Sol Kyung-gu

Sol Kyung-gu

Born: May 1, 1968
in Seocheon, South Chungcheong, South Korea
Sol Kyung-gu (born May 1, 1968) is a Grand Bell Award, Golden Space Needle Award, and Bratislava International Film Festival Best Actor winning South Korean actor. He studied film and theater at Hanyang University and upon graduation took part in mostly theatrical productions. After transitioning into film, Sol is best known for his roles in the popular Public Enemy and Silmido.

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The Boys
Title: The Boys
Character: Hwang Joon-cheol
Released: November 1, 2023
Type: Movie
A story about an investigating team leader, Hwang Joon-cheol, in charge of investigating boys who are suspected of robbery at the local town's supermarket, 'Woori Super'.
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A Normal Family
Title: A Normal Family
Character: Jae-wan
Released: September 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Tragedy snowballs when two brothers with opposing beliefs accidentally come across a dreadful secret and a drastic choice follows.
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The Moon
Title: The Moon
Character: Kim Jae-guk
Released: August 2, 2023
Type: Movie
In 2029, Korea's lunar probe Woori embarks on a historic journey to the moon, capturing global attention.
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Kill Boksoon
Title: Kill Boksoon
Character: Cha Min-kyu
Released: February 17, 2023
Type: Movie
At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
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Phantom
Title: Phantom
Character: Junji Murayama
Released: January 18, 2023
Type: Movie
In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.
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Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
Character: Cheol-yi's Father
Released: April 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Caught up in anxiety, eight-year-old Chul in school tells his teacher that he is going to the bathroom but runs straight home.
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Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
Title: Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2022
Type: Movie
A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of his films, most of which have been selected for and received awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I Want to Know Your Parents
Title: I Want to Know Your Parents
Character: Kang Ho-chang
Released: April 27, 2022
Type: Movie
An eighth grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents are called into the school and a battle goes on regarding the will.
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Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Title: Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Character: Jee Kang-in
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
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Kingmaker
Title: Kingmaker
Character: Kim Woon-beom
Released: January 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.
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The Book of Fish
Title: The Book of Fish
Character: Jeong Yak-jeon
Released: March 31, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1801, after a new king ascended the throne, a scholar Jeong Yak-jeon who served the late king is exiled to Heuk-san Island. There he meets Chang-dae, a young fisherman who is a huge admirer of Confucianism and has a wide knowledge about the sea.
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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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Man of Men
Title: Man of Men
Character: Jang-soo
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: Movie
The friendship between a lawyer who will do anything to make money and a nursing home volunteer.
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Birthday
Title: Birthday
Character: Jung-il
Released: April 3, 2019
Type: Movie
Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barely knows.
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Idol
Title: Idol
Character: Joong-sik
Released: March 20, 2019
Type: Movie
In this political thriller, a politician finds his wife in the garage. She is cleaning her son's bloodstained car, which has just run over a person.
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Title: Movie Room
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: TV
Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.
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1987: When the Day Comes
Title: 1987: When the Day Comes
Character: Kim Jung-nam
Released: December 27, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
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Memoir of a Murderer
Title: Memoir of a Murderer
Character: Byung-su
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too.
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The Merciless
Title: The Merciless
Character: Han Jae-ho
Released: May 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in the prison. While they try to take over the organization after the prison release, their ulterior motives starts to emerge.
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Lucid Dream
Title: Lucid Dream
Character: Detective Song Bang-sub
Released: February 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Dae-ho, an investigative journalist, seeks to track down the whereabouts of his son who was abducted three years ago. With the help of a detective and a psychiatrist friend, he will retrace his memory of the incident through the use of lucid dreaming techniques.
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The Long Way Home
Title: The Long Way Home
Character: Nam-bok
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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My Dictator
Title: My Dictator
Character: Sung-geun
Released: October 30, 2014
Type: Movie
Sung-geun is an untalented actor who makes a living playing minor roles. He happens to land on the role as Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea, for the rehearsal of the South-North Korea Summit. Sung-geun becomes passionately immersed in his role, motivated by his son who looks up to him. However, the summit is not realized, and Sung-geun ends up lost in the delusion that he really is Kim Il-sung.
