Brilliant Heritage

Brilliant Heritage (Korean: 기막힌 유산) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Park In-hwan, Kang Se-jung, and Shin Jung-yoon [ko].^[1] It airs on KBS1 every weekday at 20:30 (KST) time slot starting April 20, 2020.^[2]

Brilliant Heritage
Promotional poster
Also known as	Shocking Legacy Unbelievable Inheritance
Hangul	기막힌 유산
Revised Romanization	Gimakin Yusan
Genre	Comedy Romance Drama Family Melodrama
Created by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Kim Kyung-hee
Directed by	Kim Hyeong-il
Starring	Park In-hwan Kang Se-jung Shin Jung-yoon [ko]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	122
Production
Executive producer	Kim Sang-hee (KBS)
Producer	Lee Woonghee
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	KBS1
Original release	April 20 (2020-04-20) – October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)

It was the only KBS1 daily soap opera to draw average ratings of more than 20% since the end of Lovers in Bloom in 2017. Lead actor Park In-hwan won the Top Excellence Award during the 2020 KBS Drama Awards. It was one of the first Korean dramas to acknowledge the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in passing, with the children being depicted as learning lessons about it and restaurant staff being shown undergoing medical check-ups and observing sanitation protocols.

Synopsis

Boo Young-bae (Park In-hwan) is the owner of an 80-year-old Pyongyang cold noodle restaurant whose health scare causes his children to quarrel over his vast wealth. Feeling betrayed by their behavior, he decides to marry Gong Gye-ok (Kang Se-jung), a 33-year-old single maid enticed by Young-bae's fortune and big family, under false pretenses. The move shocks his sons, but Gye-ok's strong work ethic makes Young-bae realize that she'll be able to keep his cold noodle restaurant afloat. Unlike his siblings, Young-bae's independent and headstrong son, Boo Seol-ak (Shin Jung-yoon [ko]), isn't interested in his wealth or family drama, but his disdain for Gye-ok and her presence in his aging father's life motivates him to get involved.

Cast

Main

• Park In-hwan is Boo Young-bae, an 80-year-old widower who is the father of four neglectful sons and the owner of a North Korean-style noodle house.
• Kang Se-jung is Gong Gye-ok, a 33-year-old woman who works odd jobs to sustain the lifestyle of her stepmother and her stepsister and pursue her dream of recovering her late father's restaurant.
• Shin Jung-yoon [ko] as Boo Seol-ak, Young-bae's 33-year-old third son and a single father to a teenage girl.

Supporting

Boo Family

• Kang Shin-jo [ko] as Boo Baek-doo, the meek 50-year-old first son who is reluctant to take over his father's noodle house.
• Lee Ah-hyun as Yoon Min-Joo, Baek-doo's domineering wife who sees herself as dutiful towards the Boo family.
• Nam Sung-jin [ko] as Boo Geum-gang, the brash and financially irresponsible 45-year old second son.
• Kim Ga-yeon is Shin Ae-ri, Geum-gang's wife who leads a life of luxury and neglects her duties to the Boo family.
• Park Shin-woo [ko] as Boo Halla, the lazy 27-year-old youngest son who has no goals in life.
• Jo Yang-ja [ko] as Sung Pan-Geum, a North Korean defector like Young-bae who has since harbored a life-long crush on him and helped him run the noodle house.
• Lee Eung-kyung as Kim Yong-mi, the spendthrift mother of Ae-ri who likes taking care of her granddaughters.
• Kim Bi-joo [ko] as Boo Ga-on, the studious and aloof 16-year-old daughter of Seol-ak.
• Kim Yeon-ji as Boo Tae-hee, the nine-year-old daughter of Geum-gang and Ae-ri.
• Kim Hyo-kyung as Boo Hye-gyo, the seven-year-old daughter of Geum-gang and Ae-ri.
• Kang Yoo-ra as Boo Ji-hyun, the five-year-old daughter of Geum-gang and Ae-ri.

Gong Family

• Park Soon-chun [ko] as Jung Mi-hee, the worrywart stepmother of Gye-ok.
• Kim Nan-joo [ko] is Gong So-young, the immature stepsister of Gye-ok who is prone to making poor business investments.
• Lee Il-joon [ko] as Lee Jang-won, the 18-year-old son of So-young who works at a convenience store and strikes an unlikely friendship with Ga-on.

