Bae Doona

Bae Doona

Born: October 11, 1979
in Jongno, Seoul, South Korea
Bae Doona (born October 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress and photographer. She is best known outside Korea for her role as Sense8's Bak Sun, the protagonist's political activist girlfriend, Cha Yeong-mi, in Park Chan-wook's film Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and as archer Park Nam-ju in The Host (2006).

Movies for Bae Doona...

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
Title: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
Character: Nemesis
Released: April 19, 2024
Type: Movie
The rebels gear up for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge — and legends are made.
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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
Title: Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
Character: Nemesis
Released: December 15, 2023
Type: Movie
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
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Title: Persona: Sulli
Character: Self
Released: November 13, 2023
Type: TV
Persona: Sulli consists of two films, a short film starring Sulli and a feature-length documentary based on interviews.
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Next Sohee
Title: Next Sohee
Character: Yu-jin
Released: November 21, 2022
Type: Movie
High school student Sohee starts job training at a call center, but she faces pressure of greedy company. Detective Oh Yu-jin, who has something in common with Sohee starts to follow traces to reveal the truth.
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Broker
Title: Broker
Character: Su-jin
Released: June 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.
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Title: The Silent Sea
Character: Song Ji-an
Released: December 24, 2021
Type: TV
During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
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Title: 루브르 종이전쟁
Released: August 15, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: The Game Caterers
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 2021
Type: TV
A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.
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Title: Next Entertainment, Visionary
Character: Self
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: House on Wheels
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2020
Type: TV
A variety program where the cast will experience life in various places around Korea. The cast will build a small, portable home where they’ll live together and invite guests over. They’ll empty their greed for a house and fill their lives with important things in their lives instead.
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#Iamhere
Title: #Iamhere
Character: Soo
Released: February 5, 2020
Type: Movie
Stéphane lives a quiet life as an eminent French Chef but when he decides to visit Soo, a mysterious Korean lady he fell in love with on Instagram, he'll embark on an adventurous journey full of discoveries.
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Title: How Do You Play?
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2019
Type: TV
Yoo Jae-suk reunites the producing team of Infinite Challenge and presents you How Do You Play? The Indefinitely expanding YOONIVERSE, based on Yoo's blood, sweat, and tears, will entertain viewers at home. Let's follow Yoo and his friends' new projects every week.
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Title: Persona
Character: Doo-na
Released: April 11, 2019
Type: TV
An exploration of different personas in an eclectic collection of four works by critically acclaimed Korean directors.
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Title: Kingdom
Character: Seo-bi
Released: January 25, 2019
Type: TV
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.
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The Drug King
Title: The Drug King
Character: Kim Jeong-ah
Released: December 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
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Title: Matrimonial Chaos
Character: Kang Whee-Roo
Released: October 8, 2018
Type: TV
Is marriage really the completion to love? This comedy drama begins with this question and defines the difference in thought between men and women about love, marriage and family.
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Title: You Quiz On The Block
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: TV
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
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Title: Stranger
Character: Han Yeo-jin
Released: June 10, 2017
Type: TV
Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but he is ostracized because he lacks empathy and social skills. He is also one of only a handful of upright prosecutors who have refused to take bribes. One day, he encounters a stabbing victim while investigating corruption. He meets Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin at the crime scene. They join forces to root out corruption at the prosecutors’ office and solve a serial murder case.
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Title: Chang-ok's Letter
Character: Eun-ha
Released: February 16, 2017
Type: TV
Housewife Eun-ha is busy every day: In addition to taking care of her husband who doesn't help out at all and her willful daughter and son, she has to care for her nagging mother-in-law, who is nearly bedridden.
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Chang-ok's Letter
Title: Chang-ok's Letter
Character: Eun-ha
Released: February 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Housewife Eun-ha is busy every day: In addition to taking care of her husband who doesn’t help out at all and her willful daughter and son, she has to care for her nagging mother-in-law, who is nearly bedridden.
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Tunnel
Title: Tunnel
Character: Se-hyun
Released: August 10, 2016
Type: Movie
A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.
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Sense8: Creating the World
Title: Sense8: Creating the World
Character: Sun Bak
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Go behind the scenes and around the world with the "Sense8" cast and crew in this in-depth look at how the hit series is made.
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Title: Sense8
Character: Bak sun
Released: June 5, 2015
Type: TV
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."
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Jupiter Ascending
Title: Jupiter Ascending
Character: Razo
Released: February 4, 2015
Type: Movie
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
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A Girl at My Door
Title: A Girl at My Door
Character: Yeong-nam
Released: May 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.
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Cloud Atlas
Title: Cloud Atlas
Character: Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute
Released: October 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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As One
Title: As One
Character: Li Bun-hui
Released: May 3, 2012
Type: Movie
A unified team representing the two Koreas competed at the 1991 Chiba International Table Tennis Championships. It was the first such sport team since the division of the Korean peninsula. The unified team won the group competition event, beating the front runner, China.
