Bek Hyunjin is a South Korean actor, singer, painter, performance artist, and poet who was born on June 29, 1972, in Seoul, South Korea. He made his musical debut in a rock band in the late 1990s, and made a name for himself in the drama world with a role in the 2015 drama series “Lily Fever.” He has since gone on to appear in “The Devil Judge” (2021), where he played the deranged and corrupt President of a dystopian society, as well as the more recent “Political Fever” (2021).

Bek Hyunjin

Ki Woo (Jung Il Woo) and Ji Sook (Kim Seul Gi) are a homeless couple who live on the road with their two young children. To make matters worse, Ji Sook is pregnant and the children have never even learned to read or write. They live in a tent that they pitch near highway rest areas. And they make a tiny amount of money by approaching drivers who have stopped in the rest areas and telling them that they have left their wallets at home and have run out of gas. Ki Woo asks drivers to give them their account numbers, and that he will reimburse them when he gets back home.

One day, they manage to convince a woman named Young Sun (Ra Mi Ran) to give them money as she makes her way to her son’s grave. She and her husband Do Hwan (Bek Hyunjin) have been in mourning since their child’s untimely death. One day, Young Sun pulls into another highway rest area and sees Ki Woo pulling the same stunt with another driver. Outraged, she calls the police, who promptly arrest him. But Ji Sook and the children refuse to leave Ki Woo’s side, and follow him to the police station where he is detained. When Young Sun sees this pitiful group sitting outside the police station, she starts to feel pity for the family. Can she right this situation – and help heal her own wounds?

“The Highway Family” is a 2022 movie that was directed by Lee Sang Moon.

The Highway Family

The Highway Nomads

Stress is no stranger to the members of Marketing Team 3 of the home appliance department at the Gaus Electronics HQ. The firm is a busy, multinational company, but this is a team that most workers dream of getting out of – and where chaos is no stranger! Some 10 employees make up the team. These include Lee Sang Sik (Kwak Dong Yeon), a man with a positive personality who often misjudges his coworkers’ moods, causing trouble as a result! There is also Cha Na Rae (Go Sung Hee), the hot-tempered assistant manager!

Also among their number is Baek Ma Tan (Bae Hyeon Seong), the heir of the owners of Gaus Electronics’ fiercest rival – Power Group. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and has never known hardship. But he shocked his entire family when he decided to join Gaus as a junior employee! His polar opposite is Geon Gang Mi (Kang Min Ah), who comes from more modest origins and has always tried to pull herself up by her bootstraps – pushing herself to succeed at every step (although she does have a tendency to change when she drinks alcohol!). While they seem to have very little in common at first, they slowly begin to form a bond, with possible sparks of romance in the air! Will any of the marketing team succeed in escaping? Or will they eventually find a way to quell the workplace chaos?

This drama was based on a web-based cartoon of the same name by Kwak Baek Soo. The cartoon was serialized from 2011 to 2019.

“Gaus Electronics” is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Park Joon Soo.

Gaus Electronics

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Jung Eun is a former member of the national shooting team who somehow finds herself appointed as the Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism. Unexpectedly ambitious, she works hard to achieve her goals. When her husband, the liberal political commentator, goes missing, she is engulfed by a whole new set of trouble. Meanwhile, Jung Won and Soo Jin are always close by. Jung Won is a prominent figure in the current opposition party. She was the one who brought Jung Eun, a sports celebrity, into politics. However, she is also the one who hates Jung Eun the most. Soo Jin is the minister's personal secretary. He has Jung Eun's utmost trust and the highest level of experience as a political aide. Can Jung Eun trust Soo Jin to the end and deftly bring her husband's kidnapping case to a close?

Political Fever

Kang Yo Han (Ji Sung) is the “Devil Judge” – the head judge of the highest court in the land. In a dystopian South Korea of the future, his word is the law, but his courtroom is also a television studio, and the court has become the ultimate TV reality show, with viewers invited to participate in a live, self-styled “people’s court.” Here, greed and corruption are apparently exposed for all the nation to see, and punishments meted out accordingly. A divisive figure, the public is unsure as to whether Kang Yo Han is a true popular hero or a malicious force sowing the seeds of chaos in his court.

Meanwhile, Jung Sun Ah (Kim Min Jung) is a tough, intelligent, and ambitious woman with a hunger for power. She has formed a bitter rivalry with Kang Yo Han and has risen from poverty to become the director of a corporate social responsibility foundation. She wields considerable behind-the-scenes power, maintaining close ties with politicians and business leaders alike – and is hellbent on promoting her own vision of the future. She is also gunning for the “Devil Judge” himself – hopeful of uncovering her rival’s darkest secrets.

Into this turbulent world step two childhood friends on a quest for true justice: a rookie orphan judge called Kim Ga On (Jinyoung) and a police officer named Yoon Soo Hyun (Park Gyu Young). Do they have what it takes to take on the scheming Jung Sun Ah...and the “Devil Judge?”

“The Devil Judge” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Choi Jung Gyu.

The Devil Judge

Former Special Forces officer Kim Do Ki (Lee Je Hoon) has always lived an honest life, but his world is shattered when his mother is murdered. Driven by a desperate need for justice, Do Ki meets Jang Sung Chul (Kim Eui Sung), who recruits him to work for his company Rainbow Taxi, a secret organization masquerading as a taxi service. Rainbow Taxi specializes in avenging victims of crimes that the law fails to address. Excelling in his new role, Do Ki grapples with the true meaning of justice. Meanwhile, prosecutor Kang Ha Na (Esom) finds her sense of right and wrong challenged as her investigation into Rainbow Taxi uncovers the organization's effectiveness. Based on the webtoon “The Deluxe Taxi (Red Cage)” by Carlos and Lee Jae-jin, this 2021 South Korean series was directed by Park Joon Woo.

Taxi Driver

Going back home can be an eye-opening experience for some people chasing a dream.

Hak Soo (Park Jung Min) is an aspiring rapper in Seoul who is trying find stardom by competing in audition programs but never being able to get to the final round. After yet another rejection, he gets a call from someone in his hometown, a rural mountainous city of Byeonsan, telling him that his estranged father had a stroke.

Hak Soo reluctantly returns to his hometown to face all the people he left behind in the pursuit of his dream in the big city. That includes his high school friend, Sun Mi (Kim Go Eun), who had a crush on him. Can Hak Soo discover the root of what’s holding him back from finding success in this unlikely place?

“Sunset in My Hometown” is a 2018 South Korean film directed by Lee Joon Ik.

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