Movie: Spicy Love Soup

Top 10 Billed Cast

Wang Xuebing
王学兵

Groom-to-be

Gao Yuanyuan
高圆圆

Schoolgirl

Xu Jinglei
徐静蕾

Perfume demonstrater

Lü Liping
吕丽萍

Wife seeking divorce

Pu Cunxin
Pu Cunxin

Husband seeking divorce

Li Bin
李滨

Potion selling granny

Guo Tao
郭涛

Yu Xiaohui

Xu Fan
徐帆

Chen Jing

Shao Bing
邵兵

Photographer

Emil Chau
周華健

Neighbor

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    Six different episodes about different generations' relationships. Love can be sweet, sour, or spicy.

  • Release Date

    1999-11-08

  • Average

    6.8

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    普通话
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