Jo Young-jin

Jo Young-jin

Born: December 15, 1962
in Busan, South Korea

Movies for Jo Young-jin...

Single in Seoul
Title: Single in Seoul
Character: Hyun-jin's Father
Released: November 29, 2023
Type: Movie
A writer who praises living a life of single teams up with an editor who is desperate about finding her better half. Would it be possible for the two of them to finish the book?
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The Devil's Deal
Title: The Devil's Deal
Released: March 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil-do, by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae-woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Sun-tae. Unbeknownst to him, his messy journey through politics has only just begun.
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Title: Good Job
Character: Kang Wan-soo
Released: August 24, 2022
Type: TV
On Seon-woo is the head of the biggest company in Korea. He also secretly runs a private detective agency. On the other hand, Don Se Ra is a person with extraordinary vision and uses this ability to help people...
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Title: Through the Darkness
Character: Lee Jin-chul
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: TV
A team of tenacious detectives study the minds of murderers at a time when Korea's first serial murders terrorized the nation. Based on true events.
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Live Hard
Title: Live Hard
Character: Club owner
Released: February 25, 2021
Type: Movie
Chul, Seop, and Deok-kyu are desperate for just one performance, but even being on a club stage is hard. Im-jae, the freewheeling leader of the band always disappears. Deok-kyu who makes a living with rap wants to play only the blues, but people no longer listen to it. Near the end of the year, they go for a live club audition yearning for a chance. While enjoying their different performances, we meet the diverse realities those musicians face.​
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On July 7
Title: On July 7
Character: In-gook
Released: September 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Mi-joo, a telemarketer, begins an ominous day on her way to work, with her ankle sprained by a motorcycle and got called out by the team leader at the morning meeting. The name "Hyeon-soo" that comes across the phone reminds me of "Hyepn-soo," who left the company after a fight. A middle-aged woman approaches Mi-Joo, who returned home struggling with her injured ankle. "I'm Hyun-soo's mom." Hyeon-soo, who lives with Mi-Joo, leaves home after a quarrel. He visits a bank to check the piling credit card debts and while writing his resume at a computer shop, he discovers his parents’ growing age. Hyeon-soo, who visited the university club again, recalls the days when he first met Mi-joo and began to love her after discovering her short film. Just in time, Hyeon-soo bumps into his young juniors and offers to shoot something with a camcorder. How do you remember someone's last expression?
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Joseon Fist
Title: Joseon Fist
Released: April 9, 2020
Type: Movie
A movie about Genji, a Yakuza and his gang who try to break up an anti-Japanese group and Joseon's number one fighter, Kang-il during the Japanese colonial era.
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The Bad Guys: The Movie
Title: The Bad Guys: The Movie
Character: No Sang-shik
Released: September 11, 2019
Type: Movie
After a group of criminals manage to escape while being transported, a skilled task force is assembled to help track and return them to prison.
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The Negotiation
Title: The Negotiation
Character: Chairman Koo
Released: September 19, 2018
Type: Movie
An ace crisis negotiator attempts to figure out the real motivation of a man who has kidnapped two people and crack his calm demeanour.
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Golden Slumber
Title: Golden Slumber
Character: Yoo Yeong-gook
Released: February 14, 2018
Type: Movie
A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.
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Title: Somehow 18
Released: August 28, 2017
Type: TV
The web drama tells the story of a popular orthopedic surgeon, Oh Kyung Hwi, who used to be a loner and a bullying victim during his highschool days. In order to save his first love, who committed suicide, Kyung Hwi goes back in time to when he was 18 years old.
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Excavator
Title: Excavator
Released: July 27, 2017
Type: Movie
20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.
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Close My Eyes
Title: Close My Eyes
Character: Oh Deok-goo
Released: May 19, 2017
Type: Movie
Adapted from same-name popular manga. Hyeon-woo is visually impaired but always listens to people. Then one day, Chong-soo comes along and talks about the murder that occurs in his book. However, the murder in the novel becomes real and Hyeon-woo is getting more and more scared! Who is responsible for the serial killings?
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The King's Case Note
Title: The King's Case Note
Character: Second Vice-Premier
Released: April 26, 2017
Type: Movie
A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.
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Title: Voice
Character: Bae Byung-Gon
Released: January 14, 2017
Type: TV
It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.
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The Red Teacher
Title: The Red Teacher
Character: Vice Director
Released: September 25, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1985, Tae Nam works as a teacher at an all-girls high school in the country. The students there do not like him, because he keeps shouting at them. In fact, Tae Nam has never had a date in his life. One day, he finds a banned erotic book at the book store. The novel, which spreads among the girls at the high school, ends with "to be continued." The students become curious about the second volume. Soon Duk decides to write the second volume for her friends.
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The Lost Choices
Title: The Lost Choices
Character: Ji-eun's father
Released: October 28, 2015
Type: Movie
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
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Title: Six Flying Dragons
Character: Min Je
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: TV
The ambitious success stories of 6 people surrounding Prince Lee Bang Won, and the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon, the man instrumental in helping King Taejo establish the fledgling Joseon nation.
