Shin Ha-kyun
Biography: Shin Ha-kyun (신하균) is a South Korean actor. Born on May 30 1974, he first trained as a stage actor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, before transitioning to film and gaining national fame with his role as a North Korean soldier in Joint Security Area (JSA, 2000). The film was a major blockbuster with 5 million admissions domestically. And it earned him the prestigious Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actor award. After the success of JSA, Shin has appeared in many critically and popularly acclaimed roles, including in Guns & Talks (2001), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), and Save the Green Planet! (2003). He then starred in Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) in the lead role, which was another major blockbuster with 8 million admissions domestically. Recently, he appeared in The Thieves (2012) and Extreme Job (2019), which were the 2nd biggest hits in Korean film history at their respective time of release, with 12 million and 16 million admissions respectively.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 30, 1974
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Joint Security Area
2000-09-09
Joint Security Area
Overview: Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
Genres: War Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-09-09
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002-03-29
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Overview: A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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Save the Green Planet!
2003-04-04
Save the Green Planet!
Overview: A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-04-04
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Thirst
2009-04-30
Thirst
Overview: A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-04-30
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Guns & Talks
2001-10-12
Guns & Talks
Overview: Four unlikely assassins question their assignments because they genuinely care about their customers and victims. However, they attract police attention and a prosecutor is on their trail.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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Welcome to Dongmakgol
2005-08-04
Welcome to Dongmakgol
Overview: Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-08-04
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No Mercy for the Rude
2006-08-24
No Mercy for the Rude
Overview: A mute hit-man vows to kill only the rude, and save up enough money for tongue surgery.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-08-24
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My Brother
2004-10-08
My Brother
Overview: The story of two brothers, growing up in 1970s Korea, who each take two completely different paths. One goes to school to become a doctor, the other becomes a gangster. Their story is told through flashbacks after one of them is murdered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-10-08
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A Letter From Mars
2003-05-16
A Letter From Mars
Overview: Little Seung-jae stays up all night and writes letters to So-hee, pretending to be her father in Mars. Leaving Seung-jae's innocent heart behind, So-hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung-jae is a postman who writes letters to So-hee's grandma - the letters that never came from So-hee. So-hee's heart hardens after hardships in life and she comes back to her hometown and Seung-jae's heart swells up again at seeing her again...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Café Noir
2009-10-09
Café Noir
Overview: The story begins with a man left by his girlfriend on Christmas Eve and unfolds across the city of Seoul.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-10-09
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My Son
2007-05-01
My Son
Overview: Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one day & visit his family. But how will his son, whom he let down for 15 years, react?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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The Quiz Show Scandal
2010-09-16
The Quiz Show Scandal
Overview: Due to a massive car accident and a twist of fate, passengers on four cars find out the answer to the final multimillion-dollar question in an upcoming episode of The Quiz Show. Everyone rushes to compete, their only challenge is to get to that final question.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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The Tomb of Fog
The Tomb of Fog
Overview: A detective investigates a hotel murder case.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ko
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The Devil's Game
2008-01-30
The Devil's Game
Overview: Struggling artist Min Hee-do is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik, who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. Hee-do loses the bet, and after a month long brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-01-30
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Surprise Party
2002-07-05
Surprise Party
Overview: How do you go about detaining a total stranger for 12 hours? This is what Ha-young (Lee Yo-won) has to do for her best friend, Mi-ryung (Kim Min-hee). Mi-ryung has been planning for a surprise party for her overseas boyfriend Jun-woo (Shin Ha-gyun), but her plans are stopped short when her father finds out that Jun-woo is half-Hawaiian, and forbids the party from being held. Mi-ryung is put under even greater pressure when Jun-Woo tells her that he would arrive early, and she pleads with Ha-Young to intercept Jun-Woo at the airport, and to keep him from turning up at Mi-ryung's place before she can iron things out.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-07-05
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Big Match
2014-11-26
Big Match
Overview: Choi Ik-Ho is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace is a game planner, who makes a game for the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-11-26
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Empire of Lust
2015-03-05
Empire of Lust
Overview: In the turbulent Joseon dynasty, army commander Min-jae watches ambitious Prince Yi Bang-won while becoming entwined with Ga-hee, a vengeful gisaeng. Fate collides as power shifts.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-03-05
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Running Man
2013-04-03
Running Man
Overview: A man who wrongly accused as a murderer know nothing but just running from everyone who want to catch him. Can he reveal the truth before things getting worst?
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-04-03
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Murder, Take One
2005-08-11
Murder, Take One
Overview: A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-08-11
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The Front Line
2011-07-20
The Front Line
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-07-20
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Lady Vengeance
2005-07-29
Lady Vengeance
Overview: Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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The Spy
1999-05-15
The Spy
Overview: A North Korean spy named Lee Chul-jin infiltrates the eastern coast of South Korea. His mission is to steal a Super Pig DNA sample which can be used to alleviate the famine in North Korea. On the way to meet his contact in Seoul, Chul-jin is robbed by gangsters posing as a taxi driver and passengers. Chul-jin finally meets fellow communists, Mr.OH and his family, and after many awkward situations and adventures.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-05-15
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Detour
2016-08-25
Detour
Overview: Three friends from college are now on the brink of turning 40. To attend a funeral on Jeju Island, they go on an unexpected trip as a getaway and wind up at a guest house, where water shimmers, wind blows, and pretty women are seductive, inviting the trio back to their 20s.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-08-25
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The Villainess
2017-06-08
The Villainess
Overview: A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-06-08
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Room No.7
2017-11-15
Room No.7
Overview: In a DVD-themed sex hotel, a young employee has hidden drugs in room #7 for criminals in exchange for wiping off his debt. But then his boss hides a dead body in the same room and locks the door. And a dangerous battle of wits ensues between a man who must lock away the secret behind the door, and another, who must go inside.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-11-15
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Hair
2004-10-18
Hair
Overview: "If I have chest hair ... Miss Kim, fame and fortune will be mine!" Woon-do is the owner of such an absurd idea. he is going to challenge the harsh destiny of the bare chest, decorating the room with pictures of male models with abundant chest hair and growing his dreams!
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-10-18
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Coming Out
2001-07-29
Coming Out
Overview: A young woman asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling on tape what she's been hiding to her family including her brother all along. She is coming out.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-07-29
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No Comment
2002-05-31
No Comment
Overview: 3 short movies: "Enemies in Four Directions": A bunch of thugs, an assassin who uses a screwdriver as a weapon of choice, a young gigolo and his housewife "customer," and other motley crew of guests converge in a hotel, creating havoc for one another through a series of misunderstandings and identity confusions. "My Nike": In contrast, is a modest, gentle but savvy evocation of an urban lower-middle class family life in 1980s Korea. The chapter is told from the point of view of a 14 yo junior high school student whose greatest desire in the world is to own a pair of Nike sneakers. "The Church Sister": Stars Kim Il-yong as a young soldier on a vacation leave. He is secretly in love with the friendly and beautiful "big sister" from the Sunday school, whom he has known since childhood. They go see a movie, eat lunch together, walk around the neighbourhood aimlessly, waiting for the train to carry him off to the barracks. Will he confess his true feelings to her in time?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-05-31
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Foxy Festival
2010-11-18
Foxy Festival
Overview: A bright sexy comedy about a wholesome town and four mysterious couples and their sneaky lives. It is the new work of director Lee Hae-yeong, who secured a spot as a new director with the work "Like a Virgin".
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-11-18
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What a Man Wants
2018-04-05
What a Man Wants
Overview: Set on Jeju Island, Seok-Geun is a middle-aged man and he works as a taxi driver. He is married to Dam-Deok. Seok-Geun constantly cheats on his wife, but it doesn't mean he does not love his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-04-05
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Decades Apart
2017-05-30
Decades Apart
Overview: For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience.
Genres: War Thriller Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-05-30
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The Foul King
2000-02-04
The Foul King
Overview: An incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler but he is coached to cheat all the time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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The Thieves
2012-07-25
The Thieves
Overview: A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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Extreme Job
2019-01-23
Extreme Job
Overview: A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-01-23
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The Happenings
1998-08-22
The Happenings
Overview: Upon getting out of prison, Deok-Bae meets his old buddy Dal-soo, who owns a restaurant. These two have never succeeded in life, and are constantly in and out of prison. Two others who happen to be in the same boat as Deok-Bae and Dal-Soo are ex-convicts. They have threatened to commit suicide unless traffic and unemployment issues are resolved. They are also unlucky enough to have been spotted at the scene of a crime. While these four are making big plans for their first success, the city becomes wrapped up in a serial murder case. In the meantime, an investigating team of veteran cops is formed in order to solve this case.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-08-22
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Inseparable Bros
2019-05-01
Inseparable Bros
Overview: Se-ha who is a physically handicapped and Dong-gu who is a mentally handicapped are not their own brothers. But while living 20 years together, the two became indispensable to each other. One day, the mother of Dong-gu suddenly visits him and acts as his guardian.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-05-01
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The Anchor
2022-04-20
The Anchor
Overview: A mysterious informant calls a broadcast news anchor to request that the anchor report on the informant’s inevitable death.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-04-20
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The Present
2019-10-17
The Present
Overview: The partnership between Ha-neul and Bo-ra start wavering in the midst of launching their startup when their firefighting thermal imaging camera project fails followed by a notice to move out of their studio due to outstanding monthly rent. As things go from bad to worse, a strange man suddenly appears in the middle of their studio, insisting that the place is his factory.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-10-17
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Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
2020-01-22
Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
Overview: A zoophobic national security agent suddenly receives the ability to talk to animals after a freak accident.
Genres: Comedy Action Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-01-22
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