 This was followed by his return to the stage in the musical revival "Cafe In", a love story between a male sommelier and a female barista.Kang produced the show's Korean and Japanese runs, and he also starred in the latter, becoming the first Korean actor to perform at the Tokyo Globe Theatre.Kang and Yoon Eun-hye then starred in 2011's "Lie to Me", playing a hotelier and a civil servant who fake being married to each other after she tells a white lie that quickly spreads through the gossip channels.