Birthday:
07-12-1970
(54 years)
Birthplace:
Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Biography
Lee Byung-hun (이병헌) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He was born on July 12, 1970. He achieved wider fame after starring in the television dramas Iris (2009), All In (2003) and Beautiful Days (2001). He is also known for his starring roles in Joint Security Area (2000), A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career.
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Joint Security Area
Act like Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
event2000 star_border 7.8
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Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
A Bittersweet Life
Act like Sun-woo
event2005 star_border 7.5
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Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Everybody Has Secrets
Act like Soo-hyun
event2004 star_border 6.1
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A mysterious stranger seduces three sisters in this sensual romantic comedy from director Jang Hyeon-Su.
I Come with the Rain
Act like Su Dongpo
event2009 star_border 5.7
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Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only son, Shitao, whom he has not seen in person since the boy was ten. Now in his 30s, Shitao has gone missing in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage.
Once in a Summer
Act like Yun Suk-young
event2006 star_border 6.9
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An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-Young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Act like Storm Shadow
event2009 star_border 5.8
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From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Act like Park Chang-yi / The Bad
event2008 star_border 7.2
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The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
Addicted
Act like Hwang Dae-jun
event2002 star_border 6.3
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Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A year later, the younger brother Dae-jin wakes up believing he is his older brother Ho-jin.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Act like Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
event2013 star_border 5.6
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Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
Iris: The Movie
Act like Kim Hyun-jun
event2010 star_border 6.4
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Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are faced against each other in a nuclear terrorist attack, they are forced to make their final decision and Seunghee's formidable secret is revealed.
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Act like Seo In-woo
event2001 star_border 6.6
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A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins unintentionally reminding him of his doomed first love, which ended 17 years earlier.
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Act like Nam-woo (adult)
event2002 star_border 5.8
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Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
The Harmonium in My Memory
Act like Kang Soo-ha
event1999 star_border 6.6
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Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.
RED 2
Act like Han Cho Bai
event2013 star_border 6.5
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Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
I Saw the Devil
Act like Kim Soo-hyeon
event2010 star_border 7.8
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Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Masquerade
Act like King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
event2012 star_border 7.7
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Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
Terminator Genisys
Act like Cop / T-1000
event2015 star_border 5.9
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The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
Run Away
Act like Lee Dong-hee
event1995 star_border 6.3
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Video game producer Lee Dong-ho and freelance artist Choi Mi-ran are both young, ambitious people who are passionate about their life and work. They meet by chance one night on the road, and end up spending the night together. On their way home, they witness a gang-related murder, and from that day on their lives take a dramatic turn as they become the perpetrators' next targets.
Hero
Act like Kang
event2007 star_border 6.8
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After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.
Inside Men
Act like Ahn Sang-goo
event2015 star_border 7
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A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.
The Influence
Act like W/White W
event2010 star_border 4.7
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To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises throughout time.
The Magnificent Seven
Act like Billy Rocks
event2016 star_border 6.5
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Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
Memories of the Sword
Act like Yu-baek / Duk-gi
event2015 star_border 6.6
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While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryeo Dynasty.
No Other Choice
Act like Yoo Man-soo
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After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
Misconduct
Act like The Accountant
event2016 star_border 5.6
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An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and his firm’s senior partner. When the case takes a deadly turn, he must race to uncover the truth before he loses everything.
Master
Act like President Jin
event2016 star_border 7
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Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lurking underneath.
Who Drives Me Mad?
Act like Lee Jong-du
event1995
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Lee Jong-du, a salesman who believes that luck will change when he becomes a famous writer. However he is forced to give up after his story failed to win at a spring literature contest. Added to this is the fear that his girlfriend Joo-young will leave him. After Joo-young gets a job Jong-du realizes his mistakes that knows that she will never leave him.
The Age of Shadows
Act like Jung Chae-san
event2016 star_border 7.2
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Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
Three... Extremes
Act like Director (segment "Cut")
event2004 star_border 6.8
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An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors: "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong; "Cut", directed by Park Chan-Wook of Korea; "Box", directed by Miike Takashi of Japan. The first film "Dumplings" was extended and turned into a full-length theatrical film of the same name.
