When Eun-Sang arrives in California she is in for a shock. Her older sister lives in a filthy home with a deadbeat boyfriend who seems violent. Her sister is also not getting married or going to school and works full-time as a waitress. When Eun-Sang finally tracks down her sister working at a beach front restaurant, she takes the money Eun-Sang brought for her wedding and leaves without even saying goodbye. Eun-Sang's dreams of starting a better life in America quickly vanishes and she crumbles to the ground in tears.

Meanwhile, Kim Tan is not your typical high school student, but a handsome and wealthy Korean heir to a large conglomeration. He is sitting out on the patio of the beach front restaurant, watching everything unfold between Eun-Sang and her sister. Kim Tan's American friend then sees a ziplock bag with a powdery substance fall out of Eun-Sang's suitcase and runs over to scoop it up. Kim Tan knows immediately that the ziplock bag doesn't contain drugs, but rather powder grain to make traditional Korean drinks. Soon, Eun-Sang runs off after Kim Tan's friend and Kim Tan goes to help Eun-Sang. When the dust is settled, Eun-Sang walks out of a police station and her passport is temporarily confiscated. With nowhere to go for Eun-Sang, Kim Tan offers to let her stay at his home. Although they seem to come from different worlds, they quickly develop a rapport for each other. But, when Kim Tan is at school, Eun-Sang meets a girl named Rachel (Kim Ji-Won). Rachel informs Eun-Sang that she is Kim Tan's fiance and she demands that Eun-Sang leaves his home immediately. Eventually, Eun-Sang returns to South Korea.

Kim Tan now feels nothing but emptiness after Eun-Sang's departure. He decides to go back to Korea even though his older stepbrother Won (Choi Jin-Hyuk) strongly opposes his return. When Kim Tan gets back to his luxurious mansion like home, he sees someone briefly that resembles Eun-Sang. Kim Tan goes to his mother Ki-Ae (Kim Sung-Ryoung) and asks about the unfamiliar, but familiar girl that he briefly saw. His mother tells him that the girl is their housekeeper's daughter and her name is Cha Eun-Sang. She's also staying in their home.

Lee Min-Ho	Park Shin-Hye	Kim Woo-Bin	Kang Min-Hyuk	Choi Jin-Hyuk
Kim Tan	Cha Eun-Sang	Choi Young-Do	Yoon Chan-Young	Kim Won

Kang Ha-Neul	Krystal	Kim Ji-Won	Park Hyung-Sik	Jeon Soo-Jin
Lee Hyo-Shin	Lee Bo-Na	Rachel Yoo	Jo Myung-Soo	Kang Ye-Sol

Lim Ju-Eun	Kim Sung-Ryoung
Jeon Hyun-Joo	Han Ki-Ae

Drama: The Heirs / The Inheritors

Revised romanization: Wangkwoneul Sseuryeoneunja, Keumugyeruel Kyeondyeora - Sangsokjadeul

Hangul: 왕관을 쓰려는자, 그무게를 견뎌라-상속자들

Director: Kang Shin-Hyo, Boo Sung-Chul

Writer: Kim Eun-Sook

Network: SBS

Episodes: 20

Release Date: October 9 - December 12, 2013

Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55

Genre: Romance

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea