The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel

The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel

2013•1h 48m•6.3/10

ComedyAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(52)

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

Enlight Pictures, Beijing No.5 Movement Culture Media

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

The Chef

Zhang Hanyu

Zhang Hanyu

The Actor

Huang Bo

Huang Bo

The Scoundrel

Liang Jing

Liang Jing

Chef's wife

Wang Xun

Wang Xun

Chief detective

Chie Tanaka

Chie Tanaka

Second Lieutenant Sakura Yanagida

Ryu Kohata

Ryu Kohata

Japanese commander

Minowa Yasufumi

Minowa Yasufumi

Captain Igarashi

Takashima Shinichi

Takashima Shinichi

Lieutenant Shinichi Sugai

Masanobu Otsuka

Masanobu Otsuka

Colonel Goro Ogasawara

Fei Zhenxiang

Fei Zhenxiang

Erqiu

Zhao Su-Chen

Sanpao

Akira Hibino

Akira Hibino

Japanese general

Zhang Luyi

Zhang Luyi

Shirakawa

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