A Single Rider
Act like Kang Jae-hoon
event2017 star_border 7.2
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Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his wife and son live. As his trip nears its unexpected end, Jae-hoon gets a chance to look back on his life.
Keys to the Heart
Act like Kim Jo-ha
event2018 star_border 7.9
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An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disability. The brothers make up through their mother who is full of stories of her past.
The Fortress
Act like Choe Myeong-gil
event2017 star_border 6.7
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Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
Kill the Love
Act like Love
event1996 star_border 5
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A man named Love joins the criminal underworld in America and falls In love with a woman, sparking the outrage of an old criminal associate from home.
Lament
Act like Jong-man
event1997 star_border 6
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Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.
Decades Apart
Act like Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
event2017
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For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience.
Armageddon
Act like Haesung
event1996 star_border 2
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The year is 2157. An alien organization with ultra-high technology, 'Eed', invades the Earth. As the Earth fa ces extinction, Elka, a descendant of the lost continent Atlantis, looks with the help of a super power computer Delta 8988, for the last hero who may be able to save the world. It turns out to be Oh Haesung who lives in the 20th century. Marie, a special agent sent from Elka, comes to the year 1996 with the important mission of fetching Haesung. However, Eed also finds out about Haesung and sends an assassin.
The Man Standing Next
Act like Kim Gyu-pyeong
event2020 star_border 7
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When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.
Ashfall
Act like Lee Jun-pyeong
event2019 star_border 6.8
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A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Emergency Declaration
Act like Park Jae-hyuk
event2022 star_border 7.5
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While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.
Concrete Utopia
Act like Kim Yeong-tak
event2023 star_border 7
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The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.
The Match
Act like Cho Hun-hyun
new_releases Release: March 26, 2025
Two legendary Go players, once student and master, face victory and defeat as they inevitably come face to face as rivals.
Sunset on the Neon Lights
event1995
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Sang-min faces sexual discrimination at her advertising job and her lover's publishing company goes bankrupt. However she is determined to find a solution to both their problems
Share the Vision
event2011
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A 4D music film about a guy named Hyeon-min who sets out to find a new vision after meeting a mentor who is about to change his life.
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Act like Self
event2025 star_border 8.4
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Get exclusive interviews with actors and directors about how season 2 of the world's most watched series was brought to life, from set design to character development.
Beautiful My Lady
Act like Hwang Joon-ho (16 ep.)
event1997 star_border 6
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Jun Ho is an orphan from young and grew up in the world alone. Never knowing kindness from people, he learned to survive on pure grit and determination. By chance, he was given an opportunity to fight in the boxing ring, where he started to gain glory and money. Seon Yeong loses her husband to tragic circumstances shortly after their wedding. Things change when she meets ambitious boxer Jun Ho, and their miraculous first meeting brings hope to them both. However her parents object to them because of his boxing profession and his past.
Beautiful Days
Act like Lee Min-chul (24 ep.)
event2001 star_border 7.3
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Beautiful Days is a 2001 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Ji-woo, Ryu Shi-won and Lee Jung-hyun. It aired on SBS from March 14 to May 31, 2001 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
All In
Act like Kim In-ha (24 ep.)
event2003 star_border 6.1
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All In is a 2003 South Korean television drama series that aired on SBS from January 15 to April 3, 2003 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Inspired by the life of professional poker player Jimmy Cha, it starred Lee Byung-hun and Song Hye-kyo in a story about one's man's rise through the fiercely competitive world of casino gambling as he clashes with his rivals over money, success, and love.
The drama was a ratings success in South Korea, with its final episode reaching a peak viewership rating of 47.7%, which is the 42nd highest-rated Korean drama episode of all time. It also won several awards, notably the Grand Prize for Lee Byung-hun at the 2003 SBS Drama Awards.
