Kwon Tae-won
Biography: Tae-won Kwon was born on March 18, 1961 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for New World (2013), Maui (2012) and The Tower (2012).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 18, 1961
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Woochi: The Demon Slayer
2009-12-23
Woochi: The Demon Slayer
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-12-23
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The Tower
2012-12-25
The Tower
Overview: Tower Sky, a luxurious building complex, has organised a lavish Christmas party for its VIP guests. However, things go awry when a fire breaks out and thousands of lives are endangered.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-12-25
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Painted Fire
2002-05-10
Painted Fire
Overview: In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-05-10
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Hanji
2011-03-17
Hanji
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-03-17
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Horror Express
1994-01-01
Horror Express
Overview: Korean horror anthology: 1. Subway Murder 2. Chrysanthemum 3. 13 Persons
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Tell Me Something
1999-11-13
Tell Me Something
Overview: Detective Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-11-13
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Sleeping Beauty
2008-10-23
Sleeping Beauty
Overview: Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual experience. Lee Rae, a single women in her 50's, lives with her father who suffers from Alzheimer's. She raises ducks, but recently got rid of them because of Avian Influenza. Her father's physical and mental health has also worsened. He even asks Lee Rae to touch him inappropriately. 17 year old Su-Jin was smuggled into the country by professional brokers. She was adopted into a family that lives in a countryside farm. On her first day at the farm she was raped by her stepfather. They also share the same bedroom. Su-Jin is continuously accosted by her stepfather. Su-jin sole source of comfort is the grandson, who sympathizes with Su-jJn and her plight. He is a victim of physical abuse from the stepfather. Su-Jin then becomes pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-10-23
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Public Enemy
2002-01-25
Public Enemy
Overview: A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-01-25
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Memories of That Night
2018-04-26
Memories of That Night
Overview: Dong Geun is a patriarchal and inflexible father. He is on the verge of being forced to retire after getting involved with a drug rebate and on top of that, he's diagnosed with late stage stomach cancer. With the little time he has left, he tries to do something as a father, but he only creates misunderstandings... This is the story of a father we didn't know. (Source: HanCinema)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-04-26
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Private Eye
2009-02-16
Private Eye
Overview: 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.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-02-16
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Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
1997-08-02
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
Overview: Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve than give up playing. Several people have to bowl as much as they want, jump out of the window with their lives, and dance with real dancers at a rock cafe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-08-02
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New World
2013-02-21
New World
Overview: An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-02-21
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May 18
2007-07-25
May 18
Overview: The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-07-25
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The Flu
2024-05-03
The Flu
Overview: Ji-seok is a director. He has been struggling because of the money needed to produce films. Song PD, Ji-seok's colleague, introduces him to an actress, Hong Mi-ran. Hong, now with terminal disease, agrees to pay for all the production costs under the condition that she must be the lead. The lifetime project of the troubled souls—would this make it through to the end?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-05-03
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The Show Must Go On
2007-04-05
The Show Must Go On
Overview: A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-04-05
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Rainbow Trout
1999-11-06
Rainbow Trout
Overview: A group of city dwellers make a trip of three days and two nights into the isolated countryside to visit a friend in the hills. Their true nature begins to reveal itself: love hidden but never forgotten, primitive desires suppressed in the city, nasty pride that triumphs only over the weak and a strong will for survival that sacrifices even love and friendship.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-11-06
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Antique
2008-11-13
Antique
Overview: Jin-hyeok opens a cake shop in an old antique shop, hiring Seon-woo, Korea's best pastry chef, who fell in love with him in high school. Also there, are Su-young, crushing on Seon-woo, ex-boxer Ki-beom, and Seon-woo's French ex-boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-11-13
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Ode to the Goose
2018-11-08
Ode to the Goose
Overview: Yoon-young fell for Song-hyeon when she was married to his friend. When she gets divorced, he takes her on a trip to Gunsan, where they stay at a guest house run by a middle-aged man and his autistic daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-11-08
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Once Upon a Time in High School
2004-01-15
Once Upon a Time in High School
Overview: A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.
Genres: Romance Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-01-15
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The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018-06-27
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-06-27
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The President's Last Bang
2005-02-03
The President's Last Bang
Overview: On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-02-03
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Wedding Campaign
2005-11-23
Wedding Campaign
Overview: A 38-year-old single man, Hong Man-Taek is a petty farmer still living with his mother. Seeing a neighbor married to an Uzbekistan bride and frightened by the fact that his own grandson will never get married, Man-Taek's grandfather decides to send Man-tek to Uzbekistan to find a bride.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-11-23
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City of the Rising Sun
1999-01-09
City of the Rising Sun
Overview: Do-chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-ki, a small-time crook. They somehow make friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-01-09
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Hope
2013-10-02
Hope
Overview: After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Fabricated City
2017-02-09
Fabricated City
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-02-09
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Things Like Dogs
2020-12-17
Things Like Dogs
Overview: Choi Jong-goo used to be a popular troubleshooter. He is now a bully who lives in a market where merchants turn their backs on him. Jong-goo lives on alcohol and is very violent. His daughter uses bad language and violence against people around her. There are sexual violence cases involving minors around him and his daughter is also involved in the case. Jong-goo is accused of a crime. They're looking for a criminal who sexually assaulted his daughter. At this time, Soo-jin, a woman who lives in pain appears. The veiled Soo-jin is always an angel who does good things and protects children. And she feels unbearable anger towards those who do evil around her. How will Jong-goo and Soo-jin will solve this series of events?
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-12-17
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Oh! Brothers
2003-09-05
Oh! Brothers
Overview: The story of two brothers, the younger one of whom has a rare disease which causes his body to age rapidly while his mind is still in a pre-teen state.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-09-05
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Beyond the Years
2007-04-12
Beyond the Years
Overview: A drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-04-12
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Hanbando
2006-07-13
Hanbando
Overview: The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order to prove that the Japanese claim to railroads is false, a claim that will stop the reunification of the two Koreas.
Genres: Mystery Thriller History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-07-13
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Jungle Juice
2002-03-22
Jungle Juice
Overview: A Korean mobster's bumbling assistants team up with a street-smart hooker to find their employer's missing drug money.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-03-22
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A Dirty Carnival
2006-10-17
A Dirty Carnival
Overview: A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-10-17
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Tazza: The High Rollers
2006-09-28
Tazza: The High Rollers
Overview: Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-09-28
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Blood Rain
2005-05-04
Blood Rain
Overview: In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsible, taking revenge for a wrongful execution seven years ago. But the investigator suspects that something else may be behind it all.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-05-04
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A Single Spark
1995-11-18
A Single Spark
Overview: Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1995-11-18
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Chunhyang
2000-01-29
Chunhyang
Overview: A courtesan's daughter's fidelity to her husband, the governor's son, is tested when he and his family leave for Seoul and the new governor attempts to possess her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-01-29
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The Taebaek Mountains
1994-09-17
The Taebaek Mountains
Overview: Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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The Fox With Nine Tails
1994-07-23
The Fox With Nine Tails
Overview: A half-human/half-fox girl falls in love with an honest young man while trying to become a human-being.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1994-07-23
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004-02-05
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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Howling
2012-02-16
Howling
Overview: A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-02-16
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Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
2016-07-06
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
Overview: In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-07-06
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Green Fish
1997-02-07
Green Fish
Overview: Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-02-07
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