Jang Hyun-sung
Birthday: Born in 1970-07-17 in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Jang Hyun-sung is a South Korean actor. He started his acting career as a member of the Hakjeon Theatre Company, before transitioning to film and television. Jang is best known for starring in director Song Il-gon's arthouse films such as Spider Forest and The Magicians, and most notably Feathers in the Wind, for which one review praised him for giving "the performance of his career." He also had major roles in Nabi, Rewind, My Right to Ravage Myself, Love Is a Crazy Thing, and My Friend and His Wife. Aside from acting, Jang was one of the screenwriters for the Moon Seung-wook film Romance. In 2013, Jang and his two sons began appearing in the reality/variety show Superman is Back, in which celebrity fathers babysit their children by themselves for 48 hours after sending their wives on a 2-day vacation.
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멜랑꼴리아
Character: Sung Min-joon
A sexual scandal between a math teacher and a student in a prestigious high school ended in tragedy. 4 years later they meet again, now as adults, to reveal the corruptions in school and to regain one's reputation as a teacher....
위대한 캣츠비
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구미호 : 여우누이뎐
Character: Yun Doo-Soo
For the sin of falling in love with a human, Gumiho gives birth to a daughter and enters the world of humans in order to protect her young, tender child. However, Yun Dusu, the man who chose her, is the father of a dying daughter. In order to obtain a liver to save his beloved, illness-stricken daughter, he is forced to do the unthinkable: to kill Yeoni, the daughter of Gumiho. Unaware of this fact, Gumiho opens her heart to Dusu, who protects her as if she is family, and once again falls in lov...
정글의 법칙
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Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show is hosted by comedian Kim Byung Man, and each episode invites various celebrities from the various field. So far, many of idol stars and famous actors have appeared on the show. The show introduces viewers to exotic locations around the world where celebrities must work together in order to complete missions and survive. The cast celebrities travel to less habituated, natural places to survive on the...
미세스 캅
Character: Park Woo-Jin
After long and grueling hours immersed in brutal crime investigations, lead detective Choi Young Jin must face the particular horrors of singlehandedly raising her daughter Ha Eun. Any way you look at it, Young Jin's got her work cut out for her, but it's only a matter of time before her professional and personal worlds collide in new and disastrous ways....
비밀의 문
Character: Hong Gye-hui
A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King Yeongjo and his only son Prince Sado. While his father insists on a strong and centralized government, Crown Prince Sado promotes social justice and equality throughout the kingdom. Throughout eight fateful years, the strain on their relationship — both familial and political — eventually evolves into a total breakdown, ending with one of the most tragic stories in Joseon history....
쓰리 데이즈
Character: Ham Bong-su
Three shots are fired and the president of South Korea suddenly goes missing from his vacation villa. Three Days is a condensed-time thriller that follows the struggles of elite Blue House bodyguard Han Tae Kyung to find and protect the president. With the aid of local police officer Yoon Bo Won and fellow Blue House guards, will Han Tae Kyung be able to save the president before it’s too late?...
풍문으로 들었소
Character: Seo Hyeong-shik
Han In Sang and Seo Bom are young and in love, despite major differences in wealth and status. But all of that hangs in the balance when Han In Sang accidentally knocks up Seo Bom, setting off a comedic domino effect that reverberates throughout the snooty Han family and the modest Seo family. Between pride and humiliation, as well as love and duty, will this young couple be able to survive the storm and do what's right for their baby?...
유령
Character: Jeon Jae-wook
The police procedural tackles crimes and clues in the cyber world, weaving a massive, twist-filled mystery of murders, identity switches, corruption and conspiracy....
대행사
Character: Yoo Jeong-seok
A self-made executive navigates the cutthroat world of advertising, stopping at nothing — no matter how calculating — to become the head of her agency....
당신이 잠든 사이에
Character: Jung Il Seung
Burdened with visions of the future in their dreams, a young woman and two men try to prevent horrible events before they actually happen....
뱀파이어 검사
Character: Jang Chul-oh
Min Tae Yeon isn't your typical vampire or your typical prosecutor. Rather than drinking blood from innocent strangers, he opts for blood sold on the black market in the posh bars of Seoul. He also has the uncanny ability to tell where the victim of his cases died, and how they died based on their blood's smell and taste. The only person who knows of his secret ability is Detective Hwang Soon Bum. They end up working together in a new joint department between police and prosecutors solving murde...
