The highly-anticipated K-drama, The Pork Cutlets, recently premiered on MBC on July 5, 2024. With only two episodes out, the comedy series tells the story of three males — a village chief, a young boy, and a dog. The human characters are played by Jung Sang-Hoon and Jo Dan, respectively.
The village chief, Jong Ja-Wang, is already a father to three boys. Meanwhile, his wife, Shin-Ae, is pregnant with twins. Owing to their situation, the latter threatens the former to get a vasectomy. Furthermore, the villagers are frustrated with Baekgu, the dog. He has left his puppies all over the town, and they want him neutered. On the other hand, Bok-Cheol, the grandson of Baekgu’s owner, is upset with his circumcision.
Amid these chaotic scenarios, the village’s local production of yams is facing a huge loss. How will these situations come under control? Watch the K-drama to find out. It is available to stream on multiple platforms.
The Pork Cutlets K-drama: What is it about?
The Pork Cutlets K-drama is a family comedy series about a village chief who learns about the feelings of his town’s dog. On Amazon Prime Video, the official synopsis reads, “The village head leads Casanova dog ‘Baekgu’ to be neutered but ends up in the same predicament.”
Ja-Wang is a witty yet passionate head of the Onghwa village. Aside from his job, he is proud of his virility. He has three healthy sons and his wife, Shin-Ae, is pregnant again with twins. Although he feels bad for her, he does not want to stop until he has a daughter. However, luck is not on his side when Shin-Ae forces him to get a vasectomy.
Meanwhile, the village chief has two other issues in hand. One is getting Baekgu neutered because villagers are upset with his pups all around the town. The second is to improve the sale of yams. To kill two birds with one stone, he decides to promote the yams on a TV show, How is it Possible? The concept will be that the yams are the source of the dog’s stamina.
Before the shooting day, Ja-Wang goes through the vasectomy while Bok-Cheol has his circumcision. Both of them walk home disheartened and don’t want Baekgu to go through the same pain. Interestingly, the dog goes missing on the day of filming the show. Now, Ja-Wang’s position as village chief is threatened by Deok Sam. Will he succeed in solving the issues?
The Pork Cutlets K-drama: Who is in the cast?
The cast for the K-drama, The Pork Cutlets, includes Jung Sang-Hoon as village chief Ja-Wang, Jeon Hye-Bin as Ja-Wang’s wife Lim Shin-Ae, and Lee Joong-Ok as Deok Sam.
Sang-Hoon plays the lead role of Ja-Wang who faces personal and professional issues back-to-back. The actor has previously appeared in several Korean movies such as Love, Again, Roman Holiday, Evil Twin, and Decibel. His K-drama projects include Woman of Dignity, My Husband Oh Jak Doo, Legal High, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, and Twinkling Watermelon.
Aside from the aforementioned cast, the new K-drama also stars:
- Jo Dan as Bok Cheol
- Ahn Seok-Hyun as Il Ho
- Cho Yun-U as Yi Ho
- Ryu Seong-Hwan as Se Ho
- Kim Young-Ok as Chun Sim
- Park Kyung-Hye as Jung Ja
- Lee Ji-Hoon as Hyun Chul
Filmmaker Kim Young-Jae has directed and screenwriter No Ye-Ri has written the series.
The Pork Cutlets K-drama: Where to watch the series?
The Pork Cutlets K-drama is available to watch online on multiple streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime Video and Viki. However, the access is restricted to selected regions. Consisting of two episodes, the series originally aired on MBC.
The first episode premiered on Friday, July 5, 2024, and the second episode on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Stay tuned for more updates.
