Dali & Cocky Prince

Dali & Cocky Prince is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Kim Min-jae, Park Gyu-young, Kwon Yul, Hwang Hee, and Yeonwoo. It is about the romance between a parvenu who lacks education, and the daughter of a prestigious family who tries to save a collapsed art museum. It aired on KBS2 from September 22 to November 11, 2021.

Synopsis
Visiting researcher Kim Dali meets restaurateur Jin Moo-hak in a case of mistaken identity in the Netherlands. When her father dies, Dali returns home to take over management of her family's struggling art museum. Moo-hak is a major creditor of the art museum, and they meet again unexpectedly when he arrives to collect his debts. Gradually, Moo-hak realizes that he wants to turn the museum's fortunes around to help Dali rather than solely get his money back.

Main

 * Kim Min-jae as Jin Moo-hak, the director of Dondon F&B, a company that started as a small gamja-tang restaurant and has grown into a global food service company with more than 400 franchise stores. He has natural sense of talking skills, trade and money.
 * Park Gyu-young as Kim Dali, a visiting researcher at Saint Müller Museum and later becomes the director of Cheong-song Art Museum. She is well-versed in various fields, fluent in seven languages and has good personality, but lacks of skills in household chores like cooking.
 * Kwon Yul as Jang Tae-jin, Dali's first love who is the head of Century Group's planning and coordination team.
 * Hwang Hee as Joo Won-tak, a detective from the violent crime squad who was supported by Dali's father.
 * Yeonwoo as Ahn Chak-hee, a gallerist and the daughter of a National Assembly member.

People in the art museum

 * Jang Gwang as Kim Nak-cheon, Dali's father who is the director of Cheong-song Art Museum.
 * Woo Hee-jin as Song Sa-bong, a curator at Cheong-song Art Museum.
 * Ahn Se-ha as Han Byung-se, an elite curator at Cheong-song Art Museum.
 * as Hwang Gi-dong, facility management department engineer.
 * as Na Gong-joo, an intern at the art museum.
 * Lee Jae-woo as Kim Si-hyung, Nak-cheon's nephew.

People around Moo-hak

 * Ahn Gil-kang as Jin Baek-won, Moo-hak's father who is the chairman of Dondon F&B.
 * Seo Jeong-yeon as So Geum-ja, Moo-hak's stepmother and Baek-won's wife.
 * as Jin Ki-cheol, Moo-hak's stepbrother and the head of Dondon F&B's planning department.
 * Hwang Bo-ra as Yeo Mi-ri, Moo-hak's secretary.

Special appearances

 * Hong Seok-cheon as Chef Hong Seok-cheon (Ep. 1)
 * Park Sang-myun as Ahn Sang-tae
 * Park Sang-myun as Ahn Sang-tae

Production and release

 * The male lead role was first offered to actor Lee Jae-wook.
 * Filming was scheduled to begin in April 2021. The series was originally scheduled to be aired in November and December 2021, but KBS finally decided to premiere it earlier.