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The Asian Angel

The Asian Angel

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The Asian Angel

"Life may batter and bruise you, but at least it leaves you free."

2021

2h 8m

6.8(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

THE KLOCKWORX

The Asahi Shimbun

RIKI PROJECT

Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

UNITED PRODUCTIONS

Hikari TV

ColorBird

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Takeshi Aoki

Moon Choi

Moon Choi

Choi Sol

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Toru Aoki

Kim Min-jae

Kim Min-jae

Jung-woo

Kim Yae-eun

Kim Yae-eun

Pomme

Ryo Sato

Ryo Sato

Manabu Aoki

Jang He-ryung

Jang He-ryung

Tae-yeon

Tateto Serizawa

Tateto Serizawa

The Angel

Choi Seo-yeon

Young Sol

Creative team

Directed by: Yuya Ishii
Written by: Yuya Ishii
Produced by: Takuro Nagai
Oh Ji-Yoon

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