Won Jin
Biography: South Korean martial arts master known mainly for his role as Sonny Wong in The Scorpion King (aka Operation Scorpio) and his action direction of the My Wife Is A Gangster movie series. He created a very unique style that was well ahead of it's time, showcasing many techniques used in modern Tricking and he also inspired famous martial art actors such as Scott Adkins and Tony Jaa. He began learning Taekwondo around age 7 and created his own style of kicking and acrobatics. He was was a big fan of Bruce Lee and fell in love with the nunchaku He would go on to learn Hapkido, Wushu and various other styles. In late 70s he trained alongside Elton Jeong at the YMCA Mechanical Gymnastics Club and became a member of the Korean martial arts / stunt group Ottogi Martial Arts Team, working on his first movie in 1979. He appeared as a side character in some Korean martial arts movies and in 1988 got his first starring role. In the early 90's he sent out a demo tape which resulted in David Lai casting him in a few Hong Kong movies, the most notable being The Scorpion King, which secured his place as a cult favourite. After a few films he returned to work in Korea and became one of nation's top action directors. He continues to practice and promote martial arts and has received many awards and commendations for his work. J.J. Hayden
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 08, 1962
Deathday: N/A
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Ground Zero
2021-06-26
Ground Zero
Overview: A short action movie depicting the '1983 Hosan Prison Riot,' an important event in the 'PUBG Universe'.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-06-26
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Tiger's Trigger
2024-03-28
Tiger's Trigger
Overview: A girl is in a hospital room caring for her hopeless mother. When the girl is tired of her life, and tries to make her own decision, a silent old man who is taking care of another patient approaches her.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-03-28
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Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure
1989-01-01
Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure
Overview: Cut and paste ninja movie. The original was the 1988 Korean movie 용호취 starring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". Here some original scenes were cut and replaced with ninja scenes shot later in Hong Kong.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Manager Of The Shaolin Hall
1982-12-03
Manager Of The Shaolin Hall
Overview: Mang-wol, a master of martial arts, has doubts about the life he has led. Taking Yong, the son of Pak who he had nearly killed in a fight, Mang-wol disappears. As time passes, Mang-wol teaches Yong martial arts. Yong becomes an adult. He goes into the city to get medicine for Mang-wol. Yong runs into Nan-si, a woman of the Shaolin training hall, who takes all his gold. Yong is unable to defeat Paeng's fighting skills but Mang-wol saves him from his predicament. Paeng knows that Mang-wol is the enemy who killed Yong's father. Paeng searches out Mang-wol. Yong deceives Mang-wol and goes to see Nan-si. Yong becomes the manager of the Shaolin Hall but Paeng cruelly beats him up and Yong returns to Mang-wol. Mang-wol tells Yong the truth about his past and dies in a fight with Paeng. Yong practices the new fighting technique he's developed and fights Paeng.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1982-12-03
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Women on the Run
1993-11-04
Women on the Run
Overview: The plot includes the plight of two women who both find themselves betrayed by the men they love. It's a violent female 'buddy' movie, with two mismatched heroines, a policewoman and a drug addicted prostitute joining forces to seek revenge.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-11-04
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The Expert
1998-04-18
The Expert
Overview: Korean martial arts movie staring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". The background of the period was under Japanese rule in the 1930s. Japan's oppression and extortion devastated the lives of civilians, and a small number of pro-Japanese factions parasitize in the power class of Japan, and all kinds of evils are committed. The years like a tunnel of darkness when people's resentment and resistance consciousness reached their peak. The movie is about a pro-Japanese father who wants to marry his daughter Seung-hee to the son of Nomura, a skilled Japanese man. Won Jin plays a hook-handed martial arts master, out for revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-04-18
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Hero - Beyond the Boundary of Time
1993-06-12
Hero - Beyond the Boundary of Time
Overview: Wai Siu-Bo travels to the future on a mission to cure the emperor's illness.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-06-12
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China Strike Force
2000-12-21
China Strike Force
Overview: A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2000-12-21
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Operation Scorpio
1992-09-10
Operation Scorpio
Overview: Budding comic book artist Yu Shu finds himself living out the fantasies of his alternate world when he saves a young girl from an illegal prostitution racket. With the aid of his fecund imagination and the help of an aging kung fu expert Yu Shu becomes something even he had never dared dream -- a hero in real life.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-09-10
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Saviour Of The Soul II
1992-09-03
Saviour Of The Soul II
Overview: Ching-yan lives with his young protege Tim and an inventor referred to only as The Doctor. One day they decide to embark on a quest to the Snowy Mountain in hopes of finding a special block of ice that is said to contain the life essence of immortality. The evil Devil King also wants the ice, but Ching-yan thinks that it contains the secret to meeting a woman who appears in his dreams and attempts to keep it for himself.
