Woo Hyun is a South Korean actor who was born in 1964. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Theology from Yonsei University in Seoul, and made his acting debut in the 2003 movie “Article 1 of the Korean Constitution.” He made his TV drama series bow in 2014, with a role in “Healer,” following up with an appearance in “Reply 1988” in 2015. He has also appeared in movie releases, such as “Fabricated City” (2017) and “Tazza: One Eyed Jack” (2019).

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Centuries ago, a man named Kokdu (Kim Jung Hyun) was turned into an immortal, supremely powerful grim reaper who must come to the mortal realm every 99 years to punish humans for their sins. Embodied as a young doctor, he begins his latest quest, where he meets fellow medic Han Gye Jeol (Im Soo Hyang). However, he soon realizes that she wields mysterious abilities… and can bend him to her will. Might their past lives have been intertwined somehow? Can the once-invincible Kokdu complete his deadly mission or will it be derailed by romance? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Baek Soo Chan and Kim Ji Hoon.

Kokdu: Season of Deity

GRIM PUPPET TEAM

KBS, KOCOWA

A neuroscientist Shin Ha Ru with a special brain, a selfless detective Geum Myung Se with a kind brain, a law hypnosis investigator Seol So Jung with a timid brain, and Kim Mo Ran with a hyper-sexuality brain, will join the force and investigate criminal cases as a team. A neuroscience team has been established in order to deal with the increasing number of crimes related to brain disease, and Ha Ru joins them as a consultant. Coincidently, Myung Se and Ha Ru get involved in an ill-fated relationship, and brutal cooperation begins. What will happen during the all-too-human investigation full of madness and plot twists?

Brain Works

🐭Pinky & Brain Team🧠

Detective Cha Jae Hwan (Park Hae Soo) investigates a new explosion reminiscent of the notorious Chimera Case from 1984, which claimed numerous lives. Partnering with former FBI agent Yoo Jin (Kim Soo Hyun) and skilled surgeon Lee Joong Yeob (Lee Hee Joon), they work tirelessly to track down the serial killer who has resurfaced after decades of silence. As they delve deeper into the investigation, the Chimera Killer continues to taunt them, pushing the team to their psychological limits and revealing increasingly horrifying details about the case. The trio must race against time to prevent further attacks and uncover the truth behind the killer's twisted agenda. This is a 2021 South Korean thriller crime drama directed by Kim Do Hoon.

Chimera

Chimera Team

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Yoo Hee (Go Ah Sung), a young criminal profiler, is thrust into a complex investigation when her father is murdered. Han Seung Min (Yoon Kye Sang), a forensic psychologist and her former flame, surprisingly confesses to the crime and is imprisoned among dangerous inmates. Convinced that Han Seung Min is not the true killer, Yoo Hee begins her own investigation, sensing hidden motives behind his confession. As violence escalates in the prison and Han Seung Min pursues a mysterious personal agenda, she races against time to uncover the truth about her father's murder. With mounting pressure and dangerous obstacles, Yoo Hee must determine Han Seung Min's real intentions and identify the actual killer before it's too late. Based on a 2015-2016 web-based cartoon series, "Crime Puzzle" is a 2021 South Korean drama series directed by Go Jae Hyun.

Crime Puzzle

The Criminal Mind Team 

Do Jun Woo (Namgoong Min), the leader of special task forces, investigates a series of murders in "White Night" village, connected to a tragic unsolved event from 28 years ago. Partnering with Officer Gong Hye Won (Seolhyun) and FBI agent Jamie (Lee Chung Ah), Jun Woo's legendary detective skills are put to the test as they unravel the village's dark secrets. Despite their clashing personalities, the team works to expose the truth behind the mysterious killings. As the past and present collide, unexpected revelations and potential romance emerge. This is a 2020 South Korean romantic crime drama directed by Jo Soo Won, featuring intense plot twists and compelling performances.

Awaken

the Mysterious Team

Saet Byul (Kim Yoo Jung), daughter of taekwondo master Jung Chul Min (Ryu Seung Soo), first meets Choi Dae Hyun (Ji Chang Wook) when he saves her from a falling sandbag. Years later, Dae Hyun becomes a convenience store manager after taking the blame for his girlfriend Yoo Yeon Joo's (Han Sun Hwa) police investigation. Saet Byul applies for a part-time job at his store, rekindling their past connection. Yeon Joo becomes jealous of Saet Byul's beauty and her obvious attraction to Dae Hyun, attempting to have her fired. Despite Yeon Joo's efforts, Dae Hyun keeps Saet Byul, recognizing her ability to attract customers. This is a 2020 South Korean romantic comedy directed by Lee Myoung Woo.

