Cheese in the Trap (TV series)
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Promotional poster featuring Hong Seol and Yoo Jung
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| Genre |
Romance Drama |
| Based on |
Cheese in the Trap by Soonkki |
| Written by | Kim Nam-hee Go Sun-hee |
| Directed by | Lee Yoon-jung |
| Starring |
Park Hae-jin Kim Go-eun Seo Kang-joon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Park Ho-sik Kang Hoon Kim Won-ju Yang Hwan-chul |
| Producer(s) | Kim Keo-hong Jung Se-ryung |
| Production company(s) | Eight Works Kross Pictures, Inc. PGood Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | tvN |
| Original release | 4 January – 1 March 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Bubble Gum |
| Followed by | Pied Piper |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Cheese in the Trap (Hangul: 치즈인더트랩) is a South Korean television series starring Park Hae-jin, Kim Go-eun, and Seo Kang-joon. It aired on the cable network tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays for 16 episodes between 4 January–1 March 2016. The series is based on the webtoon of the same name, serialized on Naver from 2010–2016, although it featured an original ending since the webtoon had not been completed at the time of filming.
As of August 2016, the series is in the process of being adapted into a film version, starring Park Hae-jin opposite a new lead actress. The Korean-Chinese production team are holding open casting auditions for the female lead in advance of shooting, which is scheduled to commence in early 2017.
The drama focuses on the life and relationships of a group of university students, particularly the difficult relationship between Hong Seol (Kim Go-eun) and her senior Yoo Jung (Park Hae-jin).
Jung is the rich heir to Taerang Group and seemingly has the perfect life, but also displays psychopathic tendencies, which causes Seol to take time off school to get away from him. When she returns through a scholarship that was intended for Jung, he is unexpectedly nice to her and asks her on a date. They begin an awkward relationship which is further complicated by the arrival of Baek In-ho and his sister Baek In-ha, childhood friends of Jung who were both adopted into his family after running away from their abusive aunt as children. In-ha is in love with Jung, but he dismisses her feelings. She leads an extravagant lifestyle funded by other men's money, and often behaves antagonistically. In-ho moves into the area while he is being pursued by gangsters, but strikes up a friendship with Seol and begins to work at her parents' restaurant.
As well as managing her conflicted feelings towards Jung and In-ho, Seol tries to cope with everyday struggles in her school and work life, such as unwanted advances and classmates that make her do their work for them. She is helped by her two best friends Jang Bo-ra (Park Min-ji) and Kwon Eun-taek (Nam Joo-hyuk), who begin to date each other. Meanwhile, she also tries to find out the reason why Jung and In-ho hates each other, which was revealed later that Jung looked on as In-ho damaged his hand in a fight that ruined his dreams of becoming a concert pianist. In the end, In-ho gets back on track with piano lessons, having been helped by Seol.
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