Entertainment · K-Culture & Anime · 19 hrs ago
Merry Berry Love follows a Seoul designer and a Japanese strawberry farmer
Merry Berry Love is a romantic comedy starring South Korean actor Ji Chang-wook and Japanese actor Mio Imada.
Its story is set largely on Charo Island in rural Japan.
Imada plays Karin, a farmer who has struggled for years to get official recognition for her strawberry patch.
Ji plays Lee Yu-bin, a successful Seoul designer whose business partner scams him, damaging his finances and reputation.
Yu-bin inherits a small plot of land in Japan and travels there, hoping to sell it and start over.
The series is co-produced by South Korea’s CJ ENM and Japan’s Nippon Television, reflecting growing media ties between the two countries.
It airs on Nippon TV in Japan and streams globally on Disney+.
Merry Berry Love is a rural romance starring Ji Chang-wook and Mio Imada.
The series follows a Seoul spatial designer who travels to Japan after a business deal leaves him in financial trouble.
In Japan, he encounters a farmer who has spent years trying to secure official recognition for her strawberry patch.
The story unfolds largely on Charo Island and is co-produced by South Korea’s CJ ENM and Japan’s Nippon Television.
The show airs locally on Nippon TV and streams globally on Disney+.
- Who
- Lee Yu-bin, a Seoul spatial designer played by Ji Chang-wook, and Karin Shirahama, a strawberry farmer played by Mio Imada.
- What
- A rural romance about the designer’s move to Japan and the farmer’s struggles.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- The story unfolds largely on Charo Island, in rural Japan, and also involves Seoul.
- Why
- Yu-bin travels to Japan hoping to sell land he inherited and start over.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
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Karin tries to secure official recognition for her strawberry patch while facing setbacks.
Yu-bin delegates paperwork to a friend and business partner, then discovers he has been scammed.
Yu-bin travels there, hoping to sell the plot and start over.
- Lead cast
- Ji Chang-wook and Mio Imada
- Production companies
- South Korea’s CJ ENM and Japan’s Nippon Television
- Japanese setting
- Charo Island
- Karin’s work
- She farms strawberries and seeks official recognition for her patch.
- Streaming platform
- Disney+
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