Yang Dong-geun

Yang Dong-geun

Born: June 1, 1979
Yang Dong-geun (양동근) is a South Korean film, television, and theater actor.  He also performs hip-hop music under the name "YDG".

Movies for Yang Dong-geun...

Actor Lesson
Title: Actor Lesson
Released: February 1, 2024
Type: Movie
A film about an aspiring actor receiving unusual acting lessons from his manager.
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The K-Pop Story
Title: The K-Pop Story
Character: Dong-geun
Released: December 28, 2023
Type: Movie
On the day Dong-geun is released from prison, Director Yoon of the financial investment company introduces him to meet the CEO of Butter Cream Bread Entertainment. Butter(CEO) tells Dong-geun that his artists are naive and easy to rip off, and that there is a small “culture and arts fund” that he can use for his benefit. Dong-geun accepts Butter's suggestion and meets ‘What's Up’, one of Butter’s new artists. As it turns out, Dong-geun is a bizarre musician who sang 'Woman in the Rain' under the name of DG in the past. Dong-geun begins to have a heart for ‘What's Up’ and slowly regains the passion he had as DG in the past. Dong-geun finally decides to help 'What's Up'.
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Title: Secret Playlist
Character: Han Ju's father
Released: November 18, 2023
Type: TV
Hanju is your ordinary university student… except for the fact that she’s also the up-and-coming Metube cover artist, PLII. When popular boy group member Levi takes notice of PLII and requests to collaborate, Hanju will do anything to hide her secret identity. But as the two grow closer working on a class project, Hanju’s cover begins to unravel. Will Levi discover her secret?
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Title: Moving
Character: Jeong Jun-hwa
Released: August 9, 2023
Type: TV
Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.
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Title: The King of Desert
Character: Dong-hyeon
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: TV
A story about the choices of people who either believe money is everything or believe that it’s not.
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Title: The Forbidden Marriage
Character: Jo Seong-gyun
Released: December 9, 2022
Type: TV
A hilarious royal scheme begins when a fraud pretends to bring back the crown princess with spirit possession.
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Title: Connect
Character: Z
Released: December 7, 2022
Type: TV
Dongsoo leads a solitary life, spending his time uploading music to the internet. His ordinary life is upended when he is kidnapped by an organ hunter, who takes out one of his eyes. Soon, Dongsoo is sharing the vision of someone who got his eye. Through the connected vision, he learns that the taker is a notorious serial killer, and pursues the murderer to get his eye back.
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Title: Cheer Up
Character: Bae Young-woong
Released: October 3, 2022
Type: TV
A renowned college cheerleading squad is about to go under. But love and mysteries occur within the team.
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Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Title: Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Character: Hong
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
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Title: Hellbound
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: TV
Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.
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Title: EMERGENCY
Released: October 22, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Squid Game
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: TV
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
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Title: Lost
Character: Woo-nam
Released: September 4, 2021
Type: TV
A forty year old woman who feels like she has not accomplished anything in life and a twenty-seven year old man who's frightened of himself.
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The Night of the Undead
Title: The Night of the Undead
Character: Doctor Jang
Released: September 29, 2020
Type: Movie
So-hee enjoys her seemingly perfect life as a newlywed with her seemingly perfect husband. For being so perfect, she begins to suspect that her husband isn’t as he seems. Wanting some answers, she hires a private detective agency to trail him around.
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Title: 찐한친구
Released: July 8, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: 365: Repeat the Year
Character: Bae Jung Tae
Released: March 23, 2020
Type: TV
A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time by one year, but unexpectedly mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and twisted in the process. Ji Hyung Joo is a detective in the violent crimes division. He used to be part of the traffic police but was promoted when he arrested a wanted criminal. It's been seven years since the change, and he's a talented individual who always knows how to relax. Though he is happy at first to have the chance to go back in time by one year and "reset" his life, he begins to search for the truth when a series of mysterious events befall on the group of people he goes back in time with. Based on the Japanese novel, "Repeat"
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Title: Delicious Rendezvous
Character: Himself
Released: December 5, 2019
Type: TV
Baek Jong Won is here again to help out an industry. This time, he goes all out to promote local food. He visits various regions and learn about their local produce. By creating different meals with these ingredients, Mr. Baek is able to sell them in rest stops. Yang Se Hyeong, Kim Hee Chul, and Kim Dong Jin are here to assist.
