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''Can't Lose'' (, lit. "Can't Live With Losing") is a 2011
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romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
television series, starring Choi Ji-woo and Yoon Sang-hyun, who play two bickering, married divorce lawyers who take out their frustrations on each other in and out of the courtroom. It aired on MBC from August 24 to October 20, 2011, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. It is a
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of the 2008 Japanese drama .


Plot

Eun-Jae ( Choi Ji-woo) and Hyung-Woo ( Yoon Sang-hyun) have been married for one year. They are both lawyers. They first met at a baseball game when they happened to have seats next to each other. During the baseball game they kissed and fell in love. Hyung-Woo told Eun-Jae that he wants to become a human rights lawyer. Eun-Jae supports his dream and they opened their own law firm together. One year later, the thrill is gone in their relationship. Eun-Jae struggles to maintain the law firm alone, while Hyung-Woo helps clients who are not able to pay much for his services. Their interests have also diverged. One day, the couple learns that Eun-Jae did not register their marriage. The next day, Eun-Jae goes to file the proper papers. Eun-Jae is unhappy that Hyung-Woo is so generous to others and wants him to think about her more. Later on, Hyung-Woo's friends, who are a couple, stops by the law firm and the wife, Young-Joo ( Jo Mi-ryung) insists that she wants a divorce. Young-Joo states that her husband Ki-Chan ( Kim Jung-tae) hasn't worked in years and, yet, still gave his family a large sum of money. The married couple start yelling at each other. Ki-Chan states that he borrowed the money from Hyung-Woo. Meanwhile, Eun-Jae hears of the loan and has had enough. Eun-Jae decides that they need a serious talk. Eun-Jae and Hyung-Woo then book a trip to Japan where they had their honeymoon. Hyung-Woo then mistakenly text messages his itinerary to his mother instead of Eun-Jae. When Hyung-Woo and Eun-Jae arrive at the airport they find Hyung-Woo's mother there as well, believing she was invited to their trip to Japan. Making matters worse Hyung-Woo receives a phone call from his mother-in-law asking to see him immediately and to keep it a secret. Hyung-Woo doesn't know why his wife and his mother-in-law doesn't get along or why he was never formally introduced to his mother-in-law, but he feels obligated to meet her and leaves ...


Cast

* Choi Ji-woo as Lee Eun-jae * Yoon Sang-hyun as Yeon Hyung-woo * Kim Jung-tae as Go Ki-chan * Jo Mi-ryung as Kim Young-joo * Park Won-sook as Yoo Jung-nan *
Sung Dong-il Sung Dong-il (; born April 27, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Sung made his acting debut in theater in 1987, then was recruited at the 1991 Seoul Broadcasting System, SBS open talent auditions. He rose to fame as the comic, Jeolla dialect-speak ...
as Jo Jung-goo * Joo Jin-mo as Kang Woo-shik * Kim Ja-ok as Hong Geum-ji * Ha Seok-jin as Lee Tae-young * Ga Deuk-hee as Ga Deuk-hee * Kim Jin-woo as So Joo-hyun * Song Jae-ho as Grandfather ( guest, ep 1–4) * Lee Soo-kyung as Eun Hee-soo (guest, ep 3–5) * Kim Na-woon as Eun-jae's divorce lawyer (guest, ep 5) * Lee Sang-yeob as Yeon Hyung-joo, Hyung-woo's younger brother (guest, ep 6,9) * Ahn Yong-joon as Jung Ji-ho (guest, ep 12–13) * Um Ki-joon as Cha Seok-hoon (guest, ep 14–17) * Kang Boo-ja (guest) * Shin Goo as Go Jung-dae ( cameo)


Ratings


International broadcast

* It aired in Japan on TBS from January 31 to February 25, 2013. It also aired in Malaysia on 8TV. * It aired in Vietnam from July 31, 2012, on SCTV film channel, called Không thể mất em. *It aired in Indonesia from April 3, 2013, on B-Channel film channel, called Can't Lose.


References


External links


''Can't Lose'' official MBC website


at MBC Global Media * {{Works by Victory Contents Korean-language television shows 2011 South Korean television series debuts 2011 South Korean television series endings MBC TV television dramas South Korean romantic comedy television series Television series by Victory Contents