Kim Hye-soo

Kim Hye-soo

Born: September 5, 1970
in Busan, South Korea
Kim Hye-soo (김혜수) is a veteran South Korean actress. She was born on September 5, 1970 in Busan. She has worked regularly since the 1980s and as starred in some of the biggest Korean blockbusters including The Thieves (2012), Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), The Face Reader (2013), and Kick the Moon (2001). She is also the recipient of numerous awards including the Blue Dragon Best Actress award for First Love (1993), Dr. Bong (1995), and Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), and the Grand Bell Best Actress award for Hypnotized (2004).

Movies for Kim Hye-soo...

Smugglers
Title: Smugglers
Character: Jo Choon-ja
Released: July 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Set in the 1970's, a smuggling operation exits within a small peaceful village by the sea. Those that are involved in the smuggling operation are Chun-ja, who works as a smuggler to make a living, her friend Jin-suk, who leads a group of female divers, and Master Sergeant Kwon. Master Sergeant Kwon is the king of smugglers nationally.
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Title: Under the Queen's Umbrella
Character: Queen Im Hwa-ryeong
Released: October 15, 2022
Type: TV
A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.
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Title: Juvenile Justice
Character: Sim Eun-seok
Released: February 25, 2022
Type: TV
A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court.
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Title: Unexpected Business
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2021
Type: TV
Set in a small, rural town, the show is about two friends, actors Zo In-sung and Cha Tae-hyun, running a supermarket for 10 days. They not only sell goods, but also operate small restaurant, where they cook and serve dishes. The two actors, who lived their whole lives in the city, experience life in the small town and blend into the neighborhood.
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The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Title: The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Character: Hyun-soo
Released: November 12, 2020
Type: Movie
The detective Hyun-soo tries to track down a girl who disappeared off of a cliff during a stormy night.
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Title: Hyena
Character: Jung Geum-ja
Released: February 21, 2020
Type: TV
To survive in a dog-eat-dog world, two rival lawyers with high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambitions.
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Title: Modern Korea
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: TV
The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant video clips from news broadcasts, dramas, shows and other documentaries
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Default
Title: Default
Character: Han Si-hyun
Released: November 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
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A Special Lady
Title: A Special Lady
Character: Hyun-jung
Released: November 9, 2017
Type: Movie
A corrupt prosecutor plans for revenge against Hyun-jung's crime organization by using her loyal partner, Sang-hoon.
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Title: Dr. Romantic
Character: Lee Young-jo
Released: November 7, 2016
Type: TV
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
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Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company
Title: Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company
Character: Cha Soo-Hyun
Released: September 3, 2016
Type: Movie
A cinematic special for the Infinite Challenge skit, Muhan Company.
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Familyhood
Title: Familyhood
Character: Go Ju-yeon
Released: June 29, 2016
Type: Movie
An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.
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Title: Signal
Character: Cha Soo-hyun
Released: January 22, 2016
Type: TV

Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
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Coin Locker Girl
Title: Coin Locker Girl
Character: Ma Woo-hee
Released: April 29, 2015
Type: Movie
A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.
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The Face Reader
Title: The Face Reader
Character: Yeon-hong
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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Title: The Queen of Office
Character: Miss Kim
Released: April 1, 2013
Type: TV
Temporary employee Ms. Kim is a remarkable woman. She possesses highly advanced skills in seemingly all work fields. She's also highly confident and always sticks to her ideals. Jang Kyu-Jik is a hot-shot foreign educated MBA, hired to turn around a flagging corporation. As they begin work together at their new jobs, can they ever co-exist?
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Title: Home Alone
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: TV
It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Title: Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Character: Herself
Released: December 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
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The Thieves
Title: The Thieves
Character: Pepsee
Released: July 25, 2012
Type: Movie
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
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Title: Baeksang Arts Awards
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 2012
Type: TV
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Villain & Widow
Title: Villain & Widow
Character: Yeon-ju
Released: November 24, 2010
Type: Movie
Struggling to support herself and teenage daughter, a widow rents out the second floor of her home to a man who claims to be a novelist working on a new book.
