Lee Jun Hyuk is a South Korean actor. Born on March 13, 1984, he made his acting debut in the 2007 television drama “First Wives’ Club.” He has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas, including the recent “City Hunter” (2011), “Man From the Equator” (2012), “The Spring Day of My Life” (2014), “House of Bluebird” (2015) and “Naked Fireman” (2017).

Lee Jun Hyuk

Kang Ji Yun (Han Ji Min) is the confident and accomplished CEO of a leading headhunting firm. Despite working in a fiercely competitive industry, Ji Yun thrives and dedicates herself fully to her work. However, she's completely lost with even the simplest daily task outside of work. This is where her secretary Yu Eun Ho (Lee Jun Hyuk) shines: he's an extremely capable worker, and raising his six-year-old child alone helped him further develop life skills that transfer seamlessly to organizing Ji Yun's life. But as the line between their professional and personal relationship begins to blur, something else seems to spark between them!

Love Scout

Yu Eun Ho

On December 12, 1979, South Korea’s president, Park Chung Hee was assassinated. Acting in direct defiance of Acting President Han Gyu (Jung Dong Hwan), Major General Chun Doo Gwang (Hwang Jung Min) and the officers who followed him, arrest General Jeong Sang Ho (Lee Sung Min), the Republic Of Korea’s Army Chief of Staff, on allegations of involvement in the late president’s murder, clearing the way for a national coup d'état.

Following the capture of General Jeong, an impressive military presence sets itself up in downtown Seoul in support of Major General Chun. Utterly appalled by Major General Chun’s grab for power, Commander Lee Tae Shin (Jung Woo Sung) of the Capital Garrison Command rallies forces to take a stand against Chun Doo Gwang.&nbsp;

Fighting against those trying to seize power, Commander Lee does everything he can to stop the insurrection. As tensions rise between the two groups, military leaders are called to action but nothing seems able to stop Chun Doo Gwang in his quest for power. Backed by powerful allies, will Chun’s grab for power ultimately pay off?

Inspired by true events, “12.12: The Day” is a 2023 South Korean historical action drama film directed by Kim Sung Su.&nbsp;

12.12: The Day

Seven years after his previous mission in Vietnam, Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) is transferred to a new crime investigation unit in Seoul, where he is tasked with solving a murder case. However, as Seok Do and his team investigate, they find that the murder is tied to a crime syndicate distributing a powerful new synthetic drug. Seok Do arrests the culprit behind the murder, but the case takes a swift turn – Joo Sung Chul (Lee Jun Hyuk), the captain of a police narcotics investigations unit, has his own agenda, killing Seok Do's suspect and seizing the drugs that Seok Do's team secured. As Seok Do and his team plan a new strategy, the yakuza dispatches a hitman named Ricky (Munetaka Aoki) to steal the drugs back from Sung Chul. Can Seok Do prevent an all-out drug war from spilling out onto the streets of Seoul? This 2023 South Korean movie is the third in the "Crime City" series, following 2017's "The Outlaws" and 2022's "The Roundup." This version is fully dubbed in English.

The Roundup: No Way Out (Dubbed)

Joo Sung Chul

Seven years after his previous mission in Vietnam, Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) is transferred to a new crime investigation unit in Seoul, where he is tasked with solving a murder case. However, as Seok Do and his team investigate, they find that the murder is tied to a crime syndicate distributing a powerful new synthetic drug. Seok Do arrests the culprit behind the murder, but the case takes a swift turn – Joo Sung Chul (Lee Jun Hyuk), the captain of a police narcotics investigations unit, has his own agenda, killing Seok Do's suspect and seizing the drugs that Seok Do's team secured. As Seok Do and his team plan a new strategy, the yakuza dispatches a hitman named Ricky (Munetaka Aoki) to steal the drugs back from Sung Chul. Can Seok Do prevent an all-out drug war from spilling out onto the streets of Seoul? This 2023 South Korean movie is the third in the "Crime City" series, following 2017's "The Outlaws" and 2022's "The Roundup."

The Roundup: No Way Out

Working as a member of the regional investigation unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Detective Lee Hwa Sun’s (Kim Ok Bin) life has never been easy. A widow, whose husband was brutally murdered, Hwa Sun has dedicated her life to helping others, despite the fact that the mystery behind her own husband's death remains unsolved. Trying her best to move forward, Hwa Sun’s life is turned upside down the day she receives a phone call from her husband’s killer.

Following the murderer’s lead, Hwa Sun travels to Mujishi in search of answers but what she finds is a scene beyond all human comprehension. Situated on the edge of a deep sinkhole, the entire city is permeated with a mysterious dark smoke which rises from its inky depths. Worse than the eerie vapor are the effects this smoke seems to be having on the city’s residents. No longer human, the citizens of Mujishi have mutated into living nightmares. Teaming up with Yoo Tae Han (Lee Joon Hyuk), a former detective and Mujishi native, Hwa Sun must find a way to save the city and catch her husband’s killer before it’s too late.

Against impossible odds, Hwa Sun and Tae Han prepare to take on a city overrun by monsters in a quest for answers that could very well cost them their lives. Are they up to the challenge or will they succumb to the mysterious power of the dark hole?

A chilling mystery from start to finish, “Dark Hole” is a 2021 sci-fi action thriller drama directed by Kim Bong Joo.

Dark Hole

Not Quite a Dark Team

MBC, KOCOWA

Hyeong Ju is a violent crime detective who lives a contented and fulfilling life but is given the mysterious opportunity to go back in time. Ga Hyeon is a famous webcomic author known for her mystery thriller stories. Unfortunately, a workaholic and perfectionist, Ga Hyeon, suffers from a terrible accident and receives the same offer to go back in time. In addition to 8 other individuals, the two of them reset their lives for the better but quickly begin to uncover a series of mysterious events that threaten their future.

