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. Revolving around themes of food, love and family, the warm human drama is about a modest

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noodle house that's been operated by the same family for three generations. It aired on MBC from January 5 to June 23, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:50 for 50 episodes. The early

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was ''Third Generation Noodle House'' (). It won Drama of the Year at the 2013 MBC Drama Awards.

Plot

Min Chae-won is the eldest granddaughter of a family living in an outskirts of

who have been running a noodle factory for three generations. Married for three years to Chul-gyu, whose rich family owns the major corporation Golden Dragon Food, Chae-won has had a difficult life because her mother-in-law fiercely opposed the match and would not accept her. When her husband cheats on her, she detaches herself from her in-laws and decides to divorce him. Her mother-in-law has her falsely committed to a mental institution as revenge for the divorce. She returns to the noodle factory and struggles to modernize and expand it. Chae-won later meets Lee Se-yoon, the son of a wealthy household, who is infamous for his disparaging treatment of all those around him. They both nurse wounds from their past romantic relationships.

Cast

as Min Chae-won *

as Lee Se-yoon *

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as Kim Chul-gyu * Yoon A-jung as Kim Joo-ri *

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as Uhm Pyung-dal *

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as Kim Kkeut-soon * Jung Bo-seok as Min Hyo-dong * Jeon In-hwa as Yang Choon-hee * Kim Myung-soo as Uhm Ki-moon *

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as Do Do-hee * Seo Young-hoon as Uhm Seul-hong *

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as Uhm Ki-choon * Kim Hee-jung as Gong Kang-sook * Lee Tae-woo as Uhm Bo-reum *

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as Uhm Ki-ok *

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as Kang Jin *

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as Baek Seol-joo * Nam Myung-ryul as Lee Dong-kyu *

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as Bang Young-ja * Gong Jung-hwan as Se-yoon's seonbae * Hwang Sun-hee as Eun-seol *

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as Ma Hong-joo * Oh Ha-nee as Ha-nee * Seo Kwon-soon as Hong-joo's mother * Jeon Sung-ae as Mrs. Park * Baek Bo-ram as shaman (" mudang") * Min Joon-hyun as Chairman Bang's reporter * Lee Hyun-woo

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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''A Hundred Year Legacy''
at MBC Global Media * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundred Year Legacy, A 2013 South Korean television series debuts 2013 South Korean television series endings 2010s South Korean television series MBC TV television dramas Korean-language television shows South Korean romance television series Television series by Pan Entertainment