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Doomsday Book
Title: Doomsday Book
Character: Park Min-seo
Released: April 11, 2012
Type: Movie
In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, 'Happy Birthday', a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.
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Happy Birthday
Title: Happy Birthday
Character: Park Min-seo (adult)
Released: April 5, 2012
Type: Movie
A young girl throws an 8 pool ball down a portal to outer space, where it becomes much larger and starts charging towards the Earth to destroy everything.
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Title: Gloria
Character: Na Jin-Jin
Released: July 31, 2010
Type: TV
Gloria is a South Korean television series starring Bae Doona, Lee Chun-hee, Seo Ji-seok, So Yi-hyun, Oh Hyun-kyung and Lee Jong-won in a tale of romance, survival, overcoming poverty and adversity, and making your dreams come true. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from July 31, 2010 to January 30, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 50 episodes.
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Title: Master of Study
Character: Han Soo-jung
Released: January 4, 2010
Type: TV
Master of Study is about a determined lawyer who takes up a teaching position at a failing high school. To save the school from the ax, he comes up with the unconventional plan of starting a special class curriculum devoted to getting the school's five worst students into the country's top university.
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Air Doll
Title: Air Doll
Character: Nozomi
Released: September 26, 2009
Type: Movie
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
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Title: How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor
Character: Jeong Yoon-hee
Released: July 25, 2007
Type: TV
How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Kim Seung-woo, Bae Doona, Park Si-hoo, Wang Ji-hye, Son Hyun-joo and Kim Sung-ryung. It aired on SBS from July 25 to September 27, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The romantic comedy series was partially filmed in Cambodia, the first time for a Korean drama to be shot in that country.
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Korean Short Films Collection
Title: Korean Short Films Collection
Character: Sunhee
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
An alluring collection of twenty-five short films by some of the most promising, up-and-coming directors in Korea.
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Title: Someday
Character: Hana Yamaguchi
Released: November 11, 2006
Type: TV
Someday is about four different people's story about love. Hana Yamaguchi (Bae Doo-Na) was a successful young cartoonist in Japan. Abandoned by her parents and brought up by her grandma, she was cold and aloof and did not believe in love which to her was only a simple biological response. When the elderly neighbourhood street sweeper died, she discovered the affection between him and her neighbour which lasted 60 years. Hana could not understand this kind of love, so she decided to trace her neighbour's footstep to Korea when she disappeared with her lover's ashes. Go Jin Pyo (Kim Min Joon) was a doctor who was a comic book fan of Hana. He was overjoyed in meeting Hana and believed that he was in love for the first time in his life. He decided to help Hana in fulfilling her wish to look for her neighbour and enlisted the help of a private eye, Lee Seok Man (Lee Jin Wook).Lee was the sole survivor of a car accident whereby his parents and brother were killed. He carried a lot of guilt towards the parents of the other victim and did his best to help out even at the expense of owing money to the loan sharks. Hye Young (Oh Yoon Ah) was a PD of animation projects and a close friend of Jin Pyo. she didn't realize that she was in love with him till Hana appeared.
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The Host
Title: The Host
Character: Park Nam-joo
Released: July 27, 2006
Type: Movie
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
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Tea Date
Title: Tea Date
Character: Sunhee
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: Movie
An English language student brings a little brightness into the life of her elderly, widowed tutor.
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Linda Linda Linda
Title: Linda Linda Linda
Character: Son
Released: July 23, 2005
Type: Movie
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".
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Title: 떨리는 가슴
Character: Bae Doona
Released: April 2, 2005
Type: TV
Beating Heart is a South Korean television drama series, produced by the MBC network and broadcast in 2005. The series consists of six two-part stories, with each story having its own team of writer and director. It focuses on the lives of a typical Korean family, examining the relationships between the four main characters, their romantic interests, and other family members, while answering the question "When did you feel your heart beating the hardest?" In 2006, the series was broadcast by the KBFD network in Hawaii as My Trembling Heart. It has also been released on DVD in South Korea and Japan.
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Title: 로즈마리
Character: Shin Gyeong-Su
Released: October 29, 2003
Type: TV
《로즈마리》는 2003년 10월 29일부터 2003년 12월 25일까지 방영한 한국방송공사의 텔레비전 드라마이다.
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Spring Bears Love
Title: Spring Bears Love
Character: Jeong Hyun-jae
Released: July 16, 2003
Type: Movie
A connected series of love notes scribbled in library art books convinces gawky grocery store clerk Hyun-chae that a mystery man - known only as 'Vincent' - is pursuing a relationship with her. Meanwhile, an infatuated pal from her high-school days - shy, quirky subway driver Dong-ha - relocated to Seoul to ACTUALLY pursue a relationship with her, which she rejects in favor of the ersatz paper chase provided by her mystery man, going so far as to pawn Dong-ha off on her friend at one point.
