Miniseries · MBC
Playful Kiss
Playful Kiss
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Hyun-joong
Beak Seung Jo
16 eps
Jung So-min
Oh Ha-ni
16 eps
Lee Tae-sung
Bong Joon-gu
16 eps
Lee Si-young
Yoon He Ra
16 eps
Jeong Hye-young
Hwang Geum-hee
16 eps
Oh Kyung Soo
Baek Soo-chang
16 eps
Choi Won-hong
Baek Eun-jo
16 eps
Kang Nam-gil
Oh Ki-dong
16 eps
Hong Yun-hwa
Jung Joo-ri
16 eps
Yoon Seung-ah
Dokgo Min-ah
16 eps
Abigail Alderete
Chris
16 eps
Jang Ah-young
Hong Jang-mi
16 eps
Choi Woo-shik
Cameo
16 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Playful Kiss actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Playful Kiss reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Humour.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A clumsy high-school girl - Oh Ha-ni - is at the bottom of her class, and she has had a crush on a popular genius, Baek Seung-Jo, ever since she first laid eyes on him.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 17 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201016 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201016 episodes
9.1IMDbOh Ha-ni is a clumsy student who falls for the perfectionist, Baek Seung-jo. However, Seung-jo is indifferent towards her and rejects her love. When Ha-ni's house collapses, she and her father moves into his long-time friend's house. It turns out that Seung-jo is the friend's son and Ha-ni is given the opportunity to be near the guy she loves. Will she be able to move Seung-jo's heart?
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Song Byung JoonProducer
Direction
- Kim Do-hyungDirector
- Hwang In-roeDirector
- Kim Jeong-hyeonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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