The Liar and His Lover (TV series)

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] The series was also released internationally on Netflix starting from October 1, 2019.

Also known asLovely Love Lie

Hangul

그녀는 거짓말을 너무 사랑해

Lit.She Loves Lies Too Much

RRGeunyeoneun geojinmareul neomu saranghae

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The Liar and His Lover
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Also known as	Lovely Love Lie

Hangul	그녀는 거짓말을 너무 사랑해
Lit.	She Loves Lies Too Much
RR	Geunyeoneun geojinmareul neomu saranghae
MR	Kŭnyŏnŭn kŏjinmarŭl nŏmu saranghae

Genre	Romantic comedy
Based on	Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru by Kotomi Aoki
Developed by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Kim Kyung-Min
Directed by	Kim Jin-min
Creative director	Choi Jin-hee
Starring	Lee Hyun-woo Park Soo-young Lee Jung-jin Lee Seo-won Hong Seo-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Park Ho-shik Moon Suk-hwan Oh Kwang-hee
Producer	Jung Se-ryung
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Bon Factory Worldwide
Original release
Network	TVN
Release	March 20 (2017-03-20) – May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)
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The Liar and His Lover (film)

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Synopsis

The series focuses on a heartbroken genius music composer Kang Han-gyul (Lee Hyun-woo) who meets the talented singer and student Yoon So-rim (Park Soo-young) while he is living under a hidden identity. With her courageous honesty and beautiful singing skills, So-rim draws Han-gyul back to her time again. Along the way, the two of them clash 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^[7]

A former bassist who quit the rock band Crude Play right before they debuted after losing his confidence to perform. He now works behind the scenes as its 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^[8]^[9]

A nineteen-year-old high school student with a beautiful 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 lives with her grandmother who runs a store called "Happy Fruits and Vegetables". While helping her grandmother by delivering orders to customers one day, So-rim accidentally meets and falls in love at first sight with Han-gyul.

Lee Jung-jin as Choi Jin-hyuk, director of Sole Music who has been in love with Yoo-na from the beginning and has been waiting for her.
Lee Seo-won as Seo Chan-young^[10]

A bass player who replaced Han-gyul in Crude Play who feels that he has never been fully a part of the group. Chan-young is resentful of Han-gyul and later becomes the producer for So-rim's band and begins to fall for her.

Hong Seo-young as Chae Yoo-na^[11]

Han-gyul's ex-girlfriend, a singer who is criticized by the media for using her body to gain fame. Even after they broke up, her feelings for Kang Han-gyul have never gone away.

Supporting

Crude Play band members

Kim Sung-joo as Yoo Si-hyun (Leader/Vocalist)^[12]^{[unreliable source?]}
Shin Je-min as Lee Yoon (Guitar/Keyboard)
Jang Ki-yong as Ji In-ho (Drummer/Rapper)

People around Han-gyul

Choi Min-soo as Kang In-woo, a street singer who is Han-gyul's father.

People around So-rim

Im Ye-jin as Kim Soon-hee, So-rim's grandmother, who owns a store called Happy Fruits and Vegetables.
Song Kang as Baek Jin-woo, So-rim's childhood friend and the guitarist of the band Mush & Co. He has a long-standing crush on So-rim.
Park Jong-hyuk [ko] as Lee Kyu-seon, So-rim's childhood friend and the drummer of the band Mush & Co.
Kim In-kwon as Bong Won-bin, So-rim's homeroom teacher who helped So-rim and her childhood friends become famous.
Jeon Yoo-rim [ko] as Lee Se-jung, So-rim's classmate and rival who is a long-time fan of Chan-young.

People around Jin-hyuk

Park Ji-young as Yoo Hyun-jung, CEO of Who Entertainment who has been in love with Han-gyul's father since she was young.
Lee Ha-eun as Yeon Soo-yeon, an employee of Sole Music who likes Si-hyun.

Others

Lee Yu-joon
Kim Min-seok as Ku Joon-seok
Yang Kyung-won as Kim-eun
Park Seon-hee as Kyu-seon's mother
Kim Seo-young
In Sung-ho
Choi Nam-uk
Choi Na-moo
Jung Yu-an
Min Kyung-jin
Kang Woo-je
Yoon Eun-byul
Yu Ji-hyuk
Choi Ji-an
Yu Ji-yeon
Son Yoon-ju (Voice appearance)
Seo Dan-woo
Jo Young-seon
Lee Young-rae
Kyung Kyu-min
Lee Ho-seok as member of a band
Park Jae-seok as member of a band
Kim Soo-hyun as member of a band
Han Chan-young as member of a band

Special appearances

Baek Soo-ryun
Park Hye-na
Park Hae-soo
Kim Young-pil
Momoland as girl group from survival show "Produce 20" (Ep. 6)^[13]
INX, boy group from survival show "Produce 20" (Ep. 6)
Kim Yong-gun as Chairman of Who Entertainment and Hyun-jung's father (Ep. 7)

Production

The drama's director Kim Jin-min is known for his hit series Time Between Dog and Wolf and Marriage Contract.^[14] The production company Bon Factory Worldwide also produced The Greatest Love, You're Beautiful, Master's Sun, and She Was Pretty.^[15] The Liar and His Lover marked the acting debut of Red Velvet member Joy.^[16]

The 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.^[17]

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2017	OSEN Cable TV Awards	Newcomer Award	Joy (Park Sooyoung)	Won
2017	CJ AWARDS 2017 America Award	Best TvN Drama	The Liar and His Lover	Won

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