Known for Acting
Kwon Tae-won was born on March 18, 1961 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for New World (2013), Maui (2012) and The Tower (2012).
Born
March 18, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
South Korea
Filmography
52 films, 6 shows


Mad Dance Office
2026 · 1h 47m
country: South Korea
Kuk-hee, a by-the-book district office civil servant, has lived a flawless, tightly scheduled life. With a promotion imminent and her daughter's future secured, everything is going according to plan. Until it all unravels—her promotion is taken, her daughter disappears, and an unexpected emptiness sets in. Searching for balance again, Kuk-hee ends up in the last place she ever expected: a flamenco dance studio.


The Flu
2024 · 1h 56m
country: South Korea
Ji-seok is a director. He has been struggling because of the money needed to produce films. Song PD, Ji-seok's colleague, introduces him to an actress, Hong Mi-ran. Hong, now with terminal disease, agrees to pay for all the production costs under the condition that she must be the lead. The lifetime project of the troubled souls—would this make it through to the end?


Things Like Dogs
2020 · 1h 39m
country: South Korea
Choi Jong-goo used to be a popular troubleshooter. He is now a bully who lives in a market where merchants turn their backs on him. Jong-goo lives on alcohol and is very violent. His daughter uses bad language and violence against people around her. There are sexual violence cases involving minors around him and his daughter is also involved in the case. Jong-goo is accused of a crime. They're looking for a criminal who sexually assaulted his daughter. At this time, Soo-jin, a woman who lives in pain appears. The veiled Soo-jin is always an angel who does good things and protects children. And she feels unbearable anger towards those who do evil around her. How will Jong-goo and Soo-jin will solve this series of events?


Ode to the Goose
2018 · 2h 2m
country: South Korea
Yoon-young fell for Song-hyeon when she was married to his friend. When she gets divorced, he takes her on a trip to Gunsan, where they stay at a guest house run by a middle-aged man and his autistic daughter.


The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 · 2h 6m
country: Hong Kong
Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.


Memories of That Night
2018 · 1h 11m
country: South Korea
Dong Geun is a patriarchal and inflexible father. He is on the verge of being forced to retire after getting involved with a drug rebate and on top of that, he's diagnosed with late stage stomach cancer. With the little time he has left, he tries to do something as a father, but he only creates misunderstandings... This is the story of a father we didn't know. (Source: HanCinema)


Fabricated City
2017 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
In real life, Kwon Yoo is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-wool, he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder case.


Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
2016 · 2h 1m
country: South Korea
In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.


Inside Men
2015 · 3h 1m
country: South Korea
A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.


The Divine Move
2014 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
A professional GO player gathers a team to help him carry out his revenge against the man who killed his brother.


Hope
2013 · 2h 2m
country: South Korea
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.


New World
2013 · 2h 14m
country: South Korea
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.


The Tower
2012 · 2h 1m
country: South Korea
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.


Howling
2012 · 1h 54m
country: South Korea
A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.


Nameless Gangster
2012 · 2h 13m
country: South Korea
Ik-hyeon, a corrupt officer, joins forces with another crook, Hyung-bae, to continue his illegal activities before he loses his job. Eventually, he decides to escape and pin the blame on his partner.


Hanji
2011 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
Low-ranking civil servant Pil Yong (Park Joong Hoon) has things hard looking after his disabled wife(Ye Ji Won). He takes charge of a hanji project in hopes it will bring him a promotion. His wife comes from a family of hanji masters. One of his tasks include working with quarrelsome filmmaker Ji Won (Kang Su Yeon), who is shooting a documentary about hanji. Though he knows little about the subject to begin with, the more he learns about hanji, the more it takes on a new significance for him and the world around him.


Woochi: The Demon Slayer
2009 · 2h 16m
country: South Korea
Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.


Private Eye
2009 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
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.


A Frozen Flower
2008 · 2h 13m
country: South Korea
A despotic king orders his male lover to produce an heir for him with his Queen. But when they instead fall in love, will tragic consequences follow?


Antique
2008 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Jin-hyeok opens a cake shop in an old antique shop, hiring Seon-woo, Korea's best pastry chef, who fell in love with him in high school. Also there, are Su-young, crushing on Seon-woo, ex-boxer Ki-beom, and Seon-woo's French ex-boyfriend.


