Shin So-yul

Acting

Shin So-yul

Born 1985-08-05 · Seoul, South Korea

Shin So-yul (born August 5, 1985) is a South Korean actress. Shin began acting in 2006, and appeared in supporting roles in films and television series such as Hello My Love, Jungle Fish 2, and Penny Pinchers. Her breakthrough would come in 2012 with the popular cable dramedy Reply 1997. In 2013, she received acting nominations from the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Grand Bell Awards for her risqué role in romantic comedy film Whatcha Wearin'?, and became one of the hosts of talk show Talk Club Actors. Shin played the leading role in the 2014 daily drama Love & Secret. In recent years, Shin became recognized for her supporting roles in various television dramas.

Acting credits

The Ghost Station poster
6.5

Reporter Na-yeong and her partner investigate a series of mysterious deaths and a perplexing case where her source was allegedly already dead at the time of their interview. Together they end up confronting a terrifying truth.

The Ghost Station

2023

The Merciless poster
7.2

Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in prison. When they try to take over the organization after their release, their ulterior motives start to emerge.

The Merciless

2017

On Your Wedding Day poster
7.5

Through the course of their lives, a man and his first love are repeatedly separated from each other because of circumstances out of their control.

On Your Wedding Day

2018

Whatcha Wearin'? poster
6.8

Yoon-jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon-jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon-jung meets Hyun-seung, the stranger she had phone sex with.

Whatcha Wearin'?

2012

A Violent Prosecutor poster
7.0

After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.

A Violent Prosecutor

2016

The Royal Tailor poster
7.1

Lee Gong-jin, a young tailor, helps the Queen with her dress and both fall in love with each other. However, his success catches the ire of Jo Dol-seok, the royal tailor, who vows retribution.

The Royal Tailor

2014

Heartman: Rock and Love poster
5.6

Once known as the frontman of the rock band Ambulance during his college days, Seung-min now lives a quiet life running a small instrument shop. One day, his legendary first love Bo-na, the girl he never even had the courage to confess to before she suddenly disappeared, unexpectedly reappears in his life. From that moment on, Seung-min's heart begins to race again. But as old feelings resurface, he finds himself trapped in an awkward predicament: a secret he must never let his first love discover… no matter what.

Heartman: Rock and Love

2026

Penny Pinchers poster
6.9

Ji-woong is a loser who can't find a job so he lies to his mother for money, but one day she abruptly cuts him off and he becomes homeless. That same day, salvation arrives in the form of Hong-sil who's extremely stingy. Her hobby is visiting the bank to make savings deposits, and her specialty is selling empty glass bottles and old newspapers for cash.

Penny Pinchers

2011

Fickle Minded poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fickle Minded

Private Island poster
6.0

In-ah (Son Eun-seo), Yoo-ri (Oh Da-eun) and Nana (Shin So-yul) are 3 women who are attractive enough to be called the 3 Angels. They decide to bring out the passion inside them as much as they want and go on a trip to Okinawa. On the first day, Yoo-ri easily falls in love with a gentle and attractive young man Min-seok and calm-looking In-ah feels dangerously attracted to a fund manager who is about to get married to Sarah. Sarah looks at her in a queer way. Nana who wants to make a memory she can't forget, is asked to for a threesome by Yoo-ri's boyfriend Min-seok...

Private Island

2013

My Love poster
6.3

Several people experience a miracle of love under the spell of a solar eclipse. Se-jin is obsessively in love with a very bizarre young woman named Ju-won. So-hyun confesses her feeling for Ji-wu by clinging to him and asking him how to become a strong drinker. Jeong-seok is a single father working as a copywriter, loved by Su-jeong, whose advances he rejects every time. Jin-man is a free-hug activist who returns to korea to meet his old flame.

My Love

2007

Shadows in the Palace poster
6.9

Upon receiving the body of a maid in waiting who was said to have hung herself within the palace walls, dedicated doctor Chun-ryung begins to suspect foul play. Upon launching a personal investigation, however, Chun-ryung quickly discovers a labyrinthine maze of deception constructed by those with limitless power to conceal a valuable secret.

