5 Movies Starring Hae-jin Yoo

The Coast Guard

The Coast Guard

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-22

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2613 Reviews)

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Fullplot:

At South Korea's border with the North, troops guard the coast. Each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high. PFC Kang and his friend Private Kim are on patrol when drinking youths jeer them. Two nights later, Kang follows orders, opening fire at a person who has infiltrated the border zone. It proves to be a young man, one from the earlier encounter, on a drunken tryst with his girlfriend, Mi-yeong. Kang is commended, yet horrified. Mi-yeong is unhinged. Kim tries to hold onto friendship, duty, and his humanity. While Kang retreats into bizarre behavior and violence, Mi-yeong becomes easy prey to soldiers. Sickness is all.

Tazza: The High Rollers

Tazza: The High Rollers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-28

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

139 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1077 Reviews)

Director:

Dong-hoon Choi

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Dong-hoon Choi

Yeong-man Heo (comic)

Fullplot:

A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea. Go-ni (Jo Seung-woo) is a small-town guy with a big appetite for gambling. Convinced he?s on a hot streak one evening during a card game, Go-ni bets his life savings on a hand of hwatu, only to lose to a crooked cardsharp. Determined to get revenge, Go-ni sets out to find the guy who cheated him and win back his money.

The Unjust

The Unjust

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-28

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

119 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1009 Reviews)

Director:

Seung-wan Ryoo

Cast:

Writer:

Hoon-jung Park (screenplay)

Seung-wan Ryoo (script editor)

Fullplot:

A serial killer targeting elementary school students is on the loose. When the most probable suspect dies and the case looks like it's reached a dead end, police brass decide to create a killer - and anyone will do. Though Detective CHOI boasts an incredible number of arrests over his career his rank never showed it. Deciding this is his last chance for professional redemption, he makes a deal with JANG, who he has been investigating, and together they decide to set up an existing suspect as the murderer. The only hurdle in their plan is public prosecutor JOO, who takes on the case and who had been involved in a deal with rival construction contractor KIM. When secret deals and back alley agreements start to come to light, it only serves to drag all of them deeper and deeper into a dark hole of questionable ethics and abuse of the law.

Tajja: sineui son

Tajja: sineui son

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-03

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

147 min

IMDB Ratings:

(607 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hyeong-Cheol Kang (screenplay)

Sang-bum Cho (screenplay)

Ji-Gang Lee (screenplay)

Byeong-heon Lee (adaptation)

Young-man Huh (graphic novels)

Se-Young Kim (graphic novels)

Fullplot:

Go-ni's nephew, Ham Dae-gil, enters the gambling underworld only to be used as a scapegoat in a deal gone wrong. Now he's planning his revenge by entering one big fatal game.

Pirates

Pirates

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-06

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1084 Reviews)

Director:

Seok-hoon Lee

Fullplot:

A band of pirates and a group of bandits fight to catch a gray whale that has swallowed a royal stamp.

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