Limited series · tvN
No Gain No Love
In this marriage, you reap what you sow!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Shin Min-a
Son Hae-yeong
12 eps
Kim Young-dae
Kim Ji-uk
12 eps
Lee Sang-yi
Bok Gyu-hyeon
12 eps
Han Ji-hyeon
Nam Ja-yeon
12 eps
Joo Min-kyung
Cha Hee-Sung
12 eps
Jeon Hye-won
Kwon Yi-rin
12 eps
Lee You-jin
Yeo Ha-joon
12 eps
Go Wook
An Woo-jae
12 eps
Yoon Seo-hyun
Jang Se-jin
12 eps
Roh Ju-eun
Moon Yu-na
12 eps
Cha Seung-hwan
12 eps
Park Se-wan
Jung Su-a
1 eps
Kim Hee-chang
Lee Ji-Hun
1 eps
Kim Bong-soo
Recycler
1 eps
Jang Joon-ho
I Rin's dad
1 eps
Kim Ki-doo
PE teacher
1 eps
Kim Joo-ah
I Rin's mom
1 eps
Kim Koo-taek
Interviewer
1 eps
Kim Sang-il
Interviewer
1 eps
Park Jeong-min
Interviewer
1 eps
Shin Kang-kyun
Recycler
2 eps
Kim Hae-sook
Geum Deok
1 eps
Park Soo-jin
Manager
1 eps
Kim Yong-myung
Store manager
1 eps
Jung Yu-rie
Wedding hall staff
1 eps
Kim Dae-geun
Rat catcher's customer
1 eps
Son Soo-ah
Wedding shop staff
1 eps
Jung Se-hun
Convenience store customer
2 eps
Lee Dong-hyeon
Convenience store customer
2 eps
Lee Jung-ok
Nam Gil
1 eps
Kim Jung-eun
Geum Ju
1 eps
Byeon Woo-seok
Woo-seok
1 eps
Ahn Chan-woong
Employee
1 eps
Park Yu-mil
High school teacher
1 eps
Han Ki-jang
Detective
2 eps
Song You-hyun
Kang Bit-Na
1 eps
Na Ho-won
Bus driver
1 eps
Han Kyu-won
Si Ho’s dad
1 eps
Jang Yong-bok
Gym member
1 eps
Kim Sun-young
Um So-Hye
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How No Gain No Love actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
No Gain No Love reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Son Hae-yeong seeks out a fake wedding with her neighbourhood convenience store employee, Kim Ji-uk, to avoid missing out on a promotion.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 12 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202412 episodes
7.7IMDbWhen it comes to family, love, or work, Son Hae-yeong has encountered loss after loss. In order to change her luck, Hae-yeong ends up seeking a fake wedding with her neighborhood convenience store employee, Kim Ji-uk, to avoid missing out on a promotion. Kim Ji-uk is known for being a model neighborhood citizen and works night shifts at a convenience store. A local hero who cannot ignore others in need, he agreed to Hae-yeong’s ridiculous proposal to be her fake groom for her fake wedding.
Best episode · S01E09 EP9
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
EP1
Son Hae-yeong, a woman who is calculating by nature and hates to suffer losses. Kim Ji-uk, a civilian officer, neighborhood angel, perfect convenience store part-timer who hates causing trouble to people. After breaking up with her boyfriend to avoid losses, Hae-yeong makes a surprising offer to Ji-uk to win the in-house contest. What offer could she have made?
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Kim Hye-youngWriter
Direction
- Kim Jung-sikDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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