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Personal Taste (2010)

Series · 1h 5m episodes · In Korean

Comedy, Drama, Foreign (non-English)

A self-centered man pretends to be gay for a living arrangement, leading to wholesome, witty, and whimsical drama.

Feel-good, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 24, 2026.

Personal Taste parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
No real violence
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is Personal Taste about?

An architect pretends to be gay so he can live in a straight woman’s historical home. But will his secret be exposed when he starts to fall for her?

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Yes. It lands on a happy note.

Cast and crew

Created byLee Sae In, Kim Hee-ju
StarringSon Ye-jin, Lee Min-ho, Ahn Suk-hwan, Ryu Seung-ryong, Im Seul-ong, Park Hae-mi

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