Known for Acting
Born
October 16, 1968 (age 57)
Birthplace
Gongju, Southern Chungcheon Province, South Korea
Filmography
34 films, 18 shows


While You Were Sleeping
2024 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
A woman who has selective amnesia loses her husband to a car accident. Overwhelmed with sorrow, she traces his journey and faces the unexpected truth.


Awake
2022
country: South Korea
The three people, who have difficulty finding their common ground, open their eyes in an unknown space. Who, why, how where they locked up here? They can only escape if they find their lost memory!


Vanishing
2022 · 1h 28m
country: France
When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolutionary technique for recognizing bodies. With more corpses on the way and a mysterious organ trafficking ring uncovered, things are about to get more dangerous in the land of the morning calm…


The Pure Memories of My Heart
2019 · 57m
country: South Korea
Seo Rin who was recognized for her directing skills abroad, returns to Korea and will be the director of a green drama "Natural Romance". She will also be reuniting with Soo Hyeok who has been with her for a long time, since they were young and on the set. Unlike before, Soo Hyeok is now a top actor. They spent their childhood together, and whenever Seo Rin sees Soo Hyeok who once confessed to her, she feels happy.


Cheer Up, Mr. Lee
2019 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Chul-soo is a man with an intellectual disability. One day, Chul-soo finds out that a young girl, Saet-byul, who is in hospital is his daughter. And soon, Saet-byul sneaks out of the hospital and travels by herself to a faraway city for her friend's birthday. As Chul-soo accompanies Saet-byul's journey, friendship develops between the two.


Scent of a Ghost
2019 · 1h 33m
country: South Korea
Ji Yeon is a beautiful university student, majoring in music. She is dating Dong Seok, but Dong Seok’s parents want him to study abroad. The day before he is scheduled to leave South Korea to study abroad, he prepares a proposal event for Ji Yeon. Ji Yeon does not appear at the event.


My Last Love
2017 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
Bong-young works tirelessly to support his family of five, while his wife and children are also preoccupied with their respective tasks. Their lack of interaction leads to family estrangement and further conflict down the road.


Big Match
2014 · 1h 52m
country: South Korea
When his brother vanishes, ex-footballer and MMA star Ik-ho receives a call from a game planner who has turned the whole city into a board game that Ik-ho must navigate if he is to save his brother.


Red Carpet
2014 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
Dreaming of a box-office hit, an adult-movie director teams up with his crew of three misfits to lure a top actress into starring in his new film.


Sunny
2011 · 2h 16m
country: South Korea
Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.


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.


Secret Love
2010 · 1h 51m
country: South Korea
When her husband is left comatose after an accident, a distraught young bride develops an attraction to her spouse's identical twin.


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.


No Mercy
2010 · 2h 5m
country: South Korea
A forensic pathologist is about to retire in order to spend some time with his daughter. However, he is forced to continue working when his daughter is kidnapped.


If You Were Me 4
2009 · 2h 5m
country: South Korea
Includes shorts: Girl on the Run, The Theory & Practice of Teenage Dream, Relay, U and Me and Blue Birds on the Desk.


Scandal Makers
2008 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo's brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children "unknown" to the media.


Santamaria
2008 · 1h 44m
country: South Korea
Il-do was a promising Seoul police detective, but is now forced to work as a traffic cop in his hometown. There he meets his old love rival and ex-best friend Ho-cheol. He is now a taxi driver, adding renewed fire to their conflict.


Forever the Moment
2008 · 2h 4m
country: South Korea
A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.


Paradise Murdered
2007 · 1h 50m
country: South Korea
A grisly murder occurs on the small remote island known as Paradise. After a night of gambling, two of the players are found mutilated. Deok-Su, the missing third player, quickly becomes the suspect. As the 17 residents of Paradise Island try to stay calm, suspicion grows that perhaps there was someone else involved in the grisly murders.