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Title: Home Sweet Home
Character: Kim Jinseo
Released: October 27, 2010
Type: TV
Kim Jinseo and Mo Yoonhee are high school classmates and rivals whose different family backgrounds shaped their characters and their paths towards love and success in adulthood. Jinseo develops a warm and cheerful personality as well as superior intellectual ability, while Yoonhee becomes a beautiful woman with fatal charm. Both women love Lee Sanghyun, an extremely kind but indecisive man who used to date Yoonhee but later married Jinseo. When Yoonhee's husband, Sung Eunpil, dies under suspicious circumstances, Jinseo finds herself becoming involved in the investigation. The process is complicated when the young homicide detective Kang Shinwoo becomes romantically interested in Jinseo.
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Title: Style
Character: Park Ki-Ja
Released: August 1, 2009
Type: TV
Style is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-soo, Lee Ji-ah, Ryu Shi-won, and Lee Yong-woo. It aired on SBS from August 1 to September 20, 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 16 episodes. Based on the popular 2008 chick lit novel of the same title by former fashion reporter Baek Young-ok, Style depicts the inner workings of a fictional fashion magazine.
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Forgiveness
Title: Forgiveness
Released: November 6, 2008
Type: Movie
"Forgiveness" chronicles the families affected by South Korean serial killer Young-chul Yoo. Yoo's murders occurred between September 2003 and July 2004. Eventually, Young-chul Yoo was convicted of 20 murders (predominantly prostitutes and elderly), with one additional case thrown out on technicalities. Young-chul Yoo admitted to have eaten the livers of some of his victims.
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Modern Boy
Title: Modern Boy
Character: Jo Nan-sil
Released: October 2, 2008
Type: Movie
During the Japanese occupation, a Korean modern boy, who wants to fit in with the Japanese, falls in love with a Korean freedom fighter.
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My 11th Mother
Title: My 11th Mother
Character: Woman
Released: November 29, 2007
Type: Movie
A cynical young boy gets to know the latest girlfriend of his ne'er-do-well father and begins to hope that this new relationship actually sticks.
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Skeletons in the Closet
Title: Skeletons in the Closet
Character: Oh Mi-kyung
Released: February 28, 2007
Type: Movie
The movie is about a dysfunctional family, each and every member with mental problems of his own. On top of that some old skeletons from the closet come back to haunt them.
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A Good Day to Have an Affair
Title: A Good Day to Have an Affair
Character: Dewdrop
Released: February 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Two married women start to have an affair with men they met online. However, one of them gets caught, and the other feels disappointed at the man.
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Tazza: The High Rollers
Title: Tazza: The High Rollers
Character: Madam Jeong
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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The Red Shoes
Title: The Red Shoes
Character: Sun-jae
Released: June 30, 2005
Type: Movie
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
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Title: Han River Ballad
Released: October 2, 2004
Type: TV
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Hypnotized
Title: Hypnotized
Character: Ji-su
Released: August 6, 2004
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. The doctor becomes obsessed with his former patient, seeks her on the outside and uses hypnosis to fulfill his sexual desires.
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Title: Jang Hee Bin
Character: Jang Hee bin
Released: November 6, 2002
Type: TV
Jang Hee Bin tells the story of a young lady-in-waiting whose beauty catches the eye of the King and becomes his concubine. Quickly rising in the ranks and eventually giving birth to a son, her hunger for power drives her not only to maintain her position, but to become Queen.
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YMCA Baseball Team
Title: YMCA Baseball Team
Character: Min Jung-rim
Released: October 3, 2002
Type: Movie
Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As a result, he gathers people to form the first YMCA baseball team of Joseon.
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Three
Title: Three
Character: Wife (segment "Memories")
Released: July 9, 2002
Type: Movie
An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.
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Memories
Title: Memories
Character: Wife
Released: May 1, 2002
Type: Movie
A woman with amnesia wakes up in the middle of the road and tries to figure out what happened to her. Meanwhile a man is haunted by some strange figure in his lonely residence.
