Kim Ja-young

Kim Ja-young

Born: December 23, 1960
in South Korea
Korean actress.

Movies for Kim Ja-young...

Title: LTNS
Character: Hotel guest
Released: January 19, 2024
Type: TV
A sexless married couple starts blackmailing adulterous couples for money.
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The Ripple
Title: The Ripple
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Still feeling guilty about her granddaughter′s death, Yebun spends her days in pain. Meanwhile, Okim, Yubun’s old friend in the village, passes away from an illness. Yebun briefly takes care of Jiyeoon, Okim’s granddaughter and her own deceased granddaughter’s friend.
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Bok-soon’s One-day Class
Title: Bok-soon’s One-day Class
Character: Bok-soon
Released: December 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Bok-soon, a Jeju Island native, lives alone in her old house, as all her grown-up children are now settled on the mainland. She is excited to know that her children, who have not come home for a while, are coming back for her birthday. She prepares food for their visit but ends up receiving calls, informing her that they are unable to come. The next day, Bok-soon feels pain on her knees and visits an orthopedic clinic where she meets Dong-i. Dong-i tells her of the yoga center opened by Dong-i’s mother. Bok-soon visits the yoga center thinking she could share the left-over food with people there. Neighbors who have not seen her in a long time welcome her, and Young-sook, whom she had loved like her niece, is now the yoga teacher, giving Bok-soon a one-day class. Without realizing, Bok-soon starts to move her aching body to follow the yoga moves.
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Title: Welcome to Samdal-ri
Character: Yang Geum-ok
Released: December 2, 2023
Type: TV
After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.
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Big Sleep
Title: Big Sleep
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
On a winter morning on the way to work, Kiyoung finds Gilho sleeping on the wooden bench in front of his house. Gilho is a teenager who has run away from home because he can no longer face the domestic violence he suffers there. Kiyoung lets Gilho stay in his house for a few days and Gilho comes to trust Kiyoung. However, as Gilho′s friends visit, conflicts happen between Kiyoung and Gilho.
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Yours Truly,
Title: Yours Truly,
Character: Jung-nam
Released: August 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Jungnam, who is hospitalized, meets Yeonsu, who likes the same TV drama as she does. The two are pushed out of the patient room, due to an argument over TV show channels. They develop a friendship as they watch their favorite TV drama together in the lounge.
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Miracle: Letters to the President
Title: Miracle: Letters to the President
Character: Ms. Jjoman
Released: September 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Dreaming of making a way station for his sister and the villagers who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the President, but with no reply. Ra-hee, who has a crush on Joon-kyung, does everything she can to help him meet the President.
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Title: 월간 커넥트
Released: January 7, 2021
Type: TV
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Voice of Silence
Title: Voice of Silence
Character: Myung-hee
Released: October 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Two guys who are working for cartels as cleaners get a request to monitor an 11-year-old kidnapped girl, but the situation gets worse when their supervisor gets killed.
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Before The Summer Passes Away
Title: Before The Summer Passes Away
Character: Yu Jeong-yeon
Released: June 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Jeong-yeon decides to celebrate her 60th birthday by visiting her daughter who’s been married and living in Japan. At her arrival, Jeong-yeon is greeted not by her daughter but instead by her young granddaughter, Uekusa An.
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Bori
Title: Bori
Character: Auntie
Released: May 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Bori, an 11-year-old girl in a seaside village, is the only family member who can hear. As an elementary school student, Bori becomes more and more accustomed to talking with her friends while finding it hard to communicate with her family in sign language.
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Title: Hospital Playlist
Character: [Jong Gil's wife]
Released: March 12, 2020
Type: TV
Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.
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Rising Star
Title: Rising Star
Character: Myung-ja
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: Movie
A middle-aged lady, Myung-ja becomes one of the candidates for an amateur swimming competition. Myung-ja doesn’t want to let a teenage girl, Ji-gyu get the chance.
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Freckles
Title: Freckles
Released: May 3, 2019
Type: Movie
Youngshin is sent to a weight loss camp by her mother, but has no interest in it. Yet her roommate Joohee, who dreams of becoming a Youtube influencer after ‘improving’ her appearance, makes a plan to complete weight loss and thus receive a full refund from the camp. The film captures the lives of two teenagers as they deal with the struggles of achieving dreams and the discrimination of others, while also expressing the swirling emotions of friendship and love.
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To Each Your Sarah
Title: To Each Your Sarah
Character: Soon-ja
Released: May 2, 2019
Type: Movie
The film portrays the anguish of an abandoned person and yet focuses on the process in which she grows more conscious of her true self. As she handles the foul giblets of slaughtered pigs, Sarah gets to realize that her real name is Jeong-ja. Every time she vomits, it seems as if the Jeong-ja inside her bursts forth. This short film shows what her real name is and who she really is. Her struggle ripens during the process of recovering her name.
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The Dog Days
Title: The Dog Days
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
On one of the dog days of summer, Jae-ha works at Samgye-tang (chicken soup) restaurant as a day laborer instead of her mother, who died of a stroke. There, through her mother’s co-workers, Jae-ha gets to know new aspects of her mother that she did not notice throughout her lifetime.
