The Naked Kitchen

The Naked Kitchen

Theatrical poster for The Naked Kitchen
Directed by Hong Ji-young
Produced by Min Jin-su
Min Kyu-dong
Lee Jun-yeop
Written by Hong Ji-young
Lee Jyeong-ui
Starring Shin Min-ah
Ju Ji-hoon
Kim Tae-woo
Music by Jeong Sung-jo
Cinematography Jung Il-sung
Edited by Hyeon Dong-chun
Release dates
  • February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05)
Running time
 102 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office $638,181[1]

The Naked Kitchen (Hangul: 키친; RR: Kichin; lit. "Kitchen") is a 2009 South Korean film written and directed by Hong Ji-young.[2] Starring Shin Min-ah, Ju Ji-hoon, and Kim Tae-woo, the film is a romantic comedy-drama about a very curious ménage à trois.[3]

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 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), the 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 the seductive 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.[4][5][6]

Cast

Notes

Actors Shin Min-ah and Ju Ji-hoon previously starred together in the 2007 television series The Devil.

References

  1. ↑ "Kitchen (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Hong Ji-young Looks on the Brighter Side of Adultery". The Chosun Ilbo. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. ↑ Elley, Derek (18 January 2010). "The Naked Kitchen". Variety. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  4. ↑ Mitchel, Duncan. "The Naked Kitchen". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  5. ↑ Mudge, James (6 June 2009). "Naked Kitchen (2008) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  6. ↑ Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (19 July 2010). "Fantasia 2010: THE NAKED KITCHEN Review". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2012-11-19.

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