Actress Kim Ji-eun‘s entry into the K-Hotel has begun, drawing attention.

In the new Channel A weekend drama ‘Check In Hanyang’ (written by Park Hyun-jin/directed by Myung Hyun-woo/planned by Channel A/produced by Wemad, Artist Studio, Story Networks/joint production and investment by PONY CANYON) that premiered on the 21st, Kim Ji-eun has captured attention with her unpredictable charm.

‘Check In Hanyang’ is a youth romance historical drama that contains the eventful growth of Joseon’s flower youths who enter ‘Yongcheonru’, the largest inn in Joseon where one can become a king if one pays. Kim Ji-eun plays the role of ‘Hong Deok-soo’, who hid her gender as a woman and entered Yongcheonru.

The previous broadcast of ‘Check In Hanyang’ depicted Hong Deok-soo‘s difficult entry into Yongcheonru and his period of adaptation. Deok-soo, who participated in the gambling to get the ‘Hongpae’ to enter Yongcheonru, ended up winning the Hongpae, but the unexpected appearance of Lee Eun-ho (Bae In-hyeok) tears the Hongpae, rendering it useless. However, Hong Deok-soo, who had to enter Yongcheonru in order to reveal the truth about his father’s death, ended up forging the Hongpae and successfully entering Yongcheonru with his wit.



Deok-soo ended up sharing a room with Lee Eun-ho, who he had a bad relationship with since the first time he met, as well as Chun Jun-hwa (Jung Gun-joo) and Go Soo-ra (Park Jae-chan) while living as an educational assistant. Although the four of them did not understand each other at first, as they gradually grew to know each other little by little, Lee Eun-ho saw a key similar to the Hwangdonggeumsi he was looking for in Hong Deok-soo‘s jacket and wanted to keep checking it. Despite the strange misunderstanding that she is after the man’s heart, Lee Eun-ho cannot give it up, and Hong Deok-soo is anxious that his identity will be revealed. Their exciting bickering brought laughter to the viewers.

Meanwhile, Hong Deok-soo, who was in danger of being discovered as a woman because of Lee Eun-ho at the end of the drama, is made worse by the discovery of the forged Hongpae, which heightened the tension and raised curiosity about the next episode.

In this drama, which garnered much attention for being her first historical drama appearance, Kim Ji-eun vividly portrayed Hong Deok-soo, who harbors deep inner pain but lives bravely, with her stable acting skills, leading the development of the drama. Not only that, just like he said that he put a lot of effort and thought into his makeup, speech, and gait to make sure that his character wouldn‘t feel out of place in the drama for his role as a ‘cross-dressing woman’, he has completely transformed into Hong Deok-soo himself, capturing everyone’s attention. People are looking forward to the story of ‘Check In Hanyang’ that he will present in the future.

From the fate of Hong Deok-soo in a life-or-death crisis to his hidden past that is gradually revealed through the epilogue. Channel A‘s new weekend drama ‘Check In Hanyang’, starring Kim Ji-eun, that you can’t take your eyes off of for a moment, airs every Saturday and Sunday night at 9:10 p.m.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com