Yoo Hae Jin

Shamans Lee Hwa Rim (Kim Go Eun) and Yoon Bong Gil (Lee Do Hyun) are hired to help a rich Korean-American family whose firstborn children are plagued by a strange, otherworldly illness. They trace the root of the problem to a long-forgotten family burial ground in South Korea. The shamans team up with the geomancer Kim Sang Deok (Choi Min Sik) and the undertaker Ko Young Geun (Yoo Hae Jin) to exhume the bodies from tombs and relocate the remains, but the project takes a dark turn. Has this crew dug into cursed ground… and unleashed demonic forces beyond their control? This 2024 South Korean movie was directed by Jang Jae Hyun.

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Ko Young Geun

Chi Ho (Yoo Hae Jin) is a fortysomething confectionery researcher who’s gifted with an incredible sense of taste – and not much else! As such, he excels at his job, but has very little in the way of a social life...and nothing whatsoever in the way of a love life! He mainly interacts with his childish half-brother Seok Ho (Cha In Pyo), who is always pestering him for a loan. He also has to deal with his boss Byeong Hoon (Jin Sun Kyu), a narcissist with lofty ambitions.

This mundane life changes very quickly for Chi Ho, however, when he meets single mom Il Young (Kim Hee Sun). He falls in love at first sight… Il Young is also in her 40s, and has all but given up on the idea of finding love again. But as she begins to spend more time with Chi Ho, she begins to realize that beneath his nerdy exterior is a heart of gold!

“Honey Sweet” is a 2023 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Han.

Honey Sweet

Acupuncturist Gyeong Su (Ryu Jun Yeol) possesses exceptional skills despite his partial blindness, leading to the royal physician recognizing his talents and bringing him into the palace. His arrival coincides with the return of Crown Prince Sohyeon (Kim Sung Cheol), who is returning to Korea after being held hostage by the Qing dynasty for eight years. While King Injo (Yoo Hae Jin) is pleased by his son's return, he can't shake a sense of unease. Unfortunately, his instincts ring true: the Crown Prince is killed, with Gyeong Su as a witness. As Gyeong Su attempts to find out the truth, he uncovers even greater secrets and conspiracies that put his own life in danger, while King Injo descends into madness in despair. Can Gyeong Su bring the truth of the Crown Prince's death to light, or will he too fall to the greater powers at play? This award-winning 2022 Korean film was directed by Ahn Tae Jin. This version is fully dubbed in English.

The Night Owl (Dubbed)

King Injo

Acupuncturist Gyeong Su (Ryu Jun Yeol) possesses exceptional skills despite his partial blindness, leading to the royal physician recognizing his talents and bringing him into the palace. His arrival coincides with the return of Crown Prince Sohyeon (Kim Sung Cheol), who is returning to Korea after being held hostage by the Qing dynasty for eight years. While King Injo (Yoo Hae Jin) is pleased by his son's return, he can't shake a sense of unease. Unfortunately, his instincts ring true: the Crown Prince is killed, with Gyeong Su as a witness. As Gyeong Su attempts to find out the truth, he uncovers even greater secrets and conspiracies that put his own life in danger, while King Injo descends into madness in despair. Can Gyeong Su bring the truth of the Crown Prince's death to light, or will he too fall to the greater powers at play? This award-winning 2022 Korean film was directed by Ahn Tae Jin.

The Night Owl

The year is 1940, and the Korean Peninsula is still under the colonial rule of Imperial Japan.

The Imperial Japanese are on the verge of what will soon be their undoing – their involvement in World War II. But even as the nation prepares for war, the colonial government is doing its utmost in its colony to stamp out the Korean language. Its goal is to promote the Japanese language and culture at all costs.

Against this backdrop, a group of people forms an unlikely alliance. Their aim is to produce a Korean language dictionary – an act of defiance and patriotism that could well see them land in very hot water with the colonial government.

This group is led by an erudite young scholar named Ryu Jeong Hwan (Yoon Kye Sang) and Kim Pan Su (Yoo Hae Jin), an illiterate, middle-aged petty thief.

Together with the rest of the group, the duo attempts to do the unthinkable – complete and publish a vital reference book that could help restore national pride in a language that has been placed under existential threat.

This film was partly based on a true story.

“Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission” is a 2019 South Korean movie directed by Eom Yu Na.

Mal. Mo. E – The Secret Mission

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In the 1920’s, Japanese military forces in Manchuria, China hunted down a handful of Korean liberation fighters willing to risk their lives to bring an end to the Japanese rule of Korea. Tasked with the mission to deliver funds to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai, Hwang Hae Cheol (Yoo Hae Jin) and a small band of subordinates set out at once. But the road ahead is anything but easy.

Relying heavily on his skill as a master swordsman and the sharp eye of Ma Byung Gu (Jo Woo Jin), a sniper under his command, Hae Cheol and his troop make their way towards Shanghai. Along the way, Hae Cheol is reunited with Lee Jang Ha (Ryu Jun Yeol), a young squad commander who is currently on a deadly mission of his own: to bait a battalion of Japanese forces into a valley near Fengwudong.

