The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel(2013)
World War II: a cholera epidemic ravages the streets of Beijing. A crack team of Chinese intelligence agents kidnap a Japanese general and biochemist who may hold the antidote.
Movie: The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel
Top 10 Billed Cast
The Chef
The Actor
The Scoundrel
Chef's wife
Chief detective
Second Lieutenant Sakura Yanagida
Japanese commander
Captain Igarashi
Lieutenant Shinichi Sugai
Colonel Goro Ogasawara
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