Other characters

• Jo Soon-chang [ko] as Lee Kyung-ho, a con man who works for the Buruna Noodle House under the assumed name of Cha Jeong-gun.
• Jung Seo-ha [ko] as Lee Chung-ah / Megan Lee, the high school crush of Seol-ak and the biological mother of Ga-on.
• Park Min-ji as Son Bo-mi, the friend of Gye-ok who falls for Halla.
• Jo Seo-hoo as Kim Soo-min, the friend and confidante of Gye-ok.
• Lee Chun-shik [ko] as Kim Jong-doo, the friend of Young-bae.
• Joo Min-ha [ko] as Kim Young-ji, a college junior of Seol-ak who starts working as a lawyer for his company.
• Park Hyun-jung [ko] as Kang Seon-hee, the former lover of Baek-doo.
• Moon Joo-won as Kang Won, the seven-year-old son of Seon-hee whom Baek-doo starts to like.
• Noh Sang-bo [ko] as Lee Jung-tae, the leader of the sales team supervised by Seol-ak.

Viewership

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

2020
Ep.	Original broadcast date	TNmS	Nielsen Korea^[3]
		Nationwide	Nationwide	Seoul
1	April 20	22.6%	20.1%	19.3%
2	April 21	21.6%	19.2%	18.2%
3	April 22	21.1%	19.2%	18.3%
4	April 23	21.0%	18.8%	17.1%
5	April 24	20.5%	17.5%	16.2%
6	April 27	21.0%	19.4%	18.2%
7	April 28	22.0%	19.6%	18.9%
8	April 29	21.2%	18.2%	17.1%
9	April 30	20.3%	18.6%	17.8%
10	May 1	19.1%	16.9%	15.8%
11	May 4	19.6%	17.7%	16.5%
12	May 5	21.7%	19.2%	18.4%
13	May 6	21.2%	19.1%	18.0%
14	May 7	20.7%	19.8%	19.0%
15	May 8	19.5%	16.5%	16.1%
16	May 11	21.7%	20.0%	18.9%
17	May 12	22.1%	19.4%	18.6%
18	May 13	21.8%	19.1%	17.9%
19	May 14	22.6%	19.7%	18.6%
20	May 15	20.9%	18.6%	17.5%
21	May 18	22.1%	20.2%	18.8%
22	May 19	22.8%	20.0%	18.7%
23	May 20	21.7%	18.9%	17.7%
24	May 21	22.7%	19.6%	19.0%
25	May 22	20.9%	18.2%	17.4%
26	May 25	22.4%	21.4%	20.4%
27	May 26	22.2%	20.6%	20.3%
28	May 27	22.8%	20.0%	19.1%
29	May 28	22.6%	20.2%	19.5%
30	May 29	20.6%	18.1%	17.5%
31	June 1	21.7%	21.4%	20.7%
32	June 2	22.0%	20.5%	19.6%
33	June 3	22.3%	20.1%	19.5%
34	June 4	22.8%	21.8%	21.1%
35	June 5	20.7%	17.8%	16.9%
36	June 8	20.8%	20.7%	19.9%
37	June 9	21.9%	20.3%	19.3%
38	June 10	21.6%	20.1%	19.3%
39	June 11	22.8%	20.9%	20.7%
40	June 12	22.0%	20.5%	20.4%
41	June 15	21.6%	21.2%	21.2%
42	June 16	20.9%	19.7%	19.7%
43	June 17	21.4%	20.8%	20.3%
44	June 18	22.7%	20.7%	19.5%
45	June 19	21.8%	18.7%	18.3%
46	June 22	22.2%	20.6%	19.7%
47	June 23	22.0%	19.7%	19.3%
48	June 24	23.1%	20.0%	19.3%
49	June 26	20.8%	19.0%	18.5%
50	June 29	23.1%	22.0%	21.0%
51	June 30	21.1%	19.8%	19.6%
52	July 1	21.1%	19.9%	19.1%
53	July 2	23.5%	21.0%	19.9%
54	July 3	22.3%	20.1%	18.5%
55	July 6	-	21.2%	20.3%
56	July 7	21.6%	19.8%	18.7%
