''Can't Lose'' (, lit. "Can't Live With Losing") is a 2011

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television series, starring

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and

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, 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 (

) and Hyung-Woo (

) 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 (

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) 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

as Lee Eun-jae *

as Yeon Hyung-woo *

as Go Ki-chan * Jo Mi-ryung as Kim Young-joo *

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as Yoo Jung-nan *

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as Jo Jung-goo *

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as Kang Woo-shik *

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as Hong Geum-ji *

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as Lee Tae-young *

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as Ga Deuk-hee * Kim Jin-woo as So Joo-hyun *

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as Grandfather ( guest, ep 1-4) * Lee Soo-kyung as Eun Hee-soo (guest, ep 3-5) *

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as Eun-jae's divorce lawyer (guest, ep 5) *

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as Yeon Hyung-joo, Hyung-woo's younger brother (guest, ep 6,9) *

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as Jung Ji-ho (guest, ep 12-13) *

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as Cha Seok-hoon (guest, ep 14-17) *

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(guest) *

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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.

References

External links

''Can't Lose'' official MBC website

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