''The Naked Kitchen'' (; lit. "Kitchen") is a 2009
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
n film written and directed by Hong Ji-young. Starring
Shin Min-ah,
Ju Ji-hoon
Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', ''Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...
, and
Kim Tae-woo, the film is a romantic comedy-drama about a very curious
ménage à trois
A () is a domestic arrangement and committed relationship with three people in polyamorous romantic or sexual relations with each other, and often dwelling together; typically a traditional marriage between a man and woman along with anothe ...
.
Plot
Ahn Mo-rae and Han Sang-in have been friends since childhood. He didn't mind that she followed him around, calling him ''
hyeong
The Korean terms hyeong, pumsae, poomsae and teul (meaning "form" or "pattern") are all used to refer to martial arts forms that are typically used in Korean martial arts such as Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do.
* Hyeong is often romanized as ''hyu ...
'' or Big Brother (though Korean girls are supposed to call older guys ''
oppa''), and their marital relationship is an odd but appealing mix of hot sex and best buddies. The day of their wedding anniversary is pretty eventful. Mo-rae (
Shin Min-ah) cooks breakfast, serving it on their best china, hoping to get Sang-in (
Kim Tae-woo) into the mood for love before he goes to work. Sang-in quits his high-end stockbroker job so that he can devote himself to his lifelong dream of running a fancy restaurant. While shopping for an anniversary gift for Sang-in, Mo-rae sneaks into a closed gallery, where she encounters another illicit visitor—a very handsome young man with whom she hides when the gallery owner turns up. Mo-rae, overcome by heat and dizziness, has a sudden sexual encounter with the stranger, who then vanishes. She confesses the incident to her husband, downplaying it both to him and to herself. Then Sang-in tells Mo-rae over dinner that he's expecting a mentor to help him plan the menu for his dream restaurant: a brilliant young French-Korean chef who will arrive that evening. Park Du-re (
Ju Ji-hoon
Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', ''Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...
),French-Korean mentor, turns out to be Mo-rae's stranger, who now will be staying with the young couple, sleeping in the room that had belonged to Sang-in's late mother. With her husband blissfully unaware of Du-re's identity, he encourages Mo-rae to get along with him. Mo-rae is powerfully drawn to Du-re while Sang-in gets cooking lessons from him, leading the poor woman to somewhat of a crisis as she tries to decide what her heart really wants. But at the end Mo-rea eventually decides to leave them both.
Cast
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Shin Min-a – Ahn Mo-rae
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Kim Tae-woo – Han Sang-in
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Ju Ji-hoon
Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', ''Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...
– Park Du-re
*Jeon Hye-jin – Kim Seon-woo
*Park Sang-hun – Kwon Joo-hyeok
*Jung So-yeon – Kwon Ye-rim
*Kwon Hyeok-poong – cooking competition sponsor
*Kim Won-joo – cooking competition sponsor
*Kwon Yeong-gook – cooking competition sponsor
*Kim Bo-yeong – gallery curator
*Min Seong-wook – bond company junior colleague
*Kim Joo-yeong – parasol store student couple
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Baek Jin-hee
Baek Jin-hee (born February 8, 1990) is a South Korean actress. She began to be known for her role in '' High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged'' (2011–2012) and rose to prominence for her role in ''Empress Ki'' (2013).
Career
Baek Jin-hee be ...
– parasol store student couple
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Bang Eun-jin
Bang Eun-jin (born August 5, 1965) is a South Korean actress and film director. She is best known for starring in Park Chul-soo's ''301, 302'' and Kim Ki-duk's '' Address Unknown''. Bang made her feature directorial debut with '' Princess Auror ...
– cooking judge (cameo)
*Ahn Hye-kyung – radio weather forecaster (cameo)
*Chae Yoon-seo – bride at wedding shoot (cameo)
* Lee Hwan – groom at wedding shoot (cameo)
Notes
Actors
Shin Min-ah and
Ju Ji-hoon
Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', ''Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...
previously starred together in the 2007 television series ''
The Devil
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood ...
''.
References
External links
* http://blog.naver.com/love_kitchen.do
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2009 films
2000s Korean-language films
South Korean romantic comedy-drama films
2009 romantic comedy-drama films
2000s South Korean films