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The Liar and His Lover
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Hyun-woo
Kang Han-Kyeol
16 eps
JOY
Yoon So-Rim
16 eps
Choi Min-soo
Kang In-Woo
16 eps
Lee Jung-jin
Choi Jin-Hyuk
16 eps
Kim In-kwon
Homeroom Teacher
16 eps
Im Ye-jin
Kim Soon-Hee
16 eps
Lee Seo-won
Seo Chan-Young
16 eps
Sung Joo
Yoo Shi-Hyun
16 eps
Hong Geum-bi
Chae Yoo-Na
16 eps
Song Kang
Baek Jin-Woo
16 eps
Jang Ki-yong
Ji In-ho
16 eps
Lee Su-ryeon
Reporter
16 eps
Jung Yoo Geun
Kang Han-Kyeol (child)
16 eps
Lee Yoo-jun
[sound engineer]
16 eps
Lee Seo Hyeon
Yoon So-Rim (child)
16 eps
Kang Woo-je
[Yoo Hyun Jung's assistant]
16 eps
Kim Yong-geon
[Yoo Hyun Jung's father, chairman Who Entertainment]
16 eps
Park Jong-hyuk
Lee Kyoo Sun
16 eps
신제민
Lee Yoon
16 eps
Yoo Joo-won
Lee Kyoo Sun (young)
16 eps
Kim Min-seok
Koo Joon Seok
16 eps
Lee Hye-bin
Trainee
1 eps
Yeon Woo
Trainee
1 eps
Kim Na-yun
Trainee
1 eps
Park Hae-soo
Bass player
1 eps
Yang Kyung-won
[director of the competition]
1 eps
Lee Jun Yong
[ member boy group from show "Produce 20"]
1 eps
Lee Sang Ho
[ member boy group from show "Produce 20"]
1 eps
Go Bon Kuk
[ member boy group from show "Produce 20"]
1 eps
Han Jae Un
[ member boy group from show "Produce 20"]
1 eps
Kim Ji-woong
[ member boy group from show "Produce 20"]
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Liar and His Lover actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Liar and His Lover reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Kang Han-Kyeol is a great yet sullen composer who becomes inspired by the voices of others and keeps his identity secret from people. He meets Yoon So-Rim, a high school student who possesses beautiful singing, whilst under his secret identity, and she falls in love with him. Adaptation of the manga by Kotomi Aoki under the same name, which has been running since 2009.
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.
Direction
- Kim Jin-minDirector
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