Known for Directing
Jung Ji-woo (also spelled as Chung Ji-woo; born May 7, 1968) is a South Korean film director. He is best known for his films Happy End (1999) and Eungyo (2012).
Born
May 7, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
South Korea
Filmography
32 films, 6 shows


Tune in for Love
2019 · 2h 2m
country: South Korea
During the 1990s, hardworking Mi-soo and optimistic Hyun-woo meet at a bakery and fall in love while exchanging stories on a radio station, but while their paths keep crossing, the timing never seems to work out.


Heart Blackened
2017 · 2h 5m
country: South Korea
A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system.


Fourth Place
2016 · 1h 56m
country: South Korea
A former Asian Games record breaker and Olympic tryout, Kim Gwang-su, endures beatings, abuse, and constant ridicule from his swimming coach. To justify this abusive behavior, his coach constantly reminded Gwang-su - this is for your own good.


정지우x김무열x조은지 Project: Personal Movie
2014 · 4m
country: South Korea
A man trains for a fight on a rooftop.


Eungyo
2012 · 2h 9m
country: South Korea
A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.


Modern Boy
2008 · 2h 1m
country: South Korea
During the Japanese occupation, a Korean modern boy, who wants to fit in with the Japanese, falls in love with a Korean freedom fighter.


A boy with the Knapsack
2006 · 27m
country: Unknown
19-year-old Hyun-iee and Jin-sun got to take refuge from North Korea. Jin-sun is always troubled with her classmates and an owner of her part-time work place cheated her. She’s all alone at home. Her silence is made out of lack of communication with the world, which makes people think she’s deaf. Hyun-iee misses his hometown so much and buys a lot of gifts for his parents and stuff them in his knapsack just like his routine.


If You Were Me 2
2006 · 1h 52m
country: South Korea
Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. After the success of the first anthology, a second series, If You Were Me 2, was released this year. Five notable Korean directors - Park Kyung Hee (A Smile), Ryoo Seung Wan (Crying Fist), Jung Ji Woo, Jang Jin (Guns & Talks), and Kim Dong Won - participated in the second installment, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing.


Blossom Again
2005 · 1h 55m
country: South Korea
A 30-year-old teacher at a private school in Seoul falls in love with a teenage student in one of her night classes.


Happy End
1999 · 1h 40m
country: South Korea
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.


A Bit Bitter
1996 · 14m
country: South Korea
A woman leads a tiresome life trying to make ends meet, doing housework, and bring up her children. She tries her best to save money but she feels something is missing inside of her. She cannot communicate with her husband who brings his friends home at night to drink; they all seem to be speaking in incomprehensible gibberish


Cliffy
1994
country: South Korea