Jung Jin-young
Also Known As: 정진영, Jung Jin Young, Jeong Jin-yeong, Jin-yeong Jeong, Jinyeong Jeong, Jung Jinyoung, 郑进永
Biography: Jung Jin-young (정진영) is a South Korean actor. He has starred in numerous films, including Hi! Dharma!, Bunt, and The Case of Itaewon Homicide. But Jung is best known for his frequent collaborations with director Lee Joon-ik, namely Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield and its sequel Battlefield Heroes, The Happy Life, Sunny, and particularly for his role as King Yeonsan in the hugely successful King and the Clown.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Birthday: October 16, 1964
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Guns & Talks
Overview: Four unlikely assassins question their assignments because they genuinely care about their customers and victims. However, they attract police attention and a prosecutor is on their trail.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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Sunny
Overview: With hopes of reuniting with her husband, who left for the Vietnam War without telling her, a young wife joins a traveling band as the lead singer.
Genres: Drama War Music
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-07-23
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The Ring Virus
Overview: Sun-ju is a reporter who uncovers a series of inexplicable deaths that occurred simultaneously. Her investigation leads her to a resort, where she finds a videotape filled with mysterious images. After viewing it, a message appears on the screen that she has just been cursed, and that in order to save herself she must - end of tape. Somebody has erased the rest, leaving her horrified and uncertain of her next move.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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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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Out Live
Overview: A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love.
Genres: Drama Action Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-07-01
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Hi, Dharma!
Overview: Laughs and thrills go hand-in-fist in this Korean action comedy, as a band of criminals fleeing a violent gang war hides out in a monastery. The monks in residence quickly tire of the goons’ distressing behavior and manufacture a series of activities to get even.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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Wild Card
Overview: Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown In Seoul
Overview: Following the last wish of an old master, three monks head to Seoul to rest his remains in the Mushim Temple. However, they discover that the heavily indebted host monk has abandoned the temple and its inhabitants. The three monks make every effort to help the temple by promoting it to the public and raising funds through donations. But just when things begin to look much brighter, a team of four gangsters reach the temple indicating their need to reclaim it for an urban redevelopment project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2004-07-09
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Tabloid Truth
Overview: Woo-gon, a passionate manager who lost everything due to stock advertisements and a specialist gets together to find out the truth behind the rumors that have shaken up the country. From precious information to distribution, this crime chasing movie surrounds the invisible truth.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-02-20
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Battlefield Heroes
Overview: This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.
Genres: War Comedy History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-01-27
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S.I.U.
Overview: Sung-Bum is a hot-tempered detective who relies on his intuition to crack cases. He rarely comes across a case that he cannot solve. The body of a police officer is then discovered in a burned out car near an abandoned building. Drugs are also found near the dead officer. To catch the killer the police department sets up a special investigation unit for the case. Sung-Bum takes part in the investigation. Ho-Ryong is a young, confident man who works as a criminal profiler. He trained with the F.B.I. in the United States. Ho-Ryong is also assigned to the special investigation unit. Ho-Ryong relies on evidence rather than instinct. Detective Sung-Bum takes an immediate dislike for Ho-Ryong.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-11-24
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Love 911
Overview: A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-12-19
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Happy Life
Overview: Three old friends who used to be part of a rock band reunite at the fourth member's funeral. They decide to band back together with the deceased's estranged son serving as the new fourth member.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-09-12
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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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Bunt
Overview: A mentally challenged boy, Dong-gu loves going to school to fetch water for his friends. But he is disappointed, when the school decides to install water purifiers instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-04-26
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Ode to My Father
Overview: Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-12-17
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For Eternal Hearts
Overview: An ordinary college boy Su-young meets an extraordinary girl named Pippi on campus. After he witnesses her suicide, bizarre things begin to happen...
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-08-09
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Miracle in Cell No. 7
Overview: A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-01-23
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Time Renegades
Overview: A high-school teacher in 1983 and a detective in 2015 join forces through their dreams to change the perilous fate of the woman they both love—30 years apart.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-04-13
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Chulsoo Loves Younghee
Overview: Chulsoo is a punk kid who always plays tricks on others. One day, while he is picking on somebody as usual, he meets Younghee, a new transfer student, who becomes his class partner. He starts to like her. Younghee is a precocious smart girl who lives with her grandmother alone. Her grandmother owns a flower shop and she helps her grandma by delivering flowers. Though Younghee looks lively, she misses her deceased parents at heart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-01-07
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If You Were Me 3
Overview: Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-11-23
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Pandora
Overview: When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-12-07
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Claire's Camera
Overview: Claire, a school teacher with a camera is on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Man-hee, recently laid off after a one-night stand with a film director.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-03-07
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Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
Overview: Set in the 7th century AD during the Korean peninsula's division into three perpetually warring kingdoms, Once Upon A Time In A Battlefield focuses on the Shilla's king Kim Choon-chu efforts to conquer his rivals: Koguryo and Baekche. To achieve this goal, he allies with mainland China's Tang empire, the superpower of the era, and together the two polities plan to attack first the weakest Baekche at its main fortress of Hwangsanbul, guarding the only easy access to the mountainous interior. But the fortress commander General Kye Baek (Park Joong-hoon) will be resisting to the end...This comedy relays on clash between ancient time and modern language combined with irony and distance to the war.
Genres: History War Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2003-10-17
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Gangnam Blues
Overview: Jong-dae and Yong-ki make a living by picking up paper and empty bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-01-21
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Man of Will
Overview: Young Kim Chang-soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, Kim Chang-soo sees how Koreans are persecuted and grows into a fighter for Korean independence.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-10-19
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Grand Father
Overview: A Vietnam War veteran, Ki Gwang is an old bus driver. One day, he faced that his son had committed suicide and met his granddaughter at the funeral. However, he founds that some friends of his son has been using as his granddaughter as their need, This was the beginning of his vengeance for the world…
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-08-31
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Prison World Cup
Overview: With the new millenium, the U.N. human rights committee proposes the first Prisoner's World Cup, putting forth the slogans of Liberty, Equality, and Harmony. Corrections wardens across Korea are thrown into a dilemma over whether to let their prisoners participate or not. The Hope Team is one of the most unlikely soccer teams in the world with a total of 75 previous convictions and an average of 6 for each player. With promises of leaves and reduced sentences, the team members are motivated to the hilt. They pool their various criminal talents to play, fight, and poison their way to the finals despite a prejudiced referee and two of the team's members having been bought off by the opposing team. But when their leader, the only condemned man among them, breaks out of jail, the team is thrown into chaos and they learn some more about hope.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-05-19
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A Promise
Overview: When she met him at the first time, he was a wounded person. However, she saw him through his clear eyes hidden in the bandage. She, Chae Hi-Ju, is a doctor and he, Kong Sang-Du, is a boss of a bandit. The pair seemed not to love each other in terms of their position, but they were closed to each other giving up their own world. However, he was not a common man...
Genres: Romance Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-11-14
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Grass
Overview: Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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Another Promise
Overview: Taxi driver Sang-gu is an ordinary father who has made a happy family. Due to their unfortunate financial circumstances, he is sorry that he cannot afford to send his daughter Yoon-mi to university like other parents. Yet, with a bright smile on her face, Yoon-mi tells her father that she will one day buy him a new car and pay college tuition fees for her younger sibling. However, less than two years after Yoon-mi begins her job at a large corporate company, she gets seriously ill and returns home. Sang-gu is heartbroken to see his young daughter in such a condition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-02-06
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Heung-boo: The Revolutionist
Overview: During a time of poverty and despair in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, a satirical street play that pokes fun at the ruling class while giving a prophecy of ‘a new leader to save the world’ becomes immensely popular among the people. The author of the fable, Heung-boo, subsequently gains fame around the country and is sought after by both the oppressive political power and the rebellion leader who want to use his name and talent for their differing agendas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-02-14
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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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Green Fish
Overview: Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-02-07
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Ode to the Goose
Overview: Yoon-young fell for Song-hyeon when she was married to his friend. When she gets divorced, he takes her on a trip to Gunsan, where they stay at a guest house run by a middle-aged man and his autistic daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-11-08
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Crossing the Youngdo Bridge
Overview: The story of the conflict and reconciliation between father and daughter.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-02-04
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Love Phobia
Overview: On a sunny day, a boy named Jo-kang meets Ari, a girl in a yellow raincoat, and they become friends. Jo-kang falls helplessly in love with the quirky but attractive Ari, but one day, she suddenly disappears. Ten years pass and Jo-kang, now a high school student, gets a call from Ari and meets her again in a temple. Although they have not seen each other for ten years, they have such a great time together. Then, Ari disappears again. Jo-kang is devastated. Why has she disappeared again? What will become of them?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2006-04-27
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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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A Taxi Driver
Overview: May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-08-02
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P1H: A New World Begins
Overview: The story of boys who are scattered in the past, present, and future to find the star of hope in order to save the Earth which is devastated by a virus spread by a group of evil.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-10-08
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The Gossip
Overview: 'Jeong-seok', a public official who started a big-gaining part-time VVIP care service that costs a whopping 2 million won a week, visits a mansion in a deserted mountainous village. 'I-ppal', a senior part-timer who has the greatest idea ever, is constantly talking about it as soon as he meets him, and in the meantime, a legendary girl named 'Se-na' appears in front of him. The B-class war of the crazy people begins!
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-06-03
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Opening the Closed School Gates
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1992-12-31
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The Book of Fish
Overview: When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-03-31
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A Year-End Medley
Overview: A romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emross during the New Year holidays. Each one has his own memory to relate and create relationships or just going nostalgic.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-12-29
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The Terrorist
Overview: A tough cop goes vigilante to rid the streets of a vicious gang boss after his friend is murdered. But along the way he discovers that his brother may also be mixed up in the hooliganry.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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