5 Movies Starring Ji-hyun Jun

My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-27

Languages:

Korean, English

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (34641 Reviews)

Director:

Jae-young Kwak

Cast:

Writer:

Ho-sik Kim (novel)

Jae-young Kwak (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely. It describes the meeting of Kyun-woo (Cha) and an unnamed girl. Kyun-woo is shamed into assisting the girl because the other passengers mistakenly think she is his girlfriend. Once he helps her, Kyun-woo develops a deep sense of responsibility for her which enables him to tolerate (somehow) the girl's abuses.

Deiji

Deiji

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-09

Languages:

Korean, Mandarin, English

Countries:

South Korea, Hong Kong

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (4183 Reviews)

Director:

Wai-Keung Lau

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Gordon Chan

Felix Chong

Jae-young Kwak

Fullplot:

Set in Amsterdam, DAISY tells the story of a love triangle between a young girl and the two men in her life. Hye-young (Jeon Ji-hyun) is a painter in Amsterdam who looks after her grandfather's antique shop during the week and earns extra money as a street painter on weekends. It's through her painting that she meets Jeong-woo (Lee Sung-jae), an Interpol cop who is chasing a criminal, but keeps Hye-young in the dark about his real work.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-24

Languages:

English, Chinese

Countries:

China, USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(2865 Reviews)

Director:

Wayne Wang

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Angela Workman (screenplay)

Ronald Bass (screenplay)

Michael Ray (screenplay)

Lisa See (novel)

Fullplot:

In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever.

The Thieves

The Thieves

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-07-25

Languages:

Korean, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Japanese

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (5340 Reviews)

Director:

Dong-hoon Choi

Genres:

ActionCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Dong-hoon Choi (screenplay)

Gi-cheol Lee (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In order to let things cool down from their latest heist, Popeye and his group of thieves go to Macau on a job. But the mastermind behind this job is none other than Popeye's old partner Macau Park, who escaped with 68kg of gold several years ago on their last job together. Macau Park brought Chinese thieves as well but little did they know what Macau Park planned for each one of them. His plan takes an unexpected turn when Popeye brings Pepsi, a genius safe-cracker and old flame of Macau Park, to settle the old score. The thieves' target is a $20 million diamond known as 'Tear of the Sun', kept safely away in a casino, brought there to be sold by a notorious Chinese fence. While working together to steal this fabled diamond, they all have their own agenda to keep the diamond for themselves. But who will succeed and live to see another day?

The Berlin File

The Berlin File

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-15

Languages:

Korean, English, German

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (4024 Reviews)

Director:

Seung-wan Ryoo

Cast:

Writer:

Ted Geoghegan (english dialogue)

Stefanie Y. Hong (translation)

Seung-wan Ryoo

Fullplot:

A North Korean agent in Berlin is betrayed and cut loose in the midst of a financial espionage intrigue. Together with his wife, a translator at the North Korean embassy in Berlin, they try to escape being purged, as North and South Korean operatives relentlessly pursue them.

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