Kim Hye Soo

Is it possible to leave the world of crime behind? Na Hyun Jung (Kim Hye Soo) is a former prostitute who worked her way to up the No. 2 position in a powerful crime organization. Im Sang Hoon (Lee Sun Gyun) is Hyun Jung’s loyal strongman who will do any dirty work for her.

Choi Dae Sik (Lee Hee Joon), a tough prosecutor, is tricked into a corner by Hyun Jung and forced to help her grow her crime ring into a powerful business enterprise. When Hyun Jung betrays Sang Hoon, he becomes a pawn for Dae Sik to exact revenge and escape Hyun Jung’s grasp.

 When Hyun Jung’s biggest secret, that she gave birth to a son while serving time in prison, comes to light, she must use all her energy to protect her son from all her enemies. Can she save a son who doesn’t even know she exists while she also desperately tries to figure out an exit strategy from her dangerous life?

“A Special Lady” is a 2017 South Korean film directed by Lee An Gyu.

A Special Lady

Strong Fighters

Teacher Kim (Han Seok Kyu) was once a top surgeon at one of South Korea’s premier medical centers, but has abandoned his glittering career to work at a small-town community hospital. Here, he becomes the mentor to a group of young medics, including Kang Dong Joo (Yoo Yeon Seok), a talented doctor who grew up in poverty and harbors feelings for Yoon Seo Jung (Seo Hyun Jin). Seo Jung is a skilled doctor who is plagued by hallucinations that remind her of a traumatic past mistake. As Teacher Kim guides them through their own personal and professional struggles, he also helps them grow into top medics. Will his mentorship spark love between his young apprentices? This 2016 South Korean drama series was directed by Yoo In Shik and Park Soo Jin.

Dr. Romantic

Romantic Doctors ♡

Having risen to the pinnacle of stardom, Go Ju Yeon (Kim Hye Soo) is a woman who not only knows what she wants but is also a woman who gets what she wants. From money and fame to gorgeous young boyfriends, Ju Yeon has it all. Or at least she always thought she did. But recently, she isn’t quite so sure…

Now a forty-something actress with a career in decline, Ju Yeon is starting to wonder if her glamorous life isn’t missing something important. Feeling like it might be time to settle down, Ju Yeon hopes to do so with her current secret beau. Unfortunately, being twelve years her junior, this boyfriend isn’t interested in anything but using her to advance his career. Realizing the only one who might stay in her life for good is a child of her own, Ju Yeon hopes to have a baby of her own. But a trip to the doctor quickly crushes those dreams as she learns she’s already reached menopause.

Refusing to give up on her dreams of motherhood, Ju Yeon comes across a young woman by the name of Dan Ji (Kim Hyun Soo), who might be able to help solve all of her problems. A pregnant teen in desperate need of help, Dan Ji is eager to go along with Ju Yeon’s unusual proposal but as time passes, things for both the star and the girl begin to get dicey. Will this superstar’s hair-brained scheme bring anyone the happiness they so desperately hope to find?

Full of bizarre plans and crazy antics, “Familyhood” is a 2016 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Kim Tae Gon.

Familyhood

Nae Gyeong (Song Kang Ho) has a special talent: the ability to see through people simply by looking at their faces. His unique services are sought out by many, including the courtesan Yeon Hong (Kim Hye Soo), who offers him a job opportunity too lucrative to refuse. Taking her up on the offer, Nae Gyeong moves to Hanyang and quickly earns a position on the government’s Inspection Board. But what happens when he uncovers a plot by Prince Su Yang (Lee Jung Jae) that could alter the destiny of the entire country? This award-winning 2013 South Korean film was directed by Han Jae Rim.

The Face Reader

Yeon Hong

Is any job too big for them?

Popie (Lee Jung Jae), Yenicall (Jun Ji Hyun), Chewing Gum (Kim Hae Sook) and Zampano (Kim Soo Hyun) are a team of South Korean professional thieves that had just successfully stolen a valuable antique vase from an art gallery.

