''Love All Play'' () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring

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, Park Ji-hyun, Kim Mu-jun and

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. The series depicts a hot sports romance in a badminton business team. It premiered on

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on April 20, 2022, and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 ( KST) with 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on

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in selected regions. ''Love All Play'' drew the lowest-ever peak and average ratings for a Korean drama airing on free television during

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. Unprecedentedly, its ratings never broke the 2% mark, as its pilot episode rating of 1.9% was its highest. Its ratings dipped to a low of 0.9% for its penultimate episode, with only the 2020 drama ''

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'' scoring a lower single-episode rating of 0.8%. Overall, the ratings of ''Love All Play'' averaged 1.4%, beating the previous record low of 1.6% set by MBC drama ''

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'' in 2021.

Synopsis

The series is a sports romance drama about the passion and affectionate love between the male and female mixed-doubles protagonists within their group of badminton team members.

Cast

Main

as Park Tae-yang, a badminton player whose life is all about sports. *

as Park Tae-joon, a player who views badminton as just a profession. A person who dreams of a comfortable life after his retirement, but joins the business team Yunis after being cut off from the city hall team. * Park Ji-hyun as Park Jun-young, Tae-joon older sister. She is an Olympic gold medalist who retired due to an accident. * Kim Mu-jun as Yook Jeong-hwan *

as Lee Yoo-min, the queen of overlapping jinxes.

Supporting

Yunis Badminton Team coaches

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as Lee Tae-sang *

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as Joo Sang-hyeon, Yunis's Tiger coach due to his austere personality and strict rules. So he leads the team. Hence, he is known as 'Juralli' for players. * Lee Seo-hwan as Kim Si-bon, Yunis Team trainer.

Yunis Badminton Team players

* Choi Seung-yoon as Yeon Seung-woo * Jo Soo-hyang as Lee Young-shim * Moon Dong-hyeok as Go Dong-wan *

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as Cheon Yu-ri * Bin Chan-wook as Oh Seon-su *

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as Yang Seong-sil *

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as Lee Ji-ho * Kim Nu-rim as New players

Others

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as Park Man-soo, Tae-yang's father. * Lee Ji-hyun as Tae-joon and Jun-young's mother. * Sung Ki-yoon as Park Nam-goo, Tae-joon's father and Badminton equipment shop owner.

Extended

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as Koo Hyuk-bong, National badminton player. * Lee Min-jae as Eden,of Han Woong Electronics, especially as Yook Jung-hwan's junior and rival.

Special appearance

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as President of Eunice Business Team. *

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as A sushi restaurant owner, who has a special relationship with Park Tae-yang.

Production

The first script reading of the cast was held at the KBS annex in October 2021. On February 18, 2022,

tested positive for the

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self-diagnosis kit and conducted a PCR test. A day later, it was revealed that he tested negative for COVID-19 PCR test and filming resumed soon as it was confirmed that Chae Jong-hyeop tested negative.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Ratings

References

External links

* * {{Works by Celltrion Entertainment Badminton mass media Korean-language television shows Korean Broadcasting System television dramas South Korean romance television series South Korean sports television series 2022 South Korean television series debuts 2022 South Korean television series endings