Netflix 'Love and Leashes' Release Date, Cast Starring Seohyun, Trailer and S&M Plot

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Featuring flashes of a red-tinted room with dog collars, handcuffs and whips, Netflix's upcoming S&M-themed film Love and Leashes, the official trailer for which was unveiled Thursday, is a kinky Korean romantic comedy.

The new Netflix movie sees two seemingly ordinary office workers embark on a "special" relationship after one of them accidentally learns about the "secret peculiarities" of the other, according to the streamer.

Here's everything we know so far about the racy new Netflix rom-com.

Love and Leashes Release Date

Love and Leashes will be unveiled on Netflix on February 11, 2022.

A still from "Love and Leashes."
A still from "Love and Leashes." The upcoming Korean film on Netflix features two office workers who embark on a "special" relationship. Netflix

Love and Leashes Cast

The latest film sees Seohyun, the Korean actress and singer from K-pop group Girls' Generation, in the role of Ji-woo—a competent public relations worker, according to South Korea's Sports Today.

Love and Leashes marks Seohyun's film debut although she was seen recently as a shapeshifting swindler in Netflix's Private Lives K-drama series in 2020.

Playing opposite Seohyun is Lee Jun-young, who plays Ji-hoo, a seemingly "perfect man with a unique sexual taste," Netflix says.

Lee was recently seen as an AWOL soldier in Netflix's gripping military K-drama D.P., which was picked up for a second season in December 2021, the same month it was selected among The New York Times Best International Shows of 2021.

Korean actress Baek Hyun-joo will play Ji-woo's mother, who will be portrayed as more like a friend than a parent to Ji-woo, always rooting for her daughter, according to Sports Today.

Seohyun in "Love and Leashes" on Netflix.
Girls' Generation singer Seohyun. She plays "Ji-woo" in the Netflix film "Love and Leashes." Netflix

Love and Leashes Plot

A dizzying "different kind of romance" unfolds between Ji-woo and Ji-hoo, who are introduced as colleagues in an office.

Drama ensues when a delivery meant for Ji-hoo is accidentally sent to Ji-woo, due to their names being similar, according to South Korea's iNews24.

Upon opening the package, Ji-woo is shocked to find a dog collar adorned with spikes bearing a label reading "Miho", which Ji-hoo claims is his for three-year-old poodle at home, according to the trailer.

The video later shows a distraught-looking Ji-hoo asking Ji-woo: "I'm wondering…would you be my master?" before cutting to a red-tinted room adorned with various racy lingerie outfits, S&M-themed devices and Ji-woo holding a whip.

A still from "Love and Leashes."
A still from "Love and Leashes" on Netflix. The film stars Seohyun (L) and Lee Jun-young (R). Netflix

"I'm not sure exactly what you want from me," Ji-woo says, "but I can learn things pretty quickly."

The video concludes with Ji-hoo kneeling over Ji-woo's feet and saying: "They're so gorgeous," to which she replies: "Then…would you like me to step on you?"

It has yet to be seen how the pair will navigate their "taste-respecting" relationship, which begins with a three-month contract, according to Netflix.

But things may get complicated as Ji-woo suggests: "Rather than being partners, let's date for real."

Love and Leashes will be released exclusively on Netflix.

"Love and Leashes" on Netflix.
Lee Jun-young plays "Ji-hoo" in "Love and Leashes" on Netflix. Ji-hoo is a seemingly "perfect man with a unique sexual taste." Netflix
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Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel, health, home/interior design and property/real estate. Soo covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively from 2020 to 2022, including several interviews with the chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Soo has reported on various major news events, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U.S. Capitol riots, the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and Canadian elections, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well as Korean films, such as the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Past Lives, and K-pop news, to interviews with the biggest Korean actors, such as Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game and Star Wars, and Korean directors, such as Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Celine Song. Soo is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Before Newsweek, Soo was a travel reporter and commissioning editor for the award-winning travel section of The Daily Telegraph (a leading U.K. national newspaper) for nearly a decade from 2010, reporting on the latest in the travel industry, from travel news, consumer travel and aviation issues to major new openings and emerging destinations. Soo is a graduate of Binghamton University in New York and the journalism school of City University in London, where she earned a Masters in international journalism. You can get in touch with Soo by emailing s.kim@newsweek.com . Follow her on Instagram at @miss.soo.kim or X, formerly Twitter, at @MissSooKim .Languages spoken: English and Korean

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