Im Won-hee
Also Known As: Lim Won-Hie, Lim Won-Hie , Im Won-hui, Lim Won-Hee, 임원희, Won-hie Lim, Im Won hee, Won Hee Im, Won-Hee Im, Im Won Hui, Won Hui Im, Won-Hui Im, 林元熙
Biography: Im Won-hee (임원희) is a South Korean actor. He was born on October 11, 1970. Im was an alumnus of the legendary Daehak-ro theater troupe Mokhwa, starring in many of Jang Jin's stage plays. He made his film debut in Jang's black comedy The Happenings in 1998, and through the years has become one of the most versatile supporting actors in Korean cinema, with notable roles in Three... Extremes and Le Grand Chef. But Im is best known for his iconic role Dachimawa Lee, which began in 2000 as the titular character of a 35-minute short film that director Ryoo Seung-wan made as a parody/homage to '70s Korean genre action films. The internet short was enormously popular and received more than a million page views, and in 2008, Ryoo again cast Im in an action-comedy feature film based on the same character, Dachimawa Lee.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea [now Gangbuk-gu]
Birthday: October 11, 1970
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Gender: Male
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Le Grand Chef
Overview: A disgraced chef tries to restore his name by competing in a culinary contest to win the knife of Korea's last royal chef.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-10-31
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Mr. Idol
Overview: It's hard being a Korean popstar! For every Gangnam Style, there are a hundred flameouts. K-Pop sensation Jay Park stars in this musical romp about a sassy music executive on her quest to resurrect a disgraced boy band against all odds.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-11-03
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Fun Movie
Overview: Within the past ten years, Korean film industry has taken a huge leap in both quality and volume. There were hugely successful blockbusters as well as other features with vast range of subjects. Fun Movie can be considered a culmination of Korea's hugely successful film industry in so far that it solely offers parodies of Korean big screen hits. The film revolves around the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. Japan's ultra right-wing group, the Million Men Patriots, are setting up a plot to disrupt an up-coming historic soccer match. After going through severely harsh training, the Patriots finally select Murakami and a cold-hearted sharp-shooter named Hanako as leaders of the World Cup sabotage team. The clandestine group is dispatched to Seoul to launch their evil operation, but of course, things do not at all work out as planned and soon the luckless criminals even run out of sabotage money...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-04-12
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Dachimawa Lee
Overview: Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-08-13
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I Am The King
Overview: The movie depicts the three months before Choong-nyung (the future Sejong the Great) becomes king. The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which follows the history of the Joseon Dynasty between 1413 and 1865, leaves out records of this crucial period. While future generations would come to know him as King Sejong, the legendary figure who created the Korean alphabet and advanced the country’s scientific research and law, Prince Choong-nyung was originally dismissed as a reclusive bookworm. When his older brothers Yangnyeong and Hyoryeong fail to impress their father King Taejong, the king makes a royal command for Choong-nyung to become the next ruler of the kingdom instead.
Genres: History Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-08-08
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Rockin' on Heaven's Door
Overview: Troubled celebrity Choong-Ui (Lee Hong-Ki) gets into trouble with the law. Choong-Ui is then forced to do volunteer work at a health-care facility for the terminally ill that is about to be closed down. While working at the hospice, Choong-Ui is able to come to terms with his own psychological wounds and, at the same time, help the patients to continue with their dreams.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-05-30
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Femme Fatal
Overview: A gorgeous movie star invites four men to a party to choose her lover. However, they start being killed and the situation gets out of control. This comic thriller is a remake of French movie “Serial Lover”.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-08-22
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Romantic Heaven
Overview: The paths of three people intersect at a hospital. A lawyer who mourns the death of his wife, a taxi driver who is taking care of his grandfather that suffers from Alzheimer's, and a girl who is looking for a bone marrow donor to save the life her mother.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-03-24
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This Is Law: Out of Justice
Overview: A vigilante who calls himself “Dr. Q” is gruesomely disposing of vicious criminals who have managed to evade prosecution, due to some technicality. Each killing was captured on video and Dr. Q uploads them on to the internet shortly after each body is discovered. In between busting the usual roster of thugs and lowlifes, reckless young cop Bong and his more collected, middle-aged partner, Na, work on the case but clash with their S.T.F. counterparts, Lt. Pyo and computer whiz Kang. Pyo discovers a bug in the S.T.F. headquarters but asks Kang to keep this a secret for the time being. Further suspicious acts on Pyo’s part leave Kang uncertain of his loyalty. Bong and Na, meanwhile, are assigned to work directly with S.T.F, leading to several clashes between Bong and Pyo, whose styles could not be more different. All leads point to The Ilsim Ring, a clandestine assassination squad apparently made of up of high ranking law enforcement officials.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-12-21
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Silmido
Overview: On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-12-24
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Miss Staff Sergeant
