# Love Your Enemy (사랑은 외나무다리에서)
**Love Your Enemy** (사랑은 외나무다리에서; literal title *Love on a Single Tree Bridge*) is a 2024 South Korean romantic comedy television series broadcast on tvN, starring [Ju Ji-hoon](https://www.edgepedia.org/ju-ji-hoon) and Jung Yu-mi as childhood enemies born on the same day with the same given name who reunite as adults at the same high school.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) • [2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03) It aired for 12 episodes from November 23 to December 29, 2024, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:20.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Native title | 사랑은 외나무다리에서 (*Sarangeun Oenamu Darieseo*), literally "Love on a Single Tree Bridge"[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) |
| Network and run | tvN, 12 episodes, November 23 – December 29, 2024, Sat. & Sun. 21:20[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) |
| Production | Directed by Park Joon-hwa; written by Im Ye-jin[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) |
| Leads | Ju Ji-hoon as Seok Ji-won, Jung Yu-mi as Yoon Ji-won[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) |
| Premise | Rival-family children born the same day with the same name, painful breakup at 18, reunion at 36 as chairman and gym teacher of the same high school[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03) |
| Finale rating | 6.5% (Nielsen Korea), the series' own highest[3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005) |
| Streaming | Disney+; in the United States on Rakuten Viki[4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/love-your-enemy) |
## Premise
Seok Ji-won and Yoon Ji-won were born on the same day, in the same town, with the same given name, into two families that have been enemies for generations.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) They attended the same schools and fought whenever they made eye contact, but their rivalry masked a deep love.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) • [2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03) In the summer they turned 18 they had a painful breakup, and 18 years later, at 36, both are jaded about romance.[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03)
As adults, Ji-won returns to his hometown as chairman of Dokmok High School, which he and Yoon Ji-won attended, and finds her working there as a physical education teacher.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) • [2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03) Forced to work at the same school, the two make a bet over whether the school's "crazy lilac" tree will bloom, and he promises that by the time the lilacs bloom they will be dating again.[5](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Love-Your-Enemy/) • [4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/love-your-enemy) The Korean title refers to a single-log bridge, the narrow crossing on which one might meet a sworn enemy.
## Cast
Ju Ji-hoon plays Seok Ji-won, a senior managing director at Seokban Construction who becomes the school's chairman, and Jung Yu-mi plays Yoon Ji-won, the PE teacher.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy) The supporting cast includes Lee Si-woo, Kim Ye-won, Kim Kap-soo as Yoon Ji-won's grandfather Yoon Jae-ho, and Lee Byoung-joon as Seok Ji-won's father Seok Kyung-tae.[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03) • [3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005) The teenage versions of the leads were played by the new actors Hong Min-gi and [Oh Ye-ju](https://www.edgepedia.org/oh-ye-ju), whose performances drew praise for their fresh chemistry.[3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005)
## Reception and finale
The series ended on December 29, 2024 with a 6.5% nationwide rating for its final episode, measured by Nielsen Korea, its own highest rating of the run.[3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005) In the finale, Yoon Ji-won and Seok Ji-won hold a family meeting between the two households and marry; the grandfather Yoon Jae-ho and father Seok Kyung-tae, enemies for more than a decade, resolve their misunderstandings and forgive each other for the couple's sake.[3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005)
[Yonhap News Agency](https://www.edgepedia.org/yonhap-news-agency)'s review described the plot as a predictable Korean take on *Romeo and Juliet*, with two heirs of feuding families who love at 18, separate, and meet again as adults, but credited the two leads' chemistry with adding fresh interest; it noted that Jung Yu-mi returned to romantic comedy after ten years and Ju Ji-hoon took on the genre for the first time in 18 years.[3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005) On IMDb the series holds a 7.4/10 rating from about 1,400 users, with later episodes rated higher than the first two.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33204454/ratings/) Viewer reviews frequently singled out the young leads' high-school storyline as the strongest part of the show.[7](https://www.queue.co/tv/love-your-enemy-2024/reviews?sort=POPULAR)
## Distribution
The drama is a CJ ENM production distributed internationally on Disney+.[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03) In the United States it streams on Rakuten Viki, with episodes about 67 minutes long and a TV-14 age rating.[4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/love-your-enemy) Mercedes-Benz Korea supported the production by supplying six vehicle models, including the Mercedes-AMG EQS electric sedan.[8](https://m.newspim.com/news/view/20241203000148)
## References
1. [Love Your Enemy, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Love_Your_Enemy)
2. [Love Your Enemy, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-kr/browse/entity-90bfdb82-4ec8-459c-950d-4a145c163f03)
3. [익숙한 스토리에 신선한 호흡…tvN '사외다' 6.5％로 종영, 연합뉴스 (Yonhap News), December 30, 2024](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241230041300005)
4. [Sarangeun Oenamudarieseo streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/love-your-enemy)
5. [사랑은 외나무 다리에서, tvN 공식 홈페이지](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Love-Your-Enemy/)
6. [Love Your Enemy (TV Series 2024) Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33204454/ratings/)
7. [Love Your Enemy Reviews, Queue](https://www.queue.co/tv/love-your-enemy-2024/reviews?sort=POPULAR)
8. [벤츠코리아, '사랑은 외나무다리에서'에 마이바흐 등 차량 6종 지원, 뉴스핌 (NewsPim), December 3, 2024](https://m.newspim.com/news/view/20241203000148)
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