Kim Yeo-jin

Kim Yeo-jin

Born: June 24, 1972
in Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Kim Yeo-jin (born June 24, 1972) is a South Korean actress and activist. Kim made her acting debut in the stage play What Do Women Live For in 1995, and has since remained active in film and television, drawing praise for her supporting roles in Im Sang-soo's Girls' Night Out (1998), Lee Chang-dong's Peppermint Candy (2000), and Im Kwon-taek's Chi-hwa-seon (2002).

Kim is known for being actively engaged in various rallies and civic group activities, attracting public attention to controversial social and political issues, including efforts to reinstate laid-off shipbuilders at Hanjin Heavy Industries, calls to lower university tuition fees, and opposition to the Four Major Rivers Project. She often expresses her opinions on social networking service Twitter,[8][9][10][11][12] and has been called one of the most popular socialtainers.

Because of her outspokenness, MBC banned Kim in 2011 (she was originally scheduled to appear as a "progressive" panelist on the current affairs radio show Sohn Suk-hee's Spotlight), which led to prominent figures from academic, literary and media circles to call for a boycott of the network's programs.

Kim has also campaigned for liberal politicians Roh Moo-hyun, Moon Jae-in and Park Won-soon.

Movies for Kim Yeo-jin...

Title: Goodbye Earth
Character: Yeo Mi-ryeong
Released: April 26, 2024
Type: TV
As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth with nothing to stop it, one determined teacher fights to keep her former students safe — no matter the cost.
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Title: The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
Character: Lee Mi-dam
Released: November 24, 2023
Type: TV
A woman travels from 19th century Joseon to modern-day Seoul, her fate takes a twist with a ‘fake marriage’ with a man who resembles her ex-husband.
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Title: Daily Dose of Sunshine
Character: Kwon Ju-yeong
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: TV
A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.
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Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
Title: Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
Released: October 6, 2021
Type: Movie
Due to his incurable disease, Nam-sik desperately needs the medicine that he can’t possibly afford. Just to stay alive, he chooses to move around from hospital to hospital stealing medicine after work. Meanwhile, 203, the man in prison for embezzlement who is suffering from severe headache and seizures visits the hospital for a medical checkup. After being told that he has less than 2 weeks to live, 203 escapes and Nam-sik tag along in his unexpected journey.
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Title: Vincenzo
Character: Choi Myung-hee
Released: February 20, 2021
Type: TV
At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. Due to warring Mafia factions, he flies to South Korea where he gets involved with lawyer Hong Cha Young. She is the type of attorney who will do anything to win a case. Now back in his motherland, he gives an unrivalled conglomerate a taste of his own medicine—with a side of his own version of justice.
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Title: Extracurricular
Character: Lee Hae-gyoung
Released: April 29, 2020
Type: TV
Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.
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Title: Meow, the Secret Boy
Character: Sung Hyeon-ja
Released: March 25, 2020
Type: TV
What if your cat was capable of turning into a charming boy? After taking time off, Sol Ah returns to school as she finds herself a place to live alone. Per her friend’s favor, Sol Ah takes in a cat named Hong Jo, and a story of the life of two housemates unfolds. However, Sol Ah is not aware that the cat, Hong Jo, has the ability to shapeshift into a human. Sol Ah’s friends start to notice weird things about Hong Jo whenever they run into his human form. Things are about to change around the peaceful single-resident complex, and Hong Jo finds it difficult just being a mere cat whenever Sol Ah is too busy with her life to pay attention to him. Will Sol Ah be able to recognize Hong Jo in his human form? Sol Ah and Hong Jo “Welcome!” you into their romance fantasy story.
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Title: Itaewon Class
Character: Jo Jung-min
Released: January 31, 2020
Type: TV
In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.
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Title: Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung
Character: Queen Dowager Yim
Released: July 17, 2019
Type: TV
The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae-Ryung is a historian who tries to fight gender stereotypes as her work is often looked down on. She meets Prince Yi Rim.
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Title: My Strange Hero
Character: Im Se-kyung
Released: December 10, 2018
Type: TV
When Kang Bok-Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo-Jung and a male student Oh Se-Ho. Kang Bok-Soo is a now an adult, but his life has not gone smoothly. To get revenge on Son Soo-Jung and Oh Se-Ho, he returns to the same high school as a student. The environment at the school has changed and Kang Bok-Soo gets involved in unexpected cases.
