Chocolate (South Korean TV series)

Chocolate is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoon Kye-sang, Ha Ji-won, Jang Seung-jo, Teo Yoo and Min Jin-woong. Produced by JYP Pictures, it aired on JTBC from November 29, 2019 to January 18, 2020.

Synopsis
The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon though he dreamt of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him.

Kang's family

 * Kang Boo-ja as Han Yong-seol - Kang's & Joon's grandmother. CEO of Geosung Hospital.
 * Lee Jae-ryong as Lee Seung-hoon - Joon's father
 * Kim Sun-kyung as Yoon Hye-mi - Joon's mother
 * Lee Eon-jung as Jeong Soo-hee - Kang's mother
 * Yoon Ye-hee as Lee Seo-hoon - Joon's paternal aunt

People at the hospital paleontologists

 * Kim Won-hae as Kwon Hyeon-seok - Administrator of Geosung Hospice, Kwon Min-Seong's father.
 * Kim Ho-jung as Han Seon-ae - Kwon's ex-wife. Chef who volunteers in the hospice kitchen.
 * Ha Young as Kim Hee-ju - Hospice patient. A potter who taught Joon pottery.
 * Yeom Hye-ran as Ha Yeong-sil - Hospice nurse.
 * Lee Ju-yoen as Bae Na-ra - Hospice nurse whose father forcefully removes her from the hospice.

Others

 * Yoo In-soo as Jo Seung-goo
 * Lee Yong-yi as Jang Sook-ja
 * Jang Duk-joo as Ha Dong-goo - fisherman who loved Kang's mother and treated Kang as a son
 * Lee Hyo-bin as Kim In-joo - Kwon Min-seong's fiance

Special appearances

 * Kim Yu-bin as Oh Jeong-Bok (Ep. 11, Ep. 12 & Ep. 13) - Kang's childhood friend and Ha Dong-goo's niece
 * Lina as woman in the museum (Ep. 16) - Lina and Jang Seung-jo (Joon) are married in real life
 * Yoon Bo-ra as Hui Na (Ep. 13, Ep 15 & Ep 16) - hospice patient and youtuber.

Production
Chocolate marks screenwriter Lee Kyung-hee and director Lee Hyung-min's first collaboration in 15 years, after having worked together on the critically acclaimed television series I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004).