Cho Jin-woong
Also Known As: Jo Jin-Ung, Jo Jin Woong, Jin-woong Jo, 조진웅, Jo Jin-woong, Jo Won-jun, 조원준, 赵震雄, 赵元俊
Biography: Cho Jin-woong (조진웅) is a South Korean actor. Born Jo Won-joon on April 3, 1976, he is best known for his roles as Sejong's loyal bodyguard in Deep Rooted Tree (2011), a mobster in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), and a mysterious villain in A Hard Day (2014). He also gained recognition and praise for his performance as a detective in the television series Signal (2016).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea
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Bestseller
Overview: Following a humiliating plagiarism scandal, an author moves to an isolated small-town house with her daughter to write her comeback novel. Desperate for inspiration, she communicates with a mysterious ghostly presence that has befriended her daughter.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-04-15
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Believer 2
Overview: A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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The Boys
Overview: In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down to three boys from the neighborhood, and these boys are falsely accused of being murderers overnight and are imprisoned without understanding what is happening. The following year, veteran detective Hwang Joon-cheol is newly appointed as the head of Crime Investigation Division. He receives a tip about the real culprits and embarks on a reinvestigation to clear the boys' names. However, the interference of the detective responsible for the case at the time, Choi Woo-sung, leads to everything falling apart, and Hwang is demoted. Sixteen years later, the sole witness of the case and daughter of the victim, Yoon Mi-sook, and the boys return to Hwang, seeking justice...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-11-01
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1984, Choi Dong-won
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-11-11
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City Of Fathers
Overview: Kang-soo is a third-rate street thug in Busan; he's an alcoholic and gambling addict who's always on the run from loan sharks. But when his rebellious teenage son Jong-chul is diagnosed with kidney cancer, he tries to be a real parent for the first time and seeks out Jong-chul's biological father, Tae-suk, a pimp. Tae-suk, however, refuses to help.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-10-15
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Take Off
Overview: Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-07-29
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A Frozen Flower
Overview: A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-12-30
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Spare
Overview: Gwang-tae is pressured to pay his debt by a loan shark, and finally decides to sell his liver for the money. He asks his friend Gil-do to make an arrangement, and is contacted by yakuza who want to save their dying boss. But Gil-do disappears with Gwang-tae's money, and Gwang-tae holds out against the gang, saying he is not going to Japan until he catches Gil-do. So Gwang-tae and the yakuza chase after Gil-do, and in turn, the loan shark chases them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-08-26
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The Guard Post
Overview: The plot concerns Guard Point 506, where an entire squad of soldiers have been killed in mysterious circumstances, bar one survivor who's in a coma. Military Investigators are dispatched to the base, and discover they're dealing with a virus that turns humans into ravenous flesh-eating killers!
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-04-03
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My New Partner
Overview: Young-joon, a fresh prosecutor, takes a big affair to leave for Busan and unwillingly gets cooperation from his father, Min-ho who is a veteran detective who deserted his family at one time. Since then, they are living separately without keeping touch each other for years. Now that their destiny to trace the same host of the accident related with a big drug trade gives the father and son a chance to recover their affection over the long time.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-03-06
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His Last Gift
Overview: Tae-ju, a murderer serving a life sentence in prison, is given a temporary release to save the life of a seriously ill young girl, Se-hee, who suffers from Wilson's disease and desperately needs a liver transplant. Se-hee is the daughter of Yeong-woo, and old friend of Tae-ju's who is now a police officer. Upon discovering that Se-hee's now deceased mother was his ex-girlfriend, Tae-ju realises that he is in fact her biological father, and does everything he can to try and save her life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-02-05
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Gangster High
Overview: Sang-ho is an ordinary high school student. His dream is to enter the military academy under the influence of his father who is an army colonel. As entering high school, he became friends with Jae-gu, Chang-bae, Kyung-chul, Hong-kyu and Sang-sik. They grouped a soccer team called 'Tiger', building up friendship by playing soccer. Sang-ho and his friends ran into group of fight with seniors, these incidents made everybody in school to misunderstand them as they were serious group of gangster. When Sang-ho gets becomes close with a girl whose boyfriend is a boss of another school's gangster group, things are going worse.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-10-19
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Les Formidables
Overview: Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-06-22
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A Dirty Carnival
Overview: A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-10-17
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Running Wild
Overview: A grissled cop with tendencies towards excessive force teams up with an ambitious and righteous prosecutor to track down a dangerous crime boss whom they both want desperately to catch. But their quarry resorts to devious methods to stall their investigation and eventually turn them against each other. Now the stage is set for a dangerous triangle.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-01-13
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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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Once Upon a Time in High School
Overview: A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.
