Limited series · TV5
Kumusta
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kumusta actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kumusta reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Kumusta (also stylized as Kumusta?) is a Philippine reality television and cooking show set in Korea. The series is produced by TV5 together with Viu Philippines and a South Korean production team. It was originally broadcasted by TV5 and Viu Philippines. The program follows several Filipino celebrities, with a special guest South Korean actor Ji Chang-wook, as they manage a pop-up restaurant in South Korea.
The title of the show is derived from the Tagalog greeting "kumusta", which translates to "how are you?". The show centers on a cultural exchange between the Philippines and South Korea through culinary arts. The cast members temporarily operated a Filipino restaurant named "Kumusta Café" located in the Gangnam District of Seoul. During the production, the cast worked daily shifts ranging from 12 to 16 hours over a period of seven days. The menu featured traditional Filipino dishes such as inasal, kare-kare, sisig, and roasted pig known as lechon.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Crystal JacintoProducer
Direction
- Park Nae-ryongDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
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