The Recipe

Oct 21, 2010

1h 47m

★ 6.5

Salt. Earth. Wind. Water. And a secret ingredient.

Overview

A man on death-row wants to taste "doenjang jjigae" (a spicy Korean bean paste stew) before he dies. Television producer Choi Yu-Jin hears of the inmate and researches his story for an upcoming news report. Choi Yu-Jin then comes across a mysterious woman named Jang Hye-Jin who makes doenjang jjigae that brings tears of joy to those who tastes her recipe. As Choi Yu-Jin delves further, he learns of Jang Hye-Jin's heart breaking relationship with Kim Hyun-Soo.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Romance

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment

Film It Suda

Soran Playment

The Recipe Trailers

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Cast

Jang Hye-jin

Lee Yo-won

Choi Yoo-jin

Ryu Seung-ryong

Kim Deuk-goo

Yoo Seung-mok

Park Min / Park Goo

Cho Seong-ha

Kim Hyeon-soo

Lee Dong-wook

Grandmother

Nam Jung-hee

Volunteer

Kim Se-dong

Han Myung-sook

Lee Yong-nyeo

Detective Kang

Kim Jung-pal

Firefighter

Kim Ji-hoon

Detective

Song Yo-sep

Bean field lady

Jeon So-hyun

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