Genres: Romance Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-01-15
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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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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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Assassination
Overview: In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-07-22
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Salut d'Amour
Overview: Sung-chil works at the Jang-soo Store which is owned by Jang-soo. Sung-chil is stubborn and has a bad temper, but he changes after meeting Geum-nim. Geun-nim runs a flower shop and her daughter Min-jung does not like her meeting Sung-chil.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-04-09
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Glove
Overview: Star baseball player and national hero Sang-nam finds his career in jeopardy when he gets involved in a drunken brawl. His promoter, Charles, advises him to volunteer his time somewhere sympathetic to improve his public image. The place: a school for the deaf. The service: coaching its baseball team.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-01-20
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Perfect Game
Overview: The Lotte Giants' Choi Dong-won and the Haitai Tigers' Seon Dong-ryeol are rival pitchers in 1980s baseball. The film reenacts the legendary match of May 16, 1987, which baseball fans today still recall as "the perfect match," when Choi and Sun compete as pitchers for the last time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-12-21
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Nameless Gangster
Overview: A corrupt customs official joins forces with a vicious gangster to form the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-02-02
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Perfect Number
Overview: A brilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-10-18
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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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A Millionaire on the Run
Overview: Young-in and his colleague Seung-dae are a pair of professional bagmen working for various lobbyists in finance, media and a host of other industries requiring political favors. Feeling guilty about his work, Seung-dae tells Young-in he plans on blowing the whistle on his boss Han's illegal activities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-07-19
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An Ethics Lesson
Overview: A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-02-21
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My Paparotti
Overview: This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-03-14
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Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Overview: After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-10-09
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A Hard Day
Overview: After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-05-29
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Kundo: Age of the Rampant
Overview: In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-07-23
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The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Overview: Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.
Genres: War Action Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-07-30
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We Are Brothers
Overview: Two brothers were separated in childhood at an orphanage, only to find each other as adults 30 years later. But right after their reunion, their birth mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, suddenly disappears. So Sang-yeon and Ha-yeon team up together and go on a road trip to search for her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Overview: Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-01-14
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Foulball
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-04-02
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The Hunt
Overview: When raw gold is discovered deep in the woods, a group of gold hunters arrive to mine it. Several neighbors in the area witness the hunters by chance and find themselves in danger. Among the witnesses, hunter Ki-sung risks his life to protect the other witnesses and engages the gold hunters in a cat-and-mouse game of death.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-06-29
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Fly, Penguin
Overview: Seung-yun is stressed out because he is sent to several private academies after school. His mother reproves him for not living up to her expectations. His father takes pity on him for being nagged on by his mother all the time... Ju-hun, a new employee at a company, is a vegetarian and cannot drink alcohol at all. Chang-su thinks Ju-hun is eccentric and is displeased with him... Su-hyeong sent his son and daughter with his wife to study abroad, but he grows tired of staying alone in his empty house... SONG has lived with her authoritarian husband without any serious problems, but she does not want to stay with him anymore. GWON, an old man, pretends to be calm in the face of his wife’s request for divorce. But actually he can’t do anything by himself... These are not unfamiliar fictional events but rather they reflect the lives of ordinary people in Korea at the present time. Through their stories, shows us how a society imposes normalcy on its people in their daily lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Run-Off
