Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Born: July 12, 1970
in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Lee Byung-hun (이병헌) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He was born on July 12, 1970. He achieved wider fame after starring in the television dramas Iris (2009), All In (2003) and Beautiful Days (2001). He is also known for his starring roles in Joint Security Area (2000), A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career.

Movies for Lee Byung-hun...

Concrete Utopia
Title: Concrete Utopia
Character: Kim Yeong-tak
Released: August 9, 2023
Type: Movie
After a massive earthquake, only one apartment building is left standing in Seoul, South Korea. Outsiders flock to Hwang Gung Apartments, but residents can't cope with the increasing numbers.
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Emergency Declaration
Title: Emergency Declaration
Character: Park Jae-hyuk
Released: August 3, 2022
Type: Movie
While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.
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Title: Our Blues
Character: Lee Dong-seok
Released: April 9, 2022
Type: TV
Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju island.
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Title: Squid Game
Character: Front Man
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: SNL Korea
Character: Self - Host
Released: September 4, 2021
Type: TV
Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.
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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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The Man Standing Next
Title: The Man Standing Next
Character: Kim Gyu-pyeong
Released: January 22, 2020
Type: Movie
When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.
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Ashfall
Title: Ashfall
Character: Lee Jun-pyeong
Released: December 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
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Title: Mr. Sunshine
Character: Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.
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Keys to the Heart
Title: Keys to the Heart
Character: Kim Jo-ha
Released: January 17, 2018
Type: Movie
An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disability. The brothers make up through their mother who is full of stories of her past.
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The Fortress
Title: The Fortress
Character: Choe Myeong-gil
Released: October 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
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Decades Apart
Title: Decades Apart
Character: Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
Released: May 30, 2017
Type: Movie
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience.
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A Single Rider
Title: A Single Rider
Character: Kang Jae-hoon
Released: February 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his wife and son live. As his trip nears its unexpected end, Jae-hoon gets a chance to look back on his life.
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Master
Title: Master
Character: President Jin
Released: December 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lurking underneath.
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The Magnificent Seven
Title: The Magnificent Seven
Character: Billy Rocks
Released: September 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
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The Age of Shadows
Title: The Age of Shadows
Character: Jung Chae-san
Released: September 7, 2016
Type: Movie
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
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Misconduct
Title: Misconduct
Character: The Accountant
Released: February 5, 2016
Type: Movie
An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and his firm’s senior partner. When the case takes a deadly turn, he must race to uncover the truth before he loses everything.
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Inside Men
Title: Inside Men
Character: Ahn Sang-goo
Released: November 19, 2015
Type: Movie
A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.
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Memories of the Sword
Title: Memories of the Sword
Character: Yu-baek / Duk-gi
Released: August 13, 2015
Type: Movie
While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryeo Dynasty.
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Terminator Genisys
Title: Terminator Genisys
Character: Cop / T-1000
Released: June 23, 2015
Type: Movie
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
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RED 2
Title: RED 2
Character: Han Cho Bai
Released: July 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Title: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Character: Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
Released: March 27, 2013
Type: Movie
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
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Masquerade
Title: Masquerade
Character: King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
Released: September 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
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Title: Baeksang Arts Awards
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 2012
Type: TV
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Share the Vision
Title: Share the Vision
Released: September 3, 2011
Type: Movie
A 4D music film about a guy named Hyeon-min who sets out to find a new vision after meeting a mentor who is about to change his life.
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Title: The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
Character: John(ジョン)
Released: January 13, 2011
Type: TV
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I Saw the Devil
Title: I Saw the Devil
Character: Kim Soo-hyeon
Released: August 12, 2010
Type: Movie
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
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Iris: The Movie
Title: Iris: The Movie
Character: Kim Hyun-jun
Released: March 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are faced against each other in a nuclear terrorist attack, they are forced to make their final decision and Seunghee's formidable secret is revealed.
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The Influence
Title: The Influence
Character: W/White W
Released: March 3, 2010
Type: Movie
To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises throughout time.
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Title: Mnet Asian Music Awards
Character: Host
Released: November 21, 2009
Type: TV
Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) is a major South Korean music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ.
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Title: Iris
Character: Kim Hyeon-Jun
Released: October 14, 2009
Type: TV
Two friends, members of the South Korean military, are recruited by a secret black ops agency.
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Title: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Character: Storm Shadow
Released: August 3, 2009
Type: Movie
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
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I Come with the Rain
Title: I Come with the Rain
Character: Su Dongpo
Released: May 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only son, Shitao, whom he has not seen in person since the boy was ten. Now in his 30s, Shitao has gone missing in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage.
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Title: The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Character: Park Chang-yi / The Bad
Released: July 16, 2008
Type: Movie
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
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Hero
Title: Hero
Character: Kang
Released: September 8, 2007
Type: Movie
After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.
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Once in a Summer
Title: Once in a Summer
Character: Yun Suk-young
Released: November 30, 2006
Type: Movie
An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-Young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.
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A Bittersweet Life
Title: A Bittersweet Life
Character: Sun-woo
Released: April 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
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Three... Extremes
Title: Three... Extremes
Character: Director (segment "Cut")
Released: August 20, 2004
Type: Movie
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors: "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong; "Cut", directed by Park Chan-Wook of Korea; "Box", directed by Miike Takashi of Japan. The first film "Dumplings" was extended and turned into a full-length theatrical film of the same name.
