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4.6/5 DramaFever Also known as 'Personal Preference' Written by Kim Hee-ju First episode date 31 March 2010 | 90% AsianWiki 7.7/10 IMDb Genre RomanceComedyDrama Starring Son Ye-jinLee Min-ho Final episode date 20 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Personal Tasteby Lee Se-in Directed by Son Hyung-sukNoh Jong-chan Cast Lee Min‑ho, Son Ye‑jin, Wang Ji‑hye, Kim Ji‑seok, Ryu Seung‑ryong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal Taste (Hangul: 개인의 취향; Hanja: 個人의 趣向; RR: Kaeinui Chwihyang; MR: Kaein-ŭi Ch‘wihyang; lit. "Kae-in's Taste" or "Kae-in's Preference"; also known as Personal Preference) is a 2010 South Korean television series, starring Son Ye-jin and Lee Min-ho. It is adapted from Lee Se-in's 2007 novel of the same name about a furniture designer, Park Kae-in, who lives together with architect Jeon Jin-ho under the mistaken assumption that he's gay. It aired on MBC from March 31 to May 20, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
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- Architecture
- International broadcast
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Plot
Furniture designer Park Kae-in (Son Ye-jin) is kind, impulsive, clumsy, and a complete slob in her personal habits. She lives in Sanggojae (meaning "a place for mutual love"), a modernized hanok (traditional Korean house) designed by her father, a famous and reclusive architecture professor (Kang Shin-il). Naive and trusting, she has been dating longtime boyfriend Han Chang-ryul (Kim Ji-seok) for years despite the fact that he takes her for granted. One day, without so much as a word of explanation, he breaks up with her. Then Kae-in is invited to the wedding of her good friend and roommate Kim In-hee (Wang Ji-hye), and is horrified to discover that the husband-to-be in none other than Chang-ryul; and that the two had been cheating on her for some time. When she finally comes face-to-face with them, the wedding ceremony breaks out into utter chaos. Kae-in is heartbroken, and determined to never take a chance on love again.
Meanwhile, to keep his small firm afloat, architect Jeon Jin-ho (Lee Min-ho) is desperately trying to win a project bid for the Dam Art Center against Future Construction, the company owned and operated by Chang-ryul's father (Ahn Suk-hwan). Chang-ryul's father was originally an employee under Jin-ho's father, who stole the latter's company. In order to win the favor of the Dam Art Center director, Jin-ho has to find a way to dig up more information about the art center director’s favorite building: Sanggojae, which has never been opened to the public.
Knowing that Kae-in would never let a man (let alone a stranger) be her new roommate, the straitlaced (and straight) Jin-ho pretends to be gay to get access to the house — and all the information that he's sure is hidden within. At the same time, the DAC director (Ryu Seung-ryong), who actually is gay, finds himself attracted to Jin-ho. Once they start living together, Jin-ho gradually embarks on a mission to transform the inveterate tomboy/slob, Kae-in. Amidst the mayhem of the makeover and hiding his true orientation, the perfectionist Jin-ho begins to fall in love with Kae-in. What will happen when the man who’s pretending to be gay and the woman who thinks he’s gay develop feelings for each other?
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Architecture
One of the production's main sponsors was Design and Arts Arcadia of Myungseung, and the storyline contains many references to DAAM as the project that all the architectural firms are competing to design for.
The hanok used in the drama series (called Sanggojae in the script) is actually Rakgojae, a traditional guest house in Bukchon Hanok Village, Gye-dong, Jongno District. Meaning "a place to enjoy tradition," Rakgojae was renovated by master carpenter Chung Young-jin. It offers a glimpse of the lifestyle of Joseon-era scholars by incorporating fine art, music, dance and poetry through colorful cultural programs such as a tea ceremony, ink-and-wash painting lessons, Korean musical instrument lessons and kimchi-making classes.
One of the locations frequented by the main characters is Kring art gallery, in Gangnam District, southern Seoul. The creative cultural space showcases a variety of arts ranging from architecture and fashion to installations and digital art. The unique facade of the building is itself a large-scale urban sculpture. Circles are a theme throughout the building, but the front wall is reminiscent of stereo speakers, hinting at the name of the building. "Kring" means "circle" in Dutch.
International broadcast
Despite middling ratings in Korea, overseas rights to Personal Taste were sold to The Philippines,Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
The series aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV beginning March 31, 2010. Reruns aired on TBS beginning February 16, 2012; it shared the same timeslot with another Lee Min-ho drama City Hunter, which was airing on Fuji TV.
The series aired in the Philippines on ABS-CBN under the title Perfect Match from November 8, 2010 to January 7, 2011.
It aired in Malaysia on 8TV dubbed in Mandarin with Malay subtitles on NTV7
It aired in Thailand on Channel 7 every Saturday and Sunday at 9.15 a.m. beginning March 5, 2011.
It aired in the Middle East on MBC 4 (dubbed as "الذوق الخاص") beginning February 16, 2014.