The City Hall (; lit. "City Hall") is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Sun-a 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.
Synopsis
For the past seven years, Shin Mi-rae has been the lowest ranking public servant working in Inju City Hall. Her main job is to serve coffee to the high-ranking public officials. Mi-rae owes a huge credit card debt, so she enters a beauty pageant to win the first prize of (approximately ). But when the prize money ends up in the corrupt mayor's pocket, Mi-rae holds a one-person demonstration in front of the city hall. After a series of ups and downs, Mi-rae gets her prize money, but has no choice but to resign from her job. After the beautiful but obnoxious councilwoman Min Joo-hwa mocks Mi-rae for losing her job at her bar, Mi-rae retaliates by denying her access to the toilet until she wets her skirt in front of journalists. When the situation is leaked to the press, the mayor resigns as well. The job of mayor is up for grabs and Mi-rae becomes nominated as a mayoral candidate. With the support of her followers and the backing of Jo Gook, the powerful deputy mayor, she becomes elected as the youngest mayor of Inju. With no political background but filled with the desire to genuinely work for her constituents, Mi-rae begins to reform the bureaucratic culture of the city hall administration. But in the process she butts heads with the cold-hearted and cool-headed Jo Gook, who had an ulterior motive in installing her and has presidential ambitions of his own.
Cast
Main
Kim Sun-a as Shin Mi-rae
Cha Seung-won as Jo Gook
Chu Sang-mi as Min Joo-hwa
Lee Hyung-chul as Lee Jung-do
Yoon Se-ah as Go Go-hae
Supporting
Lee Joon-hyuk as Ha Soo-in
Jung Soo-young as Jung Boo-mi
Park Joo-ah as Yoo Kwon-ja, Shin Mi-rae's mother
Choi Il-hwa as BB
Cha Hwa-yeon as Jo Yong-hee, Jo Gook's mother
Kim Jin-sang as Jo Rang
Choi Sang-hoon as So Yoo-han
Yeom Dong-hwan as Mayor Go Boo-shil
Park Tae-kyung as Boo Jeong-han
Kwon Da-hyun as Bong Sun-hwa
Kang Joo-hyung as Mang Hae-ra
Yang Jae-sung as Kang Tae-gong
Kim Dong-gun as Park Ah-cheom
Shin Jung-geun as Director Ji
Choi Dae-sung as "Eraser" Kim Ah-rang as "Run Honey" Kim Neul-mae as "Rooftop Cat" Moon Hee-soo as "Jessica Alba" Chae Geon as young Jo Gook Yoon Chae-rin as young Shin Mi-rae Kim Gun as Yang Min Joon-hyun as reporter Lee Jik-pil Im Dae-il as Director Moon Ryu Sung-han as Director Byun Lee Jae-goo as Ye-san Hong Ji-min as Madame Jung (ep. 15) Kim Dong-gyun Nam Hyun-joo Kim Sung-oh
Soundtrack
다 잘 될 거야 - Noh Young-shim
그래 나를 믿자 (Okay, I'll Believe in Myself) - Jung-in feat. Bizzy
불안한 사랑 (Uncertain Love) - Horan of Clazziquai
미래's 왈츠 (Mi-rae's Waltz) - Noh Young-shim
웃어봐 (Smile) - Chae Dong-ha of SG Wannabe
Bright Funk - Noh Young-shim
이사랑 부제; 이사랑 버리자 (This Love) - Position
저무는 길 - Kim Jung-bae, Han Seol-hee
희망찬 미래 - Noh Young-shim
Tension - Noh Young-shim
정치적 In 멜로디 - Noh Young-shim
One Dream - Seo Moon-tak
그럴 순 없어 - Noh Young-shim
회기 불능 - Noh Young-shim
다시 돌아갈 수 있을까 - Noh Young-shim
저무는 길 Piano Ver. - Noh Young-shim
캐슬 허슬 - Noh Young-shim
종친다 - Noh Young-shim
그래 나를 믿자 Shuffle Ver. - Noh Young-shim
Memory - Noh Young-shim
사랑하고 사랑합니다 (Bonus Track) - Park Sang-woo of Bohemian
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Awards
2009 SBS Drama Awards
Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special: Cha Seung-won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special: Kim Sun-a
Top 10 Stars: Cha Seung-won, Kim Sun-a
International broadcast
It aired in Vietnam on HTV3 from January 2, 2010, under the title Nữ Thị Trưởng. It aired in Indonesia on B-Channel from October 9, 2013, under the title Kemenangan Kedua.