''The Lover'' () is a 2015

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starring

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, Ha Eun-seol,

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and Lee Jae-joon. It aired on

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from April 2 to June 25, 2015 on Thursdays at 23:00 for 12 episodes.

Plot

''The Lover'' is an omnibus series that depicts four different couples living together in one apartment complex. Room 609: Both in their thirties, Oh Do-si is a voice actor and Ryu Doo-ri is a blogger. They simply chose to live together instead of getting married, and have been sharing an apartment for two years. Room 610: Jung Young-joon and Choi Ji-nyeo are a couple that's twelve years apart in age. Ji-nyeo has the personality of a penny-pinching

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and basically supports her younger boyfriend in the hope that he will someday realize his dream, while Young-joon is an unemployed musician who carries around a guitar he doesn't know how to play. They've been dating for two years, living together for a year, and are quick to fight and make up. Room 510: Park Hwan-jong and Ha Seol-eun are in their twenties and have just moved in together. Seol-eun wants her boyfriend to believe that she's the perfect embodiment of femininity, and works tirelessly to keep up the illusion. Room 709: Lee Joon-jae is a loner who prefers to stay at home, but is forced to find a roommate for financial reasons. He doesn't even want to exchange unnecessary small talk so he advertises for a foreigner who can't speak Korean very well. Enter Takuya, a Japanese guy on his travels. Takuya thinks Joon-jae is wasting his youth, and begins to draw him out into the world. Feeling involved.

Cast

as Oh Do-si *

as Ryu Doo-ri *

as Jung Young-joon *

as Choi Jin-nyeo *

as Park Hwan-jong * Ha Eun-seol as Ha Seol-eun *

as Takuya *

Lee Jae-joon Lee Jae-joon (born 20 October 1990) is a South Korean actor and model. Lee received favourable reviews for his first lead coming-of-age film '' Night Flight'' (2014) for which he was nominated Best New Actor at the 2nd Wildflower Film Awards a ...

as Lee Joon-jae * Sung Kyu-chan as Sung Min-jae *

Kang Kyun-sung Kang Kyun-sung () (born 1981) is a South Korean singer and television personality. He is a member of the boy band Noel and is a cast member in the variety show ''Off to School''. He also appears in the music videos for Sistar's "Shake It" and ...

as Ryu Sung-kyun ( cameo, ep 1)

References

External links

''The Lover'' official Mnet website
* * * * Mnet television dramas 2015 South Korean television series debuts Korean-language television shows South Korean romantic comedy television series South Korean LGBT-related television shows {{SouthKorea-tv-stub