Choi Il-hwa
Also Known As: Choe Il-hwa, Choi Il-hwa, Choi Il Hwa, 최일화, Чхве Ир Хва, 崔日华
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 19, 1959
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Gender: Male
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The King and the Clown
Overview: Set in the late 15th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jangsaeng and Gong-gil, are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gong-gil to rich customers, and Jangsaeng is sickened by this practice. After Gong-gil kills the manager in defense of Jangsaeng, the pair flee to Seoul, where they form a new group with three other street performers.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-12-29
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The Showdown
Overview: In the 11th year of Kwang Hae-gun, Jo-seon soldiers go to war with China after an invasion. In the middle of Manchu, three people who have barely survived are being cornered by the Chinese forces, and begin a bloody battle not with their enemies but with their friends.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-02-24
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Goodbye Mom
Overview: Aeja, a struggling writer, nears 30 and looks for her next big break. She has always counted on her mother's tough love to straighten her out, until her mother suddenly collapses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-09-09
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Kiss Me Much
Overview: The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a relative's massive debt or lose everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-08-31
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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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KT
Overview: This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jung.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-03
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My Dear Enemy
Overview: Hee-soo is desperate for money and finds her ex-boyfriend who owes her money. He goes around to various ex-girlfriends to get cash and she trails along to make sure he does not cheat her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-09-25
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The Uprising
Overview: In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers. The conflict became a religious war that resulted in a rebel Confucian army massacring hundreds of Christians in little more than a matter of days. The Uprising details the events leading up to the assault, focusing on the story of Yi Jae-su, the young man destined to become the leader of the rebel army.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-04-01
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Ad Lib Night
Overview: A young girl is asked by strangers to impersonate a prodigal daughter to fulfill a father's dying wish, and in doing so tests the fragility of family bonds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-11-30
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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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New World
Overview: An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-02-21
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Two Weddings and a Funeral
Overview: A gay man and a lesbian get married to hide their sexuality. They juggle their secret identities, fool friends and family, and search for true love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-06-21
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Traffickers
Overview: A thriller about the passengers with different objectives on board a cruiser headed for China, being chased over and over again and unexpected happening of things.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-08-28
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The Peach Tree
Overview: A young couple, who have wanted a baby for a long time, are happily blesses with a twin pregnancy. However they get driven to despair by the fact that their twins are conjoined. Treated as monsters by their mother, the brothers, Sang-hyeon and Dong-hyeon, meet a beautiful girl one day.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-10-31
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The Case of Itaewon Homicide
Overview: On the night of April 8, 1997, an innocent college student was brutally murdered in a burger shop washroom for no apparent reason. 2 Korean-American teenagers are brought for questioning and are charged with murder and possession of lethal weapon and withholding evidence. Neither is remorseful for their heinous crimes and blames each other for the killing.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-09-10
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No Tomorrow
Overview: Based on a true story involving a reporter who starts investigating to uncover an unfortunate case that occurred on a remote island.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-03-03
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Hanbando
Overview: The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order to prove that the Japanese claim to railroads is false, a claim that will stop the reunification of the two Koreas.
Genres: Mystery Thriller History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-07-13
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Someone Special
Overview: A baseball player learns he has three months to live and drowns his sorrows at a bar, where the female bartender turns out to be a longtime admirer.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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Springtime
Overview: A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-09-16
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The Road Taken
Overview: Kim Sunmyung, a man with communist beliefs who refused to recant his ideals, would ultimately serve more than 42 years in prison. Based on a true story, the film tells of personal conviction and dignity.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-10-24
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The Show Must Go On
Overview: A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-04-05
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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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The Swindlers
Overview: A group of swindlers unite to hunt down an infamous con man who was known dead, amid their hidden motives and deception.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-11-22
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Wonderful Nightmare
Overview: When a woman dies after a mistake by personalities in the afterlife, she needs to exist as a different woman for a while.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-08-13
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My Tutor Friend 2
Overview: Junko, a Japanese exchange student, goes to Korea where she unexpectedly finds herself forced to share a room with Jong-man, a disagreeable young man, who has been forced to tutor her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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Deranged
Overview: People binge eat and suffer from extreme thirst, which leads them to go crazy for water. They cannot control themselves because they are brainwashed by a parasite.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-07-05
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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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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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Finding Mr. Destiny
Overview: A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-12-08
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Typhoon
Overview: A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-12-14
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