

The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel
2013-03-29 · 108 min · ★ 6.3
World War II: a cholera epidemic ravages the streets of Beijing. A crack team of Chinese intelligence agents kidnap a Japanese general and biochemist who may hold the antidote.
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Production details
- Directors
- Guan Hu
- Production companies
- Enlight Pictures, Beijing No.5 Movement Culture Media
- Countries
- China
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 44,400,000
Top Cast
Liu YeThe Chef
Zhang HanyuThe Actor
Huang BoThe Scoundrel
Liang JingChef's wife
Chie TanakaSecond Lieutenant Sakura Yanagida
Ryu KohataJapanese commander
Minowa YasufumiCaptain Igarashi
Takashima ShinichiLieutenant Shinichi Sugai
Masanobu OtsukaColonel Goro Ogasawara
Fei ZhenxiangErqiu
Akira HibinoJapanese general
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