
Acting
Shim Hye-jin
Born
1967-01-16 (59)
Place of birth
Seoul, South Korea
Known for
Acting
Credits
57 titles
Known for
8.1Born with supernatural strength, Bong-soon fights evil and procures justice while getting tangled in a love triangle with her CEO boss and cop crush.
Strong Girl Bong-soon
2017
7.7Gifted with superhuman strength, a young woman returns to Korea to find her birth family — only to be entangled in a drug case that could test her power.
Strong Girl Nam-soon
2023
7.3Despite being married and having a fulfilling career as a sophisticated arts foundation director, something is missing in Oh Hye Won's life. When she meets twenty-something Lee Seon Jae, Hye Won's appetite for passion is awakened, and she soon falls for the impoverished piano prodigy. Though they risk everything, Hye Won and Seon Jae can't help but embark on an affair that threatens to destroy both their lives. Based on the 2005 Japanese film Tokyo Tower, this romance aches with the desperate struggle between love and reality.
Secret Love Affair
2014
4.1A drama depicting a sweet twist in love between the parents and children of three families around the love of two main characters.
Love Twist
2021
5.0Geum-Bok (Shin Da-Eun) is ashamed of her mother (Jeon Mi-Sun) who works as a street cleaner. Her mother, as a single mother, has worked hard to support Geum-Bok. Geum-Bok's feelings for for her mother begin to change. On their first trip, Geum-Bok's mother disappears and Geum-Bok is now all alone.
The Return of Hwang Geum-bok
2015
8.0A billionaire struggles with dissociative identity disorder after a traumatic childhood – can a newbie psychiatrist help him unite his alters?
Kill Me, Heal Me
2015
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
6.8A mother is seriously obsessed with her daughter. The mother forces her daughter to live a ascetic life and keeps a close watch to ensure she doesn’t stray. Years later, now fully grown up, the daughter learns that her mother is stricken with cancer and visits the hospital. The mother, however, has not changed at all, even while awaiting her imminent death. The daughter visits her former piano teacher, who consoled her when she was young. Since she was not on good terms with her own father, the teacher understands the daughter’s position and tries to support her former student. This teacher now lives alone at her old house after all these years. When the teacher tells the daughter that she took care of her father with Alzheimer’s until he died, the daughter begins to wonder if she, now pregnant, will ever be able to be free from the painful memories involving her mother.
Daughter
2014
5.8A bright sexy comedy about a wholesome town and four mysterious couples and their sneaky lives. It is the new work of director Lee Hae-yeong, who secured a spot as a new director with the work "Like a Virgin".
Foxy Festival
2010
5.0One day, Hye-sook is tricked by her mother into visiting her hometown. When she finds out that her mother is fine and tries to leave for Seoul, she hears about the passing of Taek-gyu's father. After the funeral, Hye-sook plans to return to the city. Gi-ju, a struggling writer, tries to drown himself at Andong lake but Taek-gyu saves him. Hye-sook used to draw for Gi-ju's writings when they were young. The two were each other's first love and through the reunion, they are about to rekindle their old romance.
Welcome
2014
2000s · 3 titles
6.0After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.
Over the Border
2006
5.8A Korean horror film about an adopted young boy with a strange link to an old, dead acacia tree. As the boy settles in to his new home, the tree comes to life. When the family who adopted him becomes pregnant, he is to go back to the orphanage, and horror ensues.
Acacia
2003
7.0Nam-hee (Shim Hye-Jin) is going about selling fruit from her truck, when she nearly runs over a young gentleman, Joon (Lee Sang-Woo). Joon finds his way to Nam-hee's house, where he meets her mother Gan-nan (Kim Su-Mi), and her 20-year-old daughter Na-rae (Da-hee Lee). Through a series of circumstances, Joon comes to live with the three women, and with the introduction of a handsome man in their house, the three use their own skills to vie for his attention and compete for his affection.
Mother and Daughters
2008
1990s · 20 titles
6.9Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
Green Fish
1997
6.5A social drama about a young student activist who hides from the authorities by working in a small mining town.
Black Republic
1990
5.1A young art professor, Su-hyun lives a contented existence with his pretty girlfriend. Things change, however, when he discovers an antique wooden bed in the garbage and brings it home.
The Gingko Bed
1996
7.3Two men, brothers, and two women, mother and daughter, learn of life and love at an inn.
