Can This Love Be Translated?: From Japan To Italy, Know All About Locations Used In K-Drama

A celebrity and a multilingual translator fall in love over several trips around the world in Netflix's new K-drama Can This Love Be Translated? When Life Gives You Tangerines actor Kim Seon-ho plays the multilingual interpreter

who speaks Korean, English, Japanese, and Italian. Resident Playbook's Go Youn-jung plays an actress who becomes famous overnight. The couple have a chance meeting in Japan and continue running into each other again as fate puts them together. Directed by Yoo Young-eun, the slow-burning romance goes from cold Canada to old Italy as the characters take part in the reality dating show Romantic Trip.

All about Can This Love Be Translated? locations

Countries and places are essential to the love story of Can This Love Be Translated? written by the Hong sisters, Jung-eun and Mi-ran. From their first meeting in Japan to the filming of the reality show in Italy, each location adds meaning to the story. Find out more about where the show is set and why it is important to the story.

Japan: The characters of Ho-jin (Kim Seon-ho) and Mu-hee (Go Youn-jung) first meet in Japan unexpectedly. The shy translator helps the budding actress confront her ex-boyfriend’s mistress after he cheats on her. Eventually, the two lose contact, but Mu-hee has a photo of Ho-jin from Japan kept with her as a remembrance.

Korea: The next time Ho-jin and Mu-hee meet is in different circumstances. She is now a famous actress thanks to her role as the killer zombie Do Ra-mi in the horror film The Quiet Woman. Ho-jin is her translator for an international interview but he tells her to delete his photo from her Instagram account. Later, Ho-jin signs up for a job on the reality series Romantic Trip featuring Mu-hee.

Canada: After working on the show together for a while and travelling to Canada, Ho-jin and Mu-hee finally confess their true feelings to one another. However, Ji-sun (Shin Ji-sun) joins the reality series as the show producer. She is Ho-jin’s first love and was earlier engaged to his brother. But Ji-sun has broken her engagement before coming to Canada, so Mu-hee assumes Ho-jin is still in love with her. She breaks up with him, and Ho-jin leaves the show.

Italy: The reality show moves filming to Italy, where Mu-hee exists as two separate characters. She shoots the reality show during the day, but at night, she wanders through the city as The Quiet Woman's Do Ra-mi. Ho-jin eventually returns to the show as a translator to help Mu-hee lose Do Ra-mi. He follows her at night to make sure Mu-hee doesn't get hurt.So do Ho-jin and Mu-hee end up together? You will have to watch the 12-episode series to find out! In the meantime, enjoy the stunning locales portrayed in the Korean show on Netflix.