Overview: Yu-mi applies to a marine outfit to become their first female member. Finding out about their NO woman-policy, she pushes herself to the extreme and fils a petition. After overcoming many obstacles, she is finally accepted for her outstanding performance. However, conflicts never cease between sergeants and Yu-mi, who’s new to the tradition and culture of the marines. Following the sudden death of a trainee, Sergeant HA, she is appointed to the head of the team. Highly motivated Yu-mi loses her troupe's trust after losing IBS. The team is in danger of dissolution due to the loss of a magazine.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-05-06
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Officer of the Year
Overview: Two police stations from neighboring precincts are in constant fierce competition with each other, including for the Officer of the Year award. But then a high-profile case forces them to work together.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-05-04
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Crying Fist
Overview: Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-03-31
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Horror Stories 2
Overview: In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has gone home, Mr. Park brings Yoon to a storage room where there are full of case reports. Among them, Mr. Park picks three doubtful cases. He asks Yoon to tell him what exactly happened. Yoon, who senses some dark aura wandering around him, tells the story of each case. Every time Yoon finishes each case, the dark aura gets darker and bigger and Yoon tries to warn Mr. Park about it. Would Mr. Park able to escape from the dark aura?
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-06-05
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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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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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Overview: A young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-10-25
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Dachimawa Lee
Overview: Hwa-nyeo and Chung-nyeo, two country girls who have come to Seoul with big dreams. They are thrilled just to see the wondrous Seoul landscape, but a group of thugs, including Shanghai Park, appears before them. Just as they face a terrible fate, a man by the name of Dachimawa Lee appears like a comet. He suavely fights off the thugs and rescues Hwa-nyeo and Chung-nyeo. The two girls become infatuated with his manly image, and Hwa-nyeo and Dachimawa Lee fall in love. Meanwhile, the head of the thugs, the Nameless Man of the East, hears that his underlings have been harshly beaten and decides to make Dachimawa Lee pay. Finally, there is a battle between Dachimawa Lee and the gang of the Nameless Man of the East.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-12-12
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Three... Extremes
Overview: An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors: "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong; "Cut", directed by Park Chan-Wook of Korea; "Box", directed by Miike Takashi of Japan. The first film "Dumplings" was extended and turned into a full-length theatrical film of the same name.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-08-20
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A Barefoot Dream
Overview: After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up, retired pro soccer player Kim Won-kang happens to visit East Timor, where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches. Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesn't have a single sporting goods store, he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters. Sadly, no one there can afford to pay $60 for a pair of shoes, even on a generous installment plan, and before he knows it, he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10-year-olds and prospects are looking grim. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-06-24
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No Blood No Tears
Overview: Gyung-sun is a washed-up cab driver who has been trying to go straight after years in trouble with the law after being a big-time safecracker. Soo-jin wants to be a famous singer, but lives the life of a trophy girlfriend to her vicious gangster boyfriend. An unlikely situation cause these two different women to meet where they plan a daring solution to both their problems that will escalate and threaten the wrath of many powerful and corrupt people around them.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-02-28
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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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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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Die Bad
Overview: Die Bad is an inventive feature made up of four distinct episodes, each with their own style. With their criss-crossing characters and themes, they add up to a fairly comprehensive account of the causes and effects of male aggression, both tribal and individual.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-07-15
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Three Summer Nights
Overview: Seeking a break from their everyday lives, three friends head to the beach looking for a good time, but wind up chased by the police and a gang instead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-07-15
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The Advocate: A Missing Body
Overview: When his client suddenly confesses to murder in open court, a hotshot attorney embarks on a search for truth to redeem his ruined reputation.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-10-08
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Handsome Guys
Overview: Self-proclaimed tough guy Jae-pil and sexy guy Sang-gu leave an unforgettable first impression on their moving day. Despite becoming special surveillance targets for Police Chief Choi and Officer Nam, they are simply happy to start anew in their European-style dream house. However, happiness is short-lived as they are inadvertently mistaken for kidnappers while trying to rescue Mina, who almost drowns. Meanwhile, uninvited guests looking for Mina start appearing, and an ancient spirit sealed in the basement awakens, surrounding the house with dark energy.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-06-26
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Money Show