Genres: Romance Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-09-03
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Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
1981-04-14
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Overview: A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-04-14
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To Catch A Thief
1991-07-12
To Catch A Thief
Overview: Developer Ms. Cheung (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) yearns for a quieter life in Hong Kong and moves to the countryside, getting herself caught in a showdown between a gang of jewel thieves and two police officers along the way. While Ms. Cheung survives the ordeal, the thieves' injured getaway driver (Siu-Chun To) sneaks into Cheung's moving van and escapes to the countryside, into Cheung's new home. As Cheung settles down into her new environment, she befriends Pak-Lam (Pak Lam Cheng), a skillful and inquisitive little boy who lives in the village. While Pak-Lam helps Cheung tend to her house, he encounters the injured thief. After a brief exchange, Pak-Lam realizes the thief has a harmless and non-aggressive attitude and decides to shelter him in his secret makeshift hideout, not knowing his new friend has in his possession a bag of stolen jewels, in which both the police and the gangsters are searching for.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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No Problem 2
2002-02-06
No Problem 2
Overview: Kimura wins a trip to Hong Kong, but once he arrives, he is mistaken as a hitman and is assigned to kill Yumiko, the female successor to the Ota Group conglomerate. When Kimura falls for his target instead, he must learn kung-fu from a local (Yuen) to fight off the yakuza assassin "Invincible" assigned to finish the job.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-02-06
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Master Of Guangdong Hall
1983-03-15
Master Of Guangdong Hall
Overview: The evil Dong Won has unbeatable kicking legs and proudly travels the land proving his expertise. But when a young man loses his foster parent to Won's deadly kick, he seeks out an old drunken master to learn a way to defeat the Master of the Leg.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1983-03-15
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A Boy & 2 Cops - Kids Sold To The Island
1995-01-12
A Boy & 2 Cops - Kids Sold To The Island
Overview: The fists of Taekwondo boys explode on a remote uninhabited island...!! The Taekwondo demonstration team for children who came to the beach for training are caught by gangsters who travel between the beach and the island and are sold to the island. The children who woke up on the island began to live a hellish life, where they are beaten severely even for small mistakes, and even adults had to work hard and live like slaves . On the other hand, Yong-Pal, who has lost the children, searches for the children with the police, but their whereabouts becomes obscure. Then by chance he finds out that gangsters using begging children and he gives chace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1995-01-12
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The Battle: Roar to Victory
2019-08-07
The Battle: Roar to Victory
Overview: Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
Genres: History Action War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-08-07
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Venomous
1999-01-03
Venomous
Overview: Korean martial arts movie starring Ricky Jun and Lee In-Seop. Special guest Won Jin "The Scorpion King".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-01-03
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Almost Love
2006-03-26
Almost Love
Overview: Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-03-26
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The Suspect
2013-12-24
The Suspect
Overview: Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-12-24
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Martial Arts Detective : Chinatown
2015-07-09
Martial Arts Detective : Chinatown
Overview: Chinatown is a place where crime and betrayal are rampant. Violent crime detective Ko Jeong-hyeok (Seo Joon-yeong) can't rest a day. He tries to rid the streets of criminals but he's to busy cleaning up his own mess because of his habit of using physical violence first.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-07-09
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Little Kickboxer
1991-01-26
Little Kickboxer
Overview: A young boy learns Tae Kwon Do, not only to defeat the gangsters threatening his family, but also to defeat the man who killed his father.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1991-01-26
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Venomous 2
Venomous 2
Overview: Follow up to the Korean martial arts movie Vindictive Venom (독종). It also features Won Jin "The Scorpion King".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
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Eighteen Women Fighters of Murim
1979-11-04
Eighteen Women Fighters of Murim
Overview: A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-11-04