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Kick the Moon
Title: Kick the Moon
Character: Min Ju-ran
Released: June 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Choi Ki-dong, who becomes a teacher, and Park Young-jun, who becomes a gang member, meet again after 10 years. To compete for Min Ju-ran, they start a fierce battle remembering their high school days, when the situation was completely different.
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Title: Golden Era
Character: 김희경
Released: November 29, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: 국희
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: TV
Based on the story of the first female entrepreneur in Korea, it is a story about a woman overcoming her reversed fate, and at the same time, a drama about the growth of a company in the early days of Korea.
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Title: Did We Really Love?
Released: January 27, 1999
Type: TV
Did We Really Love? is a South Korean drama series broadcast by MBC in 1999. Starring Korean superstar Bae Yong Joon, the series portrays the struggles between love, happiness, and the pursuit of material success.
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Doctor K
Title: Doctor K
Character: Pyo Ji-soo
Released: January 6, 1999
Type: Movie
Terminally ill patients are magically cured by a neurosurgeon who transfers their tumors to his own brain.
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Tie a Yellow Ribbon
Title: Tie a Yellow Ribbon
Released: May 16, 1998
Type: Movie
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Too Tired to Die
Title: Too Tired to Die
Character: Anouk
Released: January 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Keith is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death tells him that he has only 12 hours to live and he needs to make the most of it
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Title: 복수혈전
Character: Mi-kyung Jung
Released: December 1, 1997
Type: TV
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Mr. Condom
Title: Mr. Condom
Released: March 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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Change
Title: Change
Released: January 18, 1997
Type: Movie
Kang Dae-Ho, a naughty boy used to be an academic failure, could not be more different than Ko Eun-Bi, a prim girl and model student. On one stormy day, lightning strikes both of them and knocks them unconscious.
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Title: 연애의 기초
Character: 이일영
Released: November 6, 1995
Type: TV
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Dr. Bong
Title: Dr. Bong
Character: Hwang Yeo-jin
Released: April 29, 1995
Type: Movie
Dr. Bong is a dentist and a carefree ladies' man whose son decides to play matchmaker and get his father to date their next-door neighbor. But their first meeting gets off to a bad start with a traffic accident, and Bong's son must work overtime to make the couple work out.
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Bitter and Sweet
Title: Bitter and Sweet
Released: February 11, 1995
Type: Movie
A group of people whose lives suffer from stagnation, are working together in the same company and their lives are scutinized by those who see them. There is the development manager whose last new idea was five years earlier; a procrastinating office clerk with a crush on a co-worker that he is too shy to reveal; and a senior manager who believes his wife is having an affair causing him to take out his frustration on all his employees.
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The Eternal Empire
Title: The Eternal Empire
Character: Yoon Sang-ah
Released: January 28, 1995
Type: Movie
This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Released: November 20, 1994
Type: TV
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Blue Seagull
Title: Blue Seagull
Character: Chae-rin (voice)
Released: November 5, 1994
Type: Movie
In the days of Chosun Korea, a Sword (Royal Gift) was stolen and taken to Japan by a grave robber. A brave young man named Hail fights international criminals to get the Sword back. One day in Japan, Yakuza boss Ohmikkami is cruelly killed by the Mafia and take the Royal Sword. The young man, informed that the Sword is in the hands of the Mafia, visits Japan and New York to take back the Sword. His girlfriend, Chaerin, is a car engineer who is also in New York for a car show. Hail finds out the location of the Sword in New York through his beautiful American assistant Josie. The mafia, worried about the safety of the Sword, kidnaps Josie. Hail is forced to confront them to get her and the Sword back. Will he win and get them both back?
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Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid
Title: Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid
Released: July 30, 1994
Type: Movie
While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after Myonggil is released from military service, he goes to visit his childhood friend and finds out that their lives have taken very different paths.
