Lee Jung-jae
Also Known As: Lee Jeong-Jae, Jung-Jae Lee, イ・ジョンジェ, И Жон-жэ, 李政宰, لی جونگ جه
Biography: Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on December 15, 1972, he began modelling in 1993 before getting his first acting roles the film The Young Man (1994) and the TV series Feelings (1994) and Sandglass (1995), which is one of the highest rated Korean dramas of all time with a peak rating of 64.5%. But his real breakthrough was with leading roles in award-winning films The Affair (1998) and City of the Rising Sun (1999). The latter of which earned him the Best Actor award at the prestigious Blue Dragon film awards. This was followed by a series of critical hits like Il Mare (2000) and commercial successes including Last Present (2001), The Last Witness (2001), Oh Brothers (2003), and the blockbuster Typhoon (2005). After a brief career slump of flop movies and tv shows, he returned with the critical and commercial hit The Housemaid (2010), which is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Since then, he went on to cement himself as one of Korea's biggest movie stars with a string of some of the biggest blockbusters in Korean history including The Thieves (2012), New World (2013), The Face Reader (2013), Assassination (2015), Operation Chromite (2016), and the Along with the Gods films (2017-2018). Most of these films did north of 12 million admissions at the domestic box-office, with The Thieves (2012) and Along with the Gods (2017) becoming the #2 biggest Korean hit in history at their respective time of release. He received a number of awards and nominations for these works including a Popularity Award at the prestigious Grand Bell awards. His most recent blockbuster is Deliver Us From Evil (2020) in which he reunited with his New World (2013) co-star Hwang Jung-min. It crossed 4 million admissions domestically and was the second biggest hit of the year in Korea.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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The Accidental Gangster
Overview: Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest man in the land until she is snatched away by her rightful owner.He vows to get her back, but alone he is no match for Man-deuk.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-12-03
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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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Il Mare
Overview: In the year 1999, a young woman leaves her quaint seaside house and returns to the city, leaving in the mailbox a card for the next owner, with instructions to forward any mail of hers to the new address. In the year 1997, a jaded young architect moves into the same house and finds the letter. His reply, which he slips into the mailbox, finds its way to her, beginning a parallel-time love story separated by a span of two years.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-09-09
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
Overview: Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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The Housemaid
Overview: Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-05-13
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The Last Witness
Overview: Based on a true story and a legendary Korean novel, this movie follows Detective Oh (superstar Lee Jung Jae) and his investigation into the mysterious murder of a North Korean. His investigation leads him to a diary, which was written by a nun who - along with her boyfriend - helped lead the escape of North Korean POWs held captive during the Korean War. Detective Oh eventually becomes emotionally involved with the case and pursues the writer of the diary and her long-lost boyfriend, hoping to crack the case and learn more about the story of the POWs.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-11-16
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Over the Rainbow
Overview: After a tragic road accident, broadcast journalist Jin-soo finds he's lost pockets of his memories, including that of a woman he once loved. Nagged by unrelenting feelings of loss, Jin sets out to find her. His quest lands him face to face with Yeon-hee, a woman who's trying to forget a man she once loved. What begins as a journey of sadness turns into a triumphant story of love for the pair.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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Interview
Overview: A story of a filmmaker who falls in love with a woman he interviews for his film. The film presents the evolution of a relationship which shifts from the objective to the subjective, and from lies to truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-04-01
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Last Present
Overview: The relationship of a third-rate comedian, Yong-ki, and his wife, Jung-yun is growing cold after the miscarriage of their baby. Yong-ki becomes increasingly suspicious of the wife's coldness towards him. Little does he know that Jung-yun has a terminal disease and is preparing a last present to her beloved husband when her time is sadly running out.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-03-24
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The Thieves
Overview: A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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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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The Face Reader
Overview: An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-09-11
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An Affair
Overview: Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten-year-old son and a successful architect husband. For her, life is a series of banal routines. Her sheltered life is suddenly threatened with the appearance of Woo-in, her much younger sister's attractive new fiancé.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-10-03
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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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Oh! Brothers
Overview: After the death of his father who had left the house and his family, his debt was inherited by Sang-woo who is unable to cope with the debt. So he finds another heir, a half-brother and his mother, to fend off the debt of his father.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-09-05
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Revolver
Overview: Su-young, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Yoon-sun arrives to collect her on her day of release. As she discovers that the promised compensation for her time behind bars has vanished, Su-young embarks on a mission to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-08-07
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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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Ground of Honor: Rondo
Overview: A short film in the PUBG universe. Two teams, two leaders. Time to face their destiny in Rondo, where honor, strategy, and sacrifice converge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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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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Big Match
Overview: Choi Ik-Ho is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace is a game planner, who makes a game for the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-11-26
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Love is Oh Yeah!
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1993-07-17
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Tik Tok
Overview: When a bombing occurs during a soccer match between China and South Korea, the two countries are embroiled in a fierce cat-and-mouse chase.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-07-15
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Overview: Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-12-20
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Operation Chromite
Overview: A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
Genres: History Drama War Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-07-27
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Warriors of the Dawn
Overview: A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
Genres: War Adventure Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-05-31
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Park vs Park
Overview: Judge Park Ki-poong lost his wife on the day his son Su-seok was born. As a result of this tragedy, Ki-poong ignores his son and Su-seok resents his father. The bad blood between the judge father and the lawyer son come to a volatile but humorous climax in the courtroom when they are on opposing ends of a divorce case.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-04-28
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The Young Man
Overview: A young male model twists and manipulates people around him in his unending quest for money and pleasure. He is convinced that he is untouchable and can bend anyone to his will, so not even murder is an obstacle to his ambitions.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1994-12-17
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Albatross
Overview: A mixed group of prisoners in a concentration camp in North Korea struggle for survival and dignity as best the can, enduring the cruelty of the guards and of their fellow inmates.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1996-07-13
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Firebird
Overview: A man aids his friend by assisting him in disposing of the body of his ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-02-01
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Overview: As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-08-01
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Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Overview: Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-02-20
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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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Deliver Us from Evil
Overview: A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-08-05
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El Fin del Mundo
Overview: El Fin del Mundo (The End of the World) examines the meaning of art in a future era where, as envisioned by the artists, all social values and order have vanished. Part of the News from Nowhere contemporary art project.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-06-09
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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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MOB 2025
Overview: In the near future, various factions will wage a secret battle for untold treasure and ultimate power.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-14
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Squid Game: Making Season 2
Overview: From set designs to character arcs, get exclusive cast and director interviews on how Season 2 of the globally most-watched series was brought to life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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