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Title: Children of Nobody
Character: Kim Dong-sook
Released: November 21, 2018
Type: TV
Cha Woo Kyung is a child counselor who works at a children’s center. Her life seems perfect since he is married to a great husband and is pregnant. However, her perfect life doesn't last long, when an accident changes her life. She then meets Kang Ji Hun, a detective who is hurt for hiding his troubling past but is strict toward criminals and believes they should be punished to the full extent.
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Title: Where Stars Land
Character: Yoon Hye Won [Yeo Reum's mother}
Released: October 1, 2018
Type: TV
This series follows people who work diligently at Incheon International Airport. Lee Soo Yeon graduated from prestigious KAIST. He begins work at Incheon International Airport and gives himself a goal of six months to get used to working there. Lee Soo-Yeon is a mysterious man who keeps people at a distance. There, he meets Han Yeo Reum. She is a new employee in the passenger service team. She wants to be a perfectionist, but her reality is a little different. She makes a lot of mistakes.
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Title: My Secret, Terrius
Character: Shim Eun-Ha
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: TV
A woman named Go Ae-Rin loses her husband. Along with her neighbour Kim Bon, who is a NIS agent, they discover the truth behind her husband's involvement in a huge conspiracy.
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Last Child
Title: Last Child
Character: Mi-sook
Released: March 15, 2018
Type: Movie
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him but gradually opens her heart.
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Title: Witch's Court
Character: Min Ji-Sook
Released: October 9, 2017
Type: TV
Ma Yi-Deum has worked as a prosecutor for 7 years. She sometimes resorts to drastic methods to win cases. One day, Ma Yi-Deum is transferred to a special division dealing only with sex crimes.
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Kang Deok-sun's Love History
Title: Kang Deok-sun's Love History
Character: Nam Hee-soon
Released: October 5, 2017
Type: Movie
A drama about Kang Duk Soon, a naive woman who inadvertently gets wrapped up in an independence movement after following a man she has a one-sided love for to Gyeongsang province, and how she grows through her experiences.
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Title: Man to Man
Character: Prosecutor Lee's wife
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: TV
From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with a background in special investigations and the Hallyu star he is supposed to protect.
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Title: Solomon's Perjury
Character: Seo-Yeon's mother
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: TV
A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.
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Title: Love in the Moonlight
Character: Kim So-sa
Released: August 22, 2016
Type: TV
A young Joseon woman who's lived her whole life as a man ends up as a eunuch in the royal palace, where she begins to bond with the crown prince.
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Title: Cheer Up!
Character: Park Sun-yeong
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: TV
Despite their harsh educational environment, the cheerleading club has to keep it together for the students' sakes, and their own.
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Title: Hwajung
Character: Kim Gae-shi
Released: April 13, 2015
Type: TV
Fair Princess Jungmyung lives a life of the highest privilege, until her half-brother Prince Gwanghae executes the rightful crown prince and usurps the throne. Exiled from court, Jungmyung goes under disguise as a man and learns to adapt to life as a commoner — never forgetting Gwanghae's wrongdoing. But amidst rampant corruption throughout the kingdom, can Jyungmyung exact her vengeance, restore order and take back her rightful place in the palace?
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Title: Pride and Prejudice
Character: Oh Do-jung
Released: October 27, 2014
Type: TV
A legal drama about team of young and passionate prosecutors who banded together to fight against injustice and oppression that befall weak and poor people. Besides face many hardships from higher authority, they also learn to cooperate and adjust with the clash of different personalities and backgrounds.
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Title: Tears of Heaven
Character: Ban Hyeo-jeong
Released: October 11, 2014
Type: TV
Cha Yeong learns that she was abandoned by her own mother two separate times. Cha Yeong's mother, who abandoned her daughter twice out of her own greed, decides to fight against her daughter for herself.
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Title: Lovers of Music
Character: Coach Bang Ji-sook
Released: June 23, 2014
Type: TV
When she's not making ends meet, Choi Choon Hee hones her skills in trot music, an old-fashioned, but heartfelt genre. Her luck turns when she pairs up with Jang Joon Hyun, an arrogant songwriter who excels in pop hits, as well as Jo Geun Woo, a shrewd talent CEO. Choon Hee's star burns hot, but between work and love, can she overcome the haters and trot her way into success?
