"Hotel Del Luna" is a drama that delicately depicts the story of the past and present that transcends time, between the dead and the living. In this post, we take a closer look at the main characters of the drama and the OST.
Hotel Del Luna : “The Hostel, Human Emotions: Hotel Del Luna, with your last story.”
Basic drama information
- Broadcasting company: tvN
- Broadcast period: July 13, 2019 to September 1, 2019
- Director: Oh Choong-hwan
- Author: Hong Jeong-eun, Hong Mi-ran
Character Introduction
- Jang Manwol (IU)
Jang Man-wol is the president of Hotel Del Luna and has lived in the hotel with numerous ghosts and their stories for 1,300 years. Originally, she was a pretty girl named She Money, and she became a lover with the king of the time, but she broke up with him due to the development of the incident. It was the king who took her life, which made her the owner of Hotel Del Luna. For the next 1300 years, she maintained her human form and ran Hotel Del Luna, the residence of the dead. His personality is cool and strong, but there is deep sorrow and resentment buried in it. - Koo Chansung (by Yejin-gu)
Koo Chan-sung is the latest manager of Hotel Del Luna with superpowers. He had a difficult time unlike other children because he had the ability to see ghosts from an early age. Even as an adult, he suffers from various difficulties due to his ability, but as a result, he establishes a relationship with Jang Man-wol. From the first meeting, Jang Man-wol receives a lot of attention and experiences various things at the hotel. He has a warm and honest personality that melts the heart of Jang Man-wol, who looks cold.
These two characters form different relationships in time and space in the drama and have great changes and influences on each other. The two people, who have painful and difficult past wounds and hidden stories, are healed through each other and find a new beginning.
A colorful but ordinary hotel located in the center of Seoul, it is actually Hotel Del Luna, a place where only ghosts can stay. Jang Man-wol is the president of the hotel, where he runs a hotel for ghosts due to his past grudges. Koo Chan-sung, who has the ability to see anything, is always next to her. The story revolves around the relationship between the two and the various events they go through.
Plot Summary
Hotel Del Luna is a special hotel that is invisible to ordinary people, and all the guests here are ghosts. Jang Man-wol, the president of the hotel, became the owner of Del Luna due to an incident 1,300 years ago, living in human form, and running a hotel for ghosts. In her eyes, no human being is visible, but everything changes when she meets a caretaker with a special ability called Koo Chan-sung.
As a child, Koo Chan-sung has lived a different world from other children because of his ability to see ghosts. After becoming an adult, he was hired as the second best manager of Hotel Del Luna and developed a deep relationship with Jang Man-wol. He listens to the hotel’s numerous ghost guests and their stories, and in the process, he overcomes his abilities and past wounds.
Jang Man-wol has lived a long time tied to his past and resentment, but he dreams of healing his wounds and liberation in a true sense through meetings with Koo Chan-sung. Hotel Del Luna is not just an accommodation for ghosts, but a place where their last stories and wishes come true, where various human dramas and touching stories unfold.
The drama warms up the emotional process that people go through under the big theme of death and separation, love and forgiveness, and how to overcome it. Through the stories of the employees, guests, and people involved in Hotel Del Luna, we share various thoughts about the weight of death and the world after that.
Major Themes & Message
‘Hotel Del Luna’ features death, love, forgiveness, and regeneration as its main themes. Through death, it reflects on human values and the meaning of life, and emphasizes the power of true love and forgiveness.
OST Information
The OST of the drama itself received a lot of love. Songs by several artists, including “All About You” (Taeyeon) and “Can You See My Heart” (Haze), go well with the atmosphere of the drama.
Review & Evaluation
“Hotel Del Luna” was highly praised for its art, directing, OST, and acting skills. In particular, IU and Ye Jin-gu’s acting received great attention and is considered one of the representative works of the fantasy romance genre. It is a work that highlights the depth, emotion, and beautiful visual production of the story.