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Bank of Seoul
Title: Bank of Seoul
Character: Bank Chief Officer
Released: December 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Seong Jae works at a major firm, but always works late due to the workload. Once, he falls asleep while working overtime and reaches the Sleep Bank, where he takes a sleep loan from the branch manager. Seong Jae returns to the sleep bank after continuous nights of overtime and extends his sleep loan. Seong Jae manages to reach his target achievement thanks to the sleep loan, but the interest has built up, and the time when he has to pay it all back has come.
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Title: Jung Hae In's Travel Log
Character: Himself
Released: November 26, 2019
Type: TV
Actor Jung Hae In becomes the producer of a documentary. He is hosting his version of the documentary Backpack Travels and chooses his first destination New York, the city where every traveler dreams about. It is a documentary about walking as he travels around the city. He will be joined by his fellow actors Eun Jong Gun and Lim Hyun Soo, and they will show their unexpected chemistry. How will their walk-documentary turnout?
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Title: Target: Billboard - KILL BILL
Character: Himself
Released: January 31, 2019
Type: TV
A music show where hip hop artists compete with performances, and the winner gets to collaborate with a global artist to take on the Billboard charts.
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Title: The Third Charm
Character: Lee Dong Jae
Released: September 28, 2018
Type: TV
The twelve-year love story of two individuals with completely opposite personalities who unexpectedly met on a group blind date.
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Title: Ambergris
Character: 기상캐스터
Released: September 10, 2018
Type: TV
It is the year 2053, all of humanity now enjoys the fruits of the advances in science and technology. However, there is 'one thing' the human race yet fails to resolve, and this problem has driven all society into a state of gloom and despair. A girl reminiscent of her childhood, a newscaster longing escape from his mundane life and the Artificial Intelligence that accompanies them set out on a journey. Why have they struggled to the edge of land? What has drawn them to the sea?
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Title: Movie Room
Character: Himself
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: TV
Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.
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A Living Being
Title: A Living Being
Character: Jong-kyu
Released: January 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Old man, Moon-ho, spends his time masturbating because of Alzheimer. Yoon-jeong works as caretaker for Moon-ho. One day, Yoon-jeong finds Moon-ho completely recovered from dementia…
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Mystery Pink
Title: Mystery Pink
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: Movie
In the beginning, young man and woman are sitting around a pink front door on the ground. As the man looks through the door crevice. A young girl, a middle aged woman and a old woman appear. They argue they are relatives of her, insist they won´t hand out a corpse, and ask for money. In the film, the color pink is seemingly connected to selfish fantasy about love of men. Just splendid color and light, and afterimages of them matter.
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Title: Borg Mom
Character: Choi Go-Bong
Released: September 15, 2017
Type: TV
Choi Go-Bong works in the field of artificial intelligence. His wife died 7 years ago after giving birth to their son Choi Yool. Choi Go-Bong then developed a borg mom using AI and robotics. Choi Yool enters a prestigious kindergarten and the borg mom meets the other mothers there. The mothers group is full of vanity and pretentiousness.
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Title: High School Rapper
Character: Himself
Released: February 10, 2017
Type: TV
Korea’s first high school rap competition program! Only high school students are allowed to participate as contestants in this program where teen rappers get to show off their talent.
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Title: Missing Nine
Character: Yoon Tae-Young
Released: January 18, 2017
Type: TV
Story about an unexpected plane crash that causes a widespread panic in South Korea due to the disappearance of nine people, including some influential figures in the entertainment industry. Seo Joon O used to be a popular singer, but he isn't popular anymore. Now, he works as a reporter for a TV entertainment show. He and his stylist Ra Bong-Hee land on a deserted island.