Maria and the Inn
1997
6.3Park Bong-Gon is having problems at home with her husband and his temper. She decides to leave and pursue her childhood dream of becoming a singer and begins seeing it through at a club called the Arabian Night. Her husband, upset with her disappearance, enlists a man who specializes in finding runaway housewives...
The Adventures of Mrs. Park
1996
5.8A Vietnam war veteran writes a series of articles about his war experiences for a local newspaper. As he does so, another veteran, drawn by the articles, begins randomly appearing in his life.
White Badge
1992
7.2Two men have returned to their hometown (the titular island) from Seoul to bury the father of one of them, but the islanders vehemently refuse their request, triggering memories of their childhood before and during the Korean War.
To the Starry Island
1993
5.4Tae-gyu and Ji-hye get married. Two young lovers dreamed of the ideal married life which each had respect for each other. But honeymoon is soon over as each comes to realize that the other isn't quite what they thought.
Marriage Story
1992
6.3A satirical allegory of contemporary South Korean politics, the film follows the exploits of two convicts who accidentally escape while being transferred to another prison. Before they can turn themselves back into custody, they meet a female outlaw. She persuades the pair of prisoners to rob a bank in Seoul. When their robbery turns into an embarrassing fiasco, the two decide to flee to the North Korean border.
Out to the World
1994
6.3An old friendship turns to rivalry, hatred and murder as one artist tries to imitate and then usurp the work of another and eventually trying to steal her husband, home, and life.
Deep Scratch
1995
No synopsis available yet.
Cue
1996
7.0Sun-ju and Jin-woo plan a romantic second honeymoon to celebrate their anniversary. Sun-ju accidently comes into possession of a doll filled with smuggled microfilm. She becomes the target of foreign agents who follow the couple throughout their tour of Australia.
Marriage Story 2
1994
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Girl for Love and The One for Marriage
1993
8.0A couple fall deeply in love. Unfortunately, they are both already married to other people. The resulting affair leads to the man losing his job. Both divorce their spouses, but while travelling together, they decide that the only way for them to be perfectly happy is for them to commit double suicide.
Paradise Lost
1998
7.0A production company hires an enforcer nicknamed Tyson to retrieve a runaway screenwriter who failed to complete a commissioned scenario on time. Meanwhile the writer, Yeong-su, is heading for Pusan with Jeong-min, a waitress who has offered to help him and let him stay with her until his troubles blow over
Man with Flowers
1997
6.7Lee Kyung-Ja's husband is constantly away from home, working hard for Il San, a major conglomerate. When he is fired, she becomes angry and sues the company, requesting alimony for her poor love life. After discovering the vicious nature of well-known lawyer Myung Sung-Ki (and after realizing that he represents Il San), seh decides instead to hire his wife, Lee Ki-Ja. In court, Lee Kyung-Ja's husband betrays her, revealing intimate details of their sex life. Humiliated, she decides to drop the case, until her lawyer reveals that she has similar problems in her own marriage. The two women open their hearts to each other and go back to face the court anew. As the lawsuit progresses, the dispute between accuser and the accused runs deeper. At last, they await the judge's decision...
Bedroom And Courtroom
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Go Alone Like Musso's Horn
1995
4.0Chang, an international killer, is inflamed by dark tissue, so he clears his past and lives a peaceful life as a dentist. To such Chang, the criminal organization Triyard wants to borrow his power to find drugs that have evaporated in Korea. However, in resolute refusal of the car, he kidnaps his lover, Wing, and offers a condition of exchange for drugs.
The Fifth Man
1991
9.0A man begins a murder spree in a misguided effort to narrow the gap between the very rich and the very poor but when he starts to doubt his mission he finds that he has become addicted to killing and cannot stop.
No Exit
1995
10.0Han Kil-soo will do anything and everything to get ahead. He betrays Chairman Heo Man-chul, who has brought Kil-soo success. Kil-soo even takes Chairman Heo's mistress, Song Mi-ran, away from him. When he meets Seo Ji-hye, a college student, Kil-soo falls in love for the first time. He quickly frames his wife and even divorces her. On the other hand, Kil-soo's hometown friend, Baek Chan-gyu, values mental peace above all and searches for the value of work. By Chairman Heo's plotting, Kil-soo is bankrupted. He spends three years and six months in jail. After his release, Kil-soo still hasn't lost that arrogance in his eyes. He still believes in the golden dream of being a special citizen.