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Hope
Title: Hope
Character: Dong-hoon
Released: October 2, 2013
Type: Movie
After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
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The Spy: Undercover Operation
Title: The Spy: Undercover Operation
Character: Chul-soo
Released: September 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Chul-soo is one of Korea’s best intelligence agents: he can accomplish any given mission. One day, a mysterious explosion takes place in Seoul. Chul-soo flies to Thailand on a mission to rescue a person who holds clues to the incident. Meanwhile, Young-hee goes on a business trip to Thailand and gets entangled with Chul-soo’s mission. Will he accomplish his mission and save his wife at the same time?
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Cold Eyes
Title: Cold Eyes
Character: Chief Hwang
Released: July 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.
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The Tower
Title: The Tower
Character: Kang Young-ki
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Tower Sky, a luxurious building complex, has organised a lavish Christmas party for its VIP guests. However, things go awry when a fire breaks out and thousands of lives are endangered.
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Title: Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Character: Himself
Released: December 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
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Title: Baeksang Arts Awards
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 2012
Type: TV
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Camellia
Title: Camellia
Character: Yong-su (segment "Kamome")
Released: October 15, 2010
Type: Movie
A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.
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Troubleshooter
Title: Troubleshooter
Character: Kang Tae-sik
Released: September 12, 2010
Type: Movie
Kang Tae-sik is a private detective who would do anything for money. One day, he gets framed for a murder by a ruthless boss of the criminal underworld and a mysterious caller watches and controls his every move. He must use a wide array of techno-gadgetry at his disposal to clear himself and exact revenge within 24 hours given to him.
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No Mercy
Title: No Mercy
Character: Kang Min-ho
Released: January 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Forensic pathologist Kang is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho, as the primary suspect. But when Kang’s daughter is kidnapped, a manipulative game begins between Kang and Lee, who holds secrets about the homicide case.
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A Brand New Life
Title: A Brand New Life
Character: Jin-hee's Father
Released: October 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Young Jin-hee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jin-hee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip.
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Closer to Heaven
Title: Closer to Heaven
Character: Kim Jong-do
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
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Tidal Wave
Title: Tidal Wave
Character: Choi Man-shik
Released: July 22, 2009
Type: Movie
On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.
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Public Enemy Returns
Title: Public Enemy Returns
Character: Kang Chul-joong
Released: June 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.
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Venus and Mars
Title: Venus and Mars
Character: Kim Sang-min
Released: December 12, 2007
Type: Movie
A divorced husband and wife, instead of going their separate ways, dedicate their time and energy to taking revenge against each other.
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Voice of a Murderer
Title: Voice of a Murderer
Character: Han Kyung-Bae
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: Movie
One day, the only son of famous news anchor HAN Kyung-bae, disappears without a trace. Soon, the kidnapper calls the mother demanding a $100,000 ransom. The police assign a veteran inspector to the case and assemble a top-notch task force to work under his command. But the kidnapper constantly outwits the police and continues calling the parents with yet more instructions for the money drop.
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Cruel Winter Blues
Title: Cruel Winter Blues
Character: Jae-moon
Released: November 19, 2006
Type: Movie
A gangster's quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target's mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a crime thriller and a family drama.
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Lost in Love
Title: Lost in Love
Character: Woo-jae
Released: January 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Woo-jae and Yeon-soo had been platonic friends for years when they went their separate ways. Now, ten years later, they bump into each other again and are forced to re-think things. Will they have the courage to risk their friendship for love?
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Another Public Enemy
Title: Another Public Enemy
Character: Kang Chul-joong
Released: January 27, 2005
Type: Movie
A criminal psychopath from a wealthy family is confronted with Chul-jung Kang, a former classmate who no longer likes his activities.
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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
Title: Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
Character: Rikidozan
Released: December 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.
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Silmido
Title: Silmido
Character: Kang In-chan
Released: December 24, 2003
Type: Movie
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.
