Hotel del Luna (previously known as "Guest House of the Moon") is not like any other hotel. A supernatural place, the hotel is not visible in its true form during the daytime and humans can only come across the hotel under special circumstances. Its staff and clients are all ghosts coming to terms with unfinished business in their former lives before they pass on to the afterlife and cycle of reincarnation; the staff, in particular, have been there for decades or centuries as they have not settled their grudges. The exception to this is the hotel's general manager, a post that has been filled by a succession of human "passersby" since they need to interact normally with the real world in certain instances, like paying bills or fulfilling ghosts' requests with still-living relatives/friends. Jang Man-wol is the owner of this hotel, which is located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. Due to a huge sin committed more than a millennium ago, the hotel catering to the dead has been bound to her soul. As a result of manipulation by the deity Magu, Man-wol meets Gu Chan-sung's father and makes a deal: in exchange for his life, his son will work for her 20 years later. Desperate to save his son, the father takes Chan-sung abroad. The young man grows up to be a sincere, level-headed perfectionist with a soft heart. 21 years later, after his father's death, he comes back to South Korea to be an assistant manager at a multinational hotel corporation, only to face Man-wol and end up fulfilling the agreement by becoming the general manager of Hotel del Luna. Through Chan-sung, the mysteries and the secrets behind the hotel and its owner are revealed.
Writers:
Hong Jung-eun, Hong Mi-ran
Running Time:
73–94 minutes
Country of Origin:
South Korea