Chocolate
Title: 초콜릿 / Chocolate
Genre: Romance, Food, Medical
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2019-Nov-29 to 2020-Jan-18
Air time: Fridays & Saturdays 22:50
Synopsis
The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him.
Lee Kang (Yoon Kye Sang) is a neurosurgeon, who once dreamed of becoming a chef. As a child, Moon Cha Young (Ha Ji Won) once met Lee Kang at a small restaurant in the seaside town. There, Lee Kang cooked and gave her a meal, which in part inspired her to become a world-famous chef. Many years later, the two meet again at a hospice ward and together they heal their own emotional scars by preparing meals for the patients there.
Cast
Main Cast
Yoon Kye Sang as Lee Kang
– Oh Ja Hun (오자훈) as Lee Kang (young)
Ha Ji Won as Moon Cha Young
– Kim Bo Min as Moon Cha Young (young)
Jang Seung Jo as Lee Joon (Lee Kang’s brother)
– Kang Tae Ung (강태웅) as Lee Joon (young)
Yoo Teo as Kwon Min Sung
Min Jin Woong as Moon Tae Hyun (Cha Young’s fraternal twin brother)
– Kim Min Joon as Tae Hyun (young)
Kusung Family
Kang Boo Ja as Han Yong Sul (Kang’s grandmother)
Lee Jae Ryong as Lee Seung Hoon (Joon’s father)
Kim Sun Kyung as Yoon Hye Mi (Joon’s mother)
Lee Uhn Jung (이언정) as Jung Soo Hee (Kang’s mother)
Yoon Ye Hee as Lee Seo Hoon (Kang’s aunt)
Kusung Hospice
Kim Won Hae as Kwon Hyun Suk (Min Sung’s father)
Kim Ho Jung as Han Sun Ae (Hyun Suk’s ex-wife)
Yum Hye Ran as Ha Young Shil (head nurse)
Lee Joo Yun (이주연) as Bae Na Ra (nurse)
Others
Jang Duk Joo (장덕주) as Ha Dong Goo
Lee Hyo Bin (이효빈) as Kim In Joo (Min Sung’s fiancée)
Park Ok Chool (박옥출) as Nurce Park
Cameo
Kang Yeon Jung as Jang Yoo Suk (ep.1)
Choi Sung Won as Jang Yoo Suk’s boyfriend (ep.1)
Yoo Ji Soo as restaurant manager
Ahn Chang Hwan as Seo Kang Ho (ep.2)
Ha Young as Kim Hui Joo (ep.7)
Production Credits
Production Company: JYP Pictures
Director: Lee Hyung Min
Screenwriter: Lee Kyung Hee
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | AGB | TNmS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-29 | 1 | 3.475 | - |
| 2019-11-30 | 2 | 4.364 | - |
| 2019-12-06 | 3 | 4.316 | - |
| 2019-12-07 | 4 | 4.603 | - |
| 2019-12-13 | 5 | 4.372 | - |
| 2019-12-14 | 6 | 4.173 | - |
| 2019-12-20 | 7 | 4.265 | - |
| 2019-12-21 | 8 | 4.230 | - |
| 2019-12-27 | 9 | 4.142 | - |
| 2019-12-28 | 10 | 3.812 | - |
| 2020-01-03 | 11 | 4.177 | - |
| 2020-01-04 | 12 | 4.205 | - |
| 2020-01-10 | 13 | 4.776 | - |
| 2020-01-11 | 14 | 4.215 | - |
| 2020-01-17 | 15 | 3.778 | - |
| 2020-01-18 | 16 | 4.579 | - |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea (Nationwide)
*** Note: This drama is aired on Pay-TV channel which has fewer viewers than Free-TV channels. So, please don’t be surprised with the low rating. ***
Poster
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(Other Photo from Official Site)
Trailer:
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
– Trailer III
– Trailer IV
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November 5th, 2019 at 10:00 pm
I look forward to ! Ha Ji Won ,Yoon Kye Sang
November 7th, 2019 at 12:19 am
Will watch this for sure.
