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Kim Eui-sung
Kim Eui-sung (; born December 17, 1965) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in films ''The Day a Pig Fell into the Well'' (1996), ''Office'' (2015), '' The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo'' (2015) and ''Train to Busan'' (2016); and television series '' W'' (2016), and ''Taxi Driver ''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying and mo ...'' (2021). Selected filmography Film Television series Web series Awards and nominations References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Eui-sung 1965 births Living people South Korean male television actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male web series actors 20th-century South Korean male actors 21st-century South Korean male actors Best Supporting Actor Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul National University
Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three " SKY" universities, denoting the top three institutions in the country. The university has three campuses: the main campus in Gwanak District and two additional campuses in Daehangno and Pyeongchang County. The university comprises sixteen colleges, one graduate school and nine professional schools. The student body consists of nearly 17,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate students. According to data compiled by KEDI, the university spends more on its students per capita than any other universities in the country that enroll at least 10,000 students. Seoul National University holds a memorandum of understanding with over 700 academic institutions in 40 countries, the World Bank and a general academic exchange program with the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Suspect (2013 South Korean Film)
''The Suspect'' () is a 2013 South Korean action spy film starring Gong Yoo, and directed by Won Shin-yun. Plot Ji Dong-cheol was once one of the top special forces agent in North Korea, but after a change in political system, he was abandoned by his government while on a mission. He goes on the run, seeking his wife and daughter who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. When he learns that an ex-colleague was behind their deaths, Dong-cheol goes on a vendetta for revenge, defecting to the South to chase his family's killer. Now living incognito, he searches for his nemesis during the day, and at night works as a personal chauffeur for Chairman Park, a business executive with ties to Pyongyang. One night the chairman is attacked and killed by an assassin, but not before handing over a special pair of glasses to Dong-cheol. The South Korean intelligence service, a member of which frames Dong-cheol for the murder, goes on the hunt for the beleaguered for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King (2017 Korean Film)
''The King'' () is a 2017 South Korean political crime drama film starring Jo In-sung, Jung Woo-sung, Bae Seong-woo, Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Eui-sung, and Kim Ah-joong. Synopsis Story about Tae-soo (Jo In-sung) who's born in a poor family, decides to become a prosecutor after learning that power is the most important thing in life and, the biggest symbol of power in the 90’s. After entering the most prestigious law school, experiencing democratic resistance in Korea, Tae-soo finally reaches his goal of becoming a prosecutor but his life is no better than a salary man. By chance, he joins a clique of the powerful prosecutors with wealth and authority. He finally gets a taste of a life of the top hierarchy, but as he enjoys the sweetness of supremacy, he also sees the cruel side of it. Cast *Jo In-sung as Park Tae-soo *Jung Woo-sung as Han Kang-shik * Bae Seong-woo as Yang Dong-chul * Ryu Jun-yeol as Choi Doo-il *Kim Eui-sung as Kim Eung-soo *Kim Ah-joong as Sang-hee *Jang My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yourself And Yours
''Yourself and Yours'' ( ko, 당신자신과 당신의 것) is a 2016 South Korean drama film directed by Hong Sang-soo. The film was screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot The plot revolves around the couple Yeong-soo (played by Kim Joo-hyuk) and Min-jeong (played by Lee Yoo-young). After a fight between them, they decide to take a break in their relationship. The next day, Min-jeong vanishes without a trace. Instead a woman shows up looking exactly like Min-jeong. She seems interested in looking for "Mr. Right" and dating every man in the town where they live. One day Min-jeong returns. Cast *Kim Joo-hyuk as Yeong-soo *Lee Yoo-young as Min-jeong *Kim Eui-sung as Joong-haeng *Kwon Hae-hyo as Jae-young Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 94% approval rating based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's consensus states "Yourself and Yours uses one couple's ups and downs to playfully interrogate the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Quiet Dream
''A Quiet Dream'' () is a 2016 South Korean drama film written and directed by Korean-Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu and starring Han Ye-ri alongside several Korean directors playing her potential suitors, including Park Jung-bum, Yoon Jong-bin and Yang Ik-june. It made its world premiere as the opening film of the 21st Busan International Film Festival on October 6, 2016. Synopsis A story about a young woman Ye-ri (Han Ye-ri) who runs a bar and takes care of her unconscious paralyzed father, and three men (Yang Ik-june, Park Jung-bum, Yoon Jong-bin) who frequent the bar trying without much success to win her heart. This strange trio's interactions with Ye-ri offer funny moments and barbed quips galore, as the men compete feebly for the woman's attention. Cast * Han Ye-ri as Ye-ri * Yang Ik-june as Ik-june, a gang member * Park Jung-bum as Jung-bum, a North Korean defector * Yoon Jong-bin as Jong-bin, an epileptic man * Lee Joo-young as Joo-young * Lee Joon-dong as Ye-ri's father * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truth Beneath
''The Truth Beneath'' (, lit. "There Is No Secret") is a 2016 South Korean thriller film directed by Lee Kyoung-mi, her second directorial outing after 2008's '' Crush and Blush'', and co-written by Park Chan-wook. The film stars Son Ye-jin and Kim Joo-hyuk. Plot Kim Yeon-hong (Son Ye-jin) appears to have a perfect life. She is beautiful, is married to a charismatic young politician (Kim Joo-hyuk), and her adolescent daughter who used to be a troublesome child is now doing better at school. Her husband, Kim Jong-chan, decides to run for office against the powerful incumbent, No Jae-soon ( Kim Eui-sung). A few days before the elections, Yeon-hong and Jong-chan's daughter, Kim Min-jin ( Shin Ji-hoon), goes missing. At first, they assume she has run off to seek their attention as she had done before. However, Yeon-hong soon finds out that the friend Min-jin she said she was going to meet does not exist. Then Yeon-hong learns from the school her daughter attends that she had an eccen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Men (film)
