5 Movies Starring Sung-ha Jo

The Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-02

Languages:

Korean, Mandarin

Countries:

South Korea, USA, Hong Kong

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (9847 Reviews)

Director:

Hong-jin Na

Cast:

Writer:

Hong-jin Na (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story of a cab driver in Yanji City, a region between North Korea, China and Russia. His wife goes to Korea to earn money, but he doesn't hear from her since in 6 months. He plays mah-jong to make some extra cash, but this only makes his life worse; but then he meets a hitman who proposes to turn his life around by repaying his debt and reuniting with his wife, just for one hit.

The Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-02

Languages:

Korean, Mandarin

Countries:

South Korea, USA, Hong Kong

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (9882 Reviews)

Director:

Hong-jin Na

Cast:

Writer:

Hong-jin Na (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story of a cab driver in Yanji City, a region between North Korea, China and Russia. His wife goes to Korea to earn money, but he doesn't hear from her since in 6 months. He plays mah-jong to make some extra cash, but this only makes his life worse; but then he meets a hitman who proposes to turn his life around by repaying his debt and reuniting with his wife, just for one hit.

Pluto

Pluto

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-11

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (271 Reviews)

Director:

Su-won Shin

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Pluto is a story of the extremes elite high school seniors are prepared to go to guarantee entry into prestigious universities, and asks what could possibly turn an innocent boy into a monster. June, a transfer student into an elite school, is driven to despair by the year's first examination results. One day he discovers that a mysterious clique of fellow students are sharing secret notebooks, which contain important exam information. In order to get his hands on the notebooks he begs the members of the secret circle to include him. They task him with a series of missions to earn them, turning June into a monster in the process.

Commitment

Commitment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-06

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1369 Reviews)

Director:

Hong-soo Park

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Soo-young Kim (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After his father's botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister's life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South, he meets another girl named Hye-in, and rescues her when she comes under attack. South Korean Intelligence soon discover Myung-hoon's activities and begin tracking him, all the while his own government sends a vicious assassin to eliminate him.

The Suspect

The Suspect

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-10

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

137 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2317 Reviews)

Director:

Shin-yeon Won

Fullplot:

Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) is the best field agent in North Korea - until he is abandoned during a mission, his wife and daughter murdered. Hunted and on the run, torn between grief and vengeance, he takes a job as a night driver for the CEO of a powerful corporation. The chairman is brutally assassinated - but gives Dong-chul a pair of glasses before he dies. Now, he's on the run again. Accused of murder, wanted for treason, and desperate to uncover the volatile national secrets hidden inside the glasses. Dong-Chul wants the truth. And he'll start a war to get it.

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