Backstreet Rookie

💥Wookie's Rookies🏪💖Team

Once part of Korea's top-secret National Intelligence Service, a group of talented female agents is reassigned to go undercover in a case involving corruption and leaked trade secrets at the country's largest conglomerate. After several mistakes during important missions, Chan Mi was reassigned to the cybersecurity team but dreamed of returning to her former role. Mi Soon has left agent life behind and become a full-time homemaker. Meanwhile, Ye Eun, a smart, single mom and desk agent, dreams of being promoted to an undercover spymaster working in the field. Their lives collide when Kwan Soo, a longtime director in the NIS, recruits all three for a do-or-die mission.

Good Casting

The Perfect Cast

Doh Il Chul (Park Jung Min), a young student preparing for civil service exams, leads a double life as an underground casino poker player. When he meets Madonna (Choi Yu Hwa), an attractive woman in debt to a wealthy man, he challenges the creditor to a high-stakes poker game to win her heart. After losing spectacularly and falling into deep debt, One Eyed Jack (Ryu Seung Bum), a former associate of Il Chul's father, offers to help by recruiting him into a gang of elite gamblers. Their audacious plan involves stealing a fortune from a business magnate, setting the stage for a dangerous and unpredictable heist. This is a 2019 South Korean movie based on a comic strip by Huh Young Man and Kim Se Young, directed by Kwon Oh Kwang.

Tazza: One Eyed Jack

Tazza: The Hidden Card 

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There are prestigious professions such as doctors, lawyers, and professors. One family, however, thinks con artist is the best profession if they don't get caught by the police. Jung Gook is the third generation con artist in his family and continues to swindle people out of their money. Due to his profession, he has many enemies and always has to watch out for the police. He has spent his entire life avoiding getting caught by the police, but his wife reveals to him that she is a detective after his wedding ceremony. Jung Gook's wife, Mi Young, kept this a secret because her past relationship got ruined due to her profession.

My Fellow Citizens!

The Sweet Scammers

JTBC

Kim Hye Ja (Han Ji Min), an optimistic young woman aspiring to become a TV news anchor, experiences a shocking transformation when she suddenly turns into a 70-year-old. Simultaneously, Lee Joon Ha (Nam Joo Hyuk), a dedicated aspiring reporter, struggles with the harsh realities of his current life. When their paths cross, they embark on an unexpected journey that challenges their perceptions of time, dreams, and personal growth. As they navigate this extraordinary situation, Hye Ja and Joon Ha begin to uncover deeper insights about life's true value and the meaning of pursuing one's goals. This is a 2019 Viki Original Korean drama series directed by Kim Suk Yoon.

Radiant

The Dazzling Team 

In 1940, during Japanese colonial rule, the Korean Peninsula faces linguistic oppression as the colonial government attempts to eradicate the Korean language. Ryu Jeong Hwan (Yoon Kye Sang), an erudite scholar, and Kim Pan Su (Yoo Hae Jin), an illiterate petty thief, form an unlikely alliance to create a Korean language dictionary. Their dangerous mission becomes an act of defiance and patriotism against the Japanese authorities who seek to suppress Korean culture. Despite the immense risks, the group works together to compile this crucial reference book that could help preserve national identity and pride. This inspiring story of resistance centers on their determined efforts to protect and celebrate the Korean language during a challenging historical period. "Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission" is a 2019 South Korean historical drama directed by Eom Yu Na.

Mal. Mo. E – The Secret Mission

⚘ The Dandelion Society Team ⚘

Every person has a heart. Your life depends on that small organ, which is around the size of your fist. A heart surgeon fellow, Park Tae Soo, has to save his mother, who awaits her heart transplant. But Choi Seok Han is the chief of Chest Surgery Department, and he decides if Tae Soo will maintain his status or not. They work at Taesan Hospital's Chest Surgery Department, and every day is like a battle. Chest Surgery Departments are where the quality of university hospitals are decided. The skills of residents are proved there. Some people die in the operation room, and those who do not have confidence in their skills avoid doing surgery. People's lives depend on it. But among the doctors of Chest Surgery Department, those who have the skills required have no power while those who have power are not skilled enough. This makes them compete against each other in an ugly way even if the lives of patients depend on them.