365: Repeat the Year

Ji Hyeong Ju

A mentally challenged young orphan girl named Park Eun Hye (Park Se Wan) is tricked by her malevolent classmates into mixing with brutal underworld gangsters who eventually hold her captive, sexually abusing and mistreating her.

However, these mobsters have not figured on crossing the path of Park Eun Hye’s older sister, Park In Ae (Lee Si Young). A former champion martial artist, Park In Ae has served 18 months in prison for assault. But when she is released, she learns what has happened to her younger sister – and pledges to free the young girl, no matter what the cost.

In her way stands a whole host of underworld lowlifes, armed to the teeth, and unafraid of using physical violence on a woman. However, Park In Ae excels when it comes to defending herself,. She has more than a few tricks up her sleeve – and the mobsters are about to realize they’ve messed with the wrong woman…

“No Mercy” is a 2019 South Korean movie that was directed by Im Kyung Taek.

No Mercy

💥"The no mercy team"💥

Nam Shin (Seo Kang Joon) is poised to be the heir to the lucrative family-run PK business group… until a shocking and brutal assault leaves him badly injured and comatose. His mother Oh Laura (Kim Sung Ryung), one of South Korea’s top robotics and AI scientists, decides to act to ensure Nam Shin’s medical condition doesn’t jeopardize his chances of taking over PK. She secretly releases Nam Shin III, an android copy of her son, to stand in for Nam Shin, and hires Kang So Bong (Gong Seung Yeon), a former female MMA fighter, as the android’s bodyguard. But schemes are afoot, as unscrupulous individuals try to oust Nam Shin. And things get even messier when So Bong starts to fall for Nam Shin III. Is an unconventional romance in the cards? And can So Bong protect Nam Shin – and Nam Shin III – from harm? This 2018 South Korean drama was directed by Cha Young Hoon.

Are You Human Too?

The Humanoids

Kim Ja Hong (Cha Tae Hyun) is a fearless firefighter who dies at the scene of an emergency. At the moment of his death, he finds himself traveling outside his body, witnessing his coworkers trying to resuscitate him as his life ebbs away. He realizes he is now in the afterlife, and he is greeted by three godly guardians, namely Hae Won Maek (Joo Ji Hoon), Lee Deok Choon (Kim Hyang Gi), and Gang Rim (Ha Jung Woo). The trio believes him to be a rare paragon of virtue, a man who has lived a truly virtuous life. If they are proved correct, they will succeed in having him reincarnated, and will also stand a chance of returning to the mortal realm themselves.

But in order to complete the mission, Kim Ja Hong must prove his worth in seven otherworldly courts in the space of 49 days. The courts have unique access to all the apparent misdeeds he has committed over his lifetime. In each courtroom, he must prove he was not at fault, with the guardians acting as defense lawyers. Can Kim Ja Hong pass the trials of the underworld – and does he really want the ultimate prize of reincarnation?

“Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds” is a 2017 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Yong Hwa.

Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds

 The 🔆 Two Worlds ☀ Team

KBS, KOCOWA

Ji Wan has lived under the care of his stepmother after his father's death and has nothing to boast about in his family and educational background, but he has high self-esteem. He succeeds in joining Nuga World, and his life changes. Hyun Do is Ji Wan's friend and Nuga World's successor. He has been involved with many women, but as he meets Eun Soo, Ji Wan's stepsister, he falls in love with her. Young Ju is Eun Soo's friend and now has a crush on Ji Wan. What phase will the relationship between the struggles of life, love, and family relations face in each of the four youths' positions?

House of Bluebird

As conjoined twins, Sang Hyun (Cho Seung Woo) and Dong Hyun (Ryu Deok Hwan) have spent literally every moment of their lives together. Forced to live as two people sharing a single body, the brothers have never had a chance to live their own lives. Having spent nearly thirty years living in a remote house with their father, the two brothers have only been allowed to experience life within the confines of their property. Even so, living such a confined life hasn’t stopped either of them from dreaming.

Recognizing Dong Hyun’s dream to become a published children’s book author, their father invites Park Seung Ah (Nam Sang Mi), a tender-hearted young artist to the house with the hopes that her work will help Dong Hyun realize his dreams. As Dong Hyun and Seung Ah work, Sang Hyun has no choice but to remain silent in the background. Often hidden&nbsp;under his brother’s hoodie, Seung Ah has plenty of time to start contemplating his own wants and needs which, up to this point, was something he never thought much about. Meanwhile, Dong Hyun’s own desires, including his most desperate desire to appear “normal” grows, so too grows his resentment towards his brother.&nbsp;

With both brothers desperately reaching for things that will forever remain outside their grasp, their relationship is put to the ultimate test. Will they find a way to make peace with their fate or will their desperate desire for change force them over the edge?

A story of life, love, and loss, “Peach Tree” is a 2012 South Korean film directed by Ku Hye Sun.

Peach Tree

The Peach Halves

The politics we have learned from books about social studies in school or from more difficult professional books in college should be the same as what we learned. But now, what does politics look like in reality? Are there no more dreams or hopes? Here, there is a mayor. The mayor is with a lot of affection. She always corrects her mistakes and starts anew. Whenever she has a chance, she carries a shopping cart. She says the gas price is too high when using the official car, so she uses a bicycle instead. She has boldly shaken off the tricks of conspiracy and party strategy. We dream that the cynicism and ignorance of the people who look at politics will be replaced with expectations and hopes through the success story of the erratic and pleasant mayor of a small town, City Hall.

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