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Title: Dramaworld
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
When 20-year-old college student and K-drama fanatic Claire Duncan is transported into her favorite drama, “Taste of Love”, her appearance throws the show off-balance, causing other dramas to splice into the series. Mysterious waiter Seth Ko made his own journey into the drama years ago from the real world and mentors Claire on how to navigate the dramaworld. What kind of crazy adventure will Claire experience?
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Title: Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man
Character: Himself
Released: October 20, 2015
Type: TV
Two teams battle while attempting to revamp an old song by a one-hit wonder who has since disappeared from the public eye.
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Title: Unpretty Rapstar
Character: Himself
Released: January 29, 2015
Type: TV
Unpretty Rapstar is a 2015 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers.
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Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Heo Seung-Po
Released: August 17, 2014
Type: TV
Set in the Joseon Dynasty period, this drama series follows the Crown Prince Sohyeon, his warriors Heo Seung-Po and An Min-Seo, and a Park Dal-Hyang who is preparing for his military examination.
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Shot Gun
Title: Shot Gun
Released: March 6, 2014
Type: Movie
While imprisoned in South Korea, Kuroki (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of a yakuza clan, is offered one deal. In exchange for an early release from prison, he is asked to kill a man. The target's name is Tatsuhiko Kaji (Hakuryu), a man who grew up in Japan and is now a senior member of the Korean mafia.
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Black Gospel
Title: Black Gospel
Character: Himself
Released: November 14, 2013
Type: Movie
Dong-keun, Jun, You-mi, members of Korea’s only gospel choir Heritage, along with eight other people travel to Harlem to learn about gospel music and to perform with the Harlem gospel singers. As they go through series of lessons, they begin to realize that Black Gospel is not about brilliant techniques, nor beautiful voices; it is something that begins from the soul.
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Title: The Return of Superman
Character: Himself
Released: November 3, 2013
Type: TV
An up-close look at celebrity dads who have to take care of their kids for the next 48 hours without any help. Will it be a dad-tastrophe, or can they finish their wives' to-do lists while having fun with their kids?
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Days of Wrath
Title: Days of Wrath
Character: Chang-sik
Released: October 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Back in his high school days, Joon-Seok was bullied by Chang-Sik Because of this, Joon-Seok's high school days were like a nightmare. Now, Joon-Seok finds it difficult to live a normal life due to the bullying. Meanwhile, Chang-Sik, who has forgotten what he did to Jeon-Seok, lives a relatively happy life. He is about to marry Ji-Hee. Joon-Seok will pay him back for all the misery.
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Rough Play
Title: Rough Play
Character: Kang Bin
Released: October 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight.
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Love 911
Title: Love 911
Character: Detective Bang
Released: December 19, 2012
Type: Movie
A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.
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Title: Show Me The Money
Character: Himself
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: TV
From newcomers to rappers already loved by many fans, all gather to compete against each other in order to pick the best Hip hop entertainer. The one that receives the most votes from the audience takes it all.
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Title: Hero
Character: Kim Heug-Cheol
Released: March 18, 2012
Type: TV
Set in the near future, the country of South Korea has gone bankrupt. In the fictional city of Mooyoung, irregularities and corruption has now become rampant. By chance, Kim Heug-Cheol receives superhuman strength and he fights against the corruption plaguing the city of Mooyoung.
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Perfect Game
Title: Perfect Game
Character: Seon Dong-yeol
Released: December 21, 2011
Type: Movie
The Lotte Giants' Choi Dong-won and the Haitai Tigers' Seon Dong-ryeol are rival pitchers in 1980s baseball. The film reenacts the legendary match of May 16, 1987, which baseball fans today still recall as "the perfect match," when Choi and Sun compete as pitchers for the last time.