Heart Surgeons

Once bullied for her looks, Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang) undergoes a dramatic transformation through plastic surgery, only to face new challenges in college when people ridicule her for altering her appearance. Reconnecting with Do Kyung Suk (Cha Eun Woo), who values inner beauty over appearances, Mi Rae finds herself caught between external judgment and internal growth. As Kyung Suk stands up for her against harsh labels and superficial commentary, Mi Rae starts to reclaim her confidence and realizes that true beauty is about who you are on the inside… and starts to sense that she and Kyung Suk might become more than just friends. This 2018 Korean drama was adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Gi Maeng Gi and was directed by Choi Sung Bum.

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

The Beauty Lovers

There have been many court-related dramas, but there have never been any dramas based on the court itself. There have been many characters who took the roles of judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. However, rarely were their lives at the court depicted in detail. This drama focuses on the true nature of the court and the cutthroat competition among the judges as well as the conflicts, joy, sorrow, desires, and failures that they experience. Lee Jung Joo, also known as Judge Knucklehead, is a young judge who has lost both of her parents and whose older brother is incarcerated for the rape and murder of an underage girl. Sah Eui Hyun is a judge who strives to be fair, wise, and passionate in his field. Do Han Joon is a prosecutor who is also known as the Knucklehead Prosecutor. He is determined to sit his own father in court no matter what it takes.

Judge vs. Judge

Everyone has a memory of an unrequited love. Most of the time, unrequited love ends in embarrassment. However, unrequited love isn't all that bad. It can be sweet, and it can make your heart flutter. There is a man who has been in love with a woman for a very long time. They aren't lovers nor are they just friends. After giving up his dream to become a track athlete, he couldn't go to college. He spent three years doing nothing and another three studying for the civil servant exam. Now, a week before her wedding, and he's in turmoil over the prospect of losing the woman he loves. He travels back and forth in time with the help of a mysterious manhole in order to gain the heart of the one he loves. However, each time he goes back in time and returns to the present, he realizes that the small changes he made changed his life in unexpected ways. How can he get the girl of his dreams and live a life that he's not ashamed of?

Manhole

The Wacky Wonderland Team

He wins every criminal case in the day as a prosecutor, and he's a trophy husband and father to his family at night. Jung Woo's life is perfect, but a murder that takes place in his home on the night of his daughter's 6th birthday changes it all for him. He wakes up in a prison cell, knowing nothing about what happened that night, but he happens to find himself with four fellow prison mates who help him to find justice for his family. Fighting one trial at a time, while suffering the effects of short term amnesia, Jung Woo makes his way to Min Ho, a chaebol who happens to have some issues with him. Though he's a seasoned law enforcer, Jung Woo knows that he's against South Korea's giants, and his case will be a tough cookie to swallow. Will justice prevail, or would corruption persist?

Defendant

The Legal Team

Dong Goo (Jo Dong Hyuk), struggling with debt and working at a job agency, discovers a bankbook belonging to a gang boss with over a billion won. Seeking the PIN, he travels to Busan to find his first love, Ae Sook (Hong Ah Reum), but finds her unconscious. Fate leads him to meet Ae Sook's son, Bok Ki (Jo Won Bin), and grandmother, Geum Soon (Lee Yong Nyeo), who believe Dong Goo is Bok Ki's father. Invited to stay with them, Dong Goo sees an opportunity to obtain the PIN. As he settles into their lives, he begins to question whether money is truly the most important thing. This is a 2016 South Korean heartwarming family drama directed by Yoon Yeo Chang.

Daddy is Back

🌠 Little Dreamers Team 🌠

Kong Shim and Kong Mi are sisters who are very unlike each other. In today's appearance-oriented society, it was natural for a girl like Kong Mi to be loved by everyone. Kong Shim, on the other hand, spent her whole life in the shadow of her sister. However, her life takes a drastic turn when she meets two boys who are very good friends. This drama is about love, jealousy, and competition where young men and women overcome difficulties to find the meaning of love and happiness.

Dear Fair Lady Kong Shim

The Inner Beauty Team

Kong Hyuck

That night, the boy's parents were burned to death, and the boy had to get rid of his original name in order to survive in this harsh world. So he gave himself a new name after he went into the orphanage, and it was Mu Myeong, meaning "nameless." Mu Myeong decides to take revenge on Kim Gil Do, who not only killed his father but also stole his father's royal court pheasant buckwheat noodles recipe. Mu Myeong sneaks into Gungrakwon, where the vicious Gil Do works as the master of pheasant buckwheat noodles.

