''Loveholic'' () is a 2005 South Korean television series starring

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, Kim Gyu-ri,

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and

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. It aired on

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from May 2 to June 21, 2005 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot

In a high school in

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, a rebellious, disobedient student named Seo Kang-wook meets a young and naive teacher Lee Yeol-joo, and despite everything, they fall in love. Initially, Yeol-joo paid a lot of attention to Kang-wook, recognizing his inherent intelligence and talent and hoping to steer him to the good path. This attention later coalesced into attraction and then love, grudgingly admitted. Yeol-joo herself was in an apparently steady relationship with a promising

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, Kim Tae-hyun, who cares for her a whole lot more than she does in return. A

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, Yeol-joo accidentally kills one of Kang-wook's friends, but she passes out and remembers nothing. To protect her, Kang-wook takes the blame and goes to jail, but not before convincing Yeol-joo that her memory of killing the man was just an episode of narcoleptic hallucination. Five years later, Kang-wook finishes his sentence, but Yeol-joo is now engaged to Tae-hyun. Still unaware that she is the real killer, both Kang-wook and Tae-hyun work together to protect her from the truth. Later learning what sacrifice he has made for her, Yeol-joo wants to return to Kang-wook, but this time Kang-wook is not alone—Ja-kyung, his former classmate and currently a radio program host, is beside him. The circumstances hamper Yeol-joo from loving Kang-wook, but she is desperate to help him recover the lost five years and become a top-notch cook.

Cast

Main cast

as Seo Kang-wook * Kim Gyu-ri as Lee Yeol-joo *

as Kim Tae-hyun *

as Yoon Ja-kyung

Supporting cast

*Kang In-hyung as Jung Ho-tae *

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as Jo In-ja (Kang-wook's grandmother) *

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as Park Soo-jin (Tae-hyun's mother) *

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as Kim Soo-bong (Tae-hyun's father) *

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as Im Young-ae (Yeol-joo's mother) *Lee Kyung-pyo as Cha Hwa-young (Ja-kyung's mother) *

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as Park Kyung-oh *

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as Han Young-gil *

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as Joo Ho (Bit part appearance)

Notes

References

External links

''Loveholic'' official KBS website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loveholic (TV series) Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2005 South Korean television series debuts 2005 South Korean television series endings South Korean romance television series South Korean melodrama television series