The Recipe

October. 21,2010      
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Lee Yo-won as  Jang Hye-jin
Ryu Seung-ryong as  Choi Yoo-jin
Yoo Seung-mok as  Kim Deuk-goo
Cho Seong-ha as  Park Min / Park Goo
Lee Dong-wook as  Kim Hyeon-soo
Nam Jung-hee as  Grandmother
Kim Se-dong as  Volunteer
Lee Yong-nyeo as  Han Myung-sook
Kim Jung-pal as  Detective Kang
Kim Ji-hoon as  Firefighter

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Reviews

GamerTab
2010/10/21

That was an excellent one.

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AnhartLinkin
2010/10/22

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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Humaira Grant
2010/10/23

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Deanna
2010/10/24

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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the_doofy
2010/10/25

tears of loveNo one in Hollywood would ever make a movie like this, let me explain why.First they would need to have thorough knowledge on how something is made and take time on the acquisition of each item that makes up the whole. A Hollywood movie would not do this, it takes time and research, they would fill that space in with violence and body counts.While going over each ingredient, they would have to then come up with plausible ways in which each one is unique and special, more violence over creative script hereThe romance involves two people who are master craftsmen (crafts people I guess), and they combine their expertise knowledge in a way that is an extension of their growing love. Hollywood would fill these minutes in with gratuitous sex scenes, since I guess no one in the USA who does script writing or script reading actually knows what real love is really based on. Well the makers of this movie doSo thats why I give this a ten, because this movie would never be made as a mainstream flick here in the us, and I appreciate all the thought and research that went into this script, thank U South Korea.

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Violet Sakura
2010/10/26

I still can't stop my tears... Just imagining how the most trivial thing - food, can open the most beautiful story of love before the audience's eyes... Two of my favourite actors made this movie unforgettable for me... The style of romance... the director could be only a woman... such soft and tender scenes made me have butterflies in my stomach... And, please, could somebody tell me who is the author of the score and where I can get it from, cause the music is heavenly... And for the last scene... The journalist is telling the audience the ingredients of the doenjang, he lists the food, the flowers... and lastly the tears... The way of making... Waiting and waiting... The last scene... a tear falls and dries... leaving salt... and the music...

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Avery Hudson
2010/10/27

A lyrical mystery, following Yoo-jin Choi (Seung-Ryong Ryu), a hard-bitten television producer, as he pursues a lead from an applicant for an internship: A death-row fugitive is captured as he eats a bowl of so delicious, so fragrant, both he and the arresting detectives are held in thrall until he finishes and they can capture him without a struggle.Choi discovers that the stew was made by a mysterious young woman, Jang Hye-jin (Yu-won Lee), and begins a transformative quest to learn the recipe. No spoilers here, just a recommendation to seek out this movie about true love, honest craft, and the aura of the unique.

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