Won Jin

Won Jin

Born: December 8, 1962
in Seoul, South Korea
South Korean martial arts master known mainly for his role as Sonny Wong in The Scorpion King (aka Operation Scorpio) and his action direction of the My Wife Is A Gangster movie series.

He created a very unique style that was well ahead of it's time, showcasing many techniques used in modern Tricking and he also inspired famous martial art actors such as Scott Adkins and Tony Jaa.

He began learning Taekwondo around age 7 and created his own style of kicking and acrobatics. He was was a big fan of Bruce Lee and fell in love with the nunchaku He would go on to learn Hapkido, Wushu and various other styles.

In late 70s he trained alongside Elton Jeong at the YMCA Mechanical Gymnastics Club and became a member of the Korean martial arts / stunt group Ottogi Martial Arts Team, working on his first movie in 1979. He appeared as a side character in some Korean martial arts movies and in 1988 got his first starring role.

In the early 90's he sent out a demo tape which resulted in David Lai casting him in a few Hong Kong movies, the most notable being The Scorpion King, which secured his place as a cult favourite. After a few films he returned to work in Korea and became one of nation's top action directors. He continues to practice and promote martial arts and has received many awards and commendations for his work.

J.J. Hayden

Movies for Won Jin...

Tiger's Trigger
Title: Tiger's Trigger
Released: March 28, 2024
Type: Movie
A girl is in a hospital room caring for her hopeless mother. When the girl is tired of her life, and tries to make her own decision, a silent old man who is taking care of another patient approaches her.
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Title: My Name
Character: Moo-jin's chauffeur
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: TV
Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.
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Ground Zero
Title: Ground Zero
Character: prisoner
Released: June 26, 2021
Type: Movie
A short action movie depicting the '1983 Hosan Prison Riot,' an important event in the 'PUBG Universe'.
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The Battle: Roar to Victory
Title: The Battle: Roar to Victory
Character: Gil-san
Released: August 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
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Martial Arts Detective : Chinatown
Title: Martial Arts Detective : Chinatown
Character: Kwan Xi-Pei
Released: July 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Chinatown is a place where crime and betrayal are rampant. Violent crime detective Ko Jeong-hyeok (Seo Joon-yeong) can't rest a day. He tries to rid the streets of criminals but he's to busy cleaning up his own mess because of his habit of using physical violence first.
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The Suspect
Title: The Suspect
Character: SA1
Released: December 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
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Almost Love
Title: Almost Love
Character: Maternity Doctor
Released: March 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
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No Problem 2
Title: No Problem 2
Character: Invincible
Released: February 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Kimura wins a trip to Hong Kong, but once he arrives, he is mistaken as a hitman and is assigned to kill Yumiko, the female successor to the Ota Group conglomerate. When Kimura falls for his target instead, he must learn kung-fu from a local (Yuen) to fight off the yakuza assassin "Invincible" assigned to finish the job.
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China Strike Force
Title: China Strike Force
Character: Lee, The Assassin
Released: December 21, 2000
Type: Movie
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
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Venomous
Title: Venomous
Character: Ah Chun [Special Appearance]
Released: January 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Korean martial arts movie starring Ricky Jun and Lee In-Seop. Special guest Won Jin "The Scorpion King".
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The Expert
Title: The Expert
Character: Gal Ku-Li
Released: April 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Korean martial arts movie staring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". The background of the period was under Japanese rule in the 1930s. Japan's oppression and extortion devastated the lives of civilians, and a small number of pro-Japanese factions parasitize in the power class of Japan, and all kinds of evils are committed. The years like a tunnel of darkness when people's resentment and resistance consciousness reached their peak. The movie is about a pro-Japanese father who wants to marry his daughter Seung-hee to the son of Nomura, a skilled Japanese man. Won Jin plays a hook-handed martial arts master, out for revenge.
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A Boy & 2 Cops - Kids Sold To The Island
Title: A Boy & 2 Cops - Kids Sold To The Island
Character: Yong-Pal
Released: January 12, 1995
Type: Movie
The fists of Taekwondo boys explode on a remote uninhabited island...!! The Taekwondo demonstration team for children who came to the beach for training are caught by gangsters who travel between the beach and the island and are sold to the island. The children who woke up on the island began to live a hellish life, where they are beaten severely even for small mistakes, and even adults had to work hard and live like slaves . On the other hand, Yong-Pal, who has lost the children, searches for the children with the police, but their whereabouts becomes obscure. Then by chance he finds out that gangsters using begging children and he gives chace.
