| Between Love and Hate | |
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| Hangul | 연애, 그 참을 수 없는 가벼움 |
| Hanja | 戀愛, 그 참을 수 없는 가벼움 |
| RR | Yeonae, geu chameul su eomneun gabyeoum |
| MR | Yŏnae, kŭ ch'amŭl su ŏmnŭn kabyŏum |
| Directed by | Kim Hae-gon |
| Written by | Kim Hae-gon |
| Produced by | Kim Jeong-su Jo Jin-man |
| Starring | Kim Seung-woo Jang Jin-young |
| Cinematography | Choi Gi-youl |
| Edited by | Kyung Min-ho |
| Music by | Lee Han-na |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$3.5 million |
| Box office | US$3,464,124 [1] |
Between Love and Hate (also known as The Unbearable Lightness of Dating) is a 2006 South Korean film starring Kim Seung-woo and Jang Jin-young, and is the directorial debut of screenwriter Kim Hae-gon. Jang's performance won her Best Actress at the 2006 Korean Film Awards. [2] This would be Jang Jin-young's final film before her death almost 3 years later.
Young-woon works in his mother's restaurant, and is more interested in having a good time with his friends than settling down with his fiancée. He allows himself to be seduced by bargirl Yeon-ah, and the two embark on a tumultuous love-hate relationship. But when Young-woon's mother finds out about the affair and pushes him into marrying his fiancée, he is forced into choosing between the two women.