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Title: Law of the Jungle
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: TV
Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show is hosted by comedian Kim Byung Man, and each episode invites various celebrities from the various field. So far, many of idol stars and famous actors have appeared on the show. The show introduces viewers to exotic locations around the world where celebrities must work together in order to complete missions and survive. The cast celebrities travel to less habituated, natural places to survive on their own and experience life with local tribes and people. In each location, the guests are tasked to hunt and prepare their meals and also create shelter for the tribe. They sometimes confronted by many difficult challenges. Where will the tribe visit? And how will they survive on their own? Stay tuned to check out!
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Grand Prix
Title: Grand Prix
Character: Lee Woo-seok
Released: September 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Grand Prix" covers the world of horse racing, centered around the romance between a male horse jockey and a female horse jockey. Seo Joo-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee) is an ambitious equestrian who loses her beloved horse in a racing accident and also injures her arm. Devastated she quits the sport and travels to Jeju Island. On Jeju Island, Seo Joo-Hee meets fellow equestrian Woo-Seok (Yang Dong-Kun), a former winner of the Japan Cup who is also experienced a similar slump as Seo Joo-Hee. With Woo-Seok's help, Seo Joo-Hee becomes inspired to compete for the Grand Prix Chamionship.
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Title: Running Man
Released: July 11, 2010
Type: TV
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop.
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Title: You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
Character: Self
Released: April 24, 2009
Type: TV
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook is a Korean pop music program that is both a talk show and live music show. The host of this program is You Hee-yeol, also known as Toy, a one-man project band. This program has aired since April 24, 2009.
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Title: I am Your Teacher
Character: Jang Yi-San
Released: August 6, 2007
Type: TV
I am Sam is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Yang Dong-geun, Park Min-young, Park Joon-gyu, Son Tae-young, and T.O.P in his acting debut. It aired on KBS2 from August 6 to October 2, 2007 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Based on the Japanese comic series Very Private Lesson, Yang plays a geeky, straight-arrowed, under-qualified high school teacher who becomes a live-in tutor for the troublemaking daughter of a notorious gangster, in exchange for one million won. The drama received average ratings of around 6.5%. The title is a word play since sam in Korean roughly translates to "teacher" in slang, thus the international title, I am Your Teacher.
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Monopoly
Title: Monopoly
Character: Kyung Ho
Released: June 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Kyung-ho is a genius computer programmer who manages the on-line networks of all banks in Korea. One day, he accidentally runs into a man, John, who is an attractive businessman. John invites Kyung-ho to experience his lifestyle in high society. Through these lavish escapades, Kyung-ho is awakened to his hidden desires. As Kyung-ho finds out about a secret project John is working on, John asks him to join him in a plan to illegally withdraw small amounts of money from all the bank accounts across Korea by using Kyung-ho’s genius computer programming skills. With absolute trust in John, Kyung-ho finally joins this huge con game against Korea. Will John and Kyung-ho, who dream of being on top of the world, be the winners of this game?
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Title: Doctor Kkang
Character: Kang Dal-go
Released: April 5, 2006
Type: TV
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Fighter in the Wind
Title: Fighter in the Wind
Character: Choi Bae-dal
Released: August 12, 2004
Type: Movie
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.
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The Last Wolf
Title: The Last Wolf
Released: April 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A detective tired of bloody and cruel crimes in Seoul negotiates a transfer to a crime-free town in the country, where he lives a life of peace and bliss. But then his new police station is listed for closure due to the town's complete absence of crime in the last 20 years.
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Title: X-Man
Character: Himself
Released: November 8, 2003
Type: TV
Celebrity guests are split into two teams to compete in various contests. One guest, known only to himself, is designated the "X-Man", and does his best to cause his team to lose the contests. At the end, all guests try to determine the X-Man's identity.
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Wild Card
Title: Wild Card
Character: Bang Je-su
Released: May 16, 2003
Type: Movie
Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.
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Title: Ruler of Your Own World
Character: Bok-Su Go
Released: July 3, 2002
Type: TV
Ruler of Your Own World is an MBC Korean drama series. It was written by In Jung-ok and directed by Park Sung-soo.