The Master of Revenge

The Noodle Masters

Choi Hee Yeol (Choi Jong Hun) and Park Hae Mil (Lee Elijah), avid gamers, experience a life-changing moment when a falling meteor grants them extraordinary powers. Inspired by their newfound abilities, they establish Meteor Soft, a gaming company aimed at creating innovative video games. As their success grows, they attract the attention of Next Media, a major gaming corporation threatened by Meteor Soft's rising popularity. Hee Yeol and his friends must now navigate intense corporate challenges while leveraging their unique powers to survive in the competitive gaming industry. This is a 2014-2015 South Korean drama series exploring the intersection of friendship, technology, and unexpected supernatural abilities.

Heroes

The Heroic Team

Marketer Oh Ha Na and flight attendant Choi Won are old friends who have built a strong 17-year-long relationship together. They've always depended on each other and have remained close through the years. Could the fact that they've so comfortable with each other be the reason they are unable to realize when feelings other than friendship begin to develop? Choi Won, a vice manager flight attendant, gains a female friend in a new coworker, and Ha Na doesn't realize how much she is bothered by it. However, Ha Na, reuniting with her former love, pianist Cha Seo Hoo, ignores Won's feelings.

The Time We Were Not in Love

The Timeless Lovers

The world we are to inherit is damaged. Youths who live disregarding politics and society have met. And fallen in love. And then the truths buried in the past begin to come to light. While fighting against the reality they\u2019ll inherit from their parents, their cheeky, passionate romance gratifyingly heals both themselves and the world.

Healer

The Time Healers

After 60 years of living in a poor neighborhood, a woman is finally able to move up in the world. 

Hye Ja (Kim Hye Ja) decides to move to the upscale Cheongdam-dong area of Gangnam, Seoul, and her daughter, Ji Eun (Oh Ji Eun), dreams of living in the midst of luxurious shopping, restaurants and residences for the first time in her life. But what she finds when she actually gets to her mother’s new home is quite the opposite. 

Sandwiched in between all the luxury buildings in Cheongdam-dong is her mother’s new home, a dilapidated building that looks like it might blow over. On the first floor of their new home is a comic book store that Hye Ja will run, and on the second floor is a lodging house that they will live in. 

Can Hye Ja and Ji Eun find the lifestyle they seek when their home sticks out like a sore thumb in such a nice neighborhood? 

“I Live in Cheongdam-dong” is a 2011 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Suk Yoon.

I Live in Cheongdam-dong

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

In "Birdie Buddy," John Lee (actor name), a former PGA champion with a mysterious past and expertise in Capoeira, transitions from professional golf to becoming a golf course tester. He takes on the challenge of guiding two contrasting women towards becoming golf champions. Min Hae Ryung (actor name), an elite golfer raised in a controlled environment, harbors deep emotional wounds, while Sung Mi Soo (actor name), a spirited country girl from Kangwon Province with a caddie mother, is determined to break through socioeconomic barriers. John Lee's unique approach and personal journey become the catalyst for transforming these women's golf careers. This 2024 South Korean sports drama explores themes of personal growth, mentorship, and overcoming individual challenges in the competitive world of professional golf.

Birdie Buddy

In the late 18th century Joseon, Detective K (Kim Myung Min), the kingdom's finest investigator, is tasked with solving a series of mysterious murders potentially linked to a larger conspiracy. After being wrongly accused of killing a prison governor, he escapes with the help of Seo Pil (Oh Dal Soo), a resourceful dog trader. Together, they investigate a potential poisoning case involving a rare toxic flower, which leads them to Han Kaek Joo (Han Ji Min), a charismatic female trade magnate who may hold crucial secrets. As Detective K delves deeper, he discovers the conspiracy is far more intricate than he initially believed. This is a 2011 South Korean historical mystery film directed by Kim Suk Yoon.

Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow

Seo Joo Hee (Kim Tae Hee), an accomplished jockey with dreams of winning the Grand Prix Championship, has her career abruptly halted by a devastating racing accident that injures her arm and costs her beloved horse. Falling into deep depression, she travels to Jeju Island hoping to heal and find new purpose. There, she meets Lee Woo Suk (Yang Dong Geun), a champion jockey who understands her pain and helps her rediscover her passion for racing. With Woo Suk's support, Joo Hee finds the courage to restart her career and pursue her championship dreams once more. This is a 2010 South Korean sports film directed by Yang Yun Ho that explores themes of resilience and second chances.

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