A Tour Guide

Oct 18, 2023

1h 34m

★ 5.8

Overview

Making use of her Chinese that she had picked up while living in China, Han-young obtains her tour guide-interpreter's license and starts working as a guide in Korea. She gets used to her new surroundings and gains good results at work. However, she is forced to face challenges and changes as she loses touch with her brother In-hyuk, and the number of Chinese tourists decreases due to political tension between Korean and China.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Korean Academy of Film Arts

A Tour Guide Trailers

Cast

Han-young

Lee Sul

Jung-mi

Oh Gyeong-hwa

Li Xiao

Park Se-hyun

In-hyuk

Jeon Bong-seok

Mi-sun

Lee Noah

Chung-ha

Woo Jeong-won

Broker

Lee Suk

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