어셈블리
Character: Baek Do-hyun
Jin Sang Pil is elected as a member of the national assembly. Prior to becoming a national assembly member, he worked as a welder in a shipyard. He is simple, brave and righteous, but his work as a national assembly member is poor. With the help of his aid Choi In Kyung, Jin Sang Pil is able to become a honorable national assembly member....
한성별곡
Character: Lee Jae-han
Conspiracy in the Court, is a 2007 Korean historical drama broadcast on KBS2. The mystery thriller revolves around a murder case set in Hansung, the capital of Korea during the latter years of the Joseon dynasty when the nation was experiencing a rapid influx of western influences. Featuring a band of newcomers in the leading roles, Conspiracy in the Court entails a story of four young visionary idealists and King Jeongjo, Joseon's popular 22nd monarch who fought for commoners' rights and bureau...
부모님 전상서
Character: Ahn Ji-hwan
Precious Family is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-ae, Hur Joon-ho, Song Jae-ho, Kim Hae-sook, Jang Hyun-sung, Lee Dong-wook, and Lee Yoo-ri. It aired on KBS2 from October 16, 2004 to July 5, 2005 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 68 episodes. Shedding light on the importance of family and marriage through the realistic portrayal of one woman who experiences many trials in her life including her husband's infidelity, friction with difficult in-laws, and the hardship of rai...
결혼의 여신
Character: Noh Seung-soo
Goddess of Marriage is a 2013 South Korean romantic comedy-drama series starring Nam Sang-mi, Kim Ji-hoon, Lee Sang-woo, Lee Tae-ran, Kim Jung-tae, Jo Min-su, Kwon Hae-hyo, Jang Young-nam and Jang Hyun-sung. It premiered on SBS on June 29, 2013, airing every Saturday and Sunday at 21:50 for 32 episodes....
시그널
Character: Kim Bum-joo
Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case....
위대한 유산
Character: Jung Man-ho
Great Inheritance is a 2006 South Korean television drama starring Kim Jaewon and Han Ji-min. It aired on KBS2 from May 3 to June 29, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 17 episodes....
방과 후 전쟁활동
Character: Minister of Defense Park Sang Man
When mysterious alien spheres start invading the world, high school students are called upon to join the world’s first war against extraterrestrial forces....
슈퍼맨이 돌아왔다
Character: Himself
An up-close look at celebrity dads who have to take care of their kids for the next 48 hours without any help. Will it be a dad-tastrophe, or can they finish their wives' to-do lists while having fun with their kids?...
디어 마이 프렌즈
Character: Lee Il-woo
Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and family....
하얀거탑
Character: Cho Myung-jun
Based on renowned Japanese novelist Yamazaki Toyoko's representative work Shiroi Kyotō, the drama brings viewers deep into the political inner workings of the medical field by taking a satirical look at malpractice and power plays at a university hospital, and contrasting the paths and personalities of two doctors....
한 사람만
Character: Pyo Gang-Sun
A contract killer gets entangled with a murder case and three terminally ill women who have each decided to end the life of one person before they die....
캐리어를 끄는 여자
Character: Lee Dong-Soo
A successful career woman gets framed for a crime and works her way back up after serving her time. She was once an office manager with a thriving career, but that takes a major hit when she is penalized for violating the Attorneys-at-Law Act and sent to prison for it. The drama follows the success story as she comes back as an ex-con, and follows her dream to become an outstanding lawyer....
닥터스
Character: Kim Tae-ho
A recalcitrant, delinquent teen girl meets a compassionate teacher, who inspires her to alter her path and become a street-savvy neurosurgeon....
밀회
Character: Kim In-Kyum
Despite being married and having a fulfilling career as a sophisticated arts foundation director, something is missing in Oh Hye Won's life. When she meets twenty-something Lee Seon Jae, Hye Won's appetite for passion is awakened, and she soon falls for the impoverished piano prodigy. Though they risk everything, Hye Won and Seon Jae can't help but embark on an affair that threatens to destroy both their lives. Based on the 2005 Japanese film Tokyo Tower, this romance aches with the desperate st...
맨투맨
Character: Department Head Jang
From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with a background in special investigations and the Hallyu star he is supposed to protect....
