Love and Leashes

Also known as

Moral Sense

Original Title

모럴센스

Genre

Romantic comedy

Original release

February 11, 2022

Written by

Park Hyun-jin

Directed by

Park Hyun-jin

Starring

Seohyun
Lee Jun-young

Country of Origin

South Korea

Original language

Korean

Episode runtime

118 minutes

Production company

Seed Film

Streaming Sites
Netflix

Love and Leashes (Korean: 모럴센스; RR: Moreolsenseu) is a 2022 South Korean romantic comedy film, based on the webtoon Moral Sense by Gyeoul. The film directed by Park Hyun-jin, depicts a romance between Ji-hoo, who has everything perfect but has secret BDSM desires, and Ji-woo, a competent public relations team member who finds out about his secret. It was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022, to coincide with Valentine's Day^[1].

Synopsis[]

A cheerful and provocative romance between an unlikely pair with differing personalities and tastes.

Jung Ji Hoo is a competent and popular high-flying employee at work but one day this image threatens to fall apart when a fellow co-worker, Jung Ji Woo, mistakenly receives a package belonging to him and opens it to find a large dog-collar and its accompanying leash inside. What follows is a light-hearted introduction to a BDSM relationship between the two.

Cast Members[]

Seohyun as Jung Ji-woo
Lee Jun-young as Jung Ji-hoo

Lee El as Hye Mi, dog pub owner

Seo Hyun-woo as Team Leader Hwang

Kim Han-na as Yuna, Jiwoo's co-worker

Lee Suk-hyeong as Woo Hyuk, a part-time worker

Kim Bo-ra as Hana, Ji-hoo's ex-lover

Baek Hyun-joo as Ji-woo's mother

Ahn Seung-gyun as Lee Han, the youngest employee

Teaser[]

Trailer[]

Production[]

Development[]

In February 2021, at the Netflix content road show See What's Next Korea 2021, they announced the production of a romance film tentatively titled as Moral Sense^[2].

Casting[]

On March 21, 2021, Netflix confirmed through a press release that it would distribute another Korean original film Moral Sense, based on webtoon of the same name. It further revealed that the romance film would be directed by Park Hyun-jin, and have Seohyun and Lee Jun-young as main leads.^[3]

Filming[]

On April 19, 2021, Seohyun posted photos from shooting site revealing that filming was in progress.^[4]

Award & Nomination[]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
2022	58th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Seohyun	Nominated^[5]

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Robinson, Jacob (2022, January 22). "Netflix K-Drama Movie 'Love and Leashes': Coming to Netflix in February 2022 & What We Know So Far". WON. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.
↑ Lee Min-ji (2021, February 25). "넷플릭스 "카터-모럴센스' 韓 오리지널 영화 제작 시작" 발표". Newsen, Naver. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.
↑ Lee, Yejin (2021,March 22). "A DIFFERENT ROMANCE FILM, MORAL SENSE(WT), CASTS SEO HYUN AND LEE JUN-YOUNG". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.
↑ Seok Jae-hyun (2021, April 19). ""촬영 힘내겠다" 서현 '모럴센스' 인증샷…'김정현 논란' 극복[SNS★컷]" . Newsen, Naver. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.
↑ Ahn Byung-gil (2022, April 11). "58회 백상예술대상 후보 공개…영광의 주인공은?" Sports Kyunghyang, Naver. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

[1] Robinson, Jacob (2022, January 22). "Netflix K-Drama Movie 'Love and Leashes': Coming to Netflix in February 2022 & What We Know So Far". WON. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.

[2] Lee Min-ji (2021, February 25). "넷플릭스 "카터-모럴센스' 韓 오리지널 영화 제작 시작" 발표". Newsen, Naver. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.

[3] Lee, Yejin (2021,March 22). "A DIFFERENT ROMANCE FILM, MORAL SENSE(WT), CASTS SEO HYUN AND LEE JUN-YOUNG". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.

[4] Seok Jae-hyun (2021, April 19). ""촬영 힘내겠다" 서현 '모럴센스' 인증샷…'김정현 논란' 극복[SNS★컷]" . Newsen, Naver. Retrieved on August 28, 2024.

[5] Ahn Byung-gil (2022, April 11). "58회 백상예술대상 후보 공개…영광의 주인공은?" Sports Kyunghyang, Naver. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

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