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The Legend of Kitchen Soldier
In the game of life, we all face countless quests of choice.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Park Ji-hoon
Kang Sung-jae
12 eps
Yoon Kyung-ho
Park Jae-young
12 eps
Han Dong-hee
Cho Ye-rin
12 eps
Lee Hong-nae
Yoon Dong-hyun
12 eps
Lee Sang-yi
Hwang Seok-ho
12 eps
Jung Woong-in
Baek Chun-ik
12 eps
Kang Ha-kyung
Kim Kwan-chul / Bitter Kwanchul
12 eps
Lim Ji-ho
Tak Mun-ik / Sweet Munik
12 eps
Kang Jun-kyu
Joo Sang-wook / Sour Sangwook
12 eps
Lee Sang-jun
Cha Seung-woo / Spicy Seungwoo
12 eps
Han Min
Lee Min-gu
12 eps
Park So-ri
Heo Ran-hee
12 eps
Jeon So-young
Jeong Mi-na
12 eps
Seo Jeong-yeon
Gong Su-yeon
12 eps
Choi Deok-moon
Kang Il-yong
12 eps
Kim Moon-gi
Pyo Ji-young / Salty Jiyoung
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Legend of Kitchen Soldier actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Legend of Kitchen Soldier reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A plastic-spoon man is on his way to becoming a legendary army cook—uncovering dark secrets within the base through his cooking skills.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Choi RyongWriter
Direction
- Cho Nam-hyungDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
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