Cafe Minamdang Episode 5 Recap and Review: A Murderer Is Caught, But Is A Fake!

Cafe Minamdang (미남당) is a mystery-drama-comedy TV series directed by Ko Jae-hyun and written by Park Hye-jin, the series is based on the book Minamdang: Sagun Soochub written by Jung Jae-han. Cafe Minamdang episode 5 has a runtime of 63 minutes.

The series, created by Park Hye-jin, Ko Jae-hyun and Yun Ra-young, takes over KBS2’s Monday-Tuesday 9.30 PM KST slot previously occupied by Bloody Heart. The series stars Seo In-guk, Oh Yeon-seo, Kwak Si-yang, Kang Mi-na, Kwon Soo-hyun and Baek Seo-hoo, alongside other cast members.

Netflix describes the series as:

A SUSPICIOUS BUSINESS THAT OFFERS THE SERVICES OF A PURPORTEDLY ALL-KNOWING SHAMAN CATCHES THE ATTENTION OF A TENACIOUS POLICE INSPECTOR.

– Cafe Minamdang Episode 5 Recap Contains Major Spoilers –

Café Minamdang episode 5 starts with a murder case that Yeon-so thinks resembles the murderer from three years ago, but Han-jun thinks there’s something different about this case and the real culprit must be Gopuri. He concludes that the murderer must not have had time to hide the body and must be present at the scene right now. He later retrieves a recording from a car that was parked nearby and finds a suspicious car, however, it was reported stolen but Hye-jun tries to get some clues. Jae-hee stops the escaping Han-jun and asks him to hand over the footage.

On the other hand, Soo-cheol finds a suspicious man nearby and follows him along with Han-jun, while Hye-jun is supervising him through the CCTV in the area. She soon finds out that it is the murderer Choi Yeong-seop from three years back and tells the two who continue to follow him. But right then the two detectives arrive and even after Han-jun tells them to not catch him, they run behind Choi Yeong-seop. The chase begins, but Choi Yeong-seop is hit by a car which has the real murderer. The group is relieved that he is alive while Han-jun sneak in a cell phone.

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Later, while colleagues discuss Cha Do-won’s dating life with him, he gets a call from Jae-hee who informs him about finally catching Choi Yeong-seop. She also adds that he may have an accomplice and soon the conversation ends. Jae-hee asks Man-shik about Choi Yeong-seop’s cell phone when she notices Seoo-cheol trying to eavesdrop on their conversation and follows him. She then finds Han-jun trying to unlock the suspect’s phone. The two have an argument and she ends up punching him, but then he gets information about the car that hit Choi Yeong-seop and hurries off to the location.

However, on the way, Hye-jun tells the two to come back because their mother arriving at their cafe. Han-jun is left with no choice but to go back and the two rush the car through the alleys. They arrive at the cafe at the same time as his mother while almost hitting her. The two then greet her and while the three chat she meets two women who tell her that there’s a shaman at Cafe Minamdang. She is shocked by this news as she is a Christian so is her son, so as a solution Han-jun tells her that it is Seo-cheol who is the shaman.

Later, Han-jun tries to convince Seo-cheol to act as the shaman after which he brings his mother and the two ladies. The two succeed in putting up an act while elsewhere, Na-dan is sent to the place where the car was located. Hye-jun instructs him to collect evidence but soon he has to leave due to the arrival of the police, who later find bloodstains in the car’s trunk. Back at the cafe, the mother leaves while Seo-cheol cries due to the embarrassment while the rest leave to see what they can find from the items Na-dan has collected. They soon find a receipt with an address in the slums.

Elsewhere, Jae-hee is discussing the case in detail with other detectives but are unable to get any result. The discussion is then interrupted by a call from Do-won who calls her to check out Choi Yeong-seop’s house. On the other hand, Han-ju and Seo-cheol arrive at the address that they had found and start searching for clues. While Seo-cheol points out that the things must belong to Choi Yeong-seop, Han-jun tells him that it belongs to Gopuri as unlike Choi Yeong-seop, he is unable to stand messy things.

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While they continue to search the place, Hye-jun tells them that Jae-hee is on the way to the house which freaks out Seo-cheol. But, Han-jun continues his search and soon finds a picture of Choi Yeong-seop’s family after which the two escape. Later, he is able to unlock the cell phone with the clues he found in the picture. Jae-hee too enters the house and is assured that the real murderer is not Choi Yeong-seop.

At the hospital, Choi Yeong-seop has regained consciousness while Han-jun is thinking of ways to get to him. He scares Man-shik and manipulates him to let Han-jun meet Choi Yeong-seop and also leave the two alone. Han-jun then plays his shaman skills and fools him by talking about his daughter who had committed suicide. Choi Yeong-seop believes him and confesses that he promised to help his accomplice if he would punish Do Jun-ha, the man who harmed his daughter.

Cafe Minamdang Episode 5 Ending

Han-jun then asks him who is the murderer but Choi Yeong-seop tells him that he has never seen his face. He continues to ask about the murderer but he only tells him that the murderer must have had a reason to kill the prosecutor and the girl. He also tells him that it doesn’t matter if he has to shoulder the murders and even his daughter will understand his choice. But Han-jun is not satisfied with this answer and continues to question him until Jae-hee interrupts and pulls him out.

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On the terrace, Jae-hee scolds him for almost killing Choi Yeong-seop before he could confess but Han-jun tells her that he has already lost the real culprit because of her. She is sure that the real culprit is Choi Yeong-seop as she had arrested him three years back. Han-jun refutes that she didn’t see him commit the murder and he knows that he is not the culprit because Han-jun has seen the real murderer. Jae-hee is shocked by this confession and the conversation is heard by Cha Do-won.

In the epilogue, we see the murderer Gopuri covering the woman’s body, placing the things in Choi Yeong-seop’s house and also attacking a victim. He is a man with a burn on his left wrist, and he is someone who is a part of the detectives’ team.

Cafe Minamdang Episode 5 Review

Cafe Minamdang episode 5 took a serious turn with a new murder case that gets Han-jun close to Gopuri. However, it won’t be Cafe Minamdang without some comedy and we saw many scenes that made us laugh hard enough to hurt our stomachs. Seo-cheol as the shaman really lifted the comedy in this episode and we absolutely loved it! However, the end really did give us a shock and it has made us excited for the next episode.

But, is it just me or does Cha Do-won seem suspicious to anyone else? He somehow knows everything and is present at the right place at the right time. I wonder what secrets are hidden behind this character. Anyways, Cafe Minamdang is really getting more exciting and we are eagerly looking forward to the next episode.

Cafe Minamdang is streaming on Netflix.

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