Jung In Ki is a South Korean actor who has won numerous awards for his work in short films. Born on September 12, 1966, he made his acting debut in a theatrical production in 1990. He went on to appear in numerous short films, full-length films and television dramas, including the recent “Pinocchio” (2014), “The Girl Who Sees Smells” (2015), “Who Are You: School 2015” (2015), “Squad 38” (2016), “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo” (2016) and “Mystery Queen” (2017).

Jung In Ki

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KBS, KOCOWA

KBM Reporter Seo Jung Won is known as the Villain Hunter. Her show, "Nothing Uncovered," reports about the villains who provoked the public, and her sharp comments made the show popular, making Jung Won a star reporter. However, she gets involved in a shocking incident that drags her down to the bottom, and she has to team up with her ex-lover, Kim Tae Heon. Tae Heon is a detective at Gangha Police Station, and he has to do everything his way. He meets Jung Won while investigating a case and gets confused by their reunion. Woo Jae is Jung Won's husband, and he's a famous mystery writer from a wealthy family. Although he's a romantic who's willing to do anything for Jung Won, he has been secretly hiding his wounded heart. And now, the three are deeply involved in serial murders.

Nothing Uncovered

Yoon Young (Hong Ye Ji) is a 19-year-old high schooler who is preparing to graduate and take her final exams. She lives alone, apart from her mother Kyung Sook (Kim Ji Young), who cannot speak due to a speech impediment: The two mainly communicate in sign language. Both Yoon Young and her mother work – the older woman works in a factory, while the younger works in a part-time job. But one fateful day, a man tries to sexually assault Yoon Young. When she tries to fight him off, she accidentally kills him.

She is sentenced to jail, and because of her age, she must go to an adult facility. Here, she is assigned a number – 2037. Even though prison life turns out to be tough and unforgiving, Yoon Young soon begins to strike up unlikely friendships with her cellmates – who include Jung Mi (Jun So Min) the last woman in South Korea to be convicted of adultery, a fraudster, a violent criminal, and a convicted murderer who is awaiting the death penalty. Incredibly, these women all take Yoon Young’s side. But can they provide her with the fortitude she will need if she is to make it through her grueling prison sentence?

“2037” is a 2022 South Korean movie that was written and directed by Mo Hong Jin.

2037

Yeon Ju is an elite prosecutor who started from the bottom. Although known as the best in corruption investigations for the Supreme Prosecutor\u2019s Office, she suffers amnesia after a car crash when chasing a suspect. As she wakes, she finds herself being Kang Mi Na, the daughter-in-law of the conglomerate Hanju Group. Before her disappearance, Mi Na was a troublemaker born out of wedlock. Now sitting in her position, Yeon Ju is not able to hide her rough and outspoken nature. She then meets Seung Wook, a conglomerate who visits his first love Mi Na to reveal the truth of his father\u2019s death. Will Yeon Ju and Mi Na be able to regain their lost memories in this mystery and succeed in true love?

One the Woman

💪 One Hell of a Woman 🔥

Living in Seoul, in 1994, Eun Hee (Park Ji Hu) was just like every other kid her age. A fourteen-year-old middle school student, Eun Hee spent her days flitting between home and school, doing her best to live up to the exhausting expectations of both her parents, her teachers, and society as a whole.&nbsp;

As the youngest daughter, Eun Hee’s parents devoted more time to their rice cake shop than to her, but every free moment they had was spent drilling the importance of an education into her and her two older siblings, Dae Hoon (Son Sang Yeon) and Su Hee (Park Soo Yeon). Crushed under the relentless pressure placed upon them by their parents, the siblings all find their own ways to cope, but not all of them are healthy, especially for Eun Hee. Desperate to escape her tumultuous home life, Eun Hee often finds comfort in the company of her friends but it isn’t until she meets her new tutor, Young Ji (Kim Sae Byuk) that she finds any real support or encouragement.

With Young Ji’s help, Eun Hee begins to see that the gifts her teachers and parents write frequently off as frivolous nonsense are exactly what make her so special. As Eun Hee begins to realize there’s a world full of people who will appreciate her and her gifts, she begins to catch glimmers of the one thing she’s never had before: hope.

An award-winning coming-of-age story, “House of Hummingbird” is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Kim Bora.

House of Hummingbird

The Beat of Wings Team

During World War II, Bae Jung Gil (Kim Hae Sook) was one of the many South Korean women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. After surviving the war, she did her best to move on by taking a position as a housekeeper for Moon Jung Sook (Kim Hee Ae) — until she goes missing. Jung Gil's disappearance sets Jung Sook on a journey where she uncovers the heartbreaking stories of Jung Gil and the other victims. Determined to help them, Jung Sook takes it upon herself to help the surviving comfort women take on the Japanese government in court. Will these women find justice so long overdue?

Based on real-life events surrounding the Shimonoseki trials, this is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Min Kyu Dong.

Herstory

Woojoo Film

Does law and corruption go together? Park Tae Soo (Jo In Sung) comes from a poor background and fought his way through school. But when he learns that the world is ruled by those with power and money, he decides he wants a piece of it.

Tae Soo hits the books and gets into a top university to study law. With sheer determination, he becomes a prosecutor, only to work long hours and feel unappreciated. But that all changes when he is taken under the wings of the powerful Chief Prosecutor Han Kang Shik (Jung Woo Sung), who rules the legal profession, giving Tae Soo a taste of the good life of the wealthy elite.

But when Tae Soo gets sucked into the dark side of dirty politics and the criminal underworld, will he find that life in the fast lane is all that it’s cracked up to be?

“The King” is a 2017 South Korean film directed by Han Jae Rim. Kim So Jin won Best Supporting Actress and Ryu Jun Yeol won Best New Actor at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards for their roles in this film.

The King

Bok Joo is a college student and a weightlifting player. She deeply loves her father, who is sick but sells fried chicken to support her. She can't stand injustice and values loyalty. She has never had a chance to go on a blind date as she is a weightlifting player, but she accepts it as her life. Jun Hyung is a swimmer who goes to the same college as Bok Joo. They used to know each other when they were kids. He constantly teases her, so she resents him. Jun Hyung has a cousin, Jae Yi. He is kind to everyone, so it sometimes causes misunderstanding, making some women feel led on. One day, Bok Joo runs into Jae Yi and falls for him after seeing him smile at her. She finds out he is a doctor at an obesity clinic and signs up for the weight-loss program at the clinic. However, Jun Hyung finds out about this, and he can't pass up the opportunity to tease her.

Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok-joo

I'm Busy Getting Stronger Team

KBS02

Eun Bi is a high school girl who lives without her parents in Tongyeong. She keeps being bullied by other students and is forced to drop out of school. She tries to kill herself out of frustration and pain by jumping into a river. However, she is saved by Eun Byeol, her twin sister. Eun Byeol was adopted by a wealthy family when she was young. After being rescued, Eun Bi is admitted to a hospital, but she has lost her memory. To make matters worse, Eun Byeol goes missing. Mi Kyung, Eun Byeol's adoptive mother, searches everywhere, looking for her. And when she runs into Eun Bi, she mistakes her for Eun Byeol. Not remembering anything, Eun Bi thinks she really is Eun Byeol and starts living as her. Revolving around the high school girl whose life has been changed by a twist of fate, the various aspects of students' lives unfold.

Who Are You

The Back to School Team

Park Joon Hyung

Cho Rim comes home from school and finds out that her parents were killed by a serial killer. She also gets into a car accident while running away from the killer and stays in a coma state for six months. When she wakes up, she doesn\u2019t remember what happened in the past or her own name. And she gains a supernatural power that enables her to see smells. Moo Gak, a detective, also loses his younger sister named Eun Seol, to a murderer. He gets a big shock and loses consciousness, which takes him six months to regain consciousness. Without knowing each other\u2019s painful family loss history, Cho Rim and Moo Gak meet each other, and Cho Rim\u2019s ability becomes a big help to Moo Gak, and they become very close.

The Girl Who Sees Smells

The Sensory Team

Oh Jae Pyo

Dal Po's real name is Ha Myung. When he was about to drown at 14, Gong Pil saved and adopted him, giving him a new name. Gong Pil believes Dal Po is his son who was lost in the sea in the past. And Dal Po tries to erase his past to live as Gong Pil's son. He even pretends to be bad at his studies even though he is brilliant and intentionally wears shabby clothes to hide his good looks. He gives up going to college due to financial difficulty at home. Still, he succeeds in becoming a reporter with unique talents thanks to the intelligence and experience he acquired by driving a taxi. Meanwhile, he has a niece who is the same age as him. She has Pinocchio syndrome, so she can't choose a job that requires some amount of lying. She decides to be a reporter, whose job is to seek the truth at all times.

Pinocchio

The Can't Lie Team

This drama depicts a stranger man's long and arduous journey to find his woman. The ideological conflict between the North and South Korea and revenge against those in power are just side stories. What penetrates here is a man's sublime and fierce love for a woman. It will give you a different impression and thrill from other medical dramas you have seen. It deals with the stories of doctors in a specific space called Myungwoo University Hospital, but in the end, it contains the joys and sorrows of life. So in that way, Doctor Stranger is a drama about our lives.

