The Chef of South Polar
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When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
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Cast
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Masato Sakai
Jun Nishimura
Known for
Legal High
Hanzawa Naoki
Katsuhisa Namase
Mr. Moto
Known for
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Legal High
Kitaro
Taicho
Known for
Sanctuary
Kamen Rider
Kengo Kora
Brother Yan
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Shin Godzilla
Kosuke Toyohara
Doctor
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Naomi Nishida
Miyuki
Known for
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Hanzawa Naoki
Kanji Furutachi
Pastor
Known for
Legal High
Human Vapor
Daisuke Kuroda
Bon
Known for
Kamen Rider Black Sun
Shin Godzilla
Masahiro Kohama
Mr. Hira
Also in
Love Exposure
Absolute Zero
Karin Ono
Yuka
Also in
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
The Journalist
Saori
Ms. Shimizu
Known for
1 Litre of Tears
100 Yen Love
Takashi Ukaji
Suzuki
Known for
Hanzawa Naoki
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love
Shuichi Okita Director · Jun Nishimura Author Yoshiharu Abe Composer
First release August 8, 2009 · Produced in Japan · Production The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Theatres Company
Production
Bandai Visual
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
Tokyo Theatres Company
Production
Pony Canyon
Production
Eisei Gekijo
Production
Kansai Television
Production
Anaheim Entertainment
Production
T. Y. Limited
Production
Yahoo! Japan
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
南極料理人
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 8, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
February 4, 2016 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Japan
November 13, 2026 · Theatrical · 4K Remaster
South Korea
February 11, 2010 · Theatrical
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