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Women on the Run
Title: Women on the Run
Character: King Kong
Released: November 4, 1993
Type: Movie
The plot includes the plight of two women who both find themselves betrayed by the men they love. It's a violent female 'buddy' movie, with two mismatched heroines, a policewoman and a drug addicted prostitute joining forces to seek revenge.
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Hero - Beyond the Boundary of Time
Title: Hero - Beyond the Boundary of Time
Character: Yuen Chun
Released: June 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Wai Siu-Bo travels to the future on a mission to cure the emperor's illness.
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Operation Scorpio
Title: Operation Scorpio
Character: Sonny Wong "The Scorpion King"
Released: September 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Budding comic book artist Yu Shu finds himself living out the fantasies of his alternate world when he saves a young girl from an illegal prostitution racket. With the aid of his fecund imagination and the help of an aging kung fu expert Yu Shu becomes something even he had never dared dream -- a hero in real life.
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Saviour Of The Soul II
Title: Saviour Of The Soul II
Character: Kidnapper Goblin
Released: September 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Ching-yan lives with his young protege Tim and an inventor referred to only as The Doctor. One day they decide to embark on a quest to the Snowy Mountain in hopes of finding a special block of ice that is said to contain the life essence of immortality. The evil Devil King also wants the ice, but Ching-yan thinks that it contains the secret to meeting a woman who appears in his dreams and attempts to keep it for himself.
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Swordsman San Ji-Ni 2 - Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared At The Port
Title: Swordsman San Ji-Ni 2 - Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared At The Port
Character: Brother of X
Released: July 7, 1992
Type: Movie
Korean movie.
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The Trio Stars
Title: The Trio Stars
Character: Sigma
Released: December 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Korean movie.
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Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared in the City
Title: Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared in the City
Character: Brother of X
Released: September 13, 1991
Type: Movie
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To Catch A Thief
Title: To Catch A Thief
Character: Luk's Mute Sifu
Released: July 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Developer Ms. Cheung (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) yearns for a quieter life in Hong Kong and moves to the countryside, getting herself caught in a showdown between a gang of jewel thieves and two police officers along the way. While Ms. Cheung survives the ordeal, the thieves' injured getaway driver (Siu-Chun To) sneaks into Cheung's moving van and escapes to the countryside, into Cheung's new home. As Cheung settles down into her new environment, she befriends Pak-Lam (Pak Lam Cheng), a skillful and inquisitive little boy who lives in the village. While Pak-Lam helps Cheung tend to her house, he encounters the injured thief. After a brief exchange, Pak-Lam realizes the thief has a harmless and non-aggressive attitude and decides to shelter him in his secret makeshift hideout, not knowing his new friend has in his possession a bag of stolen jewels, in which both the police and the gangsters are searching for.
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Little Kickboxer
Title: Little Kickboxer
Character: Chinese Fighter
Released: January 26, 1991
Type: Movie
A young boy learns Tae Kwon Do, not only to defeat the gangsters threatening his family, but also to defeat the man who killed his father.
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The Doofus Detective And The Twin Light Brothers
Title: The Doofus Detective And The Twin Light Brothers
Character: Busboy
Released: January 16, 1990
Type: Movie
Miss Jin, a female detective, meets the head of a human trafficking organization in an undercover plan to destroy it. But she falls into their trap and gets caught. Jin's younger brother and two young men who both have unrequited love for Jin try to save her, but they fail due to the appearance of The Twin Light Brothersrothers. However, Detective Kim defeats The Twin Light Brothers and rescues Jin from the villain's lair.
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Super Hong Gil-Dong 3
Title: Super Hong Gil-Dong 3
Character: Geung-Si / Short Kidnapper
Released: August 5, 1989
Type: Movie
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Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure
Title: Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure
Character: Tak-Shi [Footage From 용호취]
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Cut and paste ninja movie. The original was the 1988 Korean movie 용호취 starring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". Here some original scenes were cut and replaced with ninja scenes shot later in Hong Kong.
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Dragon Tiger Mouse
Title: Dragon Tiger Mouse
Character: Yong (Dragon)
