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Yakiniku Dragon
Yakiniku Dragon

Yakiniku Dragon

Genres

Drama

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Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest daughter Mi-Hwa. Oldest daughter Jung-Hwa is dating Tetsuo, but they break up. Middle daughter Yi-Hwa loves Tetsuo and marries him, but Tetsuo still loves her older sister and they divorce. Youngest daughter Mi-Hwa wants to become a singer, but she is in love with a married man.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

128 mins

Rating

7.889/10

Release Date

22 June 2018

Country

Japan

Cast

Yoko Maki

Yoko Maki

Jung Hwa (Shizuka)

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

Yi Hwa (Rika)

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Tetsuo

Hitomi Miyauchi

Hitomi Miyauchi

Mi Hwa (Mika)

Ryohei Otani

Ryohei Otani

Hasegawa

Shinpei Ooe

Shinpei Ooe

Tokio

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Oh Shin-Gil

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Mineko

Lee Jung-eun

Lee Jung-eun

Young-Soon

Kim Sang-ho

Kim Sang-ho

Yong-Gil

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