The Liar and His Lover (Korean: 그녀는 거짓말을 너무 사랑해) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Hyun-woo and Park Soo-young with Lee Jung-jin, Lee Seo-won and Hong Seo-young. The drama is based on the popular Japanese manga Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru by Kotomi Aoki.[1] It aired on tvN every Monday and Tuesday at 23:00 (KST) starting from March 20, 2017.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The series was also released internationally on Netflix starting from October 1, 2019.
Synopsis
A love story about a heartbroken genius music composer Kang Han-gyul (Lee Hyun-woo) who meets the talented singer and student Yoon So-rim (Joy) whilst he's living under a hidden identity. With her courageous honesty and beautiful singing, So-rim draws Han-gyul back to her time and time again. Along the way the two meet obstacles as So-rim starts her career in the music industry and begins to uncover Han-gyul's lies.
Cast
Main
Lee Hyun-woo as Kang Han-gyul/K[8]
A former bass player who quit the famous rock band Crude Play right before they debuted after losing his confidence to perform. He now works behind-the-scenes as the band's talented music composer and producer under the name "K". By chance, Han-gyul meets So-rim and begins to fall for her whilst hiding his true identity.
Park Soo-young as Yoon So-rim[9][10]
A nineteen-year-old high school student who possesses a gifted voice. She is scouted by a music CEO and forms the band Mush & Co with her two childhood friends. So-rim's parents died when she was young and she now lives with her grandmother who runs a store called "Happy Fruits and Vegetables". So-rim helps her grandmother by delivering orders to customers, and one day accidentally meets and falls in love at first sight with Han-gyul.
A bass player who replaced Han-gyul in Crude Play. He feels that he has never been fully a part of the group and is resentful of Han-gyul. He later becomes the producer for So-rim's band, and begins to fall for her.
K's ex-girlfriend. A singer who is criticized by the media for using her body to gain fame. Her feelings for Kang Han-gyul have never gone away even after they broke up.
The drama marks the acting debut of Red Velvet's Joy (Park Soo-young).[17]
First script reading took place on January 21, 2017. The second script reading featuring the main cast took place on February 8, 2017 at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[18]
This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
See also
The Liar and His Lover, 2013 Japanese film
References
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