Choi Min-sik
Birthday: Born in 1962-04-27 in Seoul, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Choi Min-sik is a South Korean actor. He received critical acclaim for his roles in Oldboy, I Saw the Devil and The Admiral: Roaring Currents. For his role in Oldboy, he won the Best Actor prize at the 40th Baeksang Art Awards, the 24th Blue Dragon Awards, and the 41st Grand Bell Awards.
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제4공화국
Character: Kim Dae-jung
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청룡시리즈어워즈
Character: Self
The Blue Dragon Series Awards (BSA) is a new annual awards ceremony for original streaming content in South Korea....
서울의 달
Character: Park Chun-seob
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모던코리아
Character: Self (archive footage)
The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant video clips from news broadcasts, dramas, shows and other documentaries...
손석희의 질문들
Character: Self
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카지노
Character: Cha Mu-sik
Cha Moosik runs a casino bar, only to flee to the Philippines due to a crackdown by the National Tax Service. He launches a full-fledged casino business, and strategizes winning over the political and business circles in the Philippines. However, he is suddenly framed as a suspect in Min Seokjun's death, and is tracked by Oh Seunghoon of the Korean Desk. Betrayal is rampant in the presence of money....
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....
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Oldboy
Character: Oh Dae-su
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors....
Shiri
Character: Park Mu-young
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....
Lady Vengeance
Character: Mr. Baek
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution....
Happy End
Character: Seo Min-ki
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life....
Crying Fist
Character: Gang Tae-shik
Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves....
Failan
Character: Kang-jae
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency....
Painted Fire
Character: Jang Seung-up
In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him....
The Quiet Family
Character: Chang-goo
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation....
No. 3
Character: Ma Dong-pal
Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, Jo-pil wants to get rid of Tae-joo's gang, training for revenge. The three men's goals intertwine....
Springtime
Character: Hyeon-woo
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town....
New World
Character: Kang Hyung-chul
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies....
Nameless Gangster
Character: Choi Ik-hyun
A corrupt customs official joins forces with a vicious gangster to form the most powerful crime partnership in Busan....
I Saw the Devil
Character: Kyung-chul
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself....
Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild
Character: Wanderer (voice)
Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom....
Lucy
Character: Mr. Jang
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic....
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Character: Admiral Yi Sun-Shin
The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi....
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world....
Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells
Character: Choi
A Korean executive ventures into the Himalayas in order to deliver the remains of a Nepalese migrant worker to his family....
The Tiger
Character: Cheon Man-deok
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on....
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Character: North Korean Captain
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle....
Old Days
Character: Self
Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook's original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive's Blu-ray release and first screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival....
The Mayor
Character: Byeon Jong-gu
For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands....
Heart Blackened
Character: Lim Tae-san
A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system....
Our Twisted Hero
Character: Mr. Kim
Han Byung-tae, who teaches at a private after-school academy in Seoul, receives word that his old teacher has passed away and sets off to the rural village where he attended elementary school. In the train, he reminisces about the tough fights he used to get into back in the day....
All That Falls Has Wings
Character: Tae-sik
This youth melodrama tells the story of a law student from a small village in Korea, and the irresponsible girl with whom he falls in love. The girl leads a reckless life, working in bars in Itaewon, and in the U.S., while the law student follows her. Their relationship ends in tragedy with the man shooting the woman, and her confessing her true love before dying....
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Character: Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses....
Kuro Arirang
Character: Jin-seok
The film depicts the story of four people working in a sewing factory in Guro Industrial Complex in Seoul and the problems they face....
In My End Is My Beginning
Character: Doctor (voice) (cameo)
When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband's secret lover, comes to her. Naru begs Jung-ha that she will do anything if only she will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually their strange arrangement of living together begins....
Forbidden Dream
Character: Jang Yeong-sil
A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist....
Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
Character: 203
Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness....
The Battle: Roar to Victory
Character: Hong Beom-do
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman....
In Our Prime
Character: Ri Hak-sung
Ji-woo, an outcast at a prestigious private school, meets Hak-sung, the school janitor who is actually a mathematical genius who defected from North Korea....
Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
Character:
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Sara Is Guilty
Character:
Sara seduces her college roommate's boyfriend which results in her friend's death after the incident is exposed. Sara tries to break off the relationship but the man stalks her and kills her next lover in a jealous rage. Deciding they deserve each other and vowing undying love, they opt for a double suicide...
May Our Love Stay This Way
Character: Jun-hyeok
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Exhuma
Character: Kim Sang-duk
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave....
Autobiography of 'Oldboy'
Character: Self
A three and- a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy. This was included as a special feature in the DVD and Blu Ray releases of Oldboy and was a special feature in Arrow Video's release of the film....