Summaries

A straight-laced architect falls in love with a furniture designer while pretending to be gay.

The surprise hit of 2010, Personal Taste (aka Personal Preference) garnered high ratings and a huge fanbase in a comedy that proves true love is found in the most unlikely places. Quirky and insecure Gaein lives alone in her father's famous 'Old World'--an architectural tribute to old Korea and Gaein's late mother. Money troubles loom and Gaein is desperate for a roommate. To get inside this rare building, architect Jinho (Lee Minho from Boys Over Flowers) allows Gaein to believe he's gay. Their friendship deepens and grows to love in this tender romantic comedy. D. Bannon is the author of The Elements of Subtitles.—D. Bannon

This tv series features the love story of Park Kae-in (Ye-jin Son) and Jeon Jin-ho (Min-ho Lee). Park Kae-in is a furniture designer whose boyfriend, Han Chang-ryul (Ji-seok Kim) almost gets married to one of her friends, Kim In-hee (Ji-hye Wang), without her knowledge while Jeon Jin-ho is an architect who wants to win an architecture competition in which Han Chang-ryul is also part of. A modern hanok (Traditional korean home) named Sanggojae (Meaning: A place for mutual love) is Jin-ho's only option to win that competition but he later finds out that Kae-in is the daughter of the professor who built the house. He moves into Sanggojae and continues to allow Kae-in think he's gay. They both fall for each other with her thinking Jin-ho is gay but they have to face Chang-ryul liking Kae-in again, In-hee liking Jin-ho, Kae-in's father coming back and Kae-in's reaction to why he moved into Sanggojae—wendy mcknight

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Keywords
  • korean
  • makeover
  • metrosexual
  • rediscovery
  • building self esteem
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Mar 30, 2010
Countries of origin South Korea
Official sites Official site
Language Korean
Filming locations South Korea
Production companies MBC-TV Korea Victory Contents

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Runtime 1h
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