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Mudang: Reconciliation Between the Living and the Dead
Title: Mudang: Reconciliation Between the Living and the Dead
Released: September 5, 2003
Type: Movie
A revealing, impartial, yet sometimes shocking look into the history, traditions and practices of the dying art of Korean shamanism, chronicling the lives of living, practising "hereditary" and "possessed" shamans.
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Jail Breakers
Title: Jail Breakers
Character: Yu Jae-pil
Released: November 20, 2002
Type: Movie
Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.
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Oasis
Title: Oasis
Character: Hong Jong-du
Released: August 9, 2002
Type: Movie
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
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The Bird Who Stops in the Air
Title: The Bird Who Stops in the Air
Character: Kim
Released: March 1, 2002
Type: Movie
KIM serves as a professor of film studies at a rural college, away from his family. Having kept the memories of birds from his childhood, he intends to make a film based on the images of birds that appear in his dreams. In his position as educator, KIM finds himself torn between artistic ideals of the film and the realities of life which his student's must encounter daily. It is in this setting that he struggles to discover the nature of his identity. A middle school science teacher, Young-hee, although a long-time lover of KIM's is not confident in their future relationship. She asks KIM to accompany her to her childhood hometown. During the trip, the two begin to realize that each belongs to different realities from the other. Young-hee begins to desire a relationship of a different sort with him. However, KIM's ambition is to redeem his own artistic value blurred between film fantasy and reality.
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Public Enemy
Title: Public Enemy
Character: Kang Chul-joong
Released: January 25, 2002
Type: Movie
A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.
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Title: Prince Shotoku
Character: Ishin
Released: November 10, 2001
Type: TV
In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Shotoku Taishi, second son of Emperor Yomei, strived to create a new nation out of this chaos. NHK captures this great man from a time in history rarely depicted on screen, in a story of epic proportions. Shotoku Taishi is known mainly through legends and myths and has been viewed as more god than man. The elaborate and colorful costumes of the time and the beauty of ancient Japan enhance this fascinating historical drama.
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I Wish I Had a Wife
Title: I Wish I Had a Wife
Character: Kim Bong-soo
Released: January 13, 2001
Type: Movie
A lonely Korean banker drags himself through the mundanity of his job and his vacuous social life in the hope that he will eventually find that special someone.
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The Legend of Gingko
Title: The Legend of Gingko
Character: Jeog
Released: November 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Caught in between an ethnic war, Bee struggles between love and death.
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Peppermint Candy
Title: Peppermint Candy
Character: Kim Yeong-ho
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.
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Rainbow Trout
Title: Rainbow Trout
Character: Min-su
Released: November 6, 1999
Type: Movie
A group of city dwellers make a trip of three days and two nights into the isolated countryside to visit a friend in the hills. Their true nature begins to reveal itself: love hidden but never forgotten, primitive desires suppressed in the city, nasty pride that triumphs only over the weak and a strong will for survival that sacrifices even love and friendship.
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Phantom: The Submarine
Title: Phantom: The Submarine
Character: 432
Released: July 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
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Girls' Night Out
Title: Girls' Night Out
Character: Gyu-shik
Released: October 3, 1998
Type: Movie
Three best friends meet and boldly talk about sex together. Their characters are as different as their lifestyles. One works at a hotel, one at a design firm and the other is a graduate student. The conversations alter their lives as they begin to have different sexual relationships than before.
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Love Story
Title: Love Story
Character: Yeong-ho
Released: May 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A simple and modest bachelor and film director Ha Sung Woo and a perfectionist interior coordinator Kim Soo In meet accidentally at a flea market. They are attracted to each other at first sight and begin to date. They quarrel often due to their personality differences but they confirm their love while they travel together to Chiri Mountain. But once Sung Woo wins Soo In's love, he begins to ignore her, which leads to their break up. However, they miss each other. Eventually Sung Woo waits outside Soo In's house one cold winter morning.
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A Petal
Title: A Petal
Character: Us
Released: April 5, 1996
Type: Movie
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.
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Title: The Whirlwind
Character: Park Dong-ho
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A clash ensues when the deputy prime minister of economy stands up to the prime minister who aims to uproot the corrupt powers that be.
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Title: Hyper Knife
Character: Choi Deok-hee
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV