Song Joong Ki is a popular South Korean actor and MC. Born on September 19, 1985, he was a competitive short track speed skater during high school, competing in the National Games three times before an injury forced him to quit the sport. 

Song Joong Ki made his acting debut in the 2008 film “A Frozen Flower” and went on to star in “A Werewolf Boy,” which became the biggest box office hit for a melodrama in Korean cinematic history. Song Joong Ki also has starred in many popular television dramas, including “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” (2010), “A Tree With Deep Roots” (2011), “The Innocent Man” (2012) and “Descendants of the Sun” (2016). He also hosted the music show “Music Bank” from 2009 to 2010 and was a cast member of the popular variety show “Running Man” from 2010 to 2011. 

The talented actor also published the book Beautiful Skin Project, a health and beauty guide for men.

Song Joong Ki

Seventeen-year-old Yeon Gyu (Hong Xa Bin) is at his wits’ end. He is mercilessly bullied at school. And there is no respite at home, where his stepfather physically abuses him. He dreams of making enough money to escape abroad. But life changes on a dime for Yeon Gyu when he meets the underworld mid-level crime boss Chi Geon (Song Joong Ki). Chi Geon offers Yeon Gyu the chance to join his organization and make the money he needs to leave town for good. But entering Chi Geon’s murky world plays on Yeon Gyu’s conscience, and strains his relationship with his stepsister Hayan (BIBI). Will Yeon Gyu’s journey into the criminal underworld bring him redemption – or inescapable despair? This 2023 South Korean movie was directed by Kim Chang Hoon.

Hopeless

Chi Geon

JTBC

After serving the Jin family and Soonyang Group faithfully for years, Yoon Hyeon Woo (Song Joong Ki) is embroiled in their succession battle and tragically murdered as collateral damage. Miraculously, fate gives him a chance to exact his revenge when he finds he’s brought back in time inside the body of Jin Do Jun, the youngest grandson of Jin Yang Cheol (Lee Sung Min), the CEO of Soonyang Group. Using his new identity and knowledge of the future, Do Jun plots a hostile takeover of the Soonyang Group. Will Do Jun succeed in his revenge and find his murderer? Based on the webtoon of the same name by San Kyung, this 2022 South Korean drama series was directed by Jung Dae Yoon.

Reborn Rich

🥊Reborn to Avenge Team🎯

South Korean special forces officer Yoo Si Jin (Song Joong Ki) falls for surgeon Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo) but their ideological differences force them to split up. Now, war has broken out in a faraway nation, and Si Jin’s unit is deployed on the battleground. Coincidentally, an unpleasant workplace incident has forced Mo Yeon to join a group of medical volunteers in the same country. The former lovers reunite, but can they find love again – against the backdrop of a bloody war? This 2016 South Korean drama series was directed by Lee Eung Bok and Baek Sang Hoon.

Descendants of the Sun

The Sunshine Team

Yoo Si Jin

KBS02

Kang Maru and Han Jaehui have chased their dreams, relying on each other despite their poor existence. Maru is a college student who's always been at the top of his class and Jaehui dreams of being an anchor that can help her escape his garbage life, so she works as an anchor at HBS broadcast station. Seo Eungi has been bred to be the heir of a major conglomerate but is devoid of warmth. The moment they all take steps closer and closer to their dreams. A desperate call from Jaehui to Ma-ru. After that day, their lives change in an unexpected way.

The Innocent Man

The Naughty Team

Kang Ma Roo

As the son of a nobleman during the Joseon Dynasty, Duk Moo (Cha Tae Hyun) shouldn’t have had any problems securing a government position. But even with his noble father, having a concubine for a mother meant such a prestigious position was far beyond his reach. With no other choice but pursue some other line of work, Duk Moo turned his attention to the marketplace, where he eventually set himself up as a bookseller.&nbsp;

Doing his best to earn an honest living, Duk Moo has always had a hard time accepting the corrupt noblemen who make life for others, like himself, so incredibly difficult. As awful as some nobles are, none is as vile as Jo Myung Soo (Nam Kyung Eup). With plans to monopolize the most valuable commodity of the entire era, ice, the only one standing between the corrupt minister and this lucrative monopoly is Du Moo’s father, Dong Soo (Oh Ji Ho). Determined to have his way, Myung Soo devises a plan to remove Dong Soo from his position; but Du Moo refuses to let this crooked politician get away with his vile schemes. Recruiting a team of highly skilled professionals, Duk Moo sets out to have his revenge in the most unexpected way possible.&nbsp;

With a plan to steal the entire royal supply of ice in a single night, Duk Moo and his team set out to do the impossible. Will they be able to pull off this incredible heist or will they be forced to admit defeat?

Full of hilarious antics and non-stop shenanigans, “The Grand Heist” is a 2012 historical comedy film directed by Kim Joo Ho.

The Grand Heist

Lee Do is the third son of King Taejong of the Joseon dynasty. He becomes Sejong the Great, a well-known king with brilliance, but he is deeply traumatized as he has seen massacres committed by his father since he was young. Being a workaholic and an insomniac, he strives day and night to understand ordinary people and become a righteous king. Chae Yoon comes from a family of slaves, but he has become an officer working in the Royal Guards. He thinks his father died because of Lee Do and plans to take revenge on him. So Yi is the court maid that Lee Do's son loves. Although aphasic, she is smart, insightful, and passionate about creating the Korean alphabet. Ki Joon earns Lee Do's trust and gets involved in his project to create the Korean alphabet, but he secretly plans to stab Lee Do in the back. With all these people entangled with each other, serial murders happen at the palace, and the project to create the Korean alphabet doesn't go smoothly.

Tree With Deep Roots

Deep Rooted Friends Team

Join Hallyu Superstar, Song Joong Ki, as he travels to Tokyo, Japan. Discover all the wonders this great city has to offer, from shopping to food, temples to street markets, alongside one of Korea’s most beloved stars.

I'm Real Song Joong Ki

I'm the Real

KBS2

During the Joseon Dynasty when women were not expected to be smart or allowed to be educated, Kim Yoon Hee (Park Min Young) was both. 

After her father passes away and her brother becomes ill, Yoon Hee disguises herself as a boy and takes on her brother’s identity to get odd jobs and help support her struggling family. When she realizes that there is good money to be made, Yoon Hee begins to take the entrance exams in the place of other students who want to get into the prestigious Sungkyunkwan University. 

During one such test, Yoon Hee is discovered to be perpetrating the illegal activity by the morally upright Lee Sun Joon (Park Yoochun), who threatens to turn her in. 

But believing that Yoon Hee is a boy, Sun Joon encourages her to take the test herself (with her brother’s identity). Both pass the exam and get into the university and become roommates. As Yoon Hee is now enjoying the glories of getting a higher education, she befriends the playboy Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki) and the rebellious Moon Jae Shin (Yoo Ah In) and starts to develop feelings for Sun Joon – all the while trying to keep her true gender a secret from her new friends and the other male students. 

Can she keep up the charade long enough to get the education she desires and keep her emotions at bay? 

“Sungkyunkwan Scandal” is a 2010 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Won Suk and Hwang In Hyuk. It is based on the bestselling novel The Lives of SungKyunKwan Confucian Scholars by Jung Eon Gweol. The series won numerous drama awards, and Park Min Young and Park Yoochun received numerous Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Couple awards.

Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Goo Yong Ha

SBS, KOCOWA

Seo Hye Young is in her second-year fellowship as an obstetrician-gynecologist who practically lives at the hospital. She's a workaholic and a highly skilled doctor with quick and precise hands. During her relationship with Yoon Seo Jin, she discovers she's pregnant. Despite her desire to stay at her university, she's reassigned to a countryside hospital branch after performing an abortion surgery on a woman carrying her second child with a disorder. There, she encounters Lee Sang Sik, a pediatrician. Their paths cross coincidentally in an elevator, and he becomes the only one aware of her pregnancy. As Hye Young overworks herself, Sang Sik cares for her, and she gradually opens up to him.

Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors

Ahn Kyung Woo

Gang Jin, who moved around frequently with her mother, now works as a bartender to get by while she studies to be the top student in school. Living a rough life and raised with strong values, Gang Jin finds her only hope of love in Ji Wan at the end of his teen years. Yet when Ji Wan loses her older brother when he tries to find Gang Jin's pendant, she leaves her hometown, and they separate. It is not until ten years later that Gang Jin and Ji Wan reunite.

Will It Snow for Christmas?

South Korea is rocked in 1997, when a college student is found apparently stabbed to death in the restroom of a fast food chain in the Itaewon District of the capital, Seoul. The district is popular among Americans and other foreigners due to its proximity to a large United States Army base. The case is particularly hard for both the police and public prosecutors to crack: Before the student was found dead, he was seen having an argument with other young men.

Two Korean-American friends – Robert Pearson (Jang Geun Suk) and Alex “AJ” Jung (Shin Seung Hwan) – were seen going into the restroom shortly before the body was discovered. They had also been handling a knife at the table they had been sitting at. The investigators consider both to be suspects. But the case gets even harder to solve when Robert Pearson and Alex Jung claim that they are innocent – and blame one another for the killing. It falls to the quick-witted Prosecutor Park (Jung Jin Young) to try to determine who is telling the truth. Will he help bring the killer to justice – and help the innocent man walk free?

This movie was based on a true story.

“Where the Truth Lies” is a 2009 South Korean movie that was directed by Hong Ki Seon.

Where the Truth Lies

🩸Where the Truth Lies🩸

Kang Hye Na is the sole heiress to the nation's most wealthy conglomerate, and she has everything, even sassiness. One day, Seo Dong Chan gets hit by Hye Na's car, but since Hye Na refuses to apologize, Dong Chan persistently follows her around. Seeing how Dong Chan does not fear Hye Na, Hye Na's grandfather hires Dong Chan as a new butler and puts him beside her. Different from their first intentions, they get closer and unexpectedly fall in love. Unfortunately, no one approves of their love, but the two carry on and keep loving each other.

My Fair Lady

The King of Goryeo (Joo Jin Mo) is under pressure to produce a male heir after marrying Yuan Dynasty princess No Guk (Song Ji Hyo). However, there’s an obstacle standing in his way: he is in love with Hong Rim (Zo In Sung), the male head of his royal guard, and has no interest in consummating his marriage with the Queen. In desperation, the King orders the Queen and Hong Rim to have a child together, who he will then pretend is his own, but his scheme backfires when the duo starts to fall for one another! When the King learns what has happened, he flies into a violent rage, forcing Hong Rim to go on the run, but Hong Rim will not give up on his love for the Queen. Will true love win the day – or will tragedy strike a fatal blow? This award-winning 2008 South Korean movie was directed by Yoo Ha.

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