The Road Home
Promotional poster
Also known as	The Way Home On the Way Home
Genre	Drama, Romance, Drama
Written by	Lee Geum-rim Park Ji-sook
Directed by	Moon Bo-hyun
Starring	Lee Sang-woo Jang Shin-young Shim Hyung-tak Jo Yeo-jeong Park Hye-won Ryohei Otani
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	120
Production
Producer	Han Chul-kyung
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	KBS1
Release	January 12 (2009-01-12) – June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)

The Road Home (Korean: 집으로 가는 길; RR: Jipeuro Ganeun Gil) is a South Korean daily drama starring Lee Sang-woo, Jang Shin-young, Shim Hyung-tak, Jo Yeo-jeong, Park Hye-won and Ryohei Otani. It aired on KBS1 from January 12 to June 26, 2009 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 120 episodes.

Plot

A simple yet heartwarming story of a three-generation family, The Road Home portrays the love and conflicts between family members running a general hospital. It explores the lives of the grown-up children who each have their own problems to solve, and the way they cope with their aging parents.^[1]

Yoo Min-soo is the eldest son of the hospital's CEO. His wife Jang Mi-ryung bears a child out of wedlock but raises it with maternal love.^[2]

Hiro, a Japanese model, confesses his love for Ji-soo, Min-soo's sister. But Ji-soo must later come to grips with the secrets behind her birth.^[3]

Cast

Yoo family

• Lee Sang-woo as Yoo Hyun-soo
• Park Hye-won as Yoo Ji-soo (sister)
• Shim Hyung-tak as Yoo Min-soo (brother, doctor)
• Jang Yong as Yoo Yong-joon (father, doctor)
• Youn Yuh-jung as Bam Soon-jung (mother, doctor)
• Park Geun-hyung as Yoo Keon-young (the great grandfather)
• Cho Yeo-jeong as Jang Mi-ryung (Min-soo's wife)
• Yoo Yeon-mi as Yoo Eun-ji (Min-soo and Mi-ryung's daughter)
• Cha Jae-dol as Yoo Hyun (Min-soo and Mi-ryung's son)

Park family

• Im Ye-jin as Yoo Yong-sun (Hyun-soo's aunt)
• Lee Dae-yeon as Park Chil-nam (husband)
• Kim So-young as Park Shin-ae (daughter)

Han family

• Jang Shin-young as Han Suin
• Kim Yoo-ri as Han Sumi (sister)
• Choi Min-hwan as Han Joo-ho (brother)
• Han Jin-hee as Han Dae-hoon (father)
• Lee Bo-hee as Oh Seon-young (mother)

Extended cast

Awards and nominations