57	July 8	21.0%	20.7%	20.2%
58	July 9	22.3%	20.4%	18.6%
59	July 10	21.3%	20.1%	19.4%
60	July 13	-	21.7%	20.5%
61	July 14	21.2%	21.0%	20.7%
62	July 15	21.9%	20.0%	19.1%
63	July 16	21.9%	20.9%	20.0%
64	July 17	21.3%	20.4%	19.5%
65	July 20	23.9%	21.8%	20.7%
66	July 21	22.6%	21.1%	20.2%
67	July 22	24.5%	23.0%	21.7%
68	July 23	25.4%	23.5%	23.2%
69	July 24	23.1%	20.3%	19.1%
70	July 27	24.3%	21.7%	20.2%
71	July 28	23.8%	21.8%	20.6%
72	July 29	23.8%	21.1%	19.9%
73	July 30	24.1%	21.5%	20.6%
74	July 31	21.1%	19.0%	18.4%
75	August 3	23.1%	21.4%	20.5%
76	August 4	22.2%	20.8%	20.5%
77	August 5	23.8%	21.6%	21.3%
78	August 6	24.0%	21.4%	20.0%
79	August 7	23.9%	21.6%	20.8%
80	August 10	25.0%	22.9%	21.1%
81	August 11	25.0%	21.5%	20.0%
82	August 12	23.8%	20.9%	19.8%
83	August 13	23.5%	21.3%	20.7%
84	August 14	22.2%	20.5%	19.3%
85	August 17	23.4%	23.0%	22.1%
86	August 18	22.2%	21.5%	20.7%
87	August 19	22.0%	22.2%	21.9%
88	August 20	23.0%	21.4%	20.6%
89	August 21	20.6%	20.5%	19.4%
90	August 24	23.9%	22.5%	21.3%
91	August 25	22.7%	20.6%	19.7%
92	August 27	23.3%	22.3%	20.4%
93	August 28	24.8%	21.9%	21.3%
94	August 31	23.4%	22.5%	21.7%
95	September 1	23.0%	21.0%	19.5%
96	September 3	22.0%	21.3%	20.1%
97	September 4	21.1%	20.3%	19.5%
98	September 7	23.2%	21.7%	20.6%
99	September 8	21.4%	20.5%	19.4%
100	September 9	21.0%	22.0%	20.6%
101	September 10	22.4%	22.0%	20.5%
102	September 11	22.5%	21.3%	19.8%
103	September 14	23.1%	22.2%	21.1%
104	September 15	22.4%	22.2%	20.3%
105	September 16	23.2%	21.8%	20.1%
106	September 17	23.7%	23.0%	21.2%
107	September 18	21.0%	21.3%	19.8%
108	September 21	22.8%	21.9%	20.7%
109	September 22	22.1%	20.6%	19.6%
110	September 23	22.0%	21.2%	19.6%
111	September 24	22.2%	22.0%	20.8%
112	September 25	20.6%	20.2%	18.9%
113	September 28	21.5%	20.8%	19.6%
114	September 29	20.8%	20.1%	18.7%
115	September 30	16.4%	14.4%	14.0%
116	October 1	13.8%	14.0%	14.5%
117	October 2	19.7%	18.6%	18.3%
118	October 5	22.1%	23.5%	21.5%
119	October 6	21.6%	22.6%	21.8%
120	October 7	23.7%	22.6%	21.7%
121	October 8	23.8%	24.0%	22.7%
122	October 9	22.0%	22.9%	21.4%
Average		— ^[a]	20.5%	19.6%

Notes

1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

1. "Brilliant Heritage (Korean Drama - 2020) - 기막힌 유산". HanCinema.
2. Jo, Jun-won. "'기막힌 유산' 신정윤-강세정 '라라랜드 댄스처럼~'" ['Stunning Legacy' Shin Jung-yoon-Kang Se-jung'Like La La Land Dance~']. Hankyung. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
3. AGB Nielsen

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Brilliant Heritage at HanCinema
• Brilliant Heritage at IMDb
• Brilliant Heritage on KBS World