Known for Acting
Born
February 29, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
Filmography
11 films, 3 shows
Burden
Burden
2025
country: South Korea


Always I am
2023 · 1h 53m
country: Unknown
Singer-songwriter Kevin is in trouble ahead of the release of his new song. As he rides his bicycle to visit the place where he performed before his debut, Kevin's mind recalls the events with the people he met on his bicycle trip in the past and he gets comforted and inspired by the times he spent with them. Kevin encounters an empty concert hall that is about to close. There, he completes his new song with the help of his best friend and colleague, Sang-wook, who died first in a car accident.


AORB
2019 · 15m
country: South Korea
The story takes place in a dystopia deprived of freedom of making choices and begins as the protagonist, decides for the first time in his life to escape to Yass Land where any decisions are celebrated. He escapes a fictional land in which the civilians' actions are controlled and monitored by the government. The actor deviates from the controlled community for freedom in YAASS land. As he flees, viewers are given two actions that the actor could take. The story continues on from the actions they choose, leading to different endings.


Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits
2014 · 1h 50m
country: South Korea
A life documentary of a woman who was shunned for being possessed by spirits as a girl, oppressed for following superstitions as an adult, how she grows to be a great shaman who embraces the pain of all people, and how she comes to be honored as a national treasure of Korea with her outstanding artistic talents throughout Korea's tumultuous history.


Tumbleweed
2013 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Changsu does not have any family, friends or lover living in prison as a substitute prisoner for the others. After 3 years in prison, he came back to his normal life with gambling and drinking. One day, Miyeon, appears to him, and everything changes. She enlightens his life for the first time. Changsu bets his everything to save this woman for the first, and for the last time in his life.


Mai Ratima
2012 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age story about Soo-young, a miserable thirtysomething man and Mai-Ratima, a 22-year-old Thai girl who accepts a mail order marriage in order to realize her Korean Dream. Into their relationship comes Young-jin, a hostess, slowly turning it into a love triangle.


Ghastly
2011 · 1h 31m
country: South Korea
After his parents are murdered, Bin is taken into the care of relatives. He begins to act strangely, the new occupants of his house experience horrific nightmares, and a mystery unfolds as a terrible secret is revealed.


The Cat
2011 · 1h 46m
country: South Korea
So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.


Little Black Dress
2011 · 1h 47m
country: South Korea
Little Black Dress depicts the friendships, jealousies, hopes and failures of four 24-year-old girls. The girls first met as first year students in college. They seem to be enjoying their 20's, but inside they all have worries.


Bedevilled
2010 · 1h 57m
country: South Korea
A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.


The Man from Nowhere
2010 · 1h 59m
country: South Korea
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.