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Granny's Got Talent
Title: Granny's Got Talent
Character: Minister Park
Released: March 5, 2015
Type: Movie
A national cussing battle audition is the nation's hype. People from all over the country audition in becoming the "Cussing King." However, redundant cussing auditioners cause viewership to drop dramatically. The producer decides to revive the show by introducing a regular looking grandmother...
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Title: The Story of Kang Gu
Character: Lee Jae Kwak
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: TV
Gangster Kyung Tae goes down to Kanggu with a plan to develop an area of land. It's true he has come on business, however, he plans to go to see Moon Suk, the older sister of his deceased close friend, and her son, Kang Gu. Moon Suk is living the life of a terminally ill patient and runs Kanggu Restaurant with her son, Kang Gu. Kyung Tae does not reveal his identity to Moon Suk, who is still unaware of her brother's death, and begins to go around making arrangements for her.
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The Spy: Undercover Operation
Title: The Spy: Undercover Operation
Character: Chief Secretary
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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Secretly, Greatly
Title: Secretly, Greatly
Character: Kim Hui-gwan
Released: June 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
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Title: Big
Character: Seo In-Wook
Released: June 4, 2012
Type: TV
18-year-old Kang Gyung-Joon's spirit suddenly becomes transplanted in the body of 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae. Seo-Yon-Jae is a successful doctor and engaged to high school teacher Gil Da-Ran. Gil Da-Ran just so happens to be the teacher of 18-year old Kang Gyung-Joon. More problems ensue when 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae falls in love with another woman.
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Howling
Title: Howling
Character: Jung-Ah's dad
Released: February 16, 2012
Type: Movie
A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.
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Hindsight
Title: Hindsight
Character: Boss Ki
Released: August 31, 2011
Type: Movie
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.
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The Unjust
Title: The Unjust
Character: Kim Yang-su
Released: October 28, 2010
Type: Movie
An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.
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Anti-Gas Skin
Title: Anti-Gas Skin
Character: Joo-sang Jun
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: Movie
A fresco mixing the satirical, the surreal and the fantastical to portray the social and political evils of today’s Korea. A gas mask-wearing serial killer is spreading terror. Four people are on his tail on election day: Miju – a wolf-girl who leads a sect of youths who are planning their mass suicide, Bosik – a traffic cop who’s convinced he is a super hero, Patrick – a US Marine on the brink of madness following the serial killer’s murder of his Korean girlfriend, and Ju Sanggeun, the favourite of the candidates for the mayoral seat of Seoul, who has received a disturbing death threat. The man behind the mask remains a mystery. The killer is everywhere or perhaps he is simply inside each of us. –Venice Film Festival
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Troubleshooter
Title: Troubleshooter
Character: Jo Hyeon-cheol
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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A Long Visit
Title: A Long Visit
Character: Ji-suk's Husband
Released: April 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.
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Private Eye
Title: Private Eye
Character: Korean Emperor
Released: February 16, 2009
Type: Movie
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
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Nice Shorts
Title: Nice Shorts
Character: Man
Released: January 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Nice Shorts consists of four short films from up and coming directors. A simple walk means so much more in the touching short "Shall We Take a Walk?" directed by Kim Ye Yeong and Kim Yeong Geun. Directed by Hong Sung Hoon, "Girl" tells of a father's strange day when his son's girlfriend shows up, and Lee Jeong Wook's "Mates" goes undercover into memories and crime solving. Winner of Best Korean Short at the 2009 Jeonju Film Festival and the Excellence Award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival, Jo Sung Hee's "Don't Step Out of the House" is about two young children who live in a rundown apartment by themselves, and what happens when adults invade their space.
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Do You See Seoul?
Title: Do You See Seoul?
Character: Mr. Jang
Released: May 8, 2008
Type: Movie
In 1976 on a remote island, schoolteacher Eun-young wants to take her students on a field trip to a cookie factory in Seoul. Even though the parents don't like the idea, Eun-young succeeds in taking them. But once they arrive in the complicated city, students become fascinated with high-tech bicycles and get lost.
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Forever the Moment
Title: Forever the Moment
Character: Director Song
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.
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Secret Sunshine
Title: Secret Sunshine
Character: Park Do-seop
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.
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With a Girl of Black Soil
Title: With a Girl of Black Soil
Character: Hae-gon
Released: January 9, 2007
Type: Movie
A small village in the Kanwondo region, a 9 year old girl, her brother Tong-gu - who is mentally handicapped - and their father Hyegon.
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4 Horror Tales: Hidden Floor
Title: 4 Horror Tales: Hidden Floor
Released: July 27, 2006
Type: Movie
A woman moves into an apartment house with her daughter. But her daughter begins to be haunted by a mysterious ghost on a hidden floor.
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The President's Barber
Title: The President's Barber
Character: President
Released: May 5, 2004
Type: Movie
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.
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Title: 유혹의 기술
Character: 김선생
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV