Kim Hae-sook
Also Known As: Kim Hae-suk, Hae-sook Kim, Hae-suk Kim, کیم هه سوک
Biography: Kim Hae Sook is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1974. She has won numerous awards for her various roles in countless television dramas and films. You can find her in dramas and films such as, “I Hear Your Voice” (2013), “Pinocchio” (2015), “Father is Strange” (2017), “Mother of Mine” (2019), Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016), and The Thieves (2012).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea
Birthday: December 30, 1955
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Gender: Female
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Thirst
Overview: A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2009-04-30
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A Long Visit
Overview: Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-04-22
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Love On-Air
Overview: Jin-ah, the former leader of once popular girl band "Purple," hosts a radio show called "Wonderful Radio." When the producer of the program is sacked over low ratings, a new guy comes in to fill his shoes. Jae-hyeok is a cold, unfriendly man who only drinks iced coffee even in the winter. The easily irritable man and the conceited former diva are bound to get on each other's nerves at every corner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-01-05
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Portrait of a Family
Overview: Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.
Genres: Family Crime
Original Language: ko
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Tough as Iron
Overview: Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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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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Alienoid
Overview: Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-07-20
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Mama
Overview: A mother of a boy with muscular dystrophy is diagnosed with uterine cancer. A daughter of a prima donna decides to chase her dreams, to the ire of her mother. A woman with breast cancer asks her son to find her first love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-06-01
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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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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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Open City
Overview: Jo Dae-yeong is a police officer investigating a pickpocket ring with ties to the Yakuza. One day he rescues Baek Jang-mi from danger, only to discover that she is the boss of the gang he has been tracking.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-01-10
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My Girl and I
Overview: Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-12-22
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Eve's Second Bedroom
Overview: The main plot follows Jae-sook, a university student majoring in dance, who falls in love with a doctor named Jae-woo. However, Jae-woo marries her older sister, Young-sook, which leaves Jae-sook devastated. After graduating, Jae-sook confesses her feelings to her brother-in-law, leading to an affair. This affair results in tragic consequences, including Young-sook’s eventual suicide. Overwhelmed by guilt and the judgment of society, Jae-sook and Jae-woo escape to a remote island, trying to flee from their sins.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1987-03-28
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The Throne
Overview: Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-09-16
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Alienoid: Return to the Future
Overview: Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.
Genres: Action Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2024-01-10
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The Door to the Flesh
Overview: Kim Hae-suk and her friends run away from their homes and come to Seoul. There, they find men to support them but soon abandon them once they find jobs. They soon marry other people. During her honeymoon, two women are killed by a psychotic killer. Hae-suk knows that the body is being kept in preservative liquids in the criminology laboratory. But she finds out that the body is missing from the lab. The heart from the body which is in a separate container begins to pump and the evil hands reach towards Hae-suk.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-10-24
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The Neckless Murderess
Overview: Si-mok happens to see a drawing of his dead wife at an art exhibition. He turns white with shock. Leaving the exhibition, Si-mok gets into a cab but the driver takes him into the woods. Si-mok had been living happily with his widowed mother, Mrs. Heo and his wife, Ae-ja. Mrs. Heo has a passionate affair with Dr. Pak. However, Ae-ja's sister, Hye-suk witnesses the affair. She promises to keep it a secret. While Si-mok is abroad on business, Mrs. Heo conspires with Hye-suk and poisons Ae-ja, killing her. Afterwards, Si-mok lives with Hye-suk. Subsequently, Ae-ja becomes a ghost filled with anger and torments Si-mok's family. Si-mok overcomes this hardship through his faith in Buddha.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1985-08-24
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It’s Okay!
Overview: In-young, a high school student who is alone due to her parents' sudden death, is forced out because of her overdue rent and stays hidden in the Korean Dance Art Troupe where she belongs. In-young, who is still living bravely and brightly despite the sad situation, is caught by the director of the art troupe who is known for being rough, and the director who could not put In-young in the art troupe eventually begins to live with her.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2025-02-26
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Love Clinique
Overview: A comedy about a woman who tries to overcome tone-deafness and a man who tries to help her but joins the romance.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-11-29
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The Handmaiden
Overview: In 1930s Korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a Japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a Japanese heiress and steal her fortune.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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Hope
Overview: After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Viva! Love
Overview: An unhappy woman in her 50s is knocked up by her daughter's boyfriend after a one night stand. With the neighborhood in shock and her family up in arms, the woman begins to realize that she's actually found the love she's been pining for in the arms of the young man.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-04-09
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Forbidden Love
Overview: Choi Seok, the principal of a girl's high school, adopts Jeong-nim, a Japanese student there. However, they develop a disturbing relationship that scandalizes the local region. His family is disgusted and sends the girl back to Tokyo whil Choi Seok loses his job, but the two cannot stop thinking about each other
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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New Trial
Overview: A taxi driver is found dead, and Hyun-woo, the only witness, charged with a murder and serves 10 years in prison. While offering pro bono services, a lawyer Junyoung meets Hyun-woo, and they begin their journey to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-02-15
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Miss Butcher
Overview: Soon-Ae (Seo-Young) opens a butcher's shop. The butcher's shop is popular due to its flavorful meat. Most of the store's customers are male. Meanwhile, man’s body is found at a hotel near the butcher's shop. The man was brutally murdered. Soon, more murders are found with similarities to the first murder. One day, Detective Kim (Kim Min-Jun) stops by the butcher's shop and meets Soon-Ae. Since then, Detective Kim keeps a watch on Soon-Ae.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-01-11
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Sunflower
Overview: A repentant former gangster is forced back into a life of violence to protect a woman who is like a mother to him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-11-23
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Die to Live
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1982-06-26
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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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Woman of Fire '82
Overview: Intrigue and murder on a small poultry farm outside of Seoul when a young maid starts working on the farm and is seduced by the local farm hand.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1982-06-26
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RV: Resurrected Victims
Overview: Based on the Resurrected Victims Phenomenon where murder victims come back to life to avenge the murderer, a prosecutor is suspected of his mother’s murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-10-12
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Oh! Happy Day
Overview: Hee-Ji (Jang Na-Ra) is a girl who isn't afraid to stand up against injustice. She goes to the Club Med's office after her friend is excluded from a party for single persons. Hee-Ji is about to tell them off when Club Med's director Hyun-Joon (Park Jeong-Cheol) appears in front of her. Hee-Ji falls in love immediately. Hee-Ji then sneaks into the hotel room where Hyun-Joon is staying and takes his diary. She now knows everything about him including his schedule and hobbies. Hyun-Joon is soon annoyed by the persistence of Hee-Ji, but he also begins to have feelings for her. At the moment when his fiance appears, Hee-Ji is about to propose.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-04-18
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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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Herstory
Overview: A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-06-27
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Tunnel
Overview: A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-08-10
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A Diamond in the Rough
Overview: A man with criminal past makes a promise to his mother to turn his life around after he realizes how miserable he has made her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-04-18
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Scent of Love
Overview: After much trials and tribulations, a man marries his first love. But when she gets pregnant, they find out that she has cancer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-02-28
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Eye For An Eye
Overview: The devious brain behind a heist draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-07-31
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Our Season
Overview: Bok-ja is granted a special vacation after her death, which allows her to go see her daughter, Jin-joo, a university professor living abroad. Unlike her expectation, Bok-ja finds Jin-joo living in her old house running a local diner and becomes frustrated with questions that she is unable to ask. After spending time alongside Jin-joo, Bok-ja realizes that her daughter is struggling with the unresolved feelings about her, and tries to find a way to show her sincere feelings that she had never shared before.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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The Ghost
Overview: Min Ji-Won suffers from amnesia caused by an accident almost a year ago. After the accident, Min Ji-Won is a shy person. Prior to the accident, Min Ji-Won was the leader of a gang of four girl bullies. Through pictures, Min Ji-Won learns about the three other members and she wants to learn what happened to them. While Min Ji-Won attempts to unravel the mystery, her former friends are killed one by one.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-06-18
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Helios
Overview: Wanted criminal "Helios" and his assistant stole a quantity of uranium and plan to produce weapons of mass destruction. They are planning to trade with a terrorist organization in Hong Kong. Chief Inspector Lee Yinming and Inspector Fan Kaming lead the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Along with a Chinese senior official, a physics professor, and two South Korean weapon experts, they hope to defuse a crisis sufficient to destroy the world.
Genres: Action Mystery Adventure Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2015-04-30
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Wet Dreams 2
Overview: 17 year-olds Sung-eun, and Mi-sook are always curious about sexual matters that nobody teaches them about. One day, new teacher Bong-gu, a handsome and well bred stud,arrives at school and begins to teach their class. He becomes an object to watch and study. Bong-gu, although he seems fine on the outside, suffers from an unknown illness that makes him fart whenever he feels aroused. Three girls learn about this and they go on a mission to make him fart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Marrying the Mafia
Overview: An up-and-coming lawyer wakes up next to a beautiful woman with mafia connections, but neither remembers how they got there. That's a problem.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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A Battle Journal
Overview: A man, feeling guilty and depressed over a life-and-death decision he made while rock climbing, which left his friend dead, regains hope and the will to live when an elderly man gives him a diary belonging to a soldier during the Korean War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-06-20
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Oh My Love
Overview: Young-ju's wedding is cancelled when it is revealed that her mother was a prostitute for American soldiers. Young-ju, pregnant by her fiance, gives birth to a child, but her ex demands that she give up custody to him as she has no future.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-02-27
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