Doctor Stranger

The Doctors Without Borders

Blackmailed and in love, Jang Tae San, a member of a criminal organization, is about to be a father. With a new life ahead of him, Tae San decides to give up a life of crime. However, before he gets the chance to retire, he is forced to take the blame for a murder his boss, Moon Il Seok, had committed or would see his girlfriend, Seo In Hye, die. Without question, Tae San tells In Hye to get an abortion and ends the relationship. Eight years later, after serving the prison sentence and still affiliated with the gang, Tae San runs into In Hye and finds out that she never got the abortion and that his daughter, Soo Jin, is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. Apparently, In Hye is not a match. Luckily, Tae San turns out to be a perfect match. He decides to save his daughter\u2019s life and schedules the operation to occur in two weeks when suddenly he is placed under arrest for the death of two detectives.

Two Weeks

The Tweeks Team 

Teaching is considered to be the noblest profession. The greatest wish of Yang Eun Bi (Lee Chung Ah) is to attain the respect, prestige and job security of becoming a high school teacher. As she studies diligently to prepare for the teacher certification exam, she keeps running into Cha Chi Soo (Jung Il Woo), the only son of the owner of the largest food conglomerate in Korea. But Eun Bi can’t quite make out his identity, as she mistakes Chi Soo at first for an employee of the food company, then a student at her university, and then for a student at the high school where she will be a student teacher. Then they both end up working at a ramen shop owned by the lazy Choi Kang Hyuk (Lee Ki Woo). Can Eun Bi and Chi Soo’s multiple run-ins be just chance encounters or is there a larger force at play to bring the two together? “Flower Boy Ramyun Shop,” also known as “Flower Boy Ramen Shop” or “Cool Guys Hot Ramen,” is a 2011 South Korean drama series directed by Jung Jung Hwa.

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop

The Ramyun Lover's Team

MBC, KOCOWA

Two children are born in the same village at the same time. One child is born as the son of the wealthy Lord Kim's family, while the other child, not even knowing who his father is, is born in a mud hut as the son of a poor woman named Maksun. However, the mother of Lord Kim's family ends up dying after giving birth to the child. Lord Kim brings Maksun, who also gave birth on the same day to have the child breastfed. For her son's well-being, Maksun secretly switches the child with her own. Thus, Maksun's son gets raised by Lord Kim's family with the name Gwidong, and the real child of Lord Kim's family grows up with the name Chundoong. However, thanks to a twist of fate, Gwidong and Chundoong become friends and love the same girl named Dongnyeo.

The Duo

The switched

Soe Dol

In the late 18th century, the Joseon King believes that a spate of murders may have been committed as part of a wider conspiracy. So he dispatches the finest investigator in the land, Detective K (Kim Myung Min), to investigate. His probe leads him to a prison – but when he arrives, he finds that the prison governor has been killed with a long needle. When he removes the needle, guards find him and believe he is the murderer. He is locked up in a cell along with a dog trader named Seo Pil (Oh Dal Soo). The latter also has the ability to dig holes like a dog – so helps Detective K escape from prison.

With Seo Pil as his new right-hand man, Detective K begins another investigation, hoping it will help him get to the bottom of what he believes to be a case of poisoning involving a rare, toxic flower. This new probe sees his path cross with the stunning Han Kaek Joo (Han Ji Min), a charismatic female trade magnate who appears to hold the key to a number of the secrets involved with the case. But as the investigation deepens, Detective K starts to realize that the conspiracy may be much more complex than he first feared!

“Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow” is a 2011 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Suk Yoon.

Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow

In the middle of the 18th century in Joseon, the social class's severe contradiction and rapid change are vividly described through the main character of this story, who was born into the lowest-class family. This is a story about the hope and self-consciousness of the lowest class of people, who were evaluated only by the value of wealth without being recognized for the minimum value as a human being. In addition, it introduces the reality of the underground organization of the lowest class of people, which emerged as a serious social problem during the Manchu Invasion of Korea in 1636.

Jewel in the Crown

Sign of the Heavens Team

For Detective Kang Jae Hyuk (Lee Dong Wook), catching criminals is all in a day’s work. Willing to do whatever it takes to get felons off the streets, Jae Hyuk has often found himself in precarious situations. As such, chasing a pickpocket through the streets wasn’t a big deal. At least not until he managed to run, quite literally, into Choi Soo Jin (Hyun Young).

Simply enjoying a well-deserved treat, journalist Choi Soo Jin had no intention of impaling anyone with her tempura skewer; but that’s exactly what happened when she accidentally bumped into Jae Hyuk, mid-chase. Mortified, Soo Jin does everything she can to make things right and is relieved when the whole incident is quickly resolved. But her relief is short-lived when she realizes her new work assignment, as the police’s media representative, puts her squarely in Jae Hyuk’s path.&nbsp;

Unable to avoid each other, the two spend most of their time bickering, but when presented with an opportunity to advance both of their careers, the two agree to put their differences aside. Working as allies, Jae Hyuk and Soo Jin make a formidable duo but do they have what it takes to bring down one of the country’s biggest crime lords?

Proof that love can bloom under some of the strangest circumstances, “The Perfect Couple” is a 2007 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kim Jung Woo.

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