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City Hall is a drama that deals with politics in a romantic comedy genre. It's about the happenings between a young woman mayor and an elite bureaucrat. Jo Gook is an exceedingly smart government official. He passed the Higher Civil Service quickly, and basically is the perfect guy. But being a deputy mayor is not enough for him. He lives with the dream of becoming South Korea's President. He should have easily gone straight to the top, but due to an unexpected incident, he gets dispatched as a deputy mayor for a provincial small town, Inju City, where Shin Mi Rae is working. Shin Mi Rae is a low-ranking secretary in Inju, but she works her way up in becoming the youngest City Mayor. As their paths meet, they have to deal with each other's personal and social differences. But despite their constant bickerings, will they end up in each other's arms?

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  • May 2, 2011 20 of 20 episodes seen
    zareba
    13 of 13 people found this review helpful
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    • Overall  9
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    • Music  8
    • Rewatch Value  8
    A must watch politically-driven romantic-comedy drama, City Hall is a story of two individuals who crossed paths in the arena of small town politics and corporate-political intrigues, infused with family secrets, driven with personal convictions and beliefs, and highly-charged with honey sweet, yet tastefully romantic scenes.



    Shin Mi Rae, played by Kim Sun Ah, is a lowly government official, financially driven to join a beauty pageant, crosses paths with Jo Gook, played by Cha Seung Won, an ambitious and highly driven politician with a hidden agenda of political advancement. Propelled into the political arena in her small town, Mi Rae finds herself running for mayor, backed by her very supporting and hilarious friends, with Jo Gook as her campaign manager, only to be
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  • Jul 20, 2011 20 of 20 episodes seen
    kpopx3lover
    12 of 12 people found this review helpful
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    Like everyone said, I was very hesitant to watch this drama at first since it's main focus was about politics and I'm not a fan of politics, I don't even know what goes around politics but after watching this drama it was just DAEBAK!!! It was so worth watching. I love Cha Seung Won especially in The Greatest Love so I looked up other dramas/movies by him and City Hall caught my attention. It's very very good.



    My favorite thing about this drama is the chemistry between the two main leads. They're acting is just incredible. The way they acted made it all seem so real. They definitely reached out to the audience. They are both so cute and adorable. From the very
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  • anusathiya Apr 17, 2013
    A brilliant "political-romance-comedy" drama i have ever watched....it won't let you down in any aspect...so don't hesitate to watch it and you will be surprised as it will keep you addicted till it's very end:):):)
    1 ❤
  • LuvK Apr 6, 2013
    just finished the drama, i fell in love with it, at first, i was like, @.@okay, not very interesting, but i manage to stick with it, and became an addict, i couldn't stop watching it, love the chemistry between main leads, and the second main leads, love the funny moments, and random moments of Mi-rae, and while gook, made the expressions, had me laughing, and the touching moments, and sad, as well, i felt it was real. just a great story, i regret not seeing it before.
    2 ❤
  • yoshiii Feb 14, 2013
    I keep bursting out with laughter ... too funny!
    1 ❤
  • Madame-B Feb 1, 2013
    the best and funniest love scenes ever ! :D i laugh soo much ! great drama !
    2 ❤
  • yourebeautiful Dec 27, 2012
    kim sun ah is such a good actress. she made me cry for no reason. :O i was shocked to find tears in my eyes. u have no clue how many times i cried. and im still crying T_T.....
    3 ❤
  • Mirichan Nov 1, 2012
    Actually I decided to watch this after I saw in a recommendation that the kisses aren´t tight-lipped kisses but real ones (or at least appearing like it) XD
    Will see whíth which result (:
    4 ❤
  • sunflower63 Sep 2, 2012
    As I said here below, this drama for me started becoming interesting very, very slowly.The story picked up after Ep.10 and it suddenly shot up until becoming very good (I rated it 8 in the end). I thought the lead actress was brilliant in her changes throughout the drama and I enjoyed the parts played by the two assistants as I found myself cheering for Lee Jeong Do to be with her in many points of the story.For what concerns Cha Seung Won, I definitely appreciated his acting more towards the end as he clearly showed his feelings and became more human but he is not in my top list of favourite actors. All in all it is a good drama that gives interesting insights on the political world which is similar everywhere in the world.
  • sunflower63 Aug 26, 2012
    OK, I'll have faith in all the enthusiastic reviews above and comments below, but I have reached Ep. 6 of this drama and haven't seen any of the chemistry between the two main leads yet. I will be patient and carry on, am I the only one who thinks that Cha Seung Won has the same facial expression all the time? I hope to be wrong and write an enthusiastic comment soon.
  • ShoSho- Jul 25, 2012
    I love love love everything in this drama, especially Cha Seung Won. I've watched it 3 times and I don't mind to watch it again and again!
  • bllueart May 12, 2012
    This drama is so amazing! Love it!
    And episode 12 must be my favorite! x3 It was so cute! And extremely funny! ...and the last one I saw, haha ^^
    2 ❤
  • darkangel662008 May 3, 2012
    a really good drama...worth watching!!!the cast was perfect!!! and both lead are really good..you can't find any awkwardness with them:-)
    1 ❤
  • RoseRouge Apr 27, 2012
    I wish there would be more episodes :(
    1 ❤
  • Fireal Mar 7, 2012
    This drama was just really good.
    1 ❤
  • JadeDarcy Jan 22, 2012
    OMG! After writing a review for this, I decided to rewatch and now I feel my review fell short. This is even more enjoyable the second time around. The first time I was wondering where everything was going, so I did not have a chance to enjoy and really realize how freaking awesome the dialogue in this soap is. It reminds me of why I loved the West Wing S0 much. I love witty, fast flowing dialogue, with underlying meaning in what is said. This show has it in spades. Even the characters names mean something.I even have favorite quotes! I was laughing so hard now that I can get the jokes better. And my, the chemistry btwn those two, WOW! The ost is awesome, the moment the theme song by Clazique Horan(can't get out of head) appears right at the perfect moment of the story line. I don't understand ppl who think this is boring. I love it even more this time. Why isn't more popular?
    4 ❤
    • silvercurse Feb 27, 2012
      my thoughts exactly...watching it again actually makes you fall more in love with the series...and yes the dialogues are amazing and the acting superb.
      2 ❤
    • JadeDarcy Feb 27, 2012
      I don't understand when ppl say it's boring. I thought everything was great about it. I wish it was more popular.
  • Jeaniessi Jan 5, 2012
    If you've only watched 1 episode please don't review. Please just comment. The rules do say to watch the movie or drama 1st. One episode couldn't possibly give you enough knowledge of a 20 episode drama to review it fully.
    10 ❤

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City Hall

City Hall

Title

  • Main Title: City Hall
  • Native title: 시티홀
  • Also Known as: The City Hall

General Details

  • CountrySouth Korea
    TypeDrama
    NetworkSBS
  • Aired: April 29, 2009 to July 2, 2009
  • Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday
  • # of Episodes 20
    Average Duration 1 hr. 4 min. per episode
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama, Political, Romance

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  • Score: 7.98 (scored by 1,201 user)
  • Ranked: #192
  • Popularity: #308
  • Members: 2,216
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4.0 stars - based on 1,201 votes

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