The Land of Water
1990
1980s · 1 titles
Series credits
8.1Born with supernatural strength, Bong-soon fights evil and procures justice while getting tangled in a love triangle with her CEO boss and cop crush.
Strong Girl Bong-soon
2017
7.7Gifted with superhuman strength, a young woman returns to Korea to find her birth family — only to be entangled in a drug case that could test her power.
Strong Girl Nam-soon
2023
7.3Despite being married and having a fulfilling career as a sophisticated arts foundation director, something is missing in Oh Hye Won's life. When she meets twenty-something Lee Seon Jae, Hye Won's appetite for passion is awakened, and she soon falls for the impoverished piano prodigy. Though they risk everything, Hye Won and Seon Jae can't help but embark on an affair that threatens to destroy both their lives. Based on the 2005 Japanese film Tokyo Tower, this romance aches with the desperate struggle between love and reality.
Secret Love Affair
2014
4.1A drama depicting a sweet twist in love between the parents and children of three families around the love of two main characters.
Love Twist
2021
5.0Geum-Bok (Shin Da-Eun) is ashamed of her mother (Jeon Mi-Sun) who works as a street cleaner. Her mother, as a single mother, has worked hard to support Geum-Bok. Geum-Bok's feelings for for her mother begin to change. On their first trip, Geum-Bok's mother disappears and Geum-Bok is now all alone.
The Return of Hwang Geum-bok
2015
8.0A billionaire struggles with dissociative identity disorder after a traumatic childhood – can a newbie psychiatrist help him unite his alters?
Kill Me, Heal Me
2015
5.0Fairy mother Wang-Mo and her daughter Chae-Hwa go down to the ground to have a bath at a hot spring, before Chae-Hwa is to get married. They see a bunch of extras for some kind of filming session and they are wearing fairy outfits. After taking their bath, they put on their fairy outfit. The try to go back up, but find themselves stil grounded. Se-Joo is the president of 2H Entertainment. He lives with his 2 children and his twin. His son Kook-Min, wants to become an actor, even though his acting skills are poor. His daughter Na-Ra is a model student. Se-Joo becomes upset after discovering his son is taking part in the filming. Along the way, Se-Joo happens to steal a glance at fairy mother Wang-Mo and her daughter Chae-Hwa taking a bath. He finds Chae-Hwa attractive, but leaves. Fairy mother Wang-Mo and her daughter Chae-Hwa go to the film shooting site to find their fairy outfits. They are handed the business for 2H Entertainment and told to go there to find their fairy costumes.
I Need a Fairy
2012
7.6A high school girl’s world turns upside-down after she learns her grandfather promised her hand in marriage to the nation’s crown prince!
Princess Hours
2006
5.8After being fired from her job at a TV home shopping channel, Ha-Nee decides to start her own fashion company and soon becomes involved with Han-Kyul, a merchandiser for the shopping channel.
Sunny Again Tomorrow
2018
NRBarefooted Friends is a South Korean reality-variety show; a part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup, along with Running Man. It was first aired on April 21, 2013. The show is an "real outdoor hardship variety"; a spin on typical outdoor variety shows. The members experience "real happiness" with others through challenges. The words, Barefooted is supposed to mean essence, sincerity, and real hardships, where as Friends not only represents the cast, but the people that are met as well. It has garnered attention as being the come-back program for Kang Ho-dong, the main MC of the program, after leaving Good Sunday's X-man in April 2007.
Barefooted Friends
2013
6.8A restaurant opens at midnight until seven in the morning. Its mysterious owner and chef, simply called the "Master," has no fixed items on his menu, but will take orders from any customer and cook up whatever they ask for. As the Master cooks, his customers tell him their life stories. Korean adaptation of the original Japanese drama.
Late Night Restaurant
2015
6.1A man who doesn't believe in love crosses paths with a hopeless romantic while helping others find love – but will something blossom between them?
The Undateables
2018
6.4Based on the longest-running web-based comic series "Ma Eum Ui Sori" in Korea, "Sound of your heart" is a story about Cho Seok, an aspiring comic writer, and his strange family.
The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot
2018
4.0Two women became widows on the same day, same hour. Ha Yoon Jeong becomes the matriarch of the family of her husband. Yoon Jeong supports them because she feels guilty about her husband's disappearance. Oh Dong Ja, Yoon Jeong's sister-in-law, has been living with Yoon Jeong's help as well. After the terrifying day of losing their husbands, the two women have been living as each other's good companions. However, now they become implacable enemies because of their children! What would happen if their daughters rival each other in love? What would happen if Yoon Jeong's husband, who everyone thought was dead, appears before them as the future father-in-law of Dong Ja's son? Could Yoon Jeong and Dong Ja's relation go back to the good old days?
Jolly Widows
2009
8.0We visit hair salons when we're depressed, or when we want to change how we look according to the changing seasons, or just for no reason at all. A hair salon that we can easily find in our neighborhood and that anyone can visit. "Salon de Nabi gives a warm welcome to all customers who come to visit."
Salon de Nabi
2026
5.2A period drama about Korean politics and financials situation in the 1970-1990s through the life of a woman. After a traumatic past of witnessed her mother's death, Seo In Ae grows up as ambitious woman with sharp mind who knows how to grab people's hearts, while still holding hope to avenge her mother someday. Since childhood, her life has been entangled with two opposite-personalities brothers from poor fisherman family, Han Kwang Hoon and Kwang Chul.
Endless Love
2014
8.7No synopsis available yet.
Hello, Franceska
2005
6.5Sim Jae-Kyeong is smart, kindhearted and wealthy. She is married to Kim Yoon-Cheol. They have been married for the past 6 years. Sim Jae-Kyeong enjoys her happy marriage life with her husband, but she becomes involved in a mysterious kidnapping case. Her husband, Kim Yoon-Cheol is a popular chef. He has a good looking appearance and cheerful personality. He has an ordinary marriage life with his wife, but he feels Sim Jae-Hyeong is awful and gets bored with his marriage. Meanwhile, Jin Sun-Mi works at Kim Yoon-Cheol’s Italian restaurant. She has a special relationship with Kim Yoon-Cheol. She will do anything to get what she wants.
My Dangerous Wife
2020
6.6This is a melodrama about a woman who received heart transplant and a man who loved his late wife very much. Lee Bom Yi decided to live her life to the fullest as a token of gratitude for the donor. She then accidentally met Kang Dong Ha, a single father with two children, unaware that he was the husband of her donor. Kang Dong Ha is baffled that Lee Bom Yi shares many similar traits with his late wife.
My Blooming Days
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
최강! 울엄마
2007
3.0Choi Seyoung is the adopted daughter of Choi Jin Sa and dreams of becoming an announcer like her idol Kim Ju Hui. Her oldest sister, Choi Il Young (Im Ji Eun), is a writer at a broadcasting company and has been trying to get her a job in her company. Kim Ju Hui lost her child years back and adopted Lee Ye Rin from an orphanage. Lee Ye Rin adores and is very possessive of her mother and aims to become an announcer like her. An Jeong Hyo was Lee Ye Rin's friend in the orphanage and likes her and although he might not always like her activities nevertheless supports her. But Lee Ye Rin has long been crushing on Han Jae Sung , who is a producer in the broadcasting company. Kim Ju Hui starts to look for her lost lost daughter and changes the courses of all these 4 people.
A Tale of Two Sisters
2013
8.0Doo Soo is a hotblooded local news reporter and a family man. Having lived his life for his family, he believed that he had been a good husband and father. Yet, the truth is that he was a tyrant at home, and due to his busy schedule, he had been unable to communicate with his family.
Happy Ending
2012
NRThe Last War is one of the top 100 Korean TV dramas of the 1990s . Kang Nam-gil , a supporting actor, was cast as the lead in a trendy drama for the first time through this drama. This drama marked the peak of his career, but soon after, his wife's infidelity shocked him, forcing him to temporarily retire from the entertainment industry.
Last War
1999
3.0Please Come Back, Soon-ae is a 2006 South Korean television series that aired on SBS from July 12 to August 31, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. In this comedy-drama starring Shim Hye-jin and Park Jin-hee, a body switch occurs between two women, forcing them to live the other's life and understand each other.
Please Come Back, Soon-ae
2006
No synopsis available yet.
세상은 내게
1993
10.0Oh Sam Sook with her best years behind her, finally married reluctant bachelor Han Ji Won, and he was determined to keep living the bachelor life.
Housewife's Rebellion
2000
NRAfter divorcing her unfaithful husband, a woman gets entangled with the partner of his mistress — landing in the very mess she thought she escaped.
She
2005
No synopsis available yet.
Dae Bak Family
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
산전수전 여고동창생
2020
No synopsis available yet.
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