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Inchon
1981-05-04
Inchon
Overview: Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-04
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Guest Of Black Leopard
1977-12-10
Guest Of Black Leopard
Overview: The nation called Hocheonpyo transports gold in the village of Korean vagabonds in Manchuria to Kukja family when some bandits attack and steal the coach with goods. The very prestigious head Paeng-deok mediates but old man Kim is killed when he asks for compensation. At this time, the Korean man Han-seong defeats the bandits and brings back the gold. So-jeong, old man Kim's daughter, decides to avenge her father. Han-seong goes to the place where the coach was attacked. Finding an emblem, he is filled with suspicion. The bandits have been employed as a convoy of Hocheonpyo and the emblem is theirs. Paeng-deok is Han-seong's older brother. Paeng-deok gets the compensation money together. While bringing the money, Seo-jun is killed and someone takes the money. Han-seong knows that Ho-chul is the culprit but Ho-chul dies by a poisonous dart. Han-seong persuades him knowing that Paeng-deok is the ringleader behind Ho-chul. - KMDB
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1977-12-10
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Sadae Shaolin Temple
1984-08-25
Sadae Shaolin Temple
Overview: A general goes on a search for a book that reveals the names of revolutionaries in the area, leading to a showdown at a Shaolin temple where he faces off against the revolutionaries.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1984-08-25
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Dragon Tiger Mouse
1988-12-06
Dragon Tiger Mouse
Overview: Korean martial arts movie starring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". Later this movie was cut together with ninja scenes shot in Hong Kong and released under the title Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure. Synopsis: When the mysterious stone Buddha located in Cheonghak-dong became known to the world by newspaper reporter Su-Hee, the treasure was stolen by a vicious trafficker. As a result, three boys, Yong, Ho and Chwi, who were being trained in martial arts by Do-In in Mt. Jirisan, secretly exited Cheonghak-dong and come up to Seoul. Su-hee, who is chasing the bad guys after receiving a tip, is kidnapped by the gang, but saves the crisis with the boys' performance. The treasure is recovered after twists and turns, but the villains again kidnap Su-Hee and threaten the boys. They use their mysterious martial arts skills to dramatically defeat the villains and rescue Su-hee. Thanks to this, the boys are applauded for their bravery and receive a commendation from the mayor of Seoul.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1988-12-06
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Imbecile 3
1987-07-17
Imbecile 3
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1987-07-17
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Park Cheol-Su's Hello Lim Guk-Jeong
1987-08-22
Park Cheol-Su's Hello Lim Guk-Jeong
Overview: Chun-bo and Bong-dal are members of a bandit who voluntarily claim to be Im Kek-jeong's subordinates. They didn't even know that there was a horse plaque on the clothes of the fishermen, and they were yangban and decided to play the role of a real female haenger. They perform good deeds such as scolding Tamgwan-duck for the unfair and powerless people and distributing grain to poor residents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1987-08-22
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The Doofus Detective And The Twin Light Brothers
1990-01-16
The Doofus Detective And The Twin Light Brothers
Overview: Miss Jin, a female detective, meets the head of a human trafficking organization in an undercover plan to destroy it. But she falls into their trap and gets caught. Jin's younger brother and two young men who both have unrequited love for Jin try to save her, but they fail due to the appearance of The Twin Light Brothersrothers. However, Detective Kim defeats The Twin Light Brothers and rescues Jin from the villain's lair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1990-01-16
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Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared in the City
1991-09-13
Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared in the City
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1991-09-13
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Swordsman San Ji-Ni 2 - Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared At The Port
1992-07-07
Swordsman San Ji-Ni 2 - Swordsman San Ji-Ni Appeared At The Port
Overview: Korean movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1992-07-07
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Super Hong Gil-Dong 3
1989-08-05
Super Hong Gil-Dong 3
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Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1989-08-05
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The Trio Stars
1991-12-21
The Trio Stars
Overview: Korean movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1991-12-21
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