after her company and more.
July 2, 2009, midnight
Network: SBS
Episode Runtime: 63 min.
Season Runtime: 63 min.
Released: April 29, 2009
Last Air Date: July 2, 2009, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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