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Title: 도깨비가 간다
Character: 최인영
Released: April 18, 1994
Type: TV
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I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me
Title: I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me
Released: February 9, 1994
Type: Movie
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Title: Pilot
Character: Lee Ji Won
Released: September 19, 1993
Type: TV
Min Gi, Sang Hyun and Yoon Chul are three friends who are training under the Korean Aerospace University to become pilots. Hye Ran is an interior designer who works for Airbus, and Ji Won is a flight manager at the Korean Airlines. As they go through the trials and tribulations of flight school, adult life and love life, each of them is faced with unique struggles which bind them further together and advance them further in their careers. (Source : Jungjeon-mama at MyDramaList)
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Park Young-shin
Released: January 22, 1993
Type: Movie
A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference.
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Terminal Basement
Title: Terminal Basement
Character: Miss Park
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Oseam
Title: Oseam
Released: March 24, 1990
Type: Movie
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Grown-ups Just Don't Understand
Title: Grown-ups Just Don't Understand
Released: July 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Jun, who was once an amateur boxer, becomes acquainted with Min-Yong by chance. Jun wants to help him and sends him to a kindergarten. Min-Yong makes the kindergarten fussy and makes the teacher Yu-Ra in trouble. Jun meets Yu-Ra to discuss about Min-Yong, and they fall in love with each other. Jun leaves for hard training, and Min-Yong is sent to Children's Welfare Institute for adoption, but he runs away from there. Min-Yong meets Dal-Kom in secret, but Dal-Kom asks Yu-Ra for help. Consequently, they bring Min-Yong, who loses consciousness, to the hospital. On the other hand, Jun wins in the title match with the Thai's champion Okampo. He celebrates his victory with Yu-Ra and Min-Yong. Finally, Min-Yong says goodbye to them and heads for the airport.
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That Last Winter
Title: That Last Winter
Released: February 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Yeong-Ae, who is grown up poorly, marries the elite salary earner in his thirties, Wu-Hyeon, happily. In-Tae, who loved Young-Ae before her marriage, appears to her and persuades her to come back to him. In-Tae is traced by the police on charge of murder. He threatens Wu-Hyeon, and Young-Ae miscarries of her baby from the shock. When Wu-Hyeon finds out the truth, he expels her, spends days drinking. The sick Young-Ae goes to find Wu-Hyeon in the snowstorm.
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My Daughter Saved from Den of Evil 2
Title: My Daughter Saved from Den of Evil 2
Released: July 5, 1986
Type: Movie
Yu-ri, a 16-year-old model student, runs away from home one day. She is reprimanded at school and her parents find out about their daughter's deviation. Yu-ri's parents conclude that it is because of Yu-ri's relationship with a juvenile delinquent named Jun. But Jun and Yu-ri are just innocent friends. Jun protects Yu-ri and her friends from society's violent organizations. When his mother is tormented by her lover, Jun stabs him. Afterwards, Jun, Yu-ri, and their friends take off together in search of an island where their dreams can come true. No one holds out a forgiving hand driving them into desperation. They are about to give up when Jun meets with death and the rest of the youngsters are reconciled with their parents.
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Kam-bo
Title: Kam-bo
Character: Na-young
Released: March 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Kam-bo is released from jail after serving five years for smuggling. He looks for his accomplice, Dong-il, and his wife. Dong-il has cleaned up his old life, determined to start anew. Kam-bo goes to the racetracks to kill time. A hustler pickpockets Kam-bo but he is rendered helpless by Kam-bo's strength when he catches up with him. The two become friends. The hustler gives Kam-bo a watch. Unwittingly, Kam-bo becomes a suspect in a murder due to the watch. Kam-bo and the hustler stick their noses into the murder investigation as they try to find out where the stolen watch came from. The parties behind the murder use a cute delinquent girl named Na-young as a front to take the fall. However, Kam-bo narrowly escapes death numerous times to finally break their organization and clear his name.
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Title: Unmasked
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Set in modern-day Seoul, a crack team of investigative journalists fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold case involving a famous actor who disappeared without a trace.