Happy Together
Act like Seo Tae-poong (16 ep.)
event1999 star_border 8.3
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Happy Together is a 1999 South Korean television series starring Lee Byung-hun, Song Seung-heon, Kim Ha-neul, Jo Min-su, and Jun Ji-hyun. It aired on SBS from June 16 to August 5, 1999 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Starring young actors who would go on to become Korean TV and film stars, the hit drama revolves around five children who were separated at the death of their parents, and the love, conflicts, and reconciliation that these siblings go through when they meet again as adults.
Iris
Act like Kim Hyeon-Jun (20 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.4
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Two friends, members of the South Korean military, are recruited by a secret black ops agency.
White Nights 3.98
Act like Min Gyeong-bin (20 ep.)
event1998 star_border 10
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In the civil war between North and South Korea, the tension within was high, especially when a mission was hooked with national secrets. A black box, hence, because the key to the struggle. Success, would never come so easily. However, amid the brutal fight for the key-the black box of a crashed battleplane, the male and female spy from the two different nations fell in love with each other. They helped each other secretly, in order to complete their corresponding mission, for the sake of loyalty - and love.
However, a fatal plane crash of battleplane occured and finally they sacrifice their valuable love and lives for the peace of human world.
SNL Korea Reboot
Act like Self - Host (1 ep.)
event2021 star_border 5
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Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.
Our Blues
Act like Lee Dong-seok (20 ep.)
event2022 star_border 8.6
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Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju island.
Squid Game
Act like Front Man / Hwang In-ho (9 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.9
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Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
Love Story
Act like Tae-sung (2 ep.)
event1999 star_border 6
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The drama describes 8 different love stories. Story 1 (Ep. 1-2) : Sunflower - love story about a stalker.
Story 2 (Ep. 3-4): Message - love story by a mobile phone and other communication facilities.
Story 3 (Ep. 5-6): Lost Bagage - Sad memory makes her lose her future love.
Story 4 (Ep. 7-8): Open Ended - A woman who is dying from an illness meets a young guy.
Story 5 (Ep. 9-10): Rose - love story between a detective and a criminal.
Story 6 (Ep. 11-12): Miss Hip-hop and Mr. Rock - A man and a woman who are mentally different fall in love.
Story 7 (Ep. 13-14): Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice - A woman who acts manually falls in love with a comic book creator.
Story 8 (Ep. 15-16): Host of Memory - A woman who receives donated a heart instantly flashes a man's face.
Asphalt Man
Act like Kang Dong-joon (16 ep.)
event1995 star_border 9.5
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Asphalt Man is a 1995 South Korean television series starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Jin-shil, Jung Woo-sung, and Lee Young-ae. Based on the 1991 comic of the same title by manhwa artist Huh Young-man, it aired on SBS from May 17 to July 6, 1995 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
Act like John（ジョン） (10 ep.)
event2011
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Japanese Ministry of Foreign affairs diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (Yuji Oda) is dispatched all over the world to protect Japanese interests and citizens.After successfully defeating a kidnapping attempt of Japanese citizen in South America, Kuroda is assigned to protect Foreign Ministry official Shoko Mikami (Tamiyo Kusakari) in San Francisco during a World Trade Organization meeting. He meets informant John (Lee Byung-Hun) who gives details on security arrangements and former diplomat Takeshi Shimomura (Teruyuki Kagawa) who worked with Kuroda at the Mexican Embassy 11 years ago.With the help of the information received from John, diplomat Kosaku Koroda is able to prevent an attack on Shoko Mikami by extremists, but as he investigates how the attacker knew of Mikami's movements, Takeshi Shimomura jumps off a building to his death.Meanwhile, a suspect emerges in the murder of a university professor in Japan that took place recently.
Mr. Sunshine
Act like Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin (24 ep.)
event2018 star_border 8.4
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Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.
The Game Caterers
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2021 star_border 8.8
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A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.
Hero
Act like Kang (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 8
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Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.
Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt.
Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
Mnet Asian Music Awards
Act like Host (2 ep.)
event2009 star_border 9.5
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Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) is a major South Korean music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ.
You Quiz On The Block
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.7
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Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
Hot Ones Versus
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2024 star_border 9.5
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Welcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices: Tell the truth, or suffer the wrath of the Last Dab. Whoever eats the most wings, loses!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 6.2
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Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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