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Everybody Has Secrets
Title: Everybody Has Secrets
Character: Soo-hyun
Released: July 30, 2004
Type: Movie
A mysterious stranger seduces three sisters in this sensual romantic comedy from director Jang Hyeon-Su.
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Title: All In
Character: Kim In-ha
Released: January 15, 2003
Type: TV
All In is a 2003 South Korean television drama series that aired on SBS from January 15 to April 3, 2003 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Inspired by the life of professional poker player Jimmy Cha, it starred Lee Byung-hun and Song Hye-kyo in a story about one's man's rise through the fiercely competitive world of casino gambling as he clashes with his rivals over money, success, and love. The drama was a ratings success in South Korea, with its final episode reaching a peak viewership rating of 47.7%, which is the 42nd highest-rated Korean drama episode of all time. It also won several awards, notably the Grand Prize for Lee Byung-hun at the 2003 SBS Drama Awards.
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Addicted
Title: Addicted
Character: Hwang Dae-jun
Released: October 25, 2002
Type: Movie
Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A year later, the younger brother Dae-jin wakes up believing he is his older brother Ho-jin.
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My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Title: My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Character: Nam-woo (adult)
Released: January 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
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Title: Beautiful Days
Character: Lee Min-chul
Released: March 14, 2001
Type: TV
Beautiful Days is a 2001 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Ji-woo, Ryu Shi-won and Lee Jung-hyun. It aired on SBS from March 14 to May 31, 2001 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
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Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Title: Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Character: Seo In-woo
Released: February 3, 2001
Type: Movie
A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins unintentionally reminding him of his doomed first love, which ended 17 years earlier.
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Title: Hero
Character: Kang
Released: January 8, 2001
Type: TV
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt. Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
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Joint Security Area
Title: Joint Security Area
Character: Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
Released: September 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
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Title: Love Story
Character: Tae-sung
Released: December 1, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Happy Together
Character: Seo Tae-poong
Released: June 16, 1999
Type: TV
Happy Together is a 1999 South Korean television series starring Lee Byung-hun, Song Seung-heon, Kim Ha-neul, Jo Min-su, and Jun Ji-hyun. It aired on SBS from June 16 to August 5, 1999 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Starring young actors who would go on to become Korean TV and film stars, the hit drama revolves around five children who were separated at the death of their parents, and the love, conflicts, and reconciliation that these siblings go through when they meet again as adults.
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The Harmonium in My Memory
Title: The Harmonium in My Memory
Character: Kang Soo-ha
Released: March 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.
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Title: White Nights 3.98
Character: Min Gyeong-bin
Released: August 31, 1998
Type: TV
White Nights 3.98 is a 1998 South Korean television series based on the novel of the same title by Han Tae-hoon. It aired on SBS.
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Title: 아름다운 그녀
Character: Hwang Joon-ho
Released: April 9, 1997
Type: TV
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Lament
Title: Lament
Character: Jong-man
Released: February 22, 1997
Type: Movie
Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.
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Kill the Love
Title: Kill the Love
Character: Love
Released: October 19, 1996
Type: Movie
A man named Love joins the criminal underworld in America and falls In love with a woman, sparking the outrage of an old criminal associate from home.
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Armageddon
Title: Armageddon
Character: Haesung
Released: April 4, 1996
Type: Movie
The year is 2157. An alien organization with ultra-high technology, 'Eed', invades the Earth. As the Earth fa ces extinction, Elka, a descendant of the lost continent Atlantis, looks with the help of a super power computer Delta 8988, for the last hero who may be able to save the world. It turns out to be Oh Haesung who lives in the 20th century. Marie, a special agent sent from Elka, comes to the year 1996 with the important mission of fetching Haesung. However, Eed also finds out about Haesung and sends an assassin.
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Run Away
Title: Run Away
Character: Lee Dong-ho
Released: December 30, 1995
Type: Movie
Video game producer Lee Dong-ho and freelance artist Choi Mi-ran are both young, ambitious people who are passionate about their life and work. They meet by chance one night on the road, and end up spending the night together. On their way home, they witness a gang-related murder, and from that day on their lives take a dramatic turn as they become the perpetrators' next targets.
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Who Drives Me Mad?
Title: Who Drives Me Mad?
Character: Lee Jong-du
Released: September 30, 1995
Type: Movie
Lee Jong-du, a salesman who believes that luck will change when he becomes a famous writer. However he is forced to give up after his story failed to win at a spring literature contest. Added to this is the fear that his girlfriend Joo-young will leave him. After Joo-young gets a job Jong-du realizes his mistakes that knows that she will never leave him.
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Title: Asphalt Man
Character: Kang Dong-joon
Released: May 17, 1995
Type: TV
Asphalt Man is a 1995 South Korean television series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Jin-shil, Jung Woo-sung, and Lee Young-ae. Based on the 1991 comic of the same title by manhwa artist Huh Young-man, it aired on SBS from May 17 to July 6, 1995 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
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Sunset on the Neon Lights
Title: Sunset on the Neon Lights
Released: February 25, 1995
Type: Movie
Sang-min faces sexual discrimination at her advertising job and her lover's publishing company goes bankrupt. However she is determined to find a solution to both their problems
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Title: 사랑의 향기
Released: April 9, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Tomorrow Love
Character: 신범수
Released: November 10, 1992
Type: TV
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The Ax
Title: The Ax
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A remake of the 2005 film with the same name. After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Title: I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Title: Here
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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The Match
Title: The Match
Character: Cho Hun-hyun
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Two legendary Go players, once student and master, face victory and defeat as they inevitably come face to face as rivals.