Kim Min-hee
Also Known As: 김민희, Kim Min-hee, Minhee Kim, Kim Min Hee, Min-hie Kim, Min-hee Kim, Kim Min-Hie, 金敏喜, 金珉禧
Biography: Kim Min-hee (김민희, born 1 March 1982) is a South Korean actress and former fashion model. In 2017, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in Hong Sang-soo's film On the Beach at Night Alone (2017). She is known as one of the muses of director Hong Sang-soo and gained international recognition in her leading role in auteur Park Chan-wook's film The Handmaiden (2016).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
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Birthday: March 01, 1982
Age: 43 years old
Gender: Female
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
Overview: Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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In Our Day
Overview: Recently returned to South Korea, an actress in her forties is staying with her friend and her cat. Meanwhile, an aging poet in declining health lives alone after the death of his own cat. One day, each receives a visit from a different young aspiring artist, who come equipped with questions about their careers and life itself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-07-19
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The Novelist's Film
Overview: A novelist visits a bookstore run by a young colleague who's been out of touch, then takes a walk with a film director and his wife. She meets an actress and tries to convince her to make a film together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-04-21
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Moby Dick
Overview: A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-blooded local news reporter Lee Bang-Woo, Yoon Hyeok appears. Yoon Hyeok is from the same hometown as Lee Bang-Woo, but they haven't seen each other in a long time. Yoon Hyeok hands over documents to Lee Bang-Woo and hints that the case of the Balam Bridge was fabricated.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-06-09
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Hellcats
Overview: A screenwriter dreams of success and has a boyfriend who is a member of an unsuccessful rock band. Her sister, an interior designer, meets an actor she falls for. Her niece is trying to figure out how to get her first kiss from her boyfriend. Three stories about life and dating.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-01-17
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The Actresses
Overview: When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where all actresses involved play (not so) fictional versions of themselves.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-12-10
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Helpless
Overview: A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-03-08
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Failan
Overview: After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-04-28
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Behind the Camera
Overview: An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-02-28
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In Water
Overview: A director, a cinematographer, and an actress spend the days leading up to a movie shoot together on-location, waiting for the director to come up with an idea for what the film will be about.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-04-12
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No Tears for the Dead
Overview: A hitman accidentally kills a little girl. Filled with regret, he wants to quit. But then to tie up loose ends, he is forced to go on another job, to kill the girl's mother.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-06-04
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Very Ordinary Couple
Overview: The probability of a couple that had broken up getting back together and having a successful relationship is just 3%. Dong-hee and Young, who had broken up over a minor tiff, later realize their love for each other and end up getting back together. But will they be able to fit into the 3% bracket?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-03-21
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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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The Handmaiden
Overview: 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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Right Now, Wrong Then
Overview: Chun-su arrives in Suwon one day earlier than scheduled. He has a special lecture to give the next day. Chun-su decides to visit a palace and meets Hee-jung there. Hee-jung is a painter and she lets Chun-su see her workroom with her paintings. In the evening, they go out eat and drink together. There, Chun-su reveals something unexpected to Hee-jung.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-09-24
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By the Stream
Overview: After a scandal breaks out among several students involved in the production of a skit, a lecturer at a South Korean women’s college brings in her uncle, a famous actor, to bring the work to fruition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-09-18
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On the Beach at Night Alone
Overview: Young-hee, an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director, escapes to Hamburg. But when she returns to Korea and meets with friends for drinks, startling confessions emerge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-03-23
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Claire's Camera
Overview: Claire, a school teacher with a camera is on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Man-hee, recently laid off after a one-night stand with a film director.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-03-07
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The Day After
Overview: On her first day at work, Areum replaces a woman who broke up with the boss. The wife of the boss finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the other woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-06-07
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Grass
Overview: Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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Hotel by the River
Overview: An aging poet summons his estranged sons to the hotel he is staying at because he feels his death is near; meanwhile, he encounters two women staying at the hotel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-03-24
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The Woman Who Ran
Overview: While her husband is on a business trip, Gam-hee meets three of her friends on the outskirts of Seoul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-09-17
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Introduction
Overview: Youngho is summoned by his father, who is a doctor. Finding him busy with his patients, one of whom is a famous actor, Youngho has to wait. When his girlfriend Juwon moves to Berlin for her studies, Youngho shows up in the city to surprise her. Through her mother, Juwon has found accommodation at the home of an artist whose beauty intimidates her. Some time later, Youngho goes to lunch with his mother who wants to introduce him to a colleague – it is the same man Youngho met at his father's clinic. Youngho asks his friend Jeongsoo to accompany him, and after lunch they go to the beach. Youngho falls asleep, and dreams of Juwon. When he wakes up, he braves the considerable cold and goes swimming, while Jeongsoo watches.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-05-27
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Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Overview: A short film about the award ceremony at Berlinale '21 and then also about a snail.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-05
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It Snows on You
Overview: Hong Sang-soo’s short film made for the 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-10-02
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Letter to the New York Film Festival
Overview: Hong Sangsoo's short film made for the 59th edition of the New York Film Festival.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-10-02
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