Television heartthrob Ju Ji Hoon of Princess Hours fame leaps to the big screen in 2008 with the delicious blockbuster Antique. Based on the best-selling Japanese comic Antique Bakery, this delectable crowd-pleaser revolves around a cake shop run by four dashing patissiers who drive both men & women wild. Winner of the Popularity Award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards, Ju Ji Hoon stars as the cake shop proprietor, along with Yu Ah In ( Boys of Tomorrow), Choi Ji Ho ( Time Between Dog & Wolf), & Coffee Princes Kim Jae Wook who gives an eye-catching performance as a gay pastry chef. Directed by Min Kyu Dong ( Mementor Mori), Antique was an instant hit with audiences thanks to its irresistible cast & feel-good tale of friendship & pastries. The film also screened in the Culinary Cinema section of the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.
Handsome & smooth-talking corporate heir Jin Hyuk (Ju Ji Hoon) seems to have it all, but hes looking for something more, something sweeter. Though he hates cakes, he decides to open a cake shop, & hires gay high school classmate Sun Woo (Kim Jae Wook), a genius patissier with a demonic charm that no man can resist. No man, that is, except Jin Hyuk. Joined by earnest boxer-turned-patissier Gi Beom (Yu Ah In) & dim-witted bodyguard Su Young (Choi Ji Ho), they open shop in a renovated antique store in a quiet neighborhood. Brought to the same cake shop for different reasons, these four handsome men dont know what lies ahead. But one things for sure, when the doors to Antique swing open, the neighborhood will never be the same again!