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| Starring: | Shin Goo | ||||
| Opentheme: | "Happy Days" by | ||||
| Endtheme: | "Undefined" by Epik High | ||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||
| Num Seasons: | 1 | ||||
| Num Episodes: | 121 | ||||
| Location: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||
| Runtime: | 30 minutes | ||||
| Channel: | MBC |
Kimchi Cheese Smile is a South Korean sitcom revolving around the life of a kimchi-like (holding popular and conservative ideas) family headed by Shin Goo, who are to become in-laws to Sunwoo Eun-sook's cheese-like (rich and stylish) family. With contrasting classes and values, the sitcom follows these two families through various events in their lives.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Husband of Eul-dong; Hye young, Byeong-jin, and Yeon-ji's father. He runs the Smile Photo studio and wants his family to make it big. He is full of bravado and often lies, but his dishonesty is always found out.
Wife of Shin Goo, she lives very frugally. She does not like her in-laws.
Eldest daughter of Shin goo and Eul-dong; she is a photographer and works at Smile Photo with her father.
Son of Shin Goo and husband of Soo-young; he is a timid person and slow at everything.
Shin Goo's daughter; she has a fussy personality. She is Seo Woo's best friend and later becomes Hyun-jin's girlfriend.
Mother-in-law of Byeong-jin. Though she is an elegant and cultured figure outwardly, she is quite the opposite on the inside.
Eun-sook's daughter and wife of Byeong-jin; she studies the piano.
Daughter of Byeong-jin and Soo-young' she is mature for her age. She is close to her grandfather, Shin Goo, and likes Hyun Jin.
Friend of Byeong-jin and brother of Hyun-jin; he works as an announcer and has poor relations with Eun Sook. He has moved back to Shin Goo's house and developed a relationship with Hye-young.
College swimmer and younger brother of Ki-joon; he lives in Shin Goo's house with Ki-Joon. He forms a relationship with Yeon-ji.
An unidentified man; he moved to Shin Goo's house after Hye-young's car accident and works as an assistant at the photo studio.
Friend and rival of Hyun-jin.
College swimmer; a junior of Hyun-jin
Friend of Hyun-jin; he is the captain of the swimming team.
Additional cast members
Eun-sook's driver and bodyguard
A friend of Yeon-ji