Movie: A Great Chinese Restaurant

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kim Suk-hoon
김석훈

Yang Han-kook

Myung Se-bin
명세빈

Han Mi-rae

Shin Gu
신구

CEO Han

Jung Jun
정준

Pick Up

Dong Bang-woo
동방우

Chef

Jung Woong-in
정웅인

Instant Noodle

Kim Joong-ki
김중기

Chang-won

Kim Gyeong-beom
Kim Gyeong-beom

Chemist

Ki Joo-bong
기주봉

Lee Dae-ro
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    Han-kook starts to work as an apprentice chef at a Chinese restauraunt belonging to his father's friend, but rather than follow the painstaking process of preparing the food by hand, Han-kook begins to use pre-processed ingredients.

  • Release Date

    1999-04-24

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    한국어/조선말
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