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Bet On My Disco
Title: Bet On My Disco
Released: June 6, 2002
Type: Movie
When her father has a terrible accident a girl is forced to work as a hostess in a popular disco bar owned by a powerful gangster. Her brother tries to free her, but the gangster refuses and instead sets the brother, a bad dancer, an impossible challenge: if he wants to free his sister, he must win an upcoming disco contest!
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Address Unknown
Title: Address Unknown
Character: Chang-guk
Released: June 2, 2001
Type: Movie
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country.
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Bloody Beach
Title: Bloody Beach
Character: Jae-seung
Released: August 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A group of Internet chatters decides to spend the summer together at a beach, renting an apartment and trying to know each other for real (or maybe they just want to have sex). Apparently a guy named "Sandmanz" committed suicide when he was ousted from the chatroom, and the group has split opinions on the matter. Some think he was just a psycho with no life, and he had it coming. Some others, like Yoo-na (the one who got closer to him), think that someone spread lies to force him to quit. Suddenly, the group is decimated by a mysterious figure who keeps e-mailing everyone that his/her fate will not be unlike Sandmanz's. The search for the killer begins, while people die right and left. (lovehkfilm.com)
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Title: Nonstop
Released: May 15, 2000
Type: TV
Nonstop is a South Korean slice-of-life sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show..
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Title: Ad Madness
Released: October 21, 1999
Type: TV
《광끼》는 1999년에 KBS 2TV에서 방송된 드라마이다. 대학의 광고 써클에 모인 젊은이들의 우정, 좌절, 연애를 그린 청춘 드라마이다.
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Dance Dance
Title: Dance Dance
Character: Sundo
Released: September 18, 1999
Type: Movie
A young student is drawn into the world of a dance troupe after witnessing the beautiful grace of a female member. He must cope with the dynamics of the group whilst hoping to get closer to the woman whose dancing enraptured him.
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Title: School
Character: Jo Suk-Ho
Released: February 22, 1999
Type: TV
School is a drama series that deals with realistic issues South Korean teenagers faced in high school in the late 1990's.
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White Valentine
Title: White Valentine
Character: Han Suk
Released: February 13, 1999
Type: Movie
A girl named Jung-min writes to a young man named Hyun-jun, who is serving in the army. She lies about her age and claims to be a teacher. As Jung-min turns twenty, a 30-year-old man, who has eyes filled with sadness moves into her village. Every night, he sends letters through a pigeon to a deceased woman he loved dearly. He sends them high up in the sky, knowing that he will never get a reply. Then one day, like magic, he receives a letter. The letters sent through pigeons reveal someone's loneliness and sadness. And the two people meet each other by sheer chance..
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The Best
Title: The Best
Character: Jong Gu
Released: November 28, 1998
Type: Movie
The arrival of new music teacher makes a big difference for a group of troubled high school students.
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Super Hong Gil-Dong 5
Title: Super Hong Gil-Dong 5
Character: Dol-e
Released: June 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Title: 서울뚝배기
Released: September 3, 1990
Type: TV
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Starlight Falls
Title: Starlight Falls
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows the coming-of-age story of a male student and two female students who share the same name, who first meet as freshmen in college. Choi Kyung Soo, who hails from Sokcho and moves to Seoul for college. Perhaps due to the pain he experienced during his high school days, Choi Kyung Soo has a hard time opening his heart to others. The confident and cool Lee Hyun Jung [A] is admired by the other students at school and is more mature than most of her peers. When she and Choi Kyung Soo meet in a stargazing club, they develop feelings for each other that they are unable to express. The hard-working and intelligent Lee Hyun Jung [B] was admitted to college at the top of her class and has little in common with Lee Hyun Jung [A] apart from their name and major. Lee Hyun Jung [B] finds herself drawn to the reserved Choi Kyung Soo, who always seems to keep a distance between himself and the other students at school, and she tries to bring him into her group of friends.