Macao Park (Kim Yun Seok) reaches out to Popie to ask for her team’s help in a new heist in Macau for a rare diamond known as the Tear of the Sun, which is worth $20 million. Unbeknownst to Macao Park, Pepsee (Kim Hye Soo) has just been released from prison and joins the team on the trip to Hong Kong to meet Macao Park. Pepsee was romantically involved with Macao Park but ended up going to jail after he made off with all the gold bars on a previous job.

In Hong Kong, the group meets a local crew of thieves: Chen (Simon Yam), Andrew (Oh Dal Soo), Julie (Angelica Lee) and Johnny (Derek Tsang).

Can the international band of thieves put their own personal agendas aside to pull off the biggest heist of their lives?

“The Thieves” is a 2012 South Korean film directed by Choi Dong Hoon. It holds the record as the third-highest grossing film in South Korean cinematic history.

The Thieves

The masters

Teaching is considered to be the noblest profession. The greatest wish of Yang Eun Bi (Lee Chung Ah) is to attain the respect, prestige and job security of becoming a high school teacher. As she studies diligently to prepare for the teacher certification exam, she keeps running into Cha Chi Soo (Jung Il Woo), the only son of the owner of the largest food conglomerate in Korea. But Eun Bi can’t quite make out his identity, as she mistakes Chi Soo at first for an employee of the food company, then a student at her university, and then for a student at the high school where she will be a student teacher. Then they both end up working at a ramen shop owned by the lazy Choi Kang Hyuk (Lee Ki Woo). Can Eun Bi and Chi Soo’s multiple run-ins be just chance encounters or is there a larger force at play to bring the two together? “Flower Boy Ramyun Shop,” also known as “Flower Boy Ramen Shop” or “Cool Guys Hot Ramen,” is a 2011 South Korean drama series directed by Jung Jung Hwa.

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop

The Ramyun Lover's Team

SBS, KOCOWA

Park Ki Ja is Style's chief editor. She is a strong character who is known as the witch with her confident and fashionable personality. Seo Jung is a rookie assistant in Style. She only assists Ki Ja with her work and has trouble finding her place as an editor. Seo Jung gets interested in the man of her boss. For her success and love, she challenges the charismatic chief editor. The man of her boss, Woo Jin, is a Bohemian chef who cooks with macrobiotics. How will things end with the gentle and dandy Woo Jin and the charismatic Ki Ja?

Style

Jae Soo (Kim Young Chan) is an 11-year-old boy whose father (Ryu Seung Ryong) is a violent, abusive, womanizing alcoholic. As his father is also unemployed, Jae Soo is responsible for managing both of their finances, including the use of precious government-issued food stamps. He even has to work in a number of minor jobs in order to make ends meet. Periodically, his father brings home women, whom Jae Soo invariably addresses as “mom.”

One day, his father brings home the 11th such woman (Kim Hye Soo). With her wig and thick make-up on, she looks glamorous. But when she takes it all off, she looks much more mundane. Jae Soo expects this new “mom” to leave soon – as have all of her predecessors. He quickly reaches the end of his tether with her, too. She seems to eat everything she can get her hands on and sleeps all day. But when she witnesses her father drunkenly beating the young boy one day, she steps in. He retaliates by beating her, too. But this terrible experience brings them together. As they begin to develop an emotional connection, however, things are about to come to head at home...

“My 11th Mother” is a 2007 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Jin Sung.

My 11th Mother

The Best Mother 💋 Team

Despite family expectations to become a scholar, Lee Ho Chang (Song Kang Ho) never aspired to a life of academics. As Japanese imperial rule takes hold across Korea, Ho Chang begins to search for a different purpose in life – and finds it in a game of baseball! Min Jung Rim (Kim Hye Soo), who's accompanying a group of missionaries at the YMCA, teaches Ho Chang how to play. Eventually, Jung Rim, Ho Chang, and Oh Dae Hyun (Kim Joo Hyuk) form the YMCA Baseball Team, marking Korea's first ever baseball team. The team has some success, but they eventually run into opposition from the Japanese military occupation. Will the power of sports help these players find freedom, or is this game over? Based on a true story, this 2002 Korean film was written and directed by Kim Hyun Seok.

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