Known for Visual Effects
Born
June 8, 1969 (age 57)
Filmography
54 films, 1 show


No Other Choice
2025 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.


Project Silence
2024 · 1h 36m
country: South Korea
Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects "Echo" from the military experiment "Project Silence," who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of relentless attacks.


The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
2022 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
A gutsy crew of Joseon pirates and bandits battle stormy waters, puzzling clues and militant rivals in search of royal gold lost at sea.


Escape from Mogadishu
2021 · 2h 1m
country: South Korea
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.


Peninsula
2020 · 1h 56m
country: South Korea
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.


Ashfall
2019 · 2h 8m
country: South Korea
A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.


Take Point
2018 · 2h 4m
country: South Korea
On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.


Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018 · 2h 21m
country: South Korea
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.


Believer
2018 · 2h 3m
country: South Korea
After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel.


1987: When the Day Comes
2017 · 2h 9m
country: South Korea
In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.


Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.


Real
2017 · 2h 17m
country: South Korea
A criminal aspiring to build a casino finds himself in endless threat when a doppelgänger appears, who starts imitating every single thing he does.


Warriors of the Dawn
2017 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.


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.


The Long Way Home
2015 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.


The Pirates
2014 · 2h 10m
country: South Korea
At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?


Mr. Go
2013 · 2h 12m
country: South Korea
A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills.


Pacemaker
2012 · 2h 4m
country: South Korea
Man-ho is a pacemaker for Korean national marathon team. His purpose is to stay ahead of others until the 30km mark. But he gradually grows a desire to run for the victory.


My Way
2011 · 2h 17m
country: South Korea
During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.


War of the Arrows
2011 · 2h 2m
country: South Korea
After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchus.


Quick
2011 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
A biker is forced to deliver a ticking time bomb by a mysterious caller who has put an explosive helmet on his ex-girlfriend.


The Front Line
2011 · 2h 13m
country: South Korea
In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.


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.


Children...
2011 · 2h 12m
country: South Korea
On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the mystery of the incident, one of the boys' parents is a suspect.


I Saw the Devil
2010 · 2h 24m
country: South Korea
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.


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.


Blades of Blood
2010 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
Lee Mong-hak and a skilled blind swordsman Hwang Jeong-hak, both long to wipe away corruption and heal the world. Lee Mong-hak creates a rebel army to achieve his goal and get rid of the King.


Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle
2010 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
"Le Grand Chef 2" begins with the Korean president visiting the Japanese Prime Minister and becoming involved in a heated debate over the origins of kimchi. The Japanese Prime Minister makes the bold claim that kimchi is an original Japanese dish which sets off the Korean president. Upon the Korean's president return home he sets upon a globalization plan for kimchi, which includes a nationwide "Kimchi Contest". Then, a lady named Jang-eun (Kim Jung-Eun) and her step-brother Sung-Chan (Jin Goo) compete in the Kimchi dish contest, with both siblings using their mother's kimchi recipe.


Take Off
2009 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.


Portrait of a Beauty
2008 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
Yun-jeong, a skilled painter, disguises herself as a man in court to continue her family's legacy. Circumstances become difficult when her relationship with Kang-mu draws jealousy from the others.


Rough Cut
2008 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action movie called Rough Cut. When another actor leaves the set due to Su-tas violent ways, the production is on the verge of shutting down. Su-ta asks Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production.


Sunny
2008 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
With hopes of reuniting with her husband, who left for the Vietnam War without telling her, a young wife joins a traveling band as the lead singer.


Le Grand Chef
2007 · 1h 53m
country: South Korea
A disgraced chef tries to restore his name by competing in a culinary contest to win the knife of Korea's last royal chef.


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 Host
2006 · 2h
country: South Korea
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.


My Captain Mr. Underground
2006 · 1h 44m
country: South Korea
A notorious grave robber Dae-chool, recently stole a precious Buddha statue. However, two kids Ji-min and Byung-oh steal it from him for fun. Dae-Chool tricks the kids telling them that he is a special agent from the Ministry of National Treasures, and persuades the kids to help him "in the cause of justice". As they experience one mishap after another, the kids and Dae-chool form a family-like relationship.


Blue Swallow
2005 · 2h 13m
country: South Korea
At a young age Kyoung-won knows she wants to become a pilot. When she reaches the right age, she travels to Japan to learn how to fly, and becomes Korea's first female pilot.


Typhoon
2005 · 2h 4m
country: South Korea
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.


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.


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.


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.


No Blood No Tears
2002 · 1h 56m
country: South Korea
A former safecracker makes a living as a taxi driver but continues to be haunted by her past. One day she chances upon an aspiring singer, who is a spitting image of herself back in the day. Together, the two women plot to steal money from gangsters.