Teaming up, this rag-tag group of militiamen take on the Japanese forces in a fierce four-day battle that would go down in history as one of the most glorious moments in Korea’s fight for independence from Japan.

Inspired by actual events, “The Battle: Roar to Victory” is a 2019 period action film directed by Won Sin Yeon.

The Battle: Roar to Victory

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After the passing of his wife, Kim Man Seob (Song Kang Ho) is left with an overwhelming number of hospital bills and a young daughter, whom he now has to raise on his own. A hard-working taxi driver traversing the streets of Seoul in 1980, Man Seob is doing everything he can to make ends meet, but it never seems to be enough. Until the day Fate decides to give him a little wink. Overhearing another taxi driver talking about a foreign client willing to pay a substantial amount of money to anyone willing to drive him to Gwangju and back, before curfew, Man Seob takes the job.

A West German journalist hoping to report on the increasing civil unrest in Gwangju, Jürgen “Peter” Hinzpeter (Thomas Kretschmann), knows he’s risking his life for this story. With foreign reporters prohibited from entering the country, he has used the role of missionary and businessman to get as far as Seoul, but it’s not far enough if he hopes to cover this breaking story. Meeting Man Seob, the two set off for Gwangju, only to find that all roads leading into the city are not only blocked, but also heavily guarded. Undeterred by the danger ahead, the two find a more creative way into the city, only to find themselves caught up in the escalating events unfolding around them.

Unintentional participants in the uprising, Man Seob and Peter soon find themselves befriending strangers from all walks of life as they attempt to document the severity of the situation, all while trying to outrun the law. Short on time and running thin on luck, the brave pair must find a way to get home before it’s too late.

Based on a real-life story, “A Taxi Driver” is a 2017 historical action film directed by Jang Hoon.

A Taxi Driver

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The year is 1978. The city of Busan, South Korea, has been sent into shock after a young girl went missing. Police believe she has been kidnapped. Two weeks have passed since she vanished, and the kidnapper has not contacted the police. In the absence of any further evidence, the police force presumes she has been killed. But the girl’s mother refuses to give up hope that her child is still alive. In her desperation, she reaches out to a famous fortune teller named Kim Joong San (Yoo Hae Jin).

The seer tells her that the young girl is alive and well – and makes a number of other predictions. And he says that if the veteran investigator Gong Gil Yong (Kim Yun Seok) can be persuaded to help, the girl’s life could well be saved. Gong Gil Yong is skeptical about all this. But when Kim Joong San’s prophecies begin to come true, this skepticism begins to melt away. Could these two men team up to save the girl from a dreadful fate?

This movie was based on real-life events that took place in 1978.

“The Classified File” is a 2015 South Korean movie that was directed by Kwak Kyung Taek.

The Classified File

The Classified Team

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal.

When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung (Kim Nam Gil) and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol (Son Ye Jin) go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

“The Pirates” is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Lee Seok Hoon.

The Pirates

Returning home as a war hero, Colonel Kim Jin Pyong (Song Seung Heon) seems to have it all: a prestigious career, a beautiful wife, and the admiration of his peers. However, beneath the surface lies a struggle with PTSD that makes it hard for him to adapt to civilian life. As he grapples with his inner demons, his world is complicated by the arrival of Captain Kyung Woo Jin (On Ju Wan) and his wife, Jong Ga Heun (Lim Ji Yeon), who live next door. Captivated by Ga Heun’s beauty, Jin Pyong finds himself drawn into a whirlwind romance, igniting a passionate affair that offers a temporary escape from his turmoil, but the bliss they share is tainted by guilt and the weight of their responsibilities. Caught between desire and duty, Jin Pyong and Ga Heun face an agonizing question: will they follow their hearts or adhere to their obligations? This 2014 Korean erotic romance film was written and directed by Kim Dae Woo.

Obsessed

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Living with a debilitating phobia of all forms of social interaction, Chun Soo Ro (Go Hyun Jung) has done the best she can to make a life for herself. A timid and slightly geeky cartoonist, Soo Ro does well enough when it comes to work, but her constant panic attacks make it nearly impossible for her to leave her home. Relying heavily on her sister’s help, Soo Ro is devastated by the fact that her sister is about to leave the country.&nbsp;

Overcoming her fears long enough to accompany her sister to the Busan port terminal, Soo Ro bids her sister farewell; but her ability to fight off the rising panic she feels only lasts so long. Stricken by a panic attack before she can even leave the terminal, Soo Ro is helped by a nearby nun. To repay the woman for her kindness, Soo Ro agrees to deliver flowers and a cake for her; but upon arriving at the provided address, she finds the intended recipient dead! Fleeing the scene in terror, Soo Ro soon finds herself unwillingly caught up in the middle of a multi-million dollar drug operation.

Wanted by the police and hunted by not one but two of the area’s biggest crime syndicates, Soo Ro finds herself accepting the help of five strangers who manage to turn her life completely upside down. Will she ever find a way out of this mess or will she end up embracing this new life of crime?

A story of cake and crime, “Miss Conspirator” is a 2012 action comedy film directed by Park Chul Kwan.

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