Name: The Practical Guide to Love
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Drama
Released: 2026-02-28
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Han Ji Min, Park Sung Hoon, Lee Ki Taek, Jung Hye Sung, Kim So Hye

Han Ji Min is a popular South Korean actress. Born on November 5, 1982, she began her career as a model in commercials and music videos while still in high school. She made her acting debut in the 2003 television dramas “All In” and “Dae Jang Geum.” She also hosted the weekly showbiz news program “Entertainment Weekly” from 2006 to 2008. 

Han Ji Min has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “Padam Padam” (2011), “Rooftop Prince” (2012) and “Hyde Jekyll, Me” (2015), the first-ever Viki Original drama series “Dramaworld” (2016) and “Familiar Wife” (2018).

In addition to her acting, Han Ji Min is well known for her volunteer work. In 2009, she published a book titled We’re Already Friends: Han Ji Min’s Philippines Donation Book, which contained drawings and stories of her experiences volunteering in a school in a Philippine mountain village.

Han Ji Min

Lee Ui Young

Park Sung Hoon is a South Korean actor. He was born on February 18, 1985 and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2006. Since debut, he has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “Rich Man, Poor Man” (2018), “My Only One” (2019), and “Justice” (2019).

Park Sung Hoon

Song Tae Seop

Lee Ki Taek is a South Korean actor and model. He was born on October 26, 1994 and made his acting debut in 2020. Since then, he has appeared in a handful of television dramas, including “One Fine Week 2” (2020).

Lee Ki Taek

Shin Ji Su

Jung Hye Sung is the stage name of Jung Eun Joo, a South Korean actress. Born on April 29, 1991, she made her acting debut in the 2009 television drama “Friend, Our Legend.” She has since appeared in other popular dramas, including the recent “Pride and Prejudice” (2014), “Blood” (2015), “Oh My Venus” (2015), “Remember” (2015), “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” (2016), “Chief Kim” (2017) and “Manhole” (2017).

Jung Hye Sung

Kim So Hye is a South Korean singer and actress. Born on July 19, 1999, she was training to become an actress when she participated in the girl group survival show “Produce 101 in 2016, finishing fifth in the competition and earning a spot in the new girl group I.O.I. In addition to her music activities with I.O.I, Kim So Hye also appeared in the web dramas “Poetry Story” (2017), “Drama Special: Kang Deok Soon's Love History” (2017) and “Unexpected Heroes” (2017).

Kim So Hye

Lee Jae Hun

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While Lee Ui Young’s (Han Ji Min) professional life thrives, her romantic life flounders – she dreams of finding love, but isn’t interested in wasting time. After mistakenly thinking that a coworker has a crush on her, she follows her friend’s suggestion to go on blind dates and meets two very different men: furniture designer Song Tae Seop (Park Sung Hoon), who initially rubs her the wrong way by asking if she's dating to marry on the first date, and actor Shin Ji Su (Lee Ki Taek), who actually stood in for someone else before deciding to pursue her himself. After years of romantic drought, Ui Young struggles to figure out who she sees as a future partner – the man who offers her stability and devotion, or the man who offers her passion and excitement. This drama was adapted from the web comic "Efficient Dating for Singles" by Tari.

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