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Title: Angel Eyes
Character: Yoo Jung-hwa
Released: April 5, 2014
Type: TV
Yoon Soo-wan and Park Dong-joo were each other's first loves, but were forced to separate due to painful family circumstances. Soo-wan, who had been blind, eventually undergoes an eye transplant surgery that restores her sight.
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The Big Picture
Title: The Big Picture
Character: (voice)
Released: August 15, 2013
Type: Movie
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Jinsuk & Me
Title: Jinsuk & Me
Character: Self
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: Movie
I have been pretty satisfied with my life before I got on the bus. When I do in June 2011, my whole life turns upside down. I am just a regular passenger at first. Like other people I was sorry, and felt obliged to help and care for other passengers. Then I begin to film these common heroes with my camera. Those who speak about hope, who provide it and get on the bus, Ms. Kim Jin-suk, and other crane laborers who risk their safety while demonstrating for their rights on high. She, while stationed insecurely on high, begins interacting with the world through Twitter and makes friends. Then I realize I really love her. Will we have her back safely?
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Miracle
Title: Miracle
Character: woman from Eonyang
Released: September 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Eun-Chul (Park Ji-Bin) and Eun-Ha (Lee Seul-Gi) lives in a small village. They are the only family they have. One day, stubborn Eun-Ha begins to beg Eun-Chul to go and see a whale. Eun-Ha follows Eun-Chul all day long and keeps talking about the whale. To quiet her, Eun-Chul makes a false promise. Eun-Ha has a disease which is eroding her vision. Adults tell them that Eun-Ha should be sent to a good facility, but Eun-Chul can't separate from his sister. Eun-Chul decides to show a whale to Eun-Ha before she loses her vision completely. They begin travel from Namwon to Jangsaeng where they can see a whale. They travel their by bicycle. Along the way to Jangsaeng, Eun-Chul and Eun-Ha meet Duk-Soo (Lee Moon-Sik). Eun-Chul and Eun-Ha have a warm feelings towards him like the father they never had ...
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Title: Can You Hear My Heart?
Character: Mi-sook
Released: April 2, 2011
Type: TV
Can You Hear My Heart is a South Korean television drama broadcast by MBC starring Hwang Jung-eum, Kim Jae-won and Namgoong Min. It aired on MBC from April 2, 2011 to July 10, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 30 episodes.
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Children...
Title: Children...
Character: Jung-ho's Mother
Released: February 17, 2011
Type: Movie
On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the mystery of the incident, one of the boys' parents is a suspect.
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Title: Road No. 1
Character: Dal-moon's wife
Released: July 23, 2010
Type: TV
A high-budget war epic, Road Number One commemorates the sixty years that have passed since the Korean War. It's based around the historical Route 1, a national highway that served as the main passageway between North and South Korea during the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. Lee Jang Woo, the son of a poor peasant, has been in love with his master's daughter, Soo Yeon, since childhood. He joins the military in order to put her through medical school and becomes a brilliant officer, leading his men to victory through guerilla warfare. Mistakenly believing that Jang Woo was killed in battle, Soo Yeon becomes engaged to military officer Tae Ho. Jang Woo returns on the eve of their wedding, and the two are briefly, painfully united, but the eruption of war tears them apart once again, forcing him to fight alongside Tae Ho on top of everything. Jang Woo keeps fighting to get back to his love, but the war continues to find new ways to keep them apart. Leading drama stars So Ji Sub and Kim Ha Neul portray star-crossed lovers who are torn apart by war.
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Red Candy
Title: Red Candy
Character: Min Jung
Released: May 15, 2010
Type: Movie
Jae-Bak is a 40'ish man who has become burned out by work and his family. He works as a sales manager for a publishing company. The highlight of Jae-Baek's day is now when he steals a glance at beautiful young Yu-Hee every morning as she stands waiting for the subway, while sucking a red lollipop. For the next 100 days, Jae-Baek watches Yu-Hee and then finally meets Yu-Hee. At a bookstore, Jae-Baek meets Yu-Hee. Jae-Baek follows Yu-Hee to her home.
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Looking for My Wife
Title: Looking for My Wife
Character: Shin Young-Shin
Released: April 8, 2010
Type: Movie
With a body and voice that’s easy on the eyes and ears, popular music critic Sung-hee announces his plans for divorce on live radio without informing his wife. He takes off to a seaside town with long-time friend Dong-min but when his wife doesn’t answer his call, he rushes back home. He arrives only to be greeted with a letter and his wife is nowhere to be found. Sung-hee wanted to divorce his wife in style but his wife jumped the gun and left him a day early. With his pride in shambles, he decides to go on a search for his wife. To his bitter surprise, he discovers sides of his wife that he never knew about including a supposed brother of hers.