Overview: In 2003 the year of Aomori Asian Games, Dae-woong, a former ice hockey player receives an offer to be a director of Korean national ice hockey team. Before he enjoys the moment, realizes it is a woman national team with bunch of losers; a figure skating player who wants to get married by becoming a national team, a former field hockey player, now a fat housewife, and an expelled short track skater. As an ace player, Ji-won, a former national team player of North Korea, joins the team. But they still have hope as only 5 teams participating this year. With the great victory of first match, they feel the medal is closer, yet Ji-won meets her sister left in North Korea alone as a next opponent...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-08-10
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Bluebeard
Overview: A doctor finds himself in the middle of an unsolved serial murder case after discovering a secret from a sedated patient. When dismembered bodies show up close to home, he must solve the riddle before the killer realizes what he knows.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-03-01
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The Sheriff In Town
Overview: After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-05-03
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Blue Busking
Overview: Ho-bin and three friends were born and raised in Mokpo. They decide to take part in the band contest held in Jarasum after they formed the band, ‘Road No.1’. Then they come up with a plan to go there on foot in 30 days, doing busking on the road. They also contact broadcasting and join Hye-kyung, who is the producer of the broadcast company, on their journey. However, Hye-kyung looks down on what they are doing. What is worse, Ho-bin suddenly breaks away and the band ‘Road No.1’ is in crisis. Will they get through it and take part in the band contest?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-05-18
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Man of Will
Overview: Young Kim Chang-soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, Kim Chang-soo sees how Koreans are persecuted and grows into a fighter for Korean independence.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-10-19
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The Spy Gone North
Overview: South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-08-08
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Believer
Overview: After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-05-22
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Intimate Strangers
Overview: A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-10-31
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Man of Men
Overview: The friendship between a lawyer who will do anything to make money and a nursing home volunteer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-10-02
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Jesters: The Game Changers
Overview: A gang of clowns is hired by an unpopular king to serve as propagandists who fabricate positive rumors and stage miracles to improve his personal image.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-08-21
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Me and Me
Overview: In a small South Korean village, while investigating the death of two people in strange circumstances, a grumpy policeman will live an overwhelming experience beyond the reality he has known so far.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-06-18
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The Outlaws
Overview: In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-10-03
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Black Money
Overview: A prosecutor is falsely accused of sexual assault in a suicide note from a woman that he is convinced was actually murdered. As he investigates her death to clear his name, he realizes that the truth lies in a huge financial scandal.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-11-13
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The Policeman's Lineage
Overview: A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-01-05
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The Devil's Deal
Overview: Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil-do, by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae-woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Sun-tae. Unbeknownst to him, his messy journey through politics has only just begun.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-03-01
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Lost and Found
Overview: Ji-ho is a writer who cannot forget her first love Min-woo at high school. She meets Min-woo and acts as if she lost her memories to grab his attention. As she lives with him, Dong-sik comes along and annoys her plans.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-12-17
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Man on the Edge
Overview: A gangster is chosen to become a shaman. How can he balance his totally opposite life, between beating people and helping people. Then, his boss coincidentally hates shaman.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-01-09
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Dead Man
Overview: Lee Man-jae at his brink of life, even sold his name to survive. In the world of ruthless barge where no one can be trusted, he held out a threadlike-life with a calculation ability. One day, he decides to retire for his soon-to-be-born child and takes on the big final commission. The moment he thought that everything was going smoothly, he was framed for embezzlement of $100M due to his unidentified ‘investor’ and faced his own obituary. A political consultant, Mrs. Shim, appears to Man-jae when he is trapped in a hellish private prison and lives as a ‘dead man’, offering a deal with his life as collateral. Man-jae accepts the offer to regain his name, family, and life.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-02-07
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Korean Independence Army
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Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: ko
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