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Tube
Title: Tube
Character: Kay
Released: June 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
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Title: Country Princess
Character: Lee Eun-hee
Released: March 12, 2003
Type: TV
Two girls with a twisted fate, born on the same day, Lee Eun Hee (Bae Doo Na) and Lee Keum Hee (Kim Yoo Mi) live their lives as sisters. Living a life of poverty with their family, kind and considerate Eun Hee sacrifices her educational chances to better herself for her older sister Keum Hee. Eun Hee’s true identity unbeknownst to her, one day a wealthy older man comes to their home requesting the return of his long lost granddaughter. Due to an accident that caused the death of her husband, in spitefulness, the girls mother returns the wrong granddaughter to the older wealthy man and leaves the real granddaughter in a life of struggling and hardship.
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Title: Ya Shim Man Man
Character: Herself
Released: February 28, 2003
Type: TV
Yashimmanman is a South Korean talk show. Citizens were surveyed about various questions, and celebrity guests had to guess the public's top answers to the questions, sparking much discussion.
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Saving My Hubby
Title: Saving My Hubby
Character: Jung Geum-Soon
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Geum-sun, a former volleyball star, is married to a clumsy husband and has a baby daughter. She struggles to adjust to her boring life until kidnappers call claiming they have her husband and demand money.
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Title: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Character: Yeong-mi
Released: March 29, 2002
Type: Movie
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
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I'll Be Seeing Her
Title: I'll Be Seeing Her
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
"I'll Be Seeing HER" is an approach to images of women in Korean cinema with a new genre, ‘Fanta Docu’, which shows beautiful and adventurous Korean actresses in the 1950s. The director, Kim Soyoung stated that “studying and teaching Korean cinema history, I felt sorry that most documentaries on Korean cinema had been made from the male perspective,” which led her to make a documentary on Korean cinema through women’s eyes. Kim So young directed ‘Women's History Trilogy’ (Koryu: Southern Women, South Korea, I'll Be Seeing Her: Women in Korean Cinema, New Woman: Her First Song) which was screened at many international film festivals including Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.
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Take Care of My Cat
Title: Take Care of My Cat
Character: Yu Tae-hie
Released: October 13, 2001
Type: Movie
The fashionable Hye-joo is focused on her career at a brokerage house. She's making a decent living, but her co-workers look down on her. Tae-hee is sick of living under the thumb of her domineering father. She spends her time doing volunteer work for a poet with cerebral palsy. Sullen Ji-young lives in poverty with her grandparents and struggles to find work. The girls, close friends in high school, find themselves drifting apart as their adult lives begin to take shape.
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Plum Blossom
Title: Plum Blossom
Character: Seo Nam-ok
Released: October 14, 2000
Type: Movie
High school senior, Jayo is seduced into his first sexual experience by classmate Hara, who eventually kills herself when he ignores her. Since then, he immerses himself in loveless sex until he meets cheerful nurse, Namok. Meanwhile, his pal Seuin has developed a crush on his teacher, which is socially taboo.
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Title: RNA
Released: July 10, 2000
Type: TV
A horror film that claims to be a medical suspense thriller
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Title: Look Back in Anger
Character: Lee Mi-na
Released: February 28, 2000
Type: TV
Look Back in Anger is a 2000 South Korean television series about two brothers' love for two women that aired on KBS2. Starring Joo Jin-mo, Lee Min-woo, Park Jin-hee and Bae Doona, the cast also includes the following actors pre-stardom: Kim Myung-min, Uhm Tae-woong, Kim Min-hee and Lee Eun-joo.
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Barking Dogs Never Bite
Title: Barking Dogs Never Bite
Character: Park Hyeon-nam
Released: February 19, 2000
Type: Movie
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
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Title: Love Story
Character: Young-yi
Released: December 1, 1999
Type: TV
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The Ring Virus
Title: The Ring Virus
Character: Eun-suh
Released: June 12, 1999
Type: Movie
Sun-ju is a reporter who uncovers a series of inexplicable deaths that occurred simultaneously. Her investigation leads her to a resort, where she finds a videotape filled with mysterious images. After viewing it, a message appears on the screen that she has just been cursed, and that in order to save herself she must - end of tape. Somebody has erased the rest, leaving her horrified and uncertain of her next move.
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Title: School
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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Virus
Title: Virus
Character: Ok Taek-sun
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A fatal virus, which kills if someone doesn't fall in love in five days, is spreading out in the world. The host of the virus, a woman and a man who is developing a cure, also fall in love.
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Title: Family Plan
Character: Han Young-su
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A group of people possessing special abilities disguise themselves as a family to survive against heinous criminals.