Known for Art
Born
April 8, 1969 (age 57)
Filmography
52 films, 6 shows


Concrete Market
2025 · 2h 3m
country: South Korea
After an apocalyptic earthquake, the only remaining apartment complex turns into a market where survivors buy and sell whatever it takes to survive.


Tristes Tropiques
2025 · 1h 57m
country: South Korea
A group of young assassins, trained by the rainforest's absolute ruler known as 'Master' and affiliated with the organization 'Tristes Tropiques,' struggle with mutual distrust as they vow to exact bloody revenge.


Dark Nuns
2025 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they take on the dangerous forbidden rituals themselves, putting their immortal souls in grave danger. They must confront the terrifying cost of their sacrilegious actions, but one goal remains: the boy must be saved at all costs.


The Plot
2024 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
Young-il is a plotter who manipulates murder-for-hire cases to look like accidents. Nobody knows those accidents are in fact perfectly plotted, planned murders. After finishing a flawlessly plotted case with no trace of evidence left behind, Young-il receives a new request. His new target is a prominent political figure who is always under the spotlight. Even with the higher risk of getting exposed, Young-il decides to take the case with his team members, Jackie, Wol-cheon, and Jeom-man. When the plot is ready after immaculate preparation and numerous rehearsals, the team finally makes its move, but some unexpected trouble threatens Young-il’s perfect plan.


Badland Hunters
2024 · 1h 47m
country: South Korea
After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.


Noryang: Deadly Sea
2023 · 2h 33m
country: South Korea
The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdrawal following the deathbed orders of their leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Determined to destroy the enemy once and for all, Admiral Yi leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to mount a blockade and annihilate the Wa army. However, once Ming commander Chen Lin is bribed into lifting the blockade, Wa lord Shimazu Yoshihiro and his Satsuma army sail to the Wa army's rescue at Noryang Strait.


Concrete Utopia
2023 · 2h 10m
country: South Korea
The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.


The Childe
2023 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
Han, a Filipino-Korean boxer hits the final punch against his opponent at an illegal game and returns home with a few dollars to pay for his mother's surgery.


Gentleman
2022 · 2h 3m
country: South Korea
Hyun-soo, a C.E.O of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyun-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyun-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyun-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin is an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, who colluded with the prosecutor’s leadership, meets Hyun-soo. Hwa-jin finds out the case is related to Do-hoon, she begins cooperating with Hyun-soo. While cooperating is on-going, they realize that there is a dirty truth behind the crime.


A Birth
2022 · 2h 31m
country: South Korea
The great adventures of Kim Dae-gun, a young man dreaming of a New Joseon. He is full of curiosity and takes action rather than words. He willingly accepts the fate of becoming Joseon’s first priest and sets out to study in Macau with his seminary classmates. And finally opens the way of the modern Joseon Dynasty by traversing the sea and land!


Hansan: Rising Dragon
2022 · 2h 10m
country: South Korea
In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.


The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
2022 · 2h 17m
country: South Korea
A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.


Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
2021 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
In order to find the last happiness of his life, inmate 203 escapes from prison. Nam-sik is poor and sick. These two men happen to meet and obtain a large amount of money. Nam-sik joins inmate 203's journey to find the last happiness.


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.


Deliver Us from Evil
2020 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.


Me and Me
2020 · 1h 45m
country: South Korea
In a small South Korean village, while investigating the death of two people in strange circumstances, a grumpy policeman will live an overwhelming experience beyond the reality he has known so far.


The Man Standing Next
2020 · 1h 54m
country: South Korea
When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.


Forbidden Dream
2019 · 2h 12m
country: South Korea
A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.


Bring Me Home
2019 · 1h 48m
country: Hong Kong
Jung-yeon receives a tip-off that her son who went missing six years ago is in a fishing village. Local officers get in her way, trying to cover up a secret that might be related to her case.


The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
2019 · 1h 50m
country: South Korea
After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.


Money
2019 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.


The Drug King
2018 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.


Intimate Strangers
2018 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.


Illang: The Wolf Brigade
2018 · 2h 18m
country: Hong Kong
In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby.


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.


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.


A Taxi Driver
2017 · 2h 18m
country: South Korea
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.


Reset
2017 · 1h 46m
country: China
In 2025, a scientist on the verge of making a major discovery related to time travel is suddenly put in peril when a rival kidnaps her young son and demands a hefty ransom: her entire research.


The Age of Shadows
2016 · 2h 20m
country: South Korea
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.


The Last Princess
2016 · 2h 6m
country: South Korea
Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.


The Great Actor
2016 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
A breakthrough opportunity comes when internationally - renowned director Park announces an open call for his new film, and Jang begins intense preparation for the role of his life.


Missing You
2016 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
A girl who lost her father to a serial killer, a detective and a killer are intertwined in a chaotic relationship and are met with an unprecedented series of events.


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.


Veteran
2015 · 2h 3m
country: South Korea
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.


The Fatal Encounter
2014 · 2h 15m
country: South Korea
Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.


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.


Day Trip
2012 · 20m
country: South Korea
A master and his student visit a mountain to practice pansori (a musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer) after a music competition which outcome has left the trainee disappointed.


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.


Night Fishing
2011 · 33m
country: South Korea
A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the water's edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman.


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.


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.


The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 · 2h 10m
country: South Korea
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.


Lady Vengeance
2005 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.


The Freaking Family
2005 · 21m
country: South Korea
Suddenly, a nuclear bomb drops onto a peaceful family.


Come Tomorrow
2003 · 1h 39m
country: South Korea
Gon-bong cut the leg of a competing mafia group's boss and got on the bad side of the number two of his own group. Out of desperation, he jumps in front of Sae-ju's car. Sae-ju is also suicidal, a former doctor who lost his wife and child due to his mistake. He meets Jae-rim who has a terminal disease but remains optimistic. They all lead very different lives, but they feel curiosity about each other.


Natural City
2003 · 1h 54m
country: South Korea
Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to transfer a cyborg's artificial intelligence into human host. This drives R to find a suitable host for his expiring cyborg Ria.