Known for Directing
Yoo In-sik (유인식) is a South Korean television director born in 1972. Beginning his career as a producer and director at SBS in 1999, he has directed several of South Korea's highest-rated television dramas across action, medical, and legal genres. His major directorial credits include Giant (2010), History of a Salaryman (2012), You're All Surrounded (2014), the Dr. Romantic series (2016–2023), Vagabond (2019), and Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), the latter earning him Best Director at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards. He also directs the period espionage drama 100 Days of Deception (2026).
Born
January 1, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
South Korea
Filmography
24 shows


100 Days of Deception
2026
country: South Korea
Hoping for freedom, Gyeongseong's top pickpocket infiltrates the Japanese colonial government to steal secrets — only to fall for her target's son.


The WONDERfools
2026
country: South Korea
A goofy group of townies stumbles into superpowers and fights rising evil as doomsday panic grows in this wild, turn-of-the-century action comedy.


Extraordinary Attorney Woo
2022
country: South Korea
With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.


Vagabond
2019
country: South Korea
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.


Dr. Romantic
2016
country: South Korea
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.


Mrs. Cop
2015
country: South Korea
After long and grueling hours immersed in brutal crime investigations, lead detective Choi Young Jin must face the particular horrors of singlehandedly raising her daughter Ha Eun. Any way you look at it, Young Jin's got her work cut out for her, but it's only a matter of time before her professional and personal worlds collide in new and disastrous ways.


You're All Surrounded
2014
country: South Korea
P4: are the new recruits in the violent crimes unit at Gangnam Police Station. The journey of four young cops as they fumble, learn, fall in love and find their way to becoming people the citizens can trust.


Incarnation of Money
2013
country: South Korea
Incarnation of Money is a 2013 South Korean television series about greed, ambition, and love. Starring Kang Ji-hwan, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, Choi Yeo-jin, Oh Yoon-ah and Kim Soo-mi, it aired on SBS from February 2 to April 21, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 for 24 episodes.


History of the Salaryman
2012
country: South Korea
History of a Salaryman is a 2012 South Korean television series that aired on SBS from January 2 to March 31, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 22 episodes. Starring Lee Beom-soo, Jung Ryeo-won, Jung Gyu-woon, Hong Soo-hyun, Lee Deok-hwa, and Kim Seo-hyung, the series is a quirky comedy and murder mystery about an ordinary salaryman who finds himself involved with corporate spies and rival pharmaceutical companies. It satirizes the historical events during China's Chu–Han Contention to become a parody of modern office politics.


Giant
2010
country: South Korea
Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.


Robber
2008
country: South Korea
Romance blossoms between a single mom and a womanizing bad boy.


Surgeon Bong Dal Hee
2007
country: South Korea
Surgeon Bong Dal-hee is a 2007 South Korean medical drama television series starring Lee Yo-won, Lee Beom-soo, Kim Min-joon and Oh Yoon-ah. It aired on SBS from January 17 to March 15, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes.


Bad Family
2006
country: South Korea
Na Rim, who came from a wealthy household, lost her family in a car accident when she was nine. After the accident, she suffered from amnesia so her uncle hired Oh Dal Gun, an ex-ganster, to recreate a similar household with parents, sister, brother, grandparents and uncle in hopes that she would regain her memory. In a hurry, Oh Dal Gun ended up hiring all sorts of odd ball characters to act as members of Na Rim's family. None got along at the start and hilarious situation arose when all members tried to cope in front of the little girl and also to protect her from the one who caused her family's accident. Eventually they started to behave like a real family and cared for each other, proving that blood relation is not as important as a caring heart.


Bad Housewife
2005
country: South Korea
Bad Housewife is a Korean drama series, produced and aired in 2005 by SBS. The show revolves around the lives of Koo Soo-han and Choi Mi-na, a married couple with a daughter, Song-yi and their neighbors and acquaintances. The show regularly made jokes about the stereotypical themes Korean dramas usually have, for example that one of the characters contracts a terminal disease. At the end of each episode there was also a skit called Useful Tips for Everyday Life.


Twenty Years Old
2003
country: South Korea
Twenty is the age that everyone considers to be the best time of their lives. However, we have never suffered from love for the opposite sex, dreams for the future, and passion for life as much as we did at that age. The problems of 20-year-olds, which are childish and simple to the eyes of others, but are more serious than anything else to the people concerned. ‘Twenty Years Old’ look at the problems from their point of view and try to solve college life in a serious but pleasant way.