7일의 왕비
Character: Shin Soo-Geun
In the Joseon period, a noblewoman from a powerful clan marries the Crown Prince but is deposed after only seven days as queen when he becomes king....
마이 러브
Character: Im Tae-Pyong
Jang Mi-ran has been widowed for the last 5 years after her husband died in an accident. She has four kids and is busy all day running a household. Fortunately, her husband's company, Saewang Constructions offered her a part-time job out of special consideration to her plight, so she was able to support her family....
싸인
Character: Jang Min Suk
A medical investigation drama about forensic doctors solving murder cases. Go Da Kyung is an eager rookie investigator who gets paired with the famous forensic doctor, Yoon Ji Hoon. They initially clash due to their different styles of investigation as well as their opposing personalities - Da Kyung's energetic nature is a source of irritation for the prickly Ji Hoon - but later develop a complex relationship as the two strive to uncover the truth through science....
뜨거운 씽어즈
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빅
Character: Kang Hyuk-soo
18-year-old Kang Gyung-Joon's spirit suddenly becomes transplanted in the body of 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae. Seo-Yon-Jae is a successful doctor and engaged to high school teacher Gil Da-Ran. Gil Da-Ran just so happens to be the teacher of 18-year old Kang Gyung-Joon. More problems ensue when 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae falls in love with another woman....
뉴하트
Character: Kim Tae-joon
Cardiac surgery is one of the most demanding and difficult forms of surgery, and it's not as lucrative as other medical careers, so when Lee Eun Seung and Nam Hye Suk are the only applicants to apply for a residency, they are accepted easily. Dr. Choi Kang Gook, the new head of Cardiovascular Surgery, has his doubts. Eun Seung has always dreamed of becoming a great cardiac specialist, but as an orphan coming from a small-town medical school, his skills are basic. Hye Suk, on the other hand, grad...
종이의 집: 공동경제구역
Character: Kim Sang-man
Disguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership of a criminal mastermind known only as “The Professor” to pull off the biggest heist Korea has ever seen....
여우각시별
Character: Kwon Hee-Seung
This series follows people who work diligently at Incheon International Airport. Lee Soo Yeon graduated from prestigious KAIST. He begins work at Incheon International Airport and gives himself a goal of six months to get used to working there. Lee Soo-Yeon is a mysterious man who keeps people at a distance. There, he meets Han Yeo Reum. She is a new employee in the passenger service team. She wants to be a perfectionist, but her reality is a little different. She makes a lot of mistakes....
라이브
Character: Eun Kyung-mo
The police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of law and peace — but the reality is far from orderly....
슈룹
Character: Yoon Su-kwang
A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne....
열두밤
Character: Baek Man
Yoo Kyung and and Hyun Oh surprisingly keep bumping into each other over the course of three different trips and end up spending 12 nights together. Could this be just coincidence or something much more?...
세계의 끝
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아내의 자격
Character: Han Sang Jin
A housewife is in a state of ambivalence about her children's education and the craze towards private education. The housewife then falls in love with a neighbor who works as a dentist....
닥터 프리즈너
Character: Jung Ui-Sik
An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident and gets ousted from the hospital. He then applies to work at a prison, where he plans to make personal connections with all the big shots in prison with the ultimate goal of getting revenge against the hospital that kicked him out....
사의찬미
Character: Lee Yong-moon
Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's recording of "Death Song" became the first Korean pop song in 1926....
미운 우리 새끼
Character: Self
How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary....
아는 형님
Character: Himself
Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick....
김제동의 톡투유
Character: Himself
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달리는 조사관
Character: Kim Hyun-seok
The ‘Human RIghts Promotion’ team helps out people who are in need to protect and secure their human rights....
본 대로 말하라
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The eccentric Oh Hyun Jae was a peerless criminal profiler until a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée, causing him to become a recluse. When a serial killer long thought dead returns to terrorize the city, rising star of the police, Hwang Hwa Young, resolves to outwit the killer. To do so, she teams up with both Oh and the remarkable rookie cop Cha Soo Young, whose photographic memory may prove to be a powerful crime-fighting weapon....
야식남녀
Character: Kang In-shik
To get his own TV show, a chef known for delectable late-night eats tells a major lie that complicates his relationships with those around him....
꼬리에 꼬리를 무는 그날 이야기
Character: Self
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며느리 전성시대
Character: Go Ju-myeong
Daughters-in-Law is a South Korean drama that aired from July 28, 2007 to January 20, 2008 in Korea by KBS2 starring Kim Ji-hoon, Lee Pil-mo, Lee Soo-kyung and Seo Young-hee. It premiered on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 for 54 episodes. The Korean title "며느리 전성시대" can be literally translated to "The Golden Age of Daughters-in-Law". This is an ironic reference to the fact that the traditional role of a Korean daughter-in-law was a life filled with thankless drudgery. This show explore...
유 퀴즈 온 더 블럭
Character: Self
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show....
협상의 기술
Character: Ha Tae-su
A story following an M&A expert who is known as a legendary negotiator and his team including Lawyer O Sun Yeong and Choi Jin Sun. The M&A expert specializes in large corporation deals....
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The Romance
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Yoon-hee is so harassed by her husband's obsession and frantic love, that even breathing is painful to her. One day, her sudden suicide attempt is foiled when someone takes her in his arms and saves her. Hyeong-joon is a rough-looking detective. He asks nothing, but maybe he knows that for some people, just being alive is hard enough. Yoon-hee goes looking for Hyeong-joon, and from the moment she sees him, feels that he already loves her deeply. Because she knows it is totally impossible to be ...
Shiri
Character: Special Investigation Team (uncredited)
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu....
Spider Forest
Character: Choi Seong-hyeon
TV Producer Kang Min enters Spider Forest for a documentary. He enters a cabin and discovers two brutally murdered bodies. One is his girlfriend Hwang Soo-Young and the other is his colleague Choi Jong-Pil. Kang Min also senses someone watching him and runs after that person into to the forest. He's soon knocked unconscious. When he awakens again he continues his chase into a tunnel. Kang Min is then struck by a speeding car....
Real Fiction
Character: Flower Shop Deliverer
A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds up within the artist, leading him to embark upon a quest to gain revenge on all those who have humiliated him....
Kill Boksoon
Character: Bok-soon's Father
At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part....
Rebound
Character: Yongsan High school coach
This true story retells the incredible tale of the 2012 National High School Basketball Championship, in which a new coach and six players from the weakest basketball team ran nonstop for eight days....
Ghost House
Character: Park Gi-tae
Park Pil-gi’s family has never owned a house for three generations. They have to live in a rented room all their lives. Quite understandably, his father’s will at his death bed was ‘get your own house,’ which became Pil-gi’s goal in life. He works at a shipyard by day and as part-time chauffeur by night. After 10 years he finally manages to buy a two-storey house near the beach in Geoje-do, with some loans and mortgage. On the day he moves in, he shouts “Father… I did it! I bought my own house!”...
Kiss Me Much
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The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a relative's massive debt or lose everything....
Break Out
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How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the ta...
The Butterfly
Character: K
In a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre of a tourist industry aimed at those who wish to forget the past, Anna Kim, a German woman of Korean descent, seeks the virus in order to erase painful memories and, along the way, develops a close bond with her driver and her teenage guide....
Dance of Time
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A documentary about Korean Cubans, whose ancestors arrived 100 years ago....
Rewind
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Han is a videostore owner who has been receiving anonymous lover letters. After finding a videotape that belongs to one of his customers, he uses it to start a relationship with the tape's owner Jan, without telling her that he has found the tape. As their affair deepens, Han begins to suspect Jan to be the letters' writer. He must decide Whether to reveal his curiosity or risk ruining a blossoming relationship....
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Character: Jin-seong
After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime....
My Friend & His Wife
Character: Ye-joon
Two young men, Ye-joon and Jae-moon, have been close friends since doing military service together. Ye-joon has lately worked his way up to becoming a successful financier, while the unambitious Jae-moon has opted for a much less conspicuous route. He now works as a cook and is enjoying family life with his wife Ji-sook and their new-born son. Ji-sook tolerates her husband’s attachment to his friend, but everything changes after the tragic death of the child, caused by Ye-joon. Ji-sook was in Pa...
Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die
Character: Narrator / Kim Dae-jung (voice)
Kim Dae Jung, who stands next to people in the middle of caotic history! A young businessman Kim Dae Jung recognized the victims of ideology. He decided to be a politician to make his country where people's politic and democracy are rooted. The price of being leave from a guaranteed future and take the first step on a bumby road was kidnapping, death threats, imprisonment, and a death sentence that shook him to the core, but even in his final moments, when he was sentenced to death, Kim never wa...
C'est Si Bon
Character: Lee Jang-hee (40s)
A beautiful socialite enters the lives of three bickering musicians and inspires them to write a series of hit love-songs....
The Advocate: A Missing Body
Character: Moon Ji-hoon
When his client suddenly confesses to murder in open court, a hotshot attorney embarks on a search for truth to redeem his ruined reputation....
Femme Fatal
Character: Detective
A gorgeous movie star invites four men to a party to choose her lover. However, they start being killed and the situation gets out of control. This comic thriller is a remake of French movie “Serial Lover”....
Princess Aurora
Character: Kim Woo-taek
A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders, but two days after the first murder, another homicide occurs. A woman is suffocated to death and the only evidence left at the crime scene is a sticker of the cartoon character “Princess Aurora”....
Springtime
Character: Kyung-soo
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town....
Love Never Fails
Character: Sang-hyun
No pain, no gain. This is the motto of the Yoo family: the father is a successful doctor, the mother supervises their daughter's scholastic performance from the vantage point of their beautiful home. Then cracks appear in the facade which soon deepen and spread. In particular, the father seems to be losing control - he is suddenly faced with a sexual harassment lawsuit and an absurd running battle with a taxi driver....
Curtain Call
Character: Kang Min-gi
As a B grade erotic theater group is about to close down, affected by the economic recession, they decide to perform a proper theater play for their last show as they have always been dreaming of. Their choice of play is the classic theater play, 'Hamlet'. However, once the theater play has started running, their performance goes to an unexpected direction due to the mistakes and adlib they never thought were going to happen on the stage. Will their curtain call occur happily as they hoped in t...
Steel Rain
Character: Jeong Se-yeong
Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war....
The Killers
Character: Hyun-sang (segment "Everyone Is Waiting For The Man")
Four master helmers from Korea reload the hitman flick. Vampire sleaze, assassin slapstick, neo-noir, and an avant-garde mind-bender to die (kill) for!...
The Perfect Couple
Character: Kim Chi-Gon
While eating skewered tempura at a street vendor, young reporter Choi Soo-jin accidentally sticks the skewer into the side of a detective, Kang Jae-hyuk, who was chasing a suspected criminal. After this encounter, Soo-jin is told to work on a story about a detective, and the detective turns out to be Jae-hyuk. Soo-jin joins his crackdown on drug dealers, and the two start to fall in love....
My Right to Ravage Myself
Character: Sang-hyun
S is a suicide designer who assists people to commit suicide according to a method of their own choosing. When a woman kills herself, her boyfriend decides to investigate, and discovers that S is behind the suicide......
Love is a Crazy Thing
Character: Min-su
Jeon Mi-sun stars as Au-jin, a bored housewife living in Busan. Her husband does very little to help raise their two children, So Au-jin works a number of part time jobs to make ends meet. Working in a call center, the conversations she has with a mysterious man are the only things in life that seem to make her happy. When she is encouraged to get a job as a hostess in a bar, Au-jin meets Min Su, and can finally open her heart....
Feathers in the Wind
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Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island he stayed 10 years ago to fulfill a promise he made with his girlfriend at the time. As he waits on the secluded island to see if the promise will also be kept by now his ex-girlfriend, he gets to know an oddly charming young motel operator So-yeon....
Magicians
Character: Myung-soo
Two long time friends who used to play in the band "Magicians" are sitting and drinking in Jae-sung's own bar/café situated deep in the forest....
Maundy Thursday
Character: Moon Yu-chan
Yujeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time....
The Swordsman
Character: Monarch
After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon's greatest swordsman goes into hiding, far removed from his city's anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more....
Single in Seoul
Character: Jin-pyo
A writer who praises living a life of single teams up with an editor who is desperate about finding her better half. Would it be possible for the two of them to finish the book?...
My Son
Character: Min-seok
Normal is relative. A father, taking care of the 19-year-old handicapped son who declares his independence. He can´t take nor turn down his son who wants to live like a normal person for at least one day....
Last Film
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Park Sang-min, who teaches film at the University's Department of Film, is a film director who is under pressure of debt and trouble for the subject of the next film....