Lovestruck in the City

 


Lovestruck in the City is a 2020–2021 South Korean short form romance drama starring Ji Chang-wook and Kim Ji-won. Directed by Park Shin-woo, the series depicts the real love stories of young people who live fiercely in a complex city. This short form drama, which is the first in a multi-part series titled as City Couple’s Way of Love, was premiered on KakaoTV on December 22, 2020, and aired every Tuesday and Friday at 17:00 (KST). It is available worldwide for streaming on Netflix.








Plot

The storyline of the series is in interview format -- six people talking about their dating life.

Park Jae-won (Ji Chang-wook), a 32-year-old architect by profession, has a passionate and honest personality. He is not able to forget the woman, whom he calls a "camera thief", who stole his heart and disappeared. Lee Eun-o (Kim Ji-won), a 29-year-old freelance marketer, lives an ordinary life but has an alter ego called Yoon Seon-a. She meets Park Jae-won under her fake identity in Yangyang Beach and ends up falling in love with him.

Choi Kyeong-jun (Kim Min-seok), 29 years old and also an architect, and Seo Rin-i (So Joo-yeon) appear to be a steady couple. Kang Geon (Ryu Kyung-soo), a 29 years old novelist, tends to fall in love with the woman he dates. Oh Seon-yeong (Han Ji-eun), a 30 years old gym teacher, is a 'serial dater' by self admission.

Cast

Main

·         Ji Chang-wook as Park Jae-won, 32-year-old architect.

·         Kim Ji-won as Lee Eun-o / Yoon Seon-a, 29-year-old freelance marketer

·         Kim Min-seok as Choi Kyeong-jun, 29-year-old architect working in a firm established by his father and uncle; Rin-i's boyfriend. 

·         So Joo-yeon as Suh Rin-i, 29-year-old part-timer doing many jobs who is going steady with Kyeong-jun

·         Ryu Kyung-soo as Kang Geon, 29-year-old novelist who has not dated for 2 years.

·         Han Ji-eun as Oh Seon-yeong, 30-year-old gym teacher in high school who is a serial dater by self-admission; Geon's ex-girlfriend.

Others

·         Son Jong-hak as CEO Park, father of Park Jae-won and uncle of Choi Kyeong-jun

·         Hong Soo-joo as Hae-na, an actress

·         Lee Suk-hyung as Kang Byung-joon, a police officer

Special appearances

·         Lee Sang-yoon as Go Gyeong-gu

·         Lee Sang-woo as Bin, owner of 'Bin-Bin Surfing' (Ep. 1, 3–4, 12)

·         Park Jin-joo as Ra-ra, running ramyeon shack on beach front (Ep. 1, 3–4, 12)

·         Choi Min-ho as Oh Dong-sik, a police officer

·         Pyo Ye-jin as Yoon Seon-a

·         Marychou

·         Jung Ji-hyun as customer in Ra-ra's Ramyeon

·         Min Sang-woo as customer in Ra-ra's Ramyeon

·         Hwang Hee as Cha Chi-hoon (Ep. 17)

 

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