The Customer Is Always Right
2006 · 1h 44m
country: South Korea
In a peaceful barbershop, a timid barber confronts a stranger who has started to send blackmail notes. Whenever the stranger comes to the barbershop, the amount of money he demands becomes greater and greater. Driven to desperation, the barber hires a detective, who discovers a shocking truth about the blackmailer.


A Bold Family
2005 · 1h 42m
country: South Korea
Discovering that the father, who was displaced from the North Korea, made a will to his lawyer that unless the two-divided Korea become unified, his veiled property is to be veiled property is to be donated to the country after his death, the whole family decided to fool their father into thinking that the unification is finally realized. However, their bold play doesn’t go smoothly always...


Spring Breeze
2003 · 1h 53m
country: South Korea
The cheapest and the stingiest! A man, who has never spent a dime on a date... A man, who prefers to double up on layers of thermals in the winter, instead of turning on the heater... A man, who insists on using his beeper in this 21st Century, a.k.a. The Age of Mobile Phones, to save his phone bill... He is the cheapest man alive! He's the infamous stingy writer, Seon-guk! As he wrestles with his unfinished (and very delayed) manuscript, an unexpected woman moves into his house. "I'm a respected man! I cannot live with a vulgar woman like her!"


A Good Lawyer's Wife
2003 · 1h 46m
country: South Korea
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relationship with her neighbor, a teenage boy.


Crazy First Love
2003 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
A young student falls madly in love with a professor's daughter. Promised by the professor that he will let him marry his daughter if he graduates from university with a law degree, the student works hard and finally succeeds. When the time comes for the professor to fulfill his promise, his daughter suddenly announces that she will marry another...


My Teacher, Mr. Kim
2003 · 1h 57m
country: South Korea
A teacher attempts to lure his handful of students in a small, rural school to Seoul so that he can move on to a better school. His efforts backfire however, and his school becomes one of the highest ranked in the nation.


H
2002 · 1h 46m
country: South Korea
A string of brutal murders targeting pregnant women mirrors the crimes of convicted serial killer Shin Hyun, who remains behind bars. Detectives Kim Mi Yun and Kang Tae Hyun take on the case, suspecting that Shin Hyun may be manipulating the copycat killings from prison.


Whistling Princess
2002 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
Ji-eun, a member of North Korea's dance troupe and the daughter of the North Korean leader, escapes to the South after one of their perfomances. Eager to explore the liberal life in Seoul, Ji-eun searches for a new life of freedom in South Korea. She soon comes across Joon-ho, a leader of a local rock band. Their relationship then takes unexpected turns as they become closer to each other. Meanwhile, the intelligence agency in South Korea learns of a conspiracy being orchestrated by the American CIA to disrupt the peace on the Korean peninsula; the CIA plots to secretly kidnap Ji-eun. Secret forces from the North and South reluctantly agree to work together to prevent a possible war between their two countries.


Marrying the Mafia
2002 · 1h 53m
country: South Korea
An up-and-coming lawyer wakes up next to a beautiful woman with mafia connections, but neither remembers how they got there. That's a problem.


Break Out
2002 · 1h 45m
country: South Korea
Bent on reclaiming a lighter which is his only possession, a broke man pursues the thief, who turns out to be a mob boss planning to hijack a train.


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.


A.f.r.i.k.a
2002 · 1h 48m
country: South Korea
Four young women hit the road in search of adventure and escape from their stressful lives.


Kick the Moon
2001 · 1h 58m
country: South Korea
Choi Ki-dong, who becomes a teacher, and Park Young-jun, who becomes a gang member, meet again after 10 years. To compete for Min Ju-ran, they start a fierce battle remembering their high school days, when the situation was completely different.


Tears
2001 · 1h 45m
country: South Korea
Four teens live their troubled lives as vagabonds in Seoul's Garibongdong District. Chang is rebellious and violent; Han explores the strange world of the Garibong through Chang; Ran dreams of happiness within harsh reality; and Sa-ri harbors painful life experiences.


Sado Sade Impotence
1994
country: South Korea