Shadows in the Palace

2007

The Daechi Scandal poster
6.0

Daechi, the place with the most enthusiasm for academia in Korea. 'Yunim' who once dreamed of becoming a novelist lives out her life as a Korean instructor in Daechi. However, on the day the midterm exam is about to end on the middle school where Yunim is in charge of, the teacher of that school comes visiting Yunim. The schoolteacher 'Kihaeng' is Yunim's ex-boyfriend 10 years ago. Now, the two becomes the topic of gossip among the parents of Daechi.

The Daechi Scandal

2024

Gyeongju poster
7.3

A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend's funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time of pain.

Gyeongju

2014

Lovers Vanished poster
7.0

An escaped convict and a woman, who both contracted HIV from the same man, fall in love.

Lovers Vanished

2010

Passing Summer poster
6.2

Jeongbong and Seong-hye run a guesthouse on Jeju Island. On one late summer day, Seong-hye’s ex-boyfriend and Jeongbong’s former female colleague visit the guesthouse, and the complicated romances of four individuals starts to unfold.

Passing Summer

2018

Long Day poster
6.7

Over the course of a single day in four vignettes, a group of interconnected artists, novelists, and filmmakers have a series of interactions, some planned, some by chance. In a Hong Sangsoo-esque fashion, the protagonists in this conversational film muse over love, life, longing and art.

Long Day

2021

The Therapist : Fist of Tae-baek poster
5.8

Seong-joon, the heir of Tae-baek martial arts, leaves his life of seclusion in search of Jin-su, a senior member of his discipline. On the way, he meets Bo-mi, the love of his life and realizes martial arts is useless to live, renouncing the ways of the martial arts. Instead, he opens an acupuncture clinic using the knowledge accumulated from his training.

The Therapist : Fist of Tae-baek

2020

The Pension poster
5.0

The four stories that possibly or impossibly can be happened in the pension; The parents who lost their child go to the pension with poison where the killer stays with his family; The husband and wife on a trip who are growing tired of their married life and the wife’s hidden secret reveals when they reach the pension; A woman who demands to stay a night at a particular suite to save her kidnapped child; A man who is asked to manage the pension for a night, he organizes fantastic night with his girlfriend, but things go wrong…

The Pension

2018

The Haunted House Project poster
4.4

Over the past 42 years, six people have gone missing, eight people have died "accidently" and eleven cases of murder have occurred in a deserted house. 3 members of an abandoned house exploring club and 3 staff members of a broadcasting company go into the deserted house. All of them disappear.

The Haunted House Project

2010

Jungle Fish 2 poster
NR

A popular high school student, who is the top student of her class, mysteriously dies. Six of her friends who graduated from the same elementary school attempt to track down the reasons for her death. While the six friends try to find the truth behind her death, they struggle with teenage hardships and academic pressures.

Jungle Fish 2

2011

Si, Nario poster
4.5

Kyeong-tae, a film director who writes poems, started backpacking some time ago. Now he really needs to find another job. But what should remain to be desired, and what should be restarted? First, he started to backpack at the playground in front of his ex-girlfriend's house. The three-day playground backpacking journey of a film director, who dreams to become a poet.

Si, Nario

2020

Hello My Love poster
5.6

Ho-jung is a scriptwriter in a local radio station. She is waiting for her 30th birthday and also eager to be promoted as a DJ of her own program. One day, she hears that Won-jae, her old flame, will be back to town again after 2 years studying in France. With a dream of getting married with him, Ho-jung is getting excited.

Hello My Love

2009

Jin Jin poster
5.0

Ha-Jin (Yoon Jin-Seo), Yoo-Jin (Shin So-Yul), Tae-Suk (Kim Da-Hyun) and Kyoung-Chul (Lee Si-Yeon) all attended the same high school. Due to an unsavory incident, Yoo-Jin disappeared. 10 years later, these four people are now at the same place. The next day, Yoo-Jin, who is a budding novelist using the pen name of "Jin-Jin," is found dead. The other three are now suspects. Veteran detective Dae-Sik (Kim Min-Sang) tries to solve the case.

Jin Jin

2013