Overview of ‘My Holo Love’

‘My Holo Love’ is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Hyun-min and Ko Sung-hee in lead roles. It was released on Netflix on 7 February 2020. The drama revolves around the dilemma that Han So-yeon (Ko Sung-hee) goes through. Suffering from face blindness disorder, Han So-yeon decided to live a reclusive life by putting herself in a state of isolation, making her appear hostile to the crowd. The story leaps when she comes across a pair of glasses that makes her see an AI-powered hologram who goes by Holo. Things get even more tangled when the AI’s creator who looks exactly like him begins to have feelings for Han So-yeon.

Profile

• Drama: ‘My Holo Love’
• Director: Lee Sang-yeop
• Writer: Ryu Yong-jae
• Network: Netflix
• Episodes: 12
• Release Date: 7 February 2020
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Cast

Main

• Yoon Hyun-min as Go Nan-do / Holo
• Ko Sung-hee as Han So-yeon
• Kim Ha-yeon as young So-yeon

Supporting

• Choi Yeo-jin as Go Yoo-jin
• Hwang Chan-sung as Baek Chan-sung
• Lee Jung-eun as So-yeon’s mother
• Kang Seung-hyun as Yoo-ram
• Kim Yong-min as assistant
• Kim Soo-jin as Nan-do’s mother
• Son Jong-hak as Nam Gi-ho
• Yang Dae-hyuk as Lee Dong-shik
• Jung Young-ki as Jo Jin-seok
• Jung Yeon-joo as Detective Ji-na
• Nam Myung-ryul as Baek Nam-gyu
• Gong Min-jeung as Choi Seung-kwon

Guest Appearances

• Lee Ki-chan as Yeon Gang-woo
• Kim Yong-man
• Baek Jin-hee
• Ahn Hye-kyung

Synopsis

Han So-yeon (Ko Sung-hee) is a lonely woman who works at an optical company in Seoul. She shrinks herself from having any relationships and interactions with people around her due to her medical condition called face blindness or prosopagnosia.

One day, she accidentally comes into possession of a strange pair of glasses. Trying them on, she has a huge shock when a man appears, whom only she can discern — Holo, the world’s most leading AI, who is unconditionally kind and amiable, has unbounded intelligence and is capable of heading off any danger.

Han So-yeon finds AI holographic companionship and solace in Holo. Her life soon experiences a fresh incitation in both personal and professional aspects. However, she was also occupied as a beta tester with Gio Lab, the company behind the AI robot Holo, and its mysterious founder, Go Nan-do.

The man behind the astounding piece of technology, Go Nan-do is a reclusive and less friendly person unlike Holo. He had lived like a loner eluding from his childhood trauma, tragic history with his mother, long-lost childhood friends, and amnesia. Holo is the outcome of Nan-do’s endeavor for decades.

Go Nan-do moves next door to Han So-yeon, observes the romantic entanglements between So-yeon and Holo. Later, Nan-do realises that Nan-do and So-yeon share the same isolation that’s caused by their traumatic pasts and finds himself falling for So-yeon. This starts an atypical love triangle between two humans and an AI robot, Holo, who are all just trying to accept their imperfections and flaws to get by in this interdependent world.

Theme

Our world goes through innovative and revolutionary changes at a quick pace. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology that remodels every walk of life. Radical changes in innovation and technological progress transform nearly all industries and will influence society.

A future where humans and AI-powered holograms live together and maybe humans even fall in love with holograms is not so far-fetched.

‘My Holo Love’ is about two young people and they seem to have an ideal and successful life but they are hiding their emotional wounds of loneliness and imperfections inside. The drama has a futuristic/sci-fi element and an interesting stance on AI with an appealing cast, perks of romance, and personal journeys of growth.

Technology and its various aspects have a powerful impact on life experiences and ‘My Holo Love’ explores how technology encloses and influences various characters in society. Although, AI is the unique theme in the storyline, ‘My Holo Love’ is particularly about people who are isolated from the rest.

Through its 12 episodes, the series covers a bunch of themes that work along the lines of self-recognition and discovering one’s personality. Along with this, the series also shed light on the value of human relationships and brings in scenarios and backstories that ultimately fuse towards the conclusive moments in the storyline.

Awards

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Interesting Facts about My Holo Love

1. The idea for ‘My Holo Love’ arose during a conversation between director Lee Sang-yeop and writer Ryu Yong-jae after watching the movie ‘Her’.
2. The word Holo is derived from hologram and Holo also sounds similar to alone in Korean.
3. Yoon Hyun-min plays dual roles and requires immense concentration to adapt to different body movement patterns, styles, speech tempo, and physical reactions.
4. Ko Sung-hee can not ice skate even after hours of practising. So, director Lee Sang-yeop had to pull her while shooting her face.
5. Ko Sung-hee faced challenges to enact the emotions and appearance of a character with face blindness disorder.

FAQs

1. Who are the main characters of the Korean drama ‘My Holo Love’?
   The lead characters are Go Nan-do (Yoon Hyun-min) and Han So-yeon (Ko Sung-hee)
2. Does ‘My Holo Love’ have a love triangle?
   The drama has a unique love triangle and a touching contemporary storyline.
3. How many episodes of ‘My Holo Love’ are there?
   ‘My Holo Love’ has 12 episodes, and each episode is around 49-57 minutes long.
4. Will there be ‘My Holo Love 2’?
   My Holo Love season 1 has been depicted as a limited series, which means that it will probably be a one-and-done production.
5. Who is the writer of ‘My Holo Love’?
   The Netflix Korean drama series ‘My Holo Love’ is written by the South Korean screenwriter Ryu Yong-jae.
6. What is the Instagram ID of Yoon Hyun-min?
   The Instagram ID of Yoon Hyun-min is @yoonhyunmin.