A Great Chinese Restaurant

Apr 24, 1999

1h 35m

★ 6.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Ahnsworld

A Great Chinese Restaurant Trailers

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Cast

Yang Han-kook

Kim Suk-hoon

Han Mi-rae

Myung Se-bin

CEO Han

Shin Gu

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Jung Jun

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Dong Bang-woo

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Jung Woong-in

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Kim Joong-ki

Chemist

Kim Gyeong-beom

Ki Joo-bong

Lee Dae-ro

Kim Jong-goo

Small Business President

Song Young-chang

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