Overview: "Short! Short! Short! 2009" is an anthology film commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The film consists of 10 short films centered around the theme of "Money," made by 10 up & coming directors in South Korea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-04-30
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Overview: Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-12-20
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Moonshine Girls
Overview: Female students from the Chungjoo Yeseong Girl's High School develop a new kind rice wine and patent it. This drama is about high school students helping their beloved father continue their family business.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-05-21
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Snatch Up
Overview: A golf bag filled with cash sets off a furious chase between an unemployed man, a delivery man, gangsters, a killer, and a cop.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-04-12
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Overview: As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-08-01
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Passing Summer
Overview: Jeongbong and Seong-hye run a guesthouse on Jeju Island. On one late summer day, Seong-hye’s ex-boyfriend and Jeongbong’s former female colleague visit the guesthouse, and the complicated romances of four individuals starts to unfold.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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Forbidden Dream
Overview: A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-12-26
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Beautiful Food
Overview: So-eun, who was born in Seoul but especially loved Gang-neung, joins the Gang-neung Cultural Foundation after graduating from university.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-03-07
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Collectors
Overview: To acquire ancient artifacts for a private collector, a cunning grave robber and his band of ingenious thieves carry out a series of risky heists.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-11-04
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Terror Taxi
Overview: Gilnam, a diligent taxi driver plans to propose to his girlfriend, Yu-jeong. However, when Gilnam takes off to meet Yu-jeong with armful roses, he gets in a hit-and-run accident and dies on the spot. One night, forty-nine days later, in a graveyard, a set of headlights emerges. A mysterious taxi drives off into the city. The driver of this taxi is none other than Gilnam, but he is no longer a part of the living and he races through the city streets in search of his beloved.
Genres: Romance Horror Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-09-30
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Remarriage Skills
Overview: Kyung-Ho is a divorced man and has peaceful days. One day, his movie director friend Hyun-Soo appears in front of him. Hyun-Soo is active in helping Kyung-Ho get remarried. The two men decide to launch Kyung-Ho's second marriage project. Kyung-Ho takes an interest in two women: Mi-Kyung and Eun-Jung.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-10-17
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Lovely Rivals
Overview: A teacher and her student compete for the affection of a handsome man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-11-17
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Happiness for Sale
Overview: Mi-na takes over a small stationery store from her father when he suddenly falls down. She wants to sell the store because it seems only troublesome to her. But it is not as easy as she thought. The store's regular costomers force her not to sell it. The objections of the little children is hard to resist.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-05-16
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Punch Strike
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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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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History of Walking Upright
Overview: Mi Na is a normal high school student who skatesboards to school every day and has an unacknowledged crush on family friend slash local tennis star Jong Min, who is her fellow student. Also Mi Na has the superpower to turn invisible twice a day.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-12-16
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My Dear Girl, Jin-young
Overview: As an aspiring screenwriter, Jin-young keeps getting rejected by the film production company because she continues to insist on her screenplay about zombies. More interesting, she is a 30-year-old virgin even with no experience of a first kiss. What a dreadful life she has! At the production company, Jin-young meets Director Hwang, a senior alumnus who she really hated. He finds her script interesting and decides to make it into a film. From then on, real filmmaking and love come to Jin-young!
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-11-07
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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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Lethal Move
Overview: Jong-Man (Lim Won-Hee) is a detective. His wife and child are overseas for their child’s education. Due to financial difficulties, Hong-Man rents a room from Byung-Deok (Jeong Man-Sik). Byung-Deok's family is overseas for the same reason and he has a spare room to rent. Byeong-Deok runs a professional wrestling gym, which interests Jong-Man. Meanwhile, a convenience store serial murder case takes place nearby.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-10-02
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Modern Girl
Overview: Set during the era when Korea was under Japanese occupation. Shin-Deuk (Jin Ji-Hee) is the daughter of a poor noble family. She married Jong-Suk (Oh Seung-Hoon) at a young age. Her in-laws, who are pro-Japanese, are rich. Her marriage life doesn't go well. Jong-Suk does not like his wife at all. In order to make Jong-Suk like her, Shin-Deuk decides to attend school. There, she falls in love with Woo-Jin (Yun Ji-On). He is a teacher at the school. Shin-Deuk is in love for the first time in her life, but she has a rival. Her rival is her servant Young Yi (Kim Si-Eun).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-11-07
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