Known for Acting
Born
May 2, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
Busan, South Korea
Filmography
23 films, 23 shows


Speaking Dead
2026 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
When a massive terror threat paralyzes downtown Seoul, former forensic scientist Jang Jae-wook arrives trailing a mysterious suitcase—containing a dead body instead of explosives. The dark shadow of a decade-old military incident comes to light, revealing a massive web of corruption spun by a deeply entrenched cartel of power. As the dead begin to speak, the buried truth is finally dragged into the light.


Devils Stay
2024 · 1h 35m
country: South Korea
A cardiologist suspects his daughter lives after an exorcism. During her funeral, he conflicts with a priest over her fate. Both strive to prove their beliefs, hoping to save her if she's alive.


Love Reset
2023 · 1h 59m
country: South Korea
A married couple who received a divorce settlement lose their memories in an accident. With amnesia, they fall in love again, so their families try to restore their memories to finalize the divorce.


Countdown
2023 · 1h 49m
country: South Korea
A former medalist who is now a troublemaker physical educations teacher and a natural born rebel take a satisfying whack at life.


Good Deal
2022 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
The great adventures of life and human connections in contemporary Korean society, following a formal baseball player, a sleepless student, a new hangman, an imprisoned gangster, and a mysterious father and daughter.


Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On
2021 · 1h 39m
country: South Korea
When Taeil gets hired as a tailor's assistant, he dreams of becoming a fully-fledged tailor to be able to financially support his family. But he finds himself constantly reminded of the laborers' inferior working conditions. The young 22-year-old Taeil decides to confront the reality and become the flame of hope himself.


Night in Paradise
2020 · 2h 11m
country: South Korea
An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.


Family Affair
2019 · 1h 41m
country: South Korea
One day, three siblings receive a postcard from their mother who left them a long time ago. But all it says is "I miss you." Three siblings are disconcerted by the sudden contact, but eventually, they go on a trip to meet their mother.


Feng Shui
2018 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
Park Jae-sang was a royal geomancer, who helps people designate propitious site for houses, store and even graves under the belief that a grave in a good site will bring future fortune for descendants. But he loses his family because he exposed a conspiracy about crown Prince's grave site. Park Jae-sang plans to make a revenge of his family and learns that there is a much bigger conspiracy about propitious grave site; the place that would make grave owner's son the King of Joseon.


V.I.P.
2017 · 2h 8m
country: South Korea
A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.


The Map Against the World
2016 · 2h 9m
country: South Korea
Kim Jeong-ho's father died due to an erroneous map. Because of this, Kim Jeong-ho has a strong desire to make his own map. He begins a complete block map of Joseon.


The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo
2015 · 2h 5m
country: South Korea
An unsuccessful journalist becomes a star after he writes an article about the memo of an unknown serial killer. But when he learns that the memo was just part of a novel, he decides to cover up everything.


Shadow Island
2015 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
Shot in Busan, Shadow Island is the name of a location as well as the main character’s name. The film explains the legacy of violence passed down through three generations. The lives of a murderous father, a son addicted to violence, and the victims of violence intertwine into a surprising finale. As the film shifts through the past and present, it reveals a painful family history that eats away the soul and leads to a burdened fate of self-destruction.


Ode to My Father
2014 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.


Very Ordinary Couple
2013 · 1h 52m
country: South Korea
After a trivial quarrel, co-workers Dong-hee and Young decide to take a break from their relationship. But they realise that they still love each other as their attempts to find new partners fail.


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.


Ohayo Sapporo
2013 · 40m
country: South Korea
Hearing-impaired Mo-Re wants to meet Hiro in person, a Japanese guy she met on the Internet.


Busan Flounder - Redux
2012 · 1h 44m
country: South Korea


Dancing Queen
2012 · 2h 4m
country: South Korea
The next mayor of Seoul candidate's wife becomes a dance singer in this movie as Hwang Jeong-min takes on the role of poor lawyer turned politician and Uhm Jung-hwa as the wife who makes an attempt at singing without her husband knowing at first.


Vegetarian
2010 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
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.


Lady Daddy
2010 · 1h 53m
country: South Korea
A successful photographer's perfect life unravels when her long-hidden past arrives at her doorstep in the form of a son she fathered before transitioning.


Low Life
2004 · 1h 45m
country: South Korea
A sprawling story of one man's tumultuous life within the context of the South Korean political situation during the second half of the 20th century.


The Bird Who Stops in the Air
2002 · 1h 46m
country: South Korea
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.