Jung Yu-mi
Also Known As: 정유미, Jung Yumi, Jung Yoo-mi, Jeong Yu-mi, Yu-mi Jeong, Jeong Yoo-mi, 鄭有美, チョン・ユミ, 郑有美, 鄭裕美, Jung Yoo Mi
Biography: Jung Yu-mi (born January 18, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Jung made her feature film debut in Blossom Again (2005), for which she received acting recognition. She has since starred in the critically acclaimed films Family Ties (2006), Chaw (2009), My Dear Desperado (2010), and the box office hits The Crucible (2011) and Train to Busan (2016). She also frequently appears in films by auteur Hong Sang-soo, notably Oki's Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea
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Oishii Man
Overview: Once a promising musician, Hyeon-seok has been living as a commoner after he found the symptom of Meniere’s syndrome. He had to stop playing music because his ears distorted sounds into noise. To run away from reality and depression he heads to Japan. Arriving at Monbetsu, a small city in Hokkaido, Japan, he meets Megumi at the train station, the local travel guide. Staying at ‘Megumi Inn’, they get to share emotions through music, natural sounds and having meals together.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-02-19
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Family Ties
Overview: A story of three families living different but similar lives. They always fight and quarrel, but love is the common denominator for their relationship, making people think about what families are for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-05-18
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Like You Know It All
Overview: A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-05-14
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Oki's Movie
Overview: Oki, a film student, gets involved in two relationships as she navigates the advances of a fellow student and grapples with her feelings for her much older professor.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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Sleep
Overview: Hyun-su and Soo-jin have just gotten married. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. 'Someone’s inside.' From that night forward, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he’d hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger...
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-09-06
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Our Sunhi
Overview: Sunhi, a film major graduate, visits her school to ask her Professor Choi for a recommendation letter to study in U.S. Knowing the professor favors her, she expects a good recommendation from him. Out from her shell after a long time, Sunhi also ends up meeting two men from her past: Munsu, her ex-boy friend, and Jaehak, a director who graduated from the same film school. Through the encounters between Sunhi and the three men, they give each other an 'advice on life' with good intentions. The three men who all have strong interests in her are led to guess and define her, unable to tell how she really feels inside. Strangely, the mentioned advices and traits of her are similar and seem to pass from one person to the next. The words of 'advice on life' seem doubtable and slip away as the three men's thoughts on Sunhi become more and more irrelevant.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-09-12
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Silenced
Overview: Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-09-22
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In Another Country
Overview: A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in order to calm her nerves: There are three women named Anne, and each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. A young woman tends to the small hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can be seen restlessly wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner's daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-05-31
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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: 2010-12-30
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My Dear Desperado
Overview: Dong-chul, a thug who cannot fight but acts like a tough guy, meets Han Se-jin, his new neighbor. Dong-chul is intrigued by her spitfire personality, and the bickering duo realize they may be perfect for each other.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-05-20
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Manhole
Overview: A young girl is kidnapped by a serial killer. The serial killer uses manholes to kidnap and kill his victims. The young girl's older sister tries to save her before it's too late.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-10-08
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Visitors
Overview: Hong Sang-Soo’s Lost in the Mountains (South Korea, 32min) the visitor is the supremely self-centred Mi-Sook, who drives to Jeonju on impulse to see her classmate Jin-Young – only to discover that her friend is having an affair with their married professor, who Mi-Sook once dated herself. The level of social embarrassment goes off the scale. In Naomi Kawase’s Koma (Japan, 34min), Kang Jun-Il travels to a village in rural Japan to honour his grandfather’s dying wish by returning a Buddhist scroll to its ancestral home. Amid ancient superstitions, a new relationship forms. And in Lav Diaz’ Butterflies Have No Memories (Philippines, 42min) ‘homecoming queen’ Carol returns to the economically depressed former mining town she came from – and becomes the target of an absurd kidnapping plot hatched by resentful locals. Serving as his own writer, cameraman and editor, Diaz casts the film entirely from members of his crew and delivers a well-seasoned mix of social realism and fantasy. —bfi
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-11-12
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A Million
Overview: 8 contestants compete for $1,000,000 on a survival reality TV show set in the Australian desert. After the first eliminated contestant is found dead, they find themselves in horrifying situations as they deal with each others' lies and deceits.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-08-06
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Chaw
Overview: A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller Action Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-07-15
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The Room Nearby
Overview: Private tutor Eonju lives in a tightly packed student apartment. She is sick of poverty and works hard to get her own room. She meets Seok-hee, a middle-aged woman, at a homeless shelter. The emotions of the two women are overwhelming throughout the screen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-10-01
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Lovers
Overview: Unique sensibility of independent film being ' Triple Treats ' omnibus melodrama tied a piece of 11 short films director .
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-12-04
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Lost in the Mountains
Overview: Hong Sang-soo's Lost in the Mountains depicts Mi-sook's suffering when she discovers her friend Jin-young has been secretly sleeping with her lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-07-31
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Skeletons in the Closet
Overview: The movie is about a dysfunctional family, each and every member with mental problems of his own. On top of that some old skeletons from the closet come back to haunt them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-02-28
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Come, Closer
Overview: An omnibus film of the romances and breakups of five couples: Soo-jin works in a cafe in Seoul. One day, she receives a call at work from a Polish man in Rotterdam, who tells her the story of his missing fiance. Eun-hee shows up one night and blames her ex-boyfriend Hyun-oh for ruining her life. Although she has a new relationship, she is still upset that Hyun-oh breaks up with her. Se-yeon seduces Young-soo, who is rumoured to be dating a man. Young-soo's long-time lover Woon-chul is heartbroken when he makes a confession and decides to end their relationship. Indie bandmates Hye-young and Joo-young discuss about love while taking a walk in Namsan park.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-10-28
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Train to Busan
Overview: When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
Genres: Horror Thriller Action Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-07-20
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Blossom Again
Overview: Thirty year-old teacher In-young falls in love with her own student, Suk. What attracted her to the boy was the fact that he resembled her first love in every way, and even shared the same name. But with the sudden return of her long-lost love, and the appearance of a cute high school girl who confesses her love towards the boy Suk, In-young finds herself lost among the two first loves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-09-29
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The Table
Overview: Four different women discuss life, love and marriage with people from their past and present during the course of one day at a café in Seoul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-08-24
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Tough as Iron
Overview: Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Psychokinesis
Overview: An ordinary guy suddenly finds he has superpowers he can use to help his spirited daughter and the people around them, but he also runs into trouble in the process.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-01-31
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How to Operate a Polaroid Camera
Overview: Like someone. Flushed face. Can’t hear anything. Helpless. Sad. Learned how to operate a polaroid camera.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-05-01
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List
Overview: While waiting at a seaside town with her mother for a relative, a young woman creates a list of things she wants to do during her time there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-10-07
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Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
Overview: Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-10-23
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The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow
Overview: Il-ho, a satellite girl, wants to learn about human emotions, and crash lands on Earth. She transforms into a human girl and tries to help Kyung-chun after he is transformed into a milk cow.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-02-20
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Wonderland
Overview: In a world where an AI programme allows people to communicate with their deceased loved ones, a flight attendant and a mother question the meaning of reality and humanity.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-06-05
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A Bittersweet Life
Overview: Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-04-01
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Ladies Of The Forest
Overview: Soon-shim, a spinster from an unknown planet, comes to the Earth to find her husband. However, no man is in sight. Soon-shim encounters Dal-rae, who was collecting wild greens on a mountain. One day, they save a deer from a hunter, and it wants to repay them by making their wish come true. This is an allegorical love story that comically depicts the journey of seeking true love and happiness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-09-21
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If You Were Me 4
Overview: Includes shorts: Girl on the Run, The Theory & Practice of Teenage Dream, Relay, U and Me and Blue Birds on the Desk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-07-11
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The Great Gye Choon-bin
Overview: A timid art therapist falls in love with a spunky kindergarten teacher, helping him overcome his fear of the dark.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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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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숨 가쁜 연애
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
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