South Korea Synopsis
해어화
“A tragedy of jealousy and desires.”
Two best friends, So-yool and Yeon-hee, dream of becoming the top artists in Seoul together. But their friendship doesn't last long as Yoon-woo, So-yool's first love and songwriter, falls in love with Yeon-hee and her voice. So-yool's feeling of jealousy and inferiority towards Yeon-hee grows by the day, and she eventually makes a drastic decision to bring the two lovers down.
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Romance + Drama in South Korea
150 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Love, Lies itself).
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
Among 254 South Korea films we catalog from this window, Love, Lies places #26 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Love, Lies premiered alongside 85 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other South Korea films in 2016.
The 768th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
57 audience reviews — more than 74% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (48th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #160 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Romance productions specifically: #6 of 243 (top 2%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Lotte Entertainment, The LAMP |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | April 13, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5486170 |