''Inside Men'' () is a 2015 South Korean political crime-action film written and directed by Woo Min-ho based on Yoon Tae-ho's webtoon ''The Insiders'' that dissects the corruption within Korean society. Starring Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo and Baek Yoon-sik, it began filming in July 2014 and was released in theaters on November 19, 2015. Inside Men and the director's cut Inside Men: The Original have sold a total of 9.1 million admissions at the box office, thus becoming the top grossing R-rated movie of all-time at the Korean Box office. Plot Lee Kang-hee, an editor at an influential conservative newspaper, raises congressman Jang Pil-woo to the position of leading Presidential candidate using the power of the press; behind this is his secret deal with the paper's biggest sponsor. Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported Lee and Jang, gets caught pocketing the record of the sponsor's slush fund, resulting in a dismembered hand. Woo Jang-hoon, an ambitious prosecuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deal (2015 Film)
''The Deal'' (; lit. "Murder Request") is a 2015 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Son Yong-ho. Plot Veteran detective Tae-soo figures out that the suspect in a hit-and-run case, Gang-chun, is a serial killer wanted for several murders. But not long after his victory, Tae-soo realizes that his younger sister Soo-kyung was Gang-chun's last victim. Gang-chun receives the death penalty, but refuses to reveal the whereabouts of the victims' bodies, leaving Tae-soo and his brother-in-law Seung-hyun devastated. Three years later, Tae-soo is investigating the murder of a gangster boss when to his surprise, he finds evidence that Seung-hyun is the prime suspect. As he digs deeper, Tae-soo learns that the gang's former boss is now in the same prison as Gang-chun, who is thriving and looking better than ever (South Korea hasn't carried out a single execution since 1997). Cast *Kim Sang-kyung as Tae-soo * Kim Sung-kyun as Seung-hyun * Park Sung-woong as Gang-chun *Jo Jae-yoon a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty (film)
''Twenty'' () is a 2015 South Korean coming-of-age film starring Kim Woo-bin, Lee Jun-ho, and Kang Ha-neul. It was written and directed by Lee Byeong-heon, his second feature after the 2012 indie ''Cheer Up, Mr. Lee''. Plot Chi-ho, Kyung-jae and Dong-woo are best friends who've just graduated from high school and turned 20. Chi-ho is an unemployed player living in the moment and whose number one priority is dating and chasing women. Kyung-jae is a goody-two-shoes university student whose goal is to get accepted at a corporate job; he's extremely shy around girls, but completely transforms when he gets drunk. And happy-go-lucky Dong-woo dreams of becoming a cartoonist, but when his family goes bankrupt, he's forced to become the breadwinner and take on several part-time jobs. Cast *Kim Woo-bin as Chi-ho * Lee Jun-ho as Dong-woo *Kang Ha-neul as Kyung-jae *Jung So-min as So-min *Jung Joo-yeon as Eun-hye *Min Hyo-rin as Jin-joo *Han Joon-woo as Club DJ *Lee Yu-bi as So-hee *Kim E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Priests (film)
''The Priests'' (; lit. "Black Priests") is a 2015 South Korean supernatural mystery thriller film written and directed by Jang Jae-hyun, based on his award-winning short film ''12th Assistant Deacon''. Plot A young girl who belongs to Father Kim's parish becomes comatose after a hit-and-run accident caused by two priests. Father Kim suspects she is possessed by an evil spirit. Father Kim along with a rebellious young seminarian named Choi try to exorcise the demon and confine it in a piglet. Members of a Rosicrucian sect inform Father Kim that two of their priests were killed by this demon. During the exorcism, the demon manifests, inflicting unnatural bodily rashes. Choi initially runs out halfway through the exorcism attempt, but eventually decides to return, determined to finish what they started. Father Kim tells him to believe this ministry isn't in vain and the reward is in the Lord's hand (Isaiah 49:4). Choi replies by quoting Ezekiel 2:6, and affirms he is prepared now. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minority Opinion
''Minority Opinion'' (), released internationally as ''The Unfair'', is a 2015 South Korean courtroom drama film written and directed by Kim Sung-je, starring Yoon Kye-sang, Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Ok-bin. It was adapted from Son A-ram's novel of the same name, which in turn was based on the "Yongsan tragedy," in which 40 tenants protesting against insufficient compensation for the urban renewal redevelopment of their Yongsan neighborhood clashed with riot police on January 20, 2009, that resulted in the death of five tenant-evictees and one police officer. Plot Tenants who have been evicted from their homes are in the middle of a sit-in protest, when the police arrive. A 20-year-old police officer and a 16-year-old boy, the son of a demonstrator, end up dead. The boy's father, Park Jae-ho gets arrested for the cop's death, but he insists it was self-defense and that he had only been trying to protect his son from being beaten by the riot police. Rookie public defender Yoon Jin-won is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination (2015 Film)
''Assassination'' () is a 2015 South Korean period action spy film co-written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon. The film, mainly set in 1930s Seoul and Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of Korea, depicts a group of Korean resistance fighters’ plan to assassinate a highly ranked Japanese officer. The film drew over 12.7 million admissions, and is currently the eighth-highest-grossing movie in Korean film history. ''Assassination'' also won Best Film at the 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards and 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards. Plot In 1911, during Japan's rule over Korea, a resistance fighter named Yem Sek-jin tries but fails to murder the governor-general along with a pro-Japanese businessman named Kang In-guk. That evening, Kang discovers that his own wife was helping Yem, and kills her. In response, the wet nurse runs off with one of Kang's twin daughters. By 1933, there are over 30 Korean independence factions operating in Korea, China, and Manchuria. Yem has become a captain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |