Kim Tae-hun

Kim Tae-hun

Born: May 26, 1975
in South Korea
Kim Tae-hun is a South Korean actor. Kim graduated from Hanyang University, then began his acting career with the Hanyang Repertory Theatre in 1997. Onscreen, he has played leading roles in indie films such as Way to Go, Rose, The Pit and the Pendulum and When Winter Screams.

Movies for Kim Tae-hun...

Title: Chicken Nugget
Character: Baek-jeong
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: TV
A woman steps into an odd machine and becomes... a chicken nugget?! Now, it's up to her father and admirer to embark on a zany quest to bring her back.
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Title: Night Has Come
Character: Park Se-eun's Father
Released: December 4, 2023
Type: TV
Trapped in the deadly cursed "Mafia Game," the students of Yoo-il High must play the game to survive, while unraveling the mysteries behind the curse.
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Title: My Demon
Character: Noh Seok-min
Released: November 24, 2023
Type: TV
A pitiless demon becomes powerless after getting entangled with an icy heiress, who may hold the key to his lost abilities — and his heart.
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Tastes of Horror
Title: Tastes of Horror
Character: Jin-ho (segment "Jackpot")
Released: October 18, 2023
Type: Movie
A new concept horror IP cross project that turns six selected works out of 19 serial webtoons of the same name (Tastes of Horror) into movies. "DingDong Challenge: The reason why you shouldn't do dance challenge carelessly", "Four Legged Beast: Story of meeting a doppelganger with broken neck", "Jackpot: what happened when I took a taxi nearby", "The Residents-Only Gym: A woman who appears after 10 PM", "Rehabilitation: Cruel clinical trials currenly underway in the lab", and "Gluttony: The strange things that happened during a live broadcast."
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Title: My Dearest
Character: Choi Myeong-gil
Released: August 4, 2023
Type: TV
A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.
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Dream Palace
Title: Dream Palace
Character: Yong-min
Released: May 31, 2023
Type: Movie
Hyejung has lost her husband in an industrial accident and adds the settlement money to move into the new apartment called Dream Palace. She belatedly learns that the apartments are in an unsold state and have defects, but the residents who are worried that housing prices will fall try to silence Hyejung, who is protesting. Hyejung, who left the labor protest site in compromise with reality, has no choice but to start another protest to protect the apartment she bought at the cost of her husband′s life.
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Title: Delightfully Deceitful
Character: Jay
Released: May 29, 2023
Type: TV
A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil.
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Title: Queenmaker
Character: Ma Joong-seok
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: TV
After a tragic accident, a powerful fixer uses her skills to transform a civil rights lawyer into the next mayor — and take down her former employer.
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Usu
Title: Usu
Released: November 24, 2022
Type: Movie
While preparing to shut down the photo studio business that he has been running, a man hears that someone named Chulsu has died.
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Title: Shadow Detective
Character: Woo Hyeon-seok
Released: October 26, 2022
Type: TV
A veteran detective who is about to retire unfolds a breathtaking psychological warfare with a mysterious man who follows his path while hiding his identity.
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Title: Alice, the Final Weapon
Character: Spicy
Released: June 24, 2022
Type: TV
A youth action romance about the bloody high school lives of mysterious transfer student and killer Gyeo Wool and traumatized high school student Yeo Reum as they meet and get chased down by a criminal organization.
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Title: Never Give Up
Character: Hwang Eun-ho
Released: May 4, 2022
Type: TV
A young entrepreneur finds an unlikely partner, and friend, in a middle-aged breadwinner as they live together in the home of an enigmatic loan shark.
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Good Person
Title: Good Person
Character: Gyeong-seok
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
High school teacher Gyeongseok agrees to look after his daughter Yunhui for his ex-wife’s sudden request. He brings Yunhui with him to the school where he works. There, he leaves Yunhui alone in the car briefly, and when he returns she’s gone. Later, Yunhui is found after having been grievously injured in a car accident. The driver of the truck that hit her, however, indicates that Seik, one of Gyeongseok’s students, was the true cause of the accident.
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Title: Navillera
Character: Ki Seung-joo
Released: March 22, 2021
Type: TV
A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old with a gift lift each other out of harsh realities and rise to the challenge of becoming ballerinos.
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Mission: Possible
Title: Mission: Possible
Character: Shin Gi-roo
Released: February 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Chinese secret agent Da-hee receives intel that a large number of illegal firearms are being smuggled into Korea and is sent to investigate the case. She meets Su-han, who is supposed to help her with the case, but due to his lackluster skills they fight over trivial things. But as their witnesses are suddenly murdered, the two of them quickly become the prime suspects.
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The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Title: The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Character: Hyun-soo's husband
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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Samjin Company English Class
Title: Samjin Company English Class
Character: Public Prosecutor
Released: October 21, 2020
Type: Movie
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
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My Wife has Gained Weight
Title: My Wife has Gained Weight
Character: Husband
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
A husband (Kim Tae-hun) carefully observes his wife (Jang Young-nam) after she expresses anxiety over how much weight she is putting on, he diagnoses her 'problem' as being mostly the effects of maternal devotion and finds a way to share the burden of both her dutiful eating and her new exercise regime.
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Title: Record of Youth
Character: Yoon Tae Ho
Released: September 7, 2020
Type: TV
In a cutthroat world where the life you’re born into decides your success, three aspiring youths are determined to change that perception as they fight for their dreams.
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An Old Lady
Title: An Old Lady
Character: Nam Hyeon-soo
Released: August 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped—but few people, including the police, are willing to believe what she says.
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Title: Mothers
Character: Lee Woo-Cheol
Released: May 4, 2020
Type: TV
Han Jung-Eun has been married to Lee Woo-Cheol for 14 years and they have a daughter. Lee Woo-Cheol works as a PD at a radio station. Han Jung-Eun is busy taking care of their family and also working, so her mother Choi Soon-Ok comes to Seoul to help her. Suddenly, the family has a tragedy. Han Jung-Eun and her mother Choi Soon-Ok must face the truth from that day.
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Title: Secret Boutique
Character: Wi Jung-Hyeok
Released: September 18, 2019
Type: TV
Jenny Jang is poor and works at bathhouse in Gangnam, Seoul. She starts a new job as a housemaid for a conglomerate family. She becomes successful and then runs J Boutique. She also begins work as a lobbyist. Jenny Jang gets involved in an international city development project.
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Title: Be Melodramatic
Character: Staff
Released: August 9, 2019
Type: TV
At the start of their 30s, three friends navigate the demanding entertainment industry while juggling love, careers and dreams.
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Title: Persona
Character: Father
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: Lee Kang-yoon
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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MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission
Title: MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission
Character: Park Hoon
Released: January 9, 2019
Type: Movie
During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.
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The Pension
Title: The Pension
Released: June 21, 2018
Type: Movie
The four stories that possibly or impossibly can be happened in the pension; The parents who lost their child go to the pension with poison where the killer stays with his family; The husband and wife on a trip who are growing tired of their married life and the wife’s hidden secret reveals when they reach the pension; A woman who demands to stay a night at a particular suite to save her kidnapped child; A man who is asked to manage the pension for a night, he organizes fantastic night with his girlfriend, but things go wrong…
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Love+Sling
Title: Love+Sling
Character: Seung-hyuk
Released: May 9, 2018
Type: Movie
A former wrestler bonds with his son over the sport. But then the son's girlfriend falls in love with the father.
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Title: Hold Me Tight
Character: Jang Seok Joon
Released: March 21, 2018
Type: TV
Hyun Joo had a hard life after losing her mother to a brain tumor at a young age. It was her husband Kim Do Yeong, who saved her. However, she finds out that she will also die soon like her late mother. The fear of leaving her family in the same pain and agony she went through as a child is bigger than the fear of dying. This leads her to tell her husband, “I’ve fallen in love with someone else”, as she hides her pain. During the last moments of her life, she goes off to find true love in.
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Title: Drama Stage
Released: December 2, 2017
Type: TV
South Korean anthology series featuring one-act dramas selected from the O'PEN Drama Storyteller Exhibition.
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The Swindlers
Title: The Swindlers
Character: Attorney General
Released: November 22, 2017
Type: Movie
A group of swindlers unite to hunt down an infamous con man who was known dead, amid their hidden motives and deception.
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Glass Garden
Title: Glass Garden
Character: Ji-hoon
Released: October 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Despite her disabled leg, the Ph.D. student Jae-yeon is a brilliant researcher with a rare ability to communicate with nature. Having been hurt by her hypocrite colleague and lover, she turns her back to the world and goes deep into the forest to live alone in a glass garden.
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Title: 20th Century Boy and Girl
Character: Lee Seung-Goo
Released: October 9, 2017
Type: TV
The heartwarming romantic comedy is about the friendship and love lives of three single virgins born in 1983. Their romantic lives begin when the boy they liked in their youth shows up one day. They live in Oksu-dong in rundown apartments, and the warm human drama will be about neighborly affection, and the meaning of home, family, and friendship.
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Title: Lookout
Character: Kim Eun-Joong
Released: May 22, 2017
Type: TV
People lose loved ones in crimes and the criminals are not punished. The daily lives of these people are completely broken. They form a group to realize justice.
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A Quiet Dream
Title: A Quiet Dream
Character: Tae-hoon
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: Movie
They're losers, but nice ones. Every day they sit at Yeri's bar, smitten by the young Chinese-Korean woman. Yeri doesn't have a preference. To her, they are equally sweet: Jongbin, a milk-drinking epileptic, Ikjune, a former petty criminal, and the introverted Jungbum, who fled from North Korea.
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Title: Fantastic
Character: Hong Joon-Gi
Released: September 2, 2016
Type: TV
It tells the story of a successful drama writer whose life turns upside down after she discovers that she has a terminal illness and a famous actor who can't act.
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Trick
Title: Trick
Character: Do-Joon
Released: July 13, 2016
Type: Movie
Suk-Jin became a popular PD of a newsroom by breaking a story on unsanitary food, but the story turned out to be false. He then lost his job as a PD.Several years later, he comes back as a PD for a cultural division at a network. The new CEO of the broadcasting station privately asks Suk-Jin to make a documentary on a terminally ill man and his wife. The CEO promises to make him a director if the program receives high ratings
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Snow Paths
Title: Snow Paths
Character: Jeong-woo
Released: March 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Jeong-Woo is sent to a sanitarium deep in the mountains to overcome his alcoholism. There he meets a young nun named Maria who has a special ability to see inside people. In this isolated sanitarium Maria is the only person who seems to care for him and soon he feels drawn to her. While struggling with his withdrawal symptoms, Jeong-woo has a vision where his reality is different from what he believes. The further he escapes from his alcoholism, the closer he gets to confronting the past that he has denied for years.
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Title: One More Happy Ending
Character: Kim Gun-hak
Released: January 20, 2016
Type: TV
Drama series depicts the story of marriage, remarriage and divorce. Han Mi Mo was once an idol group member, but she now works as a representative of a remarriage consulting business. She gives honest answers to her customers who hope to remarry. Song Soo Hyuk is a divorced man in his thirties with an 11-year-old son. He is a good-looking gossip reporter who looks like he is still in his twenties. He is very good at his job, because his looks and smiles melt the hearts of his interview subjects, and they are very willing to disclose even the deepest secrets. “One More Happy Ending” will deal with the stories of the divorced, who dream of becoming happy one more time.
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The Sound of a Flower
Title: The Sound of a Flower
Character: Government Official
Released: November 25, 2015
Type: Movie
During the Joseon Dynasty, lowborn Chae-sun challenges the rule that states only men allowed to sing while navigating devotion to her teacher and the demands of the king's father.
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Title: Cash Machine
Character: Blackmailer
Released: November 24, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Reply 1988
Character: Cardiac surgeon
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: TV
Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighborhood in Seoul.
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The Long Way Home
Title: The Long Way Home
Character: General Jo
Released: September 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.
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Title: Hidden Identity
Character: Min Tae-in
Released: June 16, 2015
Type: TV
The heat is on in Investigation 5, an undercover police unit specializing in thwarting violent crimes. Led by Superintendent Jang Moon Won, this team of young and elite officers, including Cha Gun Woo, Jang Min Joo, and Lee Won Jong, assume new identities and infiltrate dangerous crime syndicates. With only their wits and poker faces at their disposal, can the team complete their missions without blowing their covers in hostile territory?
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Title: My Love Eun Dong
Character: Choi Jae-Ho
Released: May 29, 2015
Type: TV
A renowned actor who is still pining over the loss of his first real love writes an autobiography about his memories of her, hoping to reconnect.
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Title: Angry Mom
Character: Do Jung-woo
Released: March 18, 2015
Type: TV
When Jo Gang-Ja attended high school, she was notorious for fighting. She gave birth to her daughter A-Ran in her late teens and became more responsible. Her daughter A-Ran is now a high school student, but A-Ran is bullied at school. Jo Gang-Ja decides to go back to high school to protect her daughter. Jo Gang-Ja becomes a high school student again.
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Title: Bad Guys
Character: Prosecutor Oh Jae-won
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: TV
To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. He is currently suspended from the police force for using excessive force. He then gathers team members: Park Woong Chul who is a gangster, Lee Jung Moon who is the youngest serial killer with extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tae Soo who is a contract killer. Police Inspector Yoo Mi Young also joins the team and she tries to have these guys work as a team by dealing with them rationally and sometimes emotionally.
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Title: Secret Door
Character: Kang Pil-jae
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: TV
A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King Yeongjo and his only son Prince Sado. While his father insists on a strong and centralized government, Crown Prince Sado promotes social justice and equality throughout the kingdom. Throughout eight fateful years, the strain on their relationship — both familial and political — eventually evolves into a total breakdown, ending with one of the most tragic stories in Joseon history.
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The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Title: The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Character: Kim Joong-geol
Released: July 30, 2014
Type: Movie
The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.
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Gyeongju
Title: Gyeongju
Character: Detective Lee Young-min
Released: June 12, 2014
Type: Movie
A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend's funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time of pain.
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When Winter Screams
Title: When Winter Screams
Character: Yeon-soo
Released: March 14, 2013
Type: Movie
When Yeon-soo finds out his long awaited baby has fatal deformities, he asks his wife to get an abortion which results in pain and depression.
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An Ethics Lesson
Title: An Ethics Lesson
Character: Han Hyun-soo
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.
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Title: 일말의 순정
Character: 郑宇成
Released: February 18, 2013
Type: TV
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South Bound
Title: South Bound
Released: February 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, runs away from home, but Man-deok, a freeloader living in Hae-gap’s house ends up bringing him back. Later, Man-deok raids the head developer of Deul Island to stop its exploitation, and Na-ra helps and ends up getting caught. In order to bring Na-ra out from jail, Hae-gap signs to stop making anti-government films and moves to Deul Island with his family. Na-ra sees his father leading a good, quiet life there and starts opening up. But when a construction company charges in to clear-out the island and the islanders fall at risk of losing their homes, Hae-gap leads a strike against it and his family fall in grave danger...
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Ghost Sweepers
Title: Ghost Sweepers
Character: Ghost
Released: October 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Chan-young, a young journalist, is sent to investigate a village which has supposedly been possessed by demons. The incidents taking place have been so strange and terrifying that local shamans and other religious leaders have simply given up, abandoning the town. But upon her arrival, Chan-young discovers that an all-star team of supernaturally-inclined heroes has assembled to rid the village of evil. This team includes Mr. PARK the exorcist, Shi-min the monk, Wol-gwang the clairvoyant, Seung-hee the tarot master, and Seok-hyeon, an engineer. Chan-young follows the heroes as they prepare for an epic battle against the village’s evil forces.
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Title: The Innocent Man
Character: Ahn Min-young
Released: September 12, 2012
Type: TV
A self-made medical student and an aspiring anchorwoman find their friendship -- and their dreams -- tested by a fateful tragedy.
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Title: Operation Proposal
Character: Kang Jin-woo
Released: February 8, 2012
Type: TV
Kang Baek-ho and Ham Yi-seul have been best friends since elementary school. Baek-ho has never acknowledged his attraction to her, unaware that Yi-seul has been in love with him for more than 20 years. Finally, at the wedding ceremony where Yi-seul is about to marry another man, Baek-ho regrets that he never confessed his love for the bride. A mysterious conductor suddenly appears and offers him a second chance to win Yi-seul's heart. Baek-ho travels back in time to various events of their lives hoping to change the outcome of their relationship. But changing the future is not as easy as it seems.
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If You Were Me 5
Title: If You Were Me 5
Character: In-kwon
Released: April 28, 2011
Type: Movie
Funded by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. If You Were Me 5 takes a close look at the violent nature hidden behind our eyes. 5 directors- Kang Yi Kwan, Boo Ji Young, Yoon Sung Hyun, Kim Dae Seung and Sin Dong Il disclose how closely ordinary events of society connect with our eyes. There is a hidden sexual violence beyond our eyes and the power of a controlled society works through the power beyond the eyes. Not only the violence of the eye itself, also limited the ability of individuals to see, the matter of the eye intervenes in various relationships between the individual and groups. The film demonstrates how sharp the eye has become in a society with developing technology.
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Fantastic Theater
Title: Fantastic Theater
Character: Director Kim
Released: March 17, 2011
Type: Movie
It has been one hundred years since the first movie theatre was built in Korea. Today it is not just a place for the sake of art but a part of our daily lives. This is an omnibus film of three shorts, which the stories are involved with the 'special but friendly'space. The Famished is a sad fantasy of a man eating his memory for his hunger. Ten Million is a bloody thriller about living as a filmmaker in Korea, and The Loneliness of Butcher Boy is about the relationship between holiness and violation
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Shotgun Love
Title: Shotgun Love
Character: Producer Park
Released: March 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Sang-yeol, a 30-something loser stuck in a dead-end job as a home-shopping model, is able to marry the girl of his dreams - his modeling colleague So-yeon - when he discovers she's pregnant with his child. But after marriage an even bigger discovery awaits: the child isn't his - in fact he's still a virgin, and he might even be gay...
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Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow
Title: Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow
Character: Im Geo-seon
Released: January 27, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1782, King Jeong-jo of Joseon asks detective K to investigate a series of murders related to a case of corruption within the government.
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Title: The King of Legend
Character: Buyeo San
Released: November 6, 2010
Type: TV
The King of Legend is a 2010 South Korean historic drama based on King Geunchogo of Baekje. Besides than the historic info obtained from Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa, it was also inspired by a novel written by Lee Munyeol, a renowned Korean writer. The drama was aired on KBS 1TV in Korea, and internationally through KBS World.
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The Man from Nowhere
Title: The Man from Nowhere
Character: Kim Chi-gon
Released: August 4, 2010
Type: Movie
An ex-special agent is involved in a convoluted drug ring drama. He has to save a drug smuggler's innocent daughter from being the victim of her parents' fight.
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Parallel Life
Title: Parallel Life
Character: Jeong Min Soo
Released: February 18, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man finds out that he is living a completely identical life to another man who lived decades ago. And when his wife is murdered the same way as the previous man's, he decides to dig into the older case to find clues about who was the murderer this time.
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The Pit and the Pendulum
Title: The Pit and the Pendulum
Character: Sang-tae
Released: June 17, 2009
Type: Movie
At the funeral of their mutual friend, mourners share stories about him that cross into fantasy.
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6 Hours
Title: 6 Hours
Character: Sun-woo
Released: May 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Se-ran earns her living by playing the role of her clients’ lover which is called “Dating Service”. Sun-woo who works as a taxi driver, desperately desires to talk to his passengers. One day, Se-ran takes his taxi as a passenger.
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The Origin of Water
Title: The Origin of Water
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
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Like a season
Title: Like a season
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
This is a short film I made for my graduation work in 2007. - Excellence Award at the Korea University Film Festival.
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Way to Go, Rose
Title: Way to Go, Rose
Released: February 10, 2006
Type: Movie
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Mr. Housewife: Quiz King
Title: Mr. Housewife: Quiz King
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: Movie
To save his family from financial troubles, a house-husband takes part in the "Housewife Quiz Show" for the jackpot prize.
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Woman Is the Future of Man
Title: Woman Is the Future of Man
Character: Hyun-joon's Friend
Released: May 5, 2004
Type: Movie
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.
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Addicted
Title: Addicted
Character: Doctor Lee
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.