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|producer = Kim Jin-young
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|writer = Anna Lee <br> [[Jang Jin]]
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|starring = [[Ryoo Seung-Ryong]] <br />[[Lee Yo-won]]<br /> [[Lee Dong-wook]]
|starring = [[Ryoo Seung-ryong]] <br />[[Lee Yo-won]]<br /> [[Lee Dong-wook]]
|music = Han Jae-gwon
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Jang Hye-jin ([[Lee Yo-won]]) is an ordinary woman whose [[doenjang jjigae]] (soybean paste soup) is to die for. Yet Jang is not famous for her recipe and lives a quiet life.
Jang Hye-jin ([[Lee Yo-won]]) is an ordinary woman whose [[doenjang jjigae]] (soybean paste soup) is to die for. Yet Jang is not famous for her recipe and lives a quiet life.


When a notorious murderer on death row requests Jang’s soup as his last meal, television producer Choi Yoo-jin ([[Ryoo Seung-Ryong]]) starts looking for Jang and the recipe. But Choi is not the only one looking for Jang.
When a notorious murderer on death row requests Jang’s soup as his last meal, television producer Choi Yoo-jin ([[Ryoo Seung-ryong]]) starts looking for Jang and the recipe. But Choi is not the only one looking for Jang.


Kim Hyun-soo ([[Lee Dong-wook]]), Jang’s old flame, decides to return to his hometown to look for his first love. At the same time, three people die after eating Jang’s soup. What is the secret behind the soup and how many more people will have to die for it?<ref>{{cite web|title=2010.10.22 NOW PLAYING|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2927418|publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=22 October 2010}}</ref>
Kim Hyun-soo ([[Lee Dong-wook]]), Jang’s old flame, decides to return to his hometown to look for his first love. At the same time, three people die after eating Jang’s soup. What is the secret behind the soup and how many more people will have to die for it?<ref>{{cite web|title=2010.10.22 NOW PLAYING|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2927418|publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=22 October 2010}}</ref>
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Ryoo Seung-Ryong]] ... Choi Yoo-jin
*[[Ryoo Seung-ryong]] ... Choi Yoo-jin
*[[Lee Yo-won]] ... Jang Hye-jin
*[[Lee Yo-won]] ... Jang Hye-jin
*[[Lee Dong-wook]] ... Kim Hyun-soo
*[[Lee Dong-wook]] ... Kim Hyun-soo

Revision as of 09:30, 29 June 2012

The Recipe
Film poster
Directed byAnna Lee (a.k.a. Lee Seo-goon)
Written byAnna Lee
Jang Jin
Produced byKim Jin-young
StarringRyoo Seung-ryong
Lee Yo-won
Lee Dong-wook
CinematographyNa Hui-seok
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-beom
Music byHan Jae-gwon
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

The Recipe (된장 Doenjang, literally "Soybean paste") is 2010 South Korean film about a television producer who finds out many surprising truths while tracking down the story about a mysterious bean paste stew. Behind the captivating taste lies a woman’s unfortunate life and love story.

Plot

Jang Hye-jin (Lee Yo-won) is an ordinary woman whose doenjang jjigae (soybean paste soup) is to die for. Yet Jang is not famous for her recipe and lives a quiet life.

When a notorious murderer on death row requests Jang’s soup as his last meal, television producer Choi Yoo-jin (Ryoo Seung-ryong) starts looking for Jang and the recipe. But Choi is not the only one looking for Jang.

Kim Hyun-soo (Lee Dong-wook), Jang’s old flame, decides to return to his hometown to look for his first love. At the same time, three people die after eating Jang’s soup. What is the secret behind the soup and how many more people will have to die for it?[1]

Production

Twelve years after her last film Rub Love, director Anna Lee wonderfully mixes two different genres - the thriller and the love story. The English title "The Recipe" contains a lot of meaning: a record of a person’s life, a memory of taste, an experience of loss and a chronicle of hurts. In this sense, the film is a recipe for everything. With his original touch, Lee illustrates the obsession with unforgettable memories of love and a fatalistic point of view. The soybean soup recipe contains pain, longing and salvation. In a sense, the recipe is the very history of Korea’s memory and tradition.[2]

Cast

  • Ryoo Seung-ryong ... Choi Yoo-jin
  • Lee Yo-won ... Jang Hye-jin
  • Lee Dong-wook ... Kim Hyun-soo
  • Jo Sung-ha ... Park Min / Park Gu
  • Lee Yong-nyeo ... Han Myung-suk (owner of mountainside restaurant)
  • Kim Jung-suk ... Detective Kang
  • Nam Jeong-hee ... grandmother
  • Yu Seung-mok ... Kim Deuk-gu
  • Kim Se-dong ... blind man
  • Park Hye-jin ... owner of Soondae Soup restaurant
  • Yoo Soon-woong ...salt farm owner
  • Lee Sang-hee ... owner of small store in the countryside

References

  1. ^ "2010.10.22 NOW PLAYING". Korea JoongAng Daily. 22 October 2010.
  2. ^ Lee, Sang-yong. "The Recipe". BIFF.kr. Retrieved 16 May 2012.