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Vegetarian
Title: Vegetarian
Character: Ji-hye
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: Movie
An ordinary housewife, Yeong-hye, who has nightmares every night, finally becomes a vegetarian, throwing away all the meats in her refrigerator. Her husband Kil-soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. During a family lunch, Yeong-hye tries to kill herself due to her father's abrupt violence. Observing all the happenings, Yeong-hye's brother-in-law, Min-ho, a videoartist, hears from his wife that Yeong-hye has a Mongolian spot on her hips. Min-ho gets inspiration from this and starts to sketch.
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Wedding Dress
Title: Wedding Dress
Character: Mi-ja
Released: January 14, 2010
Type: Movie
When a single mother learns that she has terminal cancer, she prepares her young daughter to live without her, while saying goodbye to others around her.
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Closer to Heaven
Title: Closer to Heaven
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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Title: Amnok River Flows
Character: Choi Mun Ho (Mi Reuk's wife)
Released: November 4, 2008
Type: TV
This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo, during the period when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. He fled to China and eventually settled in Germany.
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Title: Worlds Within
Character: Lee Seo-woo
Released: October 27, 2008
Type: TV
Song Hye Gyo plays a PD Joo Joon Young who has bold and unstoppable personality. Hyun Bin also plays a promising drama PD Jung Ji Oh. This drama focuses on TV stations by portraying the love and struggle of these 2 PDs during filming their respective projects as well as unfolding male and female staffs' love stories and marriages.
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My New Partner
Title: My New Partner
Character: Jung Kyu-hwa
Released: March 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Young-joon, a fresh prosecutor, takes a big affair to leave for Busan and unwillingly gets cooperation from his father, Min-ho who is a veteran detective who deserted his family at one time. Since then, they are living separately without keeping touch each other for years. Now that their destiny to trace the same host of the accident related with a big drug trade gives the father and son a chance to recover their affection over the long time.
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Title: Lee San, Wind in the Palace
Character: Queen Jeongsun
Released: September 17, 2007
Type: TV
Yi San, also known as Wind of the Palace, is a 2007 South Korean historical drama, starring Lee Seo-jin, Han Ji-min, Park Eun-hye, and Lee Jong-soo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from September 17, 2007 to June 16, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55. The series was produced by Lee Byeong-Hoon, who also produced award-winning television series Dae Jang Geum. It won "Top Excellence Acting Award" for Lee Seo Jin and "Best Actress" for Han Ji-min at MBC's Acting Awards.
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Title: Blue Fish
Released: July 4, 2007
Type: TV
The drama is about a pair of lovers separating due to parental objections and meeting again when the woman is already married.
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Several Questions That Make Us Happy
Title: Several Questions That Make Us Happy
Released: May 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Several Questions That Make Us Happy is composed of six different stories in a omnibus way, describing mondern society's loneliness, misunderstanding between couples, trust with others, courtesy between lovers, and self-centered blame for others, etc. It is based on the sincere question why we are so unhappy and how I can make happiness.
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Title: The Snow Queen
Released: November 13, 2006
Type: TV
A boxer who was previously a genius, and a rich girl who has a serious illness. Despite appearing not to have any connection, they are similar. Nothing can melt their heart of ice. What is the sunlight that can melt their frozen heart? If the answer is love, is it too cliché? Tae Woong`s love melted the heart of the ice princess, Bo Ra. Although this winter will be very cold and scary, winter is not the end of the seasons, but the beginning of the hope for a greater love.
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Title: Shin Don
Character: Princess Duk-nyung
Released: September 24, 2005
Type: TV
In order to make sure that Koryo was free, Gong Min Wang married a woman he did not love. The Mongolians ruled Koryo so Gong Min Wang married the Mongolian princess in hopes that one day Koryo could be freed. Shin Don was a Buddhist priest who both Queen Nokuk and King Gong Min depended on for advice in ruling Koryo.
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Title: The Land
Released: November 27, 2004
Type: TV
When she was 5 years old, Seo Hee's mother ran off with one of their servants and she was left with her father, who had never been kind to her.