November 10th, 2019 at 10:03 pm
Can’t wait ! 💕💫🤗😍❤
November 11th, 2019 at 10:59 pm
Cant wait
November 26th, 2019 at 11:36 pm
CAN’T WAIT TO TO WATCH IT..
November 28th, 2019 at 6:40 pm
Im interesting
November 30th, 2019 at 2:02 pm
omgggg – just saw the first episode on Netflix and know that this drama is going to be a hit!!!! OMG
November 30th, 2019 at 2:27 pm
Nice
December 2nd, 2019 at 1:48 am
Got hooked to this drama after watching the first 2 episodes. The director of this drama has made dramas in the past that led me to watching kdramas: I am Sorry I Love You, Snow Queen and the latest Strong Woman Do Bong Soon. Hoping for a happy ending
December 2nd, 2019 at 6:57 am
Have been waiting in 2 year for new movie of Ha Ji Won
December 2nd, 2019 at 8:46 am
So much action in 1st episode – 2nd episode filling it out nicely. With the usual injustices driving the backstory, this seems like it will be a typically good K-drama. Love the food prep scenes.
December 7th, 2019 at 4:01 pm
Great drama so far. Love all the cooking scenes. Great to see Ha Ji Won again. Leads have great chemistry together. Thank you Netflix for showing this drama.
December 11th, 2019 at 4:21 pm
I Love this Drama 😍😍
December 12th, 2019 at 3:21 am
God! I felt exhausted after watching 4 eps, too much things happened in a short time, and it doesn’t make any sense, like how could you runaway to grece just to avoiding ur childhood crush, you just met him once gurlll! And dont you fallen in love to another man, you seems like in ur 30’s, you must have been having fallen in love and even making in love with another man dont you??? I mean, i just got bored with the same cliche storyline when the main female lead is pure innocent girl with no experience at all in lovey dovet thingy, even though she was very very mature in age matter. And she choose to got o greece, is south korea a small country or what? I mean, common you ar in your mid 30’s how could you runaway to another country because of that reason. Also the drama is all over the world, and all over the time and space, jump from korea, to libya, to greece, and than through the past, and coming back again to the present time, and suddenly the doctor got emergency call and performed operation, what’s your focus here? and because of that, it feels like there is something missing, some story is incomplete, everything is in hurry just to make the main lead to come closer to each other
December 18th, 2019 at 5:59 pm
#14, agree with you… it was so tiring watching this drama 🙁
December 23rd, 2019 at 6:52 am
Beautiful drama 🤗🍫💕
December 23rd, 2019 at 12:58 pm
always make me cry in every episode..
the main cast was awesome..
really love the bond between the female and male lead.. great storyline… bravo for this drama.. ^_^
December 25th, 2019 at 7:40 pm
I can’t wait this Friday for the ep.9..this drama makes me cry especially in ep 8.i ♥️ the team up of the 2 characters there is a chemestry between the 2 of them.BRAVO👏😍 for this kdrama.Merry Christmas🎄🍾
December 26th, 2019 at 1:05 pm
Having trouble to sleep .. watch this drama
January 6th, 2020 at 4:41 pm
Lol anyone who dont like melodrama is not rocomended to watch this story. Its not a heavy melodrama but it quite make u feel wavy if u hate melodrama. But for me I love this story. There is a lot of things, feeling that they potray in this drama. Their fate of love for example. More over, most of scene at Geosong Hospiece make sense these day. Most of children didnt want to take care of their parents but just want their parents money. 😭 Its the truth and sad at the same time. 😭😭😭 What I want to say is this a good piece of drama. Realistic. Plus watch if u can handle melodrama! 😉✌🏻
January 6th, 2020 at 10:48 pm
yes, beautiful drama… anyone who love melodrama, this is recommended!!
