6 Movies Starring Jin-woong Jo

Bestseller

Bestseller

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-15

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (624 Reviews)

Director:

Jeong-ho Lee

Fullplot:

"Best Seller" is a thriller centered around writer Hee-Soo (Eom Jeong-Hwa) who moves to a small house in a rural area after becoming involved in a plagiarism scandal. Hee-Soo then hears a mysterious figure tell horrifying stories and she writes a new novel based on those stories. Her novel becomes another best seller, but Hee-Soo's success is short lived. The stories in the novel are discovered to have been published 10 years ago. To prove her innocence, she goes back to the house to uncover the mystery that lies there.

Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time

Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-02-02

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

134 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2763 Reviews)

Director:

Jong-bin Yun

Fullplot:

On the verge of being fired, a corrupt customs official finds a haul of drugs and teams up with a vicious gangster to become the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-09

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1092 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-Hwan Jang

Fullplot:

Hwayi is a boy living in a farm village, who was raised by 5 fathers who was famous criminals. One day, the group is commissioned to kill a man named Lim and his wife. While the rest of the group feel something odd about this particular contact, Suk-tae is adamant to carry out this job with Hwayi in tow. During the job Hwayi discovers a photograph of a child in Lim's house. Eventually, Suk-tae hands his gun to Hwayi and he is forced to pull the trigger. He becomes ill after committing his first kill, and realizes that the boy in the photograph looks uncannily familiar.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-23

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

137 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1359 Reviews)

Director:

Jong-bin Yun

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Cheol-Hong Jeon (screenplay)

Jong-bin Yoon (original story)

Fullplot:

A period action film centered on a militia group who turn against an unjust nobility.

The Admiral

The Admiral

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-30

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (3397 Reviews)

Director:

Han-min Kim

Cast:

Writer:

Cheol-Hong Jeon

Han-min Kim

Fullplot:

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.

A Hard Day

A Hard Day

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-05-29

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (3197 Reviews)

Director:

Seong-hoon Kim

Cast:

Writer:

Seong-hoon Kim

Seong-hoon Kim

Hae-jun Lee (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day, and the following events happen to him in less than 24 hours: He receives a divorce notice from his wife. His mother passes away. He and his coworkers are investigated by police inspectors over alleged embezzlement. Then on his way to his mother's funeral, he drives recklessly and commits a fatal hit and run. He tries to cover-up the accident by hiding the man's corpse in his deceased mother's coffin. But someone has been watching all along, and Geon-soo gets a mysterious call from a person claiming that he was the sole witness to the crime, who now begins to threaten him.

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