The Asian Angel

Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.

Cast

Sosuke Ikematsu

as Takeshi Aoki

Moon Choi

as Choi Sol

Joe Odagiri

as Toru Aoki

Kim Min-jae

as Jung-woo

Kim Yae-eun

as Pomme

Ryo Sato

as Manabu Aoki

Jang He-ryung

as Tae-yeon

Tateto Serizawa

as The Angel

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