January 7th, 2020 at 6:02 am
I need 20 ep please 🥺 I fall in love with them ❤️🥰
January 7th, 2020 at 5:35 pm
Ha Ji Won’s dramas are always looked forward too. Just finished until episode 12 and I know the rest will be awesome and good too. The drama started really slow but it built up beautifully. This is a slow romantic and beautiful story. After seeing so many dramas – this comment has nothing to do with the acting or story – and after seeing a few dramas, I HOPE the clothing sponsors can release nicer clothing to the lead actress. Not just here but some are really lame clothing. And what’s with the Korean mid fringe which is going on in so many Kdramas? parted in the middle, neither here or there. But clothing and hair aside, definitely worth the watch.
January 10th, 2020 at 4:14 am
I agree with #14 and #15. I stopped watching after episode #4.
January 12th, 2020 at 9:35 am
The acting is superb… I don’t even like Ha Ji Won but I like her here and of course the lead Man is my all time favorite.. he looks and my heart aches…
January 13th, 2020 at 9:28 am
this drama takes me through different emotions and i love it….if you haven’t watched…you don’t know what you’re missing…..
January 16th, 2020 at 3:33 pm
Lead actor Yoon Kye Sang started to act cute in episode 14 when he is determine to woo Ha Ji Won no matter what is the outcome. ha ha ha
January 19th, 2020 at 3:50 am
Great acting and melodrama. i’ve watched kdramas for over 15years. i just love this one – it’s fresh.
January 19th, 2020 at 4:00 am
This drama was not cliche at all. It was “exhausting” because death feels lonely and this writer was able to capture grief in such a real way. That’s why this drama is great.
I think the writer did an excellent job. It wasn’t cliche at all. Overusing cliche is cliche. lol. in response to laralalara
January 19th, 2020 at 8:00 am
Love the whole series 1… is there more to come ?Thanks for a good story..first time !
January 19th, 2020 at 11:08 am
there’s a story worth watching, but a little slow, and ending for some characters. a very good series to show the products of the main business sponsors!
January 20th, 2020 at 4:15 pm
Will there be a season 2? OMG, I love this show so much!
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:44 pm
I’m in USA
I’m hoping they do a season 2 of this.
Loved watching it.
March 19th, 2020 at 12:57 am
Agree with #14.. it was all over the place and seem so ridiculous to leave for greece just avoid her crush.. a crush that happened years ago when she was about 10 yrs old!
I nearly gave up.. when he was send to libya and the many directions the characters were going. Had to rewatch the first few episodes to catch on. Am in episode 9.
March 31st, 2020 at 3:28 pm
Yess sadly agree with #14
it was actually worth watch for the first episode, but got tired afterwards to jump off with same plot over and over, and does not even make any sense which kind of wasting my time. There were many things happened that cannot be called as ‘coincidence’.
Somehow I felt terrible for her ex who died, when all she cares is her own feelings to flight out to greece just because she cannot stand her childhood love. I meant in that instance amount of time how come you suddenly fall out of love your boyfriend over his friends? lol
but gotta admit, the ost is good to listen.
Looking forward for Yoon Kye Sang next project. I love him in Beyond the Clouds.
May 10th, 2020 at 11:53 am
Was an all time fan of Ha Ji Won. Quite disappointed with the recent years dramas she picked. The drama ratings said it all and I guess there’s no chemistry between the leads in her recent dramas.
August 1st, 2020 at 3:05 am
This show was pure magic. It is a deep show since is has death as a theme. The music was outstanding and made me buy the album and I don’t even understand Korean.
The leads are fabulous and they should be exhausted after these beautiful life filled performances. It was the first thing I ever watched by the leads but was captivated enough to go and find more work by all. I have watched Chocolate at least 3 times from beginning to end.
I now see many of the supporting actors/actresses in other shows.
I’m from America and have gotten bored with most of our shows. This was quite refreshing on Netflix and I have invited many of my friends to give it a try. You won’t be disappointed if you watch to the end. It is deep and don’t give up. If you want fluff this is not for you.
August 15th, 2020 at 10:07 am
i didnt quite catch when moon cha young regained her sense of smell and taste… when did it happend?
September 15th, 2020 at 1:01 pm
I have watched all the episodes when will season 2 come i love it?