Kim Joo Hyuk

During the Joseon Dynasty, King Lee Jo (Kim Eui Sang) is a toady of the Qing Emperor in China – and the Crown Prince decides to attempt a coup to free the nation from the Qing’s influence. His plan involves buying arquebuses, an early form of firearm, from Dutch traders.

However, a rival plot is being hatched by the war minister Kim Ja Joon (Jang Dong Gun), who wants to launch a rebellion and take the Joseon throne. Kim Ja Joon exposes the Crown Prince’s scheme and foils him.

The Crown Prince agrees to commit suicide if his men are spared but sends word to his brother Gang Lim (Hyun Bin), who is now in Qing territory, that he wants his brother to take care of his pregnant wife.

The minister orders his troops to board the Dutch traders’ cargo ships to seize the weapons.

But while aboard, one of the soldiers is bitten by a terrifying zombie being kept in a cage.

The soldier returns to his home village, unaware that he is now the host of a savage infection.

Soon, the entire village becomes infected – with its population turning into flesh-eating zombies.

Gang Lim must navigate this chaos and save his sister-in-law from the twin peril of warring powermongers and gruesome zombies. Is he up to the challenge?

“Rampant” is a 2018 South Korean horror-action movie directed by Kim Sung Hoon.

Rampant

The fresh meat team

When his informant is brutally murdered, police officer Won Ho (Jo Jin Woong) vows to find the killer.

He meets a woman named Oh Yeon Ok (Kim Sun Ryung), who tells him that the man behind the murder is a mysterious drug cartel boss known in the underworld as “Mr. Lee.”

She goes on to explain that Mr. Lee is one of the most dangerous people in the world, and says that he is known to guard his identity carefully.

This same Mr. Lee, she adds, attempted to kill her by blowing up a building. Won Ho visits the scene of the crime and finds a man he believes to be a member of Mr. Lee’s gang – a man named Rak (Ryu Jun Yeol).

Rak agrees to help Won Ho after the latter hatches a plan to set up a drug deal that will hopefully flush Mr. Lee out into the open.

But tracking down the “real” Mr. Lee becomes harder than Won Ho initially thought – as several crooks have already begun using Mr. Lee’s alias to conduct their own nefarious deals.

Can Won Ho discover the identity of the country’s most infamous drug lord?

This movie is based on the 2012 film “Drug War.”

“Believer” is a 2018 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Hae Young.

Believer

👮‍♂️The Untraceable Team 🕵️‍

Times may have been a little simpler, less technological, but still just as challenging to get through a typical day of life in the late 1980s. Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok Sun (Hyeri) struggles for attention as the middle child in her poor family while also carrying the burden of her 989th ranking in school. Kim Jung Hwan (Ryu Jun Yeol) only has a one-track mind for soccer, even after his family becomes rich overnight. Sung Sun Woo (Ko Gyung Pyo) is the perfect student, student council president and a caring and dependable son in his family. Ryu Dong Ryong (Lee Dong Hwi) is a geek who knows more about girls and life than the rest of his friends, but his poor academic score prevents him from being able to go to college. Choi Taek (Park Bo Gum) is a genius baduk player who dropped out of school to go professional. As the group of friends get into and out of mischief around the neighborhood, what experiences from these memorable times together will they carry with them into their future lives? “Reply 1988” is a 2015-2016 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Won Ho. The series is inspired by the drama “Three Families Under One Roof,” which originally aired from 1986 to 1994. It is the third series of the nostalgia-themed “Reply” dramas that include “Reply 1997” (2012) and “Reply 1994” (2013), but the characters and stories are not related to the previous series.

Reply 1988

The Lucky Eights Team

This is a different kind of identity crisis.

Woo Jin is a young man who works as a furniture designer. He has a great life with the woman he loves, Yi Soo (Han Hyo Joo), if it weren’t for one little problem.

Every morning, Woo Jin wakes up to discover that he is inhabiting a different body. It could be the body of a young, good-looking man (Do Ji Han), a portly everyman (Kim Dae Myung), a middle-aged man (Bae Sung Woo), an old man (Chun Young Woon) or even a beautiful young woman (Park Shin Hye)!

Every time Woo Jin wakes up in a new body, he has to figure out where he is and how he can find his way back to Yi Soo, who is always waiting for him. Will there be a day that Woo Jin can’t find his way back?

“The Beauty Inside” is a 2015 South Korean film directed by Baik. It is based on the 2012 American social film by the same title directed by Drake Doremus.

The Beauty Inside

Yoo Suk (Kim Ju Hyuk) is kind-hearted but has no idea that his fiancée Na Ri (Lee Si Young) has been playing him for a fool, trying to bleed him dry of money.

When he takes out a loan to pay for a love nest, Na Ri senses that she cannot get any more money out of staying with Yoo Suk – and promptly drops off the radar.

While still trying to track down Na Ri, Yoo Suk meets Ae Yeon (Lee Yoon Ji), a police officer who is nursing a broken heart. Over time, the two are drawn closer together.

Meanwhile, Na Ri has met a dangerous mobster she thinks will help bankroll her lifestyle. However, when she runs off with a bag of his money, his newfound love for her is put to the test…

This movie was based on the 2005 Japanese movie “A Stranger of Mine.”

“Couples” is a 2011 South Korean movie directed by Jung Yong Gi.

Couples

The Perfectly Matched team

Brothers Kwang Shik (Kim Joo Hyuk) and Kwang Tae (Bong Tae Gyu) couldn't be more different when it comes to their approach toward women. Kwang Shik is extremely shy, unable to say a single word to a women, while Kwang Tae is a playboy who constantly sleeps around. However, the brothers' romantic lives are about to get a shake up: Kwang Shik runs into Yoon Kyung (Lee Yo Won), who he had a crush on in college but didn't ask out, while Kwang Tae meets a woman named Kyung Jae (Kim Ah Joong) who doesn't seem to fall for him as easily as he expected. Can Kwang Shik and Kwang Tae manage to find success in these relationships, or is true love just out of reach? This 2005 Korean film was directed by Kim Hyun Seok.

When Romance Meets Destiny

Twist of Fate Team

Yoo Kwang Shik

Sang Hyun is a lowly detective with no money. He fell in love with Hye Ju, whom he met by accident, and even took out loans to send her to study in Prague. However, while there, she dumps him and he sets out to Prague to find her. In the process, he meets Jae Hee, who is the President of Korea\u2019s daughter and a diplomat. Jae Hee, who has always dreamt of a life filled with romance and freedom, falls for him fast. But she also carries wounds from her past relationship with Yeong Woo. Yeong Woo, who is a son of a billionaire, had to push her away due to his father\u2019s machinations in politics. He returns to Prague in search of her but she has already found someone new to love, Sang Hyun. How will this love story conclude as the complicated lives of these four people come to a head?

Lovers in Prague

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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