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Mothers
Title: Mothers
Character: Ji-nam's Mother
Released: April 19, 2018
Type: Movie
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband’s teenage son by herself.
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In Between Seasons
Title: In Between Seasons
Character: Geum-sun
Released: February 22, 2018
Type: Movie
When her son gets critically injured in a car accident, a mother discovers that there's more to his relationship with his friend than she had thought.
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I Can Speak
Title: I Can Speak
Character: Executive of Shopkeepers co-op
Released: September 21, 2017
Type: Movie
A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.
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Coffee Noir: Black Brown
Title: Coffee Noir: Black Brown
Released: July 15, 2017
Type: Movie
The law against coffee threatens to close down Ju-won’s coffee shop. Ju-won starts a movement against Kim’s family and big bro. The novel idea behind the plot along with its female hero stand out in this film.
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Kissing Cousin
Title: Kissing Cousin
Character: Ari ma
Released: May 12, 2016
Type: Movie
A love for a cousin, deeply engraved in childhood. Twelve years later, a stopped heart begins to beat again.
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Snow Paths
Title: Snow Paths
Character: Sister Anna
Released: March 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Jeong-Woo is sent to a sanitarium deep in the mountains to overcome his alcoholism. There he meets a young nun named Maria who has a special ability to see inside people. In this isolated sanitarium Maria is the only person who seems to care for him and soon he feels drawn to her. While struggling with his withdrawal symptoms, Jeong-woo has a vision where his reality is different from what he believes. The further he escapes from his alcoholism, the closer he gets to confronting the past that he has denied for years.
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Red Carpet
Title: Red Carpet
Character: Jung-woo's mother
Released: October 23, 2014
Type: Movie
Dreaming of a box-office hit, an adult-movie director teams up with his crew of three misfits to lure a top actress into starring in his new film.
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Nonviolent Resistance : How to Shut Up Your Wife Peacefully
Title: Nonviolent Resistance : How to Shut Up Your Wife Peacefully
Character: mother-in-law
Released: September 6, 2012
Type: Movie
In the family dinner time, mercilessly following the mother-in-law and wife's chatter, the new groom becomes confused. How to deal with violence.
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Poetry
Title: Poetry
Character: Bus Woman
Released: May 13, 2010
Type: Movie
A sexagenarian South Korean woman enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
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A Long Visit
Title: A Long Visit
Character: Bean Sprouts Shop Owner
Released: April 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.
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Paju
Title: Paju
Character: Loses Property for Development 1
Released: October 28, 2009
Type: Movie
A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and married her older sister.
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Sleeping Beauty
Title: Sleeping Beauty
Character: Yi Rye
Released: October 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual experience. Lee Rae, a single women in her 50's, lives with her father who suffers from Alzheimer's. She raises ducks, but recently got rid of them because of Avian Influenza. Her father's physical and mental health has also worsened. He even asks Lee Rae to touch him inappropriately. 17 year old Su-Jin was smuggled into the country by professional brokers. She was adopted into a family that lives in a countryside farm. On her first day at the farm she was raped by her stepfather. They also share the same bedroom. Su-Jin is continuously accosted by her stepfather. Su-jin sole source of comfort is the grandson, who sympathizes with Su-jJn and her plight. He is a victim of physical abuse from the stepfather. Su-Jin then becomes pregnant.
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Tazza: The High Rollers
Title: Tazza: The High Rollers
Character: Fruit Shop Middle-aged Woman
Released: September 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.
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Maundy Thursday
Title: Maundy Thursday
Character: Housekeeper
Released: September 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Yujeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.
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Ice Bar
Title: Ice Bar
Character: Suk-joon's Mother
Released: August 24, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1969, a 10-year old boy's life takes a major turn when he discovers the father he never met is alive. Selling candy bars left and right to save up for a trip to see his dad, the boy embarks on a journey that could change his life forever.
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4 Horror Tales: Hidden Floor
Title: 4 Horror Tales: Hidden Floor
Released: July 27, 2006
Type: Movie
A woman moves into an apartment house with her daughter. But her daughter begins to be haunted by a mysterious ghost on a hidden floor.
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Rules of Dating
Title: Rules of Dating
Character: Teacher (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: Movie
An introvert, indifferent woman joins a high school as a student teacher, under supervision of a shameless, nymphomaniac man who is a year younger than her. On a school trip, the supervisor tells the trainee that he wants to have sex with her. The movie deals with the woman willing yet indifferent to indulge in physical relationship with her professional senior. Ethics, morals, feelings, love show up and are turned down.
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Mother & Daughter
Title: Mother & Daughter
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Eunsoo, who lost her mother, starts searching for her solely based on her memories.
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Sound of Breath
Title: Sound of Breath
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
'Sumbisori' means 'the sound of a haenyeo exhaling on the surface' and tells the warm story of a mother and daughter who have lived as haenyeo all their lives, and their granddaughter over three generations.