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Title: Second Proposal
Character: Kyung-hee
Released: September 8, 2004
Type: TV
Jang Mi Young was a happily married mother of 2 when she finds out her husband is having an affair. This results in a divorce, and her husband and his new bride gain custody of the children. Mi Young must strike out on her own and rebuild her life and career after many years as a housewife. Fortunately, she has a friend by her side, a handsome younger man named Nam Kyung Soo who finds himself feeling sympathy for Mi Young and wanting to help her get back on her feet again.
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Title: Jewel in the Palace
Character: Dr. Jang-deok
Released: September 15, 2003
Type: TV
Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.
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Title: Good Person
Character: Detective Park's wife
Released: August 27, 2003
Type: TV
20 years ago, Park Joon-pil is the son of a mafia boss and Kang Tae-pyung is the son of a police officer. At the department store, while Kang Tae-pyung's dad attempts to arrest Joon-pil's dad, both the small boys become orphans. A fellow police officer takes in Joon-pil as his own son, thinking that the little boy is Tae-Pyung. Tae-pyung, however, is taken into an orphan home. Joon-pil knows he is a criminal's son. 20 years later, Joon-pil is an aspiring young police officer and Tae-pyung is a boxing bum. When Tae-pyung's best friend becomes unfairly murdered, he vows to become a police officer. Two years later, Joon-pil and Tae-pyung finally meet again. Rivals but friends at heart, these two guys learn to forgive the past and embrace the future
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A Good Lawyer's Wife
Title: A Good Lawyer's Wife
Character: Eun Ho-jung's friend
Released: August 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relationship with her neighbor, a teenage boy.
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The Uninvited
Title: The Uninvited
Character: Moon Jeong-suk
Released: August 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Impaired by amnesia, Jeong-won (Shin-yang Park) can't remember his youth -- until he meets Yeon (Ji-hyun Jun), a psychic who may be able to uncover his past. After witnessing the horrific deaths of children, both share dreamlike visions of ghostly forms. Together, they explore the depths of psychological terror in this chilling Korean thriller, artfully directed by Su-yeon Lee.
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Title: Forever Love
Character: Lee Kwang-sook
Released: March 1, 2003
Type: TV
Set in the 70's, it shows the eternal love of a woman for her deceased husband.
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Title: I Love Hyun-jung
Character: Nam Hye-sook
Released: September 30, 2002
Type: TV
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A Perfect Match
Title: A Perfect Match
Character: Kim Hae-in
Released: August 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Despite the fact that she works at a professional matchmaking firm, Hyo Jin cannot seem to find her Perfect match. When it comes to finding matches for other people, her advice is right on; but when it comes to herself...
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Painted Fire
Title: Painted Fire
Character: Jin-hong
Released: May 10, 2002
Type: Movie
In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
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Title: Fox and Cotton Candy
Character: Min Yeo-ok
Released: October 27, 2001
Type: TV
《여우와 솜사탕》은 2001년 10월 27일부터 2002년 4월 27일까지 방영된 MBC 주말연속극으로, 《그 여자네 집》 후속으로 방영되었다.
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Title: 사랑할수록
Character: Song Ga-Yeong
Released: August 7, 2000
Type: TV
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Peppermint Candy
Title: Peppermint Candy
Character: Hong-ja
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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Title: KAIST
Character: Professor Eun Na-young
Released: January 24, 1999
Type: TV
A situation drama on students of Korea Advanced Science and Technology. The story of love, agony and endless research of the top brains in the field of science. It also presents a role model of a free, creative youth and their professors dictating what education should be. K.A.I.S.T stands for Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology.
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Girls' Night Out
Title: Girls' Night Out
Character: Soon
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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Title: That Woman Catches People
Character: Yeo In-suk
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The story of two women, Baek Sang Ah and Han Bok Nyeo, who both grab into same man, Oh Cheon Soo. This leads them into love and betrayal relationship.
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Drive
Title: Drive
Character: Park Jung-sook
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Yuna is a famous YouTube influencer but always looks down on others. She is invited to a cosmetic brand launching party but things don’t go the way she had wanted. Tired and extremely stressed, she takes couple of shots and falls asleep after calling a designated driver. When Yuna opens her eyes, she realizes she’s trapped in the trunk of her car. The kidnapper asks her for ransom, not just cash but to broadcast a ‘kidnapping live-stream’ and beg for money from the viewers. But everyone thinks she’s playing out a self-fabricated scenario…