What is The Heirs about?
After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
The Heirs (2013)
A chance encounter in LA sparks a heartwarming romance between two teens from very different worlds.
Romantic and feel-good. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix, The Roku Channel (free) and Tubi (free).
The Heirs parents guide
There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: some violence and mild language.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None flagged
- It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Created byKim Eun-sook
StarringPark Shin-hye, Lee Min-ho, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Ji-won, Kang Min-hyuk, Choi Jin-hyuk
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The Heirs is on our High school, Korean, K-dramas, Comedy on Tubi and Comedy on The Roku Channel lists.
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