Love to Hate You | |
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Hangul | 연애대전 |
Hanja | 戀愛大戰 |
Literal meaning | Love Battle |
Revised Romanization | Yeon-aedaejeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏ-naedaejŏn |
Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Written by | Choi Soo-young |
Directed by | Kim Jung-kwon |
Starring | |
Music by | Howl |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers |
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Editor | Lee Yeong-rim |
Running time | 44–63 minutes |
Production company | Binge Works |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | February 10, 2023 |
Love to Hate You (Korean: 연애대전) is a 2023 South Korean romantic comedy streaming television series written by Choi Soo-young, directed by Kim Jung-kwon, and starring Kim Ok-vin, Teo Yoo, Kim Ji-hoon and Go Won-hee. It was released on Netflix on February 10, 2023.[2][3]
Yeo Mi-ran (Kim Ok-vin) is a free-spirited lawyer with a strong interest in social justice, especially when it relates to women. She enjoys sex, but has a low opinion of men and is not afraid to use her martial arts skills to beat up the bad guys. A change of circumstances forces her to take up a job in a big male-dominated law firm which specialises in sorting out celebrities' scandals. One of its clients is Nam Kang-ho (Teo Yoo), a big star of romantic movies who has an aversion to women. Mi-ran overhears Kang-ho making angry misogynistic remarks about women labeling them as nothing more than gold diggers and she adds him to her personal database of jerks. She has a hunch that he's up to no good with a schoolgirl and schemes to get close to him to find evidence exposing his nefarious deeds and bring him down...
On November 4, 2021, Netflix announced their new series Love to Hate You with Kim Ok-vin as Yeo Mi-ran, an entertainment lawyer, and Teo Yoo as Nam Kang-ho, Korea's top actor, who hates dating.[18] The series would be directed by Kim Jung-kwon, written by Choi Soo-young, and produced by Binge Works.[19] On November 15, 2021, Go Won-hee joined the cast.[20]
This series marks the reunion of Kim Ji-hoon and Lee Joo-bin after working together in Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area.
No. | Title | Original release date |
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1 | "Bad Girl" | February 10, 2023 |
2 | "Bad Boy" | February 10, 2023 |
3 | "Nice Guys Get a Pass Bad Boys Have It Coming" | February 10, 2023 |
4 | "You Are Not What I Expected" | February 10, 2023 |
5 | "Love is Just an Experiment, Life is the Real Thing" | February 10, 2023 |
6 | "Femme Fatale vs Homme Fatale" | February 10, 2023 |
7 | "Trigonometry: The Love Triangle Edition" | February 10, 2023 |
8 | "The Way You Change Me" | February 10, 2023 |
9 | "You Made Me Who I Am" | February 10, 2023 |
10 | "A Passionate Goodbye" | February 10, 2023 |
The series premiered on Netflix on February 10, 2023, and was available for streaming worldwide.[21]
Reviewer Joel Keller of Decider wrote, "The plot of Love To Hate You is definitely contrived, but the story of Mi-ran and the performance of Kim Ok-vin makes the series very watchable."[22]