Motel California (2025)

Original title

모텔 캘리포니아

Cast

Lee Se Young, Oh Eun Seo, Na In Woo, Lee Soo Ho, Choi Min Soo, Kim Tae Hyung, Choi Hee Jin, Seo Ye Hwa

Genre

romantic drama, coming-of-age television program

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

14

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman who grew up in a small-town motel returns to her hometown 12 years after running away. There she reunites with her first love and confronts the past she left behind.

romanticnostalgicheartfeltgentlebittersweetintimatewarmpoignant

What happens

Motel California (Korean: 모텔 캘리포니아) is a 2025 South Korean television series written by Lee Seo-yoon, directed by Kim Hyung-min, and starring Lee Se-young, Na In-woo, Choi Min-soo, Kim Tae-hyung, and Choi Hee-jin. Based on the novel Home, Bitter Home by Shim Yoon-seo, it is a first love remodeling romance drama set in a rural area about a woman who was born and raised in a motel and reunites with her first love in her hometown she ran away from 12 years ago. It aired on MBC TV from January 10 to February 15, 2025 every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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