Choi Min-sik
Also Known As: Choi Min-shik, Min-sik Choi, Choe Min-sik, Choe Min-Shik
Biography: Choi Min-sik is a South Korean actor. He received critical acclaim for his roles in Oldboy, I Saw the Devil and The Admiral: Roaring Currents. For his role in Oldboy, he won the Best Actor prize at the 40th Baeksang Art Awards, the 24th Blue Dragon Awards, and the 41st Grand Bell Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Adult: No
Birthday: January 22, 1962
Age: 63 years old
Gender: Male
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Oldboy
Overview: With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-11-21
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Shiri
Overview: North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-02-13
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Lady Vengeance
Overview: Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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Happy End
Overview: When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-12-11
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Crying Fist
Overview: Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-03-31
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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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Painted Fire
Overview: In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-05-10
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The Quiet Family
Overview: A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-04-25
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Vapor
Overview: A typical couple like any else. No special events worth reminiscing. No intense fights. But, to them, these are special memories and an important part of who they are.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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On the Way to the Winter
Overview: Gi-dal is preparing a new school play. His bossy professor sends him on errands and makes him prepare materials. On Christmas Eve, when he is supposed to meet his girlfriend, his professor, who is running late on a deadline, asks to copy his article.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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No. 3
Overview: Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, Jo-pil wants to get rid of Tae-joo's gang, training for revenge. The three men's goals intertwine.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-08-02
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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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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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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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I Saw the Devil
Overview: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-08-12
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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild
Overview: Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-07-28
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Lucy
Overview: A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-25
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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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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Overview: A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2012-02-04
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Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells
Overview: A Korean executive ventures into the Himalayas in order to deliver the remains of a Nepalese migrant worker to his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-06-11
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The Tiger
Overview: In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.
Genres: Action History Adventure Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-12-16
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Overview: When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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The Intern
Overview: Korean remake of the Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
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Old Days
Overview: Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook's original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive's Blu-ray release and first screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-10-02
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The Mayor
Overview: For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-04-26
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Heart Blackened
Overview: A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-11-02
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Our Twisted Hero
Overview: Han Byung-tae, who teaches at a private after-school academy in Seoul, receives word that his old teacher has passed away and sets off to the rural village where he attended elementary school. In the train, he reminisces about the tough fights he used to get into back in the day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1992-08-15
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All That Falls Has Wings
Overview: This youth melodrama tells the story of a law student from a small village in Korea, and the irresponsible girl with whom he falls in love. The girl leads a reckless life, working in bars in Itaewon, and in the U.S., while the law student follows her. Their relationship ends in tragedy with the man shooting the woman, and her confessing her true love before dying.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1990-01-26
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Overview: Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-12-06
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Kuro Arirang
Overview: The film depicts the story of four people working in a sewing factory in Guro Industrial Complex in Seoul and the problems they face.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1989-07-01
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In My End Is My Beginning
Overview: When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband's secret lover, comes to her. Naru begs Jung-ha that she will do anything if only she will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually their strange arrangement of living together begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-04-04
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Forbidden Dream
Overview: A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-12-26
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Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
Overview: Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-10-06
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The Battle: Roar to Victory
Overview: Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
Genres: History Action War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-08-07
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In Our Prime
Overview: Ji-woo, an outcast at a prestigious private school, meets Hak-sung, the school janitor who is actually a mathematical genius who defected from North Korea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-03-18
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Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1995-03-09
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Sara Is Guilty
Overview: Sara seduces her college roommate's boyfriend which results in her friend's death after the incident is exposed. Sara tries to break off the relationship but the man stalks her and kills her next lover in a jealous rage. Deciding they deserve each other and vowing undying love, they opt for a double suicide
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1993-12-11
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May Our Love Stay This Way
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1992-09-19
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Exhuma
Overview: After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Genres: Mystery Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-02-22
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Autobiography of 'Oldboy'
Overview: A three and- a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy. This was included as a special feature in the DVD and Blu Ray releases of Oldboy and was a special feature in Arrow Video's release of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-28
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