Hotel del Luna (Korean: 호텔 델루나; RR: Hotel delluna) is a 2019 South Korean television series, starring Lee Ji-eun and Yeo Jin-goo as the owner and manager, respectively, of the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts.
Produced by GTist, written by the Hong sisters and directed by Oh Chung-hwan, it aired on tvN from July 13 to September 1, 2019.
Hotel del Luna | |
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Hangul | 호텔 델루나 |
Revised Romanization | Hotel delluna |
Genre | |
Created by | Studio Dragon |
Written by | |
Directed by | Oh Chung-hwan |
Starring | |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Kim Kyu-tae |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 73–94 minutes |
Production company | GTist |
Budget | ₩16–20 billion (US$13.5–16.9 million) |
Original release | |
Network | tvN |
Release | July 13 September 1, 2019 | –
It was the most-viewed tvN drama of 2019 and is one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.
"Hotel del Luna" (previously known as "Guest House of the Moon") is not like any other hotel. A supernatural place, the hotel is not visible in its true form during the daytime and humans can only come across the hotel under special circumstances. Its staff and clients are all ghosts coming to terms with unfinished business in their former lives before they pass on to the afterlife and cycle of reincarnation; the staff, in particular, have been there for decades or centuries as they have not settled their grudges. The exception to this is the hotel's general manager, which has been filled by a succession of human "passersby" since they need to interact normally with the real world in certain instances, like paying bills or fulfilling ghosts' requests with still-living relatives/friends.
Jang Man-wol (Lee Ji-eun) is the owner of this hotel, which is located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. Due to a huge sin committed more than a millennium ago, the hotel catering to the dead has been bound to her soul.
As a result of manipulation by the deity Mago (Seo Yi-sook), Jang Man-wol meets Gu Chan-sung's father (Oh Ji-ho) and makes a deal: in exchange for his life, his son will work for her 20 years later.
Desperate to save his son, the father takes Gu Chan-sung (Yeo Jin-goo) abroad. The young man grows up to be a sincere, level-headed perfectionist with a soft heart. He comes back to South Korea after his father's death, 21 years later to be an assistant manager at a multi-national hotel corporation, only to face Jang Man-wol, after which he ends up fulfilling the agreement and becomes the manager of Hotel del Luna.
Through Gu Chan-sung, the mysteries and the secrets behind the hotel and its owner are revealed.
Hotel del Luna OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Recorded | 2019 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
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Title | Year | Peak positions | Remarks | Ref. | ||||
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KOR | ||||||||
"Another Day" (Monday Kiz and Punch) | 2019 | 20 | Part 1 | |||||
"Lean On My Shoulders" (나의 어깨에 기대어요) (10cm) | 13 | Part 2 | ||||||
"All About You"(그대라는 시) (Taeyeon) | 1 | Part 3 | ||||||
"Only You" (너만 너만 너만) (Yang Da-il) | 33 | Part 4 | ||||||
"Can You See My Heart" (내 맘을 볼 수 있나요) (Heize) | 2 | Part 5 | ||||||
"At the End" (그 끝에 그대) (Chungha) | 18 | Part 6 | ||||||
"Remember Me" (기억해줘요 내 모든 날과 그때를) (Gummy) | 1 | Part 7 | ||||||
"See the Stars" (어떤 별보다) (Red Velvet) | 50 | Part 8 | ||||||
"Can You Hear Me" (내 목소리 들리니) (Ben) | 3 | Part 9 | ||||||
"So Long" (안녕) (Paul Kim) | 1 | Part 10 | ||||||
"Say Goodbye" (Song Ha-ye) | 22 | Part 11 | ||||||
"Done for Me" (Punch) | 1 | Part 12 | ||||||
"Love del Luna" (러브 델루나) (Taeyong & Punch) | 46 | Part 13 | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
This series aired on tvN, a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS). It was the most viewed tvN drama of 2019, and is currently the twenty-sixth highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history.
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
1 | 2.037 | 2.258 | 2.349 | 2.288 | 2.063 | 2.664 | 2.372 | 2.926 | 2.679 | 3.034 | 2.645 | 3.340 | 2.519 | 3.101 | 3.014 | 3.674 | 2.685 |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) | |||
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
1 | July 13, 2019 | 7.327% (1st) | 7.749% (1st) | ||
2 | July 14, 2019 | 7.633% (1st) | 8.857% (1st) | ||
3 | July 20, 2019 | 8.281% (1st) | 9.478% (1st) | ||
4 | July 21, 2019 | 7.736% (1st) | 9.024% (1st) | ||
5 | July 27, 2019 | 7.023% (1st) | 7.883% (1st) | ||
6 | July 28, 2019 | 8.701% (1st) | 9.949% (1st) | ||
7 | August 3, 2019 | 8.052% (1st) | 8.772% (1st) | ||
8 | August 4, 2019 | 9.131% (1st) | 10.469% (1st) | ||
9 | August 10, 2019 | 8.349% (1st) | 10.266% (1st) | ||
10 | August 11, 2019 | 10.009% (1st) | 11.779% (1st) | ||
11 | August 17, 2019 | 8.590% (1st) | 9.746% (1st) | ||
12 | August 18, 2019 | 10.407% (1st) | 12.178% (1st) | ||
13 | August 24, 2019 | 8.750% (1st) | 9.892% (1st) | ||
14 | August 25, 2019 | 9.995% (1st) | 11.986% (1st) | ||
15 | August 31, 2019 | 9.892% (1st) | 11.255% (1st) | ||
16 | September 1, 2019 | 12.001% (1st) | 13.875% (1st) | ||
Average | 8.867% | 10.197% | |||
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Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | 12th Korea Drama Awards | Best Original Soundtrack | "All About You" (Taeyeon) | Nominated | |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Jung Dong-hwan | Won | |||
21st Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best OST | "Remember Me" (Gummy) | Won | ||
"So Long" (Paul Kim) | Nominated | ||||
2nd Asian Academy Creative Awards | Best Drama Series | Hotel del Luna | Nominated | ||
11th Melon Music Awards | Best OST | "Remember Me" (Gummy) | Won | ||
2020 | 34th Golden Disc Awards | Best OST | "Remember Me" (Gummy) | Won | |
29th Seoul Music Awards | OST Award | "All About You" (Taeyeon) | Won | ||
"Lean on Me" (10cm) | Nominated | ||||
"Can You See My Heart?" (Heize) | Nominated | ||||
"Remember Me" (Gummy) | Nominated | ||||
"So Long" (Paul Kim) | Nominated | ||||
56th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (TV) | Lee Ji-eun (IU) | Nominated |
On June 24, 2020, Studio Dragon announced that it would co-produce an American remake of Hotel del Luna with Skydance. Alison Schapker will be in charge of developing and producing the series. She will be working with Miky Lee, Jinnie Choi and Hyun Park of Studio Dragon, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost of Skydance Television. So far, no channel has picked up the idea of a US remake.
On January 27, 2021, the theater company Showplay announced that Hotel del Luna was adapted into a stage musical that premiered in 2022.
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