Released: December 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Korean martial arts movie starring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". Later this movie was cut together with ninja scenes shot in Hong Kong and released under the title Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure. Synopsis: When the mysterious stone Buddha located in Cheonghak-dong became known to the world by newspaper reporter Su-Hee, the treasure was stolen by a vicious trafficker. As a result, three boys, Yong, Ho and Chwi, who were being trained in martial arts by Do-In in Mt. Jirisan, secretly exited Cheonghak-dong and come up to Seoul. Su-hee, who is chasing the bad guys after receiving a tip, is kidnapped by the gang, but saves the crisis with the boys' performance. The treasure is recovered after twists and turns, but the villains again kidnap Su-Hee and threaten the boys. They use their mysterious martial arts skills to dramatically defeat the villains and rescue Su-hee. Thanks to this, the boys are applauded for their bravery and receive a commendation from the mayor of Seoul.
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Park Cheol-Su's Hello Lim Guk-Jeong
Title: Park Cheol-Su's Hello Lim Guk-Jeong
Character: Escort Hit With Green Bundle
Released: August 22, 1987
Type: Movie
Chun-bo and Bong-dal are members of a bandit who voluntarily claim to be Im Kek-jeong's subordinates. They didn't even know that there was a horse plaque on the clothes of the fishermen, and they were yangban and decided to play the role of a real female haenger. They perform good deeds such as scolding Tamgwan-duck for the unfair and powerless people and distributing grain to poor residents.
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Imbecile 3
Title: Imbecile 3
Character: Fighting Waiter In Red
Released: July 17, 1987
Type: Movie
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Sadae Shaolin Temple
Title: Sadae Shaolin Temple
Character: Tai Luk-Tong Student (Hai Lu Kang Student)
Released: August 25, 1984
Type: Movie
A general goes on a search for a book that reveals the names of revolutionaries in the area, leading to a showdown at a Shaolin temple where he faces off against the revolutionaries.
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Master Of Guangdong Hall
Title: Master Of Guangdong Hall
Character: Seub-Deuk's Buddy (Song's Buddy)
Released: March 15, 1983
Type: Movie
The evil Dong Won has unbeatable kicking legs and proudly travels the land proving his expertise. But when a young man loses his foster parent to Won's deadly kick, he seeks out an old drunken master to learn a way to defeat the Master of the Leg.
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Manager Of The Shaolin Hall
Title: Manager Of The Shaolin Hall
Character: Shaolin Waiter / Gambling Stall Fighter
Released: December 3, 1982
Type: Movie
Mang-wol, a master of martial arts, has doubts about the life he has led. Taking Yong, the son of Pak who he had nearly killed in a fight, Mang-wol disappears. As time passes, Mang-wol teaches Yong martial arts. Yong becomes an adult. He goes into the city to get medicine for Mang-wol. Yong runs into Nan-si, a woman of the Shaolin training hall, who takes all his gold. Yong is unable to defeat Paeng's fighting skills but Mang-wol saves him from his predicament. Paeng knows that Mang-wol is the enemy who killed Yong's father. Paeng searches out Mang-wol. Yong deceives Mang-wol and goes to see Nan-si. Yong becomes the manager of the Shaolin Hall but Paeng cruelly beats him up and Yong returns to Mang-wol. Mang-wol tells Yong the truth about his past and dies in a fight with Paeng. Yong practices the new fighting technique he's developed and fights Paeng.
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Inchon
Title: Inchon
Character: Evacuee On Bridge
Released: May 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
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Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Title: Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Character: Pickpocket Teen
Released: April 14, 1981
Type: Movie
A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
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Eighteen Women Fighters of Murim
Title: Eighteen Women Fighters of Murim
Character: Green Amazon
Released: November 4, 1979
Type: Movie
A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father.
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Guest Of Black Leopard
Title: Guest Of Black Leopard
Character: Pang's Man In White / Pang's Man In Black
Released: December 10, 1977
Type: Movie
The nation called Hocheonpyo transports gold in the village of Korean vagabonds in Manchuria to Kukja family when some bandits attack and steal the coach with goods. The very prestigious head Paeng-deok mediates but old man Kim is killed when he asks for compensation. At this time, the Korean man Han-seong defeats the bandits and brings back the gold. So-jeong, old man Kim's daughter, decides to avenge her father. Han-seong goes to the place where the coach was attacked. Finding an emblem, he is filled with suspicion. The bandits have been employed as a convoy of Hocheonpyo and the emblem is theirs. Paeng-deok is Han-seong's older brother. Paeng-deok gets the compensation money together. While bringing the money, Seo-jun is killed and someone takes the money. Han-seong knows that Ho-chul is the culprit but Ho-chul dies by a poisonous dart. Han-seong persuades him knowing that Paeng-deok is the ringleader behind Ho-chul. - KMDB
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Venomous 2
Title: Venomous 2
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follow up to the Korean martial arts movie Vindictive Venom (독종). It also features Won Jin "The Scorpion King".