Sleeping Beauty
2008 · 1h 49m
country: South Korea
Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual experience. Lee Rae, a single women in her 50's, lives with her father who suffers from Alzheimer's. She raises ducks, but recently got rid of them because of Avian Influenza. Her father's physical and mental health has also worsened. He even asks Lee Rae to touch him inappropriately. 17 year old Su-Jin was smuggled into the country by professional brokers. She was adopted into a family that lives in a countryside farm. On her first day at the farm she was raped by her stepfather. They also share the same bedroom. Su-Jin is continuously accosted by her stepfather. Su-jin sole source of comfort is the grandson, who sympathizes with Su-jJn and her plight. He is a victim of physical abuse from the stepfather. Su-Jin then becomes pregnant.


May 18
2007 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.


Beyond the Years
2007 · 1h 46m
country: South Korea
A drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.


The Show Must Go On
2007 · 1h 52m
country: South Korea
A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.


A Dirty Carnival
2006 · 2h 21m
country: South Korea
A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.


Tazza: The High Rollers
2006 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.


Hanbando
2006 · 2h 27m
country: South Korea
The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order to prove that the Japanese claim to railroads is false, a claim that will stop the reunification of the two Koreas.


Wedding Campaign
2005 · 2h
country: South Korea
A 38-year-old single man, Hong Man-Taek is a petty farmer still living with his mother. Seeing a neighbor married to an Uzbekistan bride and frightened by the fact that his own grandson will never get married, Man-Taek's grandfather decides to send Man-tek to Uzbekistan to find a bride.


Blood Rain
2005 · 1h 59m
country: South Korea
When a small island village is plagued with horrible murders, the government sends a special investigator who discovers dark secrets that trace back to a myriad of murders from the past.


The President's Last Bang
2005 · 1h 42m
country: South Korea
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.


Another Public Enemy
2005 · 2h 28m
country: South Korea
A criminal psychopath from a wealthy family is confronted with Chul-jung Kang, a former classmate who no longer likes his activities.


Mokpo the Harbor
2004 · 1h 50m
country: South Korea
A detective goes undercover and poses as a gangster to infiltrate a powerful criminal organization connected to a large drug deal.


Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004 · 2h 28m
country: South Korea
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.


Once Upon a Time in High School
2004 · 1h 56m
country: South Korea
A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.


Oh! Brothers
2003 · 1h 49m
country: South Korea
After the death of his father who had left the house and his family, his debt was inherited by Sang-woo who is unable to cope with the debt. So he finds another heir, a half-brother and his mother, to fend off the debt of his father.


Jail Breakers
2002 · 2h 1m
country: South Korea
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.


Chihwaseon
2002 · 2h
country: South Korea
Jang Seung-eop, also known as "Chihwaseon," drinks and paints all day. Through Mae-hyang, he learns the meaning of fate, sees art beyond even the smallest things, and sets out for the path he seeks.


Jungle Juice
2002 · 1h 38m
country: South Korea
A Korean mobster's bumbling assistants team up with a street-smart hooker to find their employer's missing drug money.


Public Enemy
2002 · 2h 18m
country: South Korea
A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.


This Is Law
2001 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
A vigilante known as "Dr. Q" gruesomely executes criminals who escape justice, uploading videos of his killings online. Young cop Bong and his seasoned partner Na investigate while clashing with S.T.F. counterparts Lt. Pyo and tech expert Kang.


Chunhyang
2000 · 2h 16m
country: South Korea
Once at a pagoda Mongryong Lee, a scion of a well-to-do family, meets Chunhyang, the young daughter of a courtesan and an aristocrat. Despite her low social standing she is smart and well-educated. The young people fall in love and think about marriage so that they could always be together. Mongryong is soon to go to the capital to take the state civil service exam. They part and in Chunhyang's life there appears the greedy and lustful Byun Hak-do, who tries to seduce her.


Tell Me Something
1999 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
Detective Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.


Rainbow Trout
1999 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
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.


City of the Rising Sun
1999 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
Do-chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-ki, a small-time crook. They somehow make friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite.


Spring in My Hometown
1998 · 2h
country: South Korea
A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.


Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
1997 · 2h 24m
country: South Korea
Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve than give up playing. Several people have to bowl as much as they want, jump out of the window with their lives, and dance with real dancers at a rock cafe.


Beat
1997 · 1h 56m
country: South Korea
Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.


Green Fish
1997 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.


A Single Spark
1995 · 1h 32m
country: South Korea
Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.


The Taebaek Mountains
1994 · 2h 44m
country: South Korea
Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.


The Fox With Nine Tails
1994 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
A half-human/half-fox girl falls in love with an honest young man while trying to become a human-being.
Horror Express
Horror Express
1994 · 1h 30m
country: South Korea
Korean horror anthology: 1. Subway Murder 2. Chrysanthemum 3. 13 Persons