Jung Woo-sung
Also Known As: 정우성, Woosung Jung, Jung Woo-Sung, 鄭雨盛, Jeong Woo-seong, 郑雨盛, Jung Woosung, جونگ وو-سونگ
Biography: Jung Woo-sung is a South Korean actor and the first Korean UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Jung started his career as a fashion model, rising to stardom and teenage cult status with the gangster film Beat, for which he won Best New Actor at the 17th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Birthday: April 22, 1973
Adult: No
Gender: Male
TMDb-Id: 17120
IMDb-Id: nm0432601
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Known For
The Warrior
Overview: In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.
Genres: History Drama Action War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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The Restless
Overview: After his beloved fiancée is killed by demons, Yi Gwak joins the royal demon-hunting squad and distinguishes himself as a great hero. And though Yi eventually falls in battle, his adventures are just beginning. His spirit is whisked away to Joong-cheon, a place between heaven and earth where souls await reincarnation -- and where the final, epic clash between the forces of good and evil will be played out.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-12-20
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Woongnami
Overview: The bear man who was once a bear become human by eating garlic and mugwort for 100 days. One day, after retirement as a policeman, a terrorist brings the deadly virus and he looks exactly the same as the bear man! With help of a detective and Youtuber, he tries to save the world now.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-03-22
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Overview: The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-07-16
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Season of Good Rain
Overview: A traveling architect meets an old friend from his student years; the pair realize their connection has always been a romantic one.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-10-08
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12.12: The Day
Overview: After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d’état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
Genres: Drama History Thriller Crime War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-11-22
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Sad Movie
Overview: These intertwining stories about romance and separation follow a firefighter who can't find the right time to propose, a shy theme park worker who falls for an artist, an estranged mother and son, and a man seeking to regain his lost love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-10-20
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Daisy
Overview: A painter in Amsterdam receives flowers from a mysterious admirer, while a hitman and cop find themselves in conflict.
Genres: Drama Romance Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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Shanghai Grand
Overview: Hui Man Keung is washed up on a beach near Shanghai. He is taken in by Ding Lik, a kindly beggar who is in love with Fung Ching Ching, the daughter of a prominent gangster. It isn't long before Ding Lik rises through the underworld ranks to become one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Genres: Action Crime Romance Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-07-13
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Athena: Goddess of War
Overview: Sometime in the near future, the Korean peninsula attempts to reunify. The South Korean government, which needs enormous funds for the unification to succeed, develops a landmark new technology called the TWR. The TWR is a high speed nuclear reactor and other countries want the technology. To prevent terror in the aftermath of the TWR breakthrough, the government establishes a new organization named NTS (National Anti-Terror Service). Jung-Woo (Jung Woo-Sung) is transferred to the NTS group from the NIS. He's excited about the transfer and hopes to live the life of a real agent, but then discovers his main responsibility is to watch North Korean defectors.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-02-13
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Cobweb
Overview: In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-09-27
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Harbin
Overview: In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan’s prime minister during their quest for independence.
Genres: Action Thriller History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-12-24
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Reign of Assassins
Overview: Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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A Moment to Remember
Overview: A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-11-05
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Mutt Boy
Overview: Life is tough for Chol-Min - his mother died during labor, forcing him to grow up alonge with his stoic police officer father. However, Chol-Min lives a high-spirited life and roams around town with his own mutt, a half-bred police dog, making friends and enemies along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-07-16
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Born to Kill
Overview: Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1996-04-20
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Cold Eyes
Overview: Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-07-03
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The Divine Move
Overview: A professional GO player gathers a team to help him carry out his revenge against the man who killed his brother.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-07-03
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City of the Rising Sun
Overview: Do-chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-ki, a small-time crook. They somehow make friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-01-09
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Scarlet Innocence
Overview: A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-10-02
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The Fox With Nine Tails
Overview: A half-human/half-fox girl falls in love with an honest young man while trying to become a human-being.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1994-07-23
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Honeysweet
Overview: Chi-ho, a genius confectionery researcher who has developed addictive flavors, experiences a sweet change when he meets Il-yeong, a call center worker at a loan screening company who thinks optimistically about everything, and goes through sweet changes.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-08-15
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Beat
Overview: Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-05-03
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Phantom: The Submarine
Overview: Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-07-31
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Remember You
Overview: A mysterious woman enters the life of Suk-won, a lawyer who has lost his memory. As their relationship develops, secrets embedded in his memory slowly surface.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-01-07
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Asura: The City of Madness
Overview: A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-09-28
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The King
Overview: A young Korean man surpasses his difficult childhood by becoming a powerful prosecutor, but soon learns that real power comes at a price.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-01-18
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Steel Rain
Overview: Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-12-14
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Love
Overview: A would be marathon runner falls in love with a orphan girl from Korea.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-09-18
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Illang: The Wolf Brigade
Overview: In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-07-25
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Intention
Overview: A documentary that scientifically analyses and tracks down the route of the Sewol Ferry that sank on the 16th of April in 2014 using its AIS to discover the cause of the unconfirmed sinking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-04-12
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Innocent Witness
Overview: An old man is found dead, and his housekeeper is charged with the murder. Her defense attorney is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is a teenage girl with autism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-02-13
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Motel Cactus
Overview: The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-10-25
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Beasts Clawing at Straws
Overview: A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-02-19
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Walls of Silence
Overview: Mexico─United States border bar, “Trump Wall” is full of displaced migrants’ grief. Gaston who came to America as a teenager, is expelled from the States at his 40s and meets his family at the Wall. Bassam and Rami, becomes a dad who lost their daughter by each other. This film describes the people who lost their family by the wall and includes the views of refugees, human rights. Actor Jung Woo Sung participated in narration of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-05-04
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Trade Your Love
Overview: Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-02-27
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Steel Rain 2: Summit
Overview: A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-07-29
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A Man of Reason
Overview: After spending a decade in prison, a hitman learns that he has a daughter and just wants a chance at a normal life. But his former mob boss wants him back at any cost, sending merciless assassins after him.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-08-15
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Hunt
Overview: After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.
Genres: Action Mystery Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-08-10
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The Present
Overview: A man is investigating an assassin, who turns out to be his own girlfriend.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-03-21
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