Lee Duck-hwa

Acting

Lee Duck-hwa

Born

1952-05-08 (74)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Lee Deok-hwa is a South Korean actor.

Known for

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

You Quiz on the Block poster
8.3

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.

You Quiz on the Block

2018

Let's Eat Dinner Together poster
7.0

As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.

Let's Eat Dinner Together

2016

Master In The House poster
6.5

Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?

Master In The House

2017

Business Proposal poster
8.5

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.

Business Proposal

2022

Suspicious Partner poster
7.8

Noh Ji-Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong-Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong-Hee and Noh Ji-Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.

Suspicious Partner

2017

Film credits

1990s · 8 titles

Fly High, Run Far poster
6.6

In mid-19th Century Korea, the people of Joseon Dynasty embrace the new religion Donghak. After the founder is executed, Choi Si-hyeong becomes Donghak’s second-generation leader and successfully propagates the religion, but in doing so becomes the object of oppression by the royal court.

Fly High, Run Far

1991

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid poster
7.3

While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after Myonggil is released from military service, he goes to visit his childhood friend and finds out that their lives have taken very different paths.

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid

1994

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me poster
7.5

A woman decides to take revenge for the violence she has witnessed towards other women. She chooses a movie star as her target because of his high profile and because he is adored by young women. She kidnaps him and holds him prisoner in her apartment.

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me

1994

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cue

1996

I Will Survive poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Will Survive

1993

I Stand Up Every Day poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Stand Up Every Day

1990

The Woman Who Walks on Water poster
7.5

Nan-hee and Min-hee are best friends who also went to the same college. Nan-hee came from a poor family while Min-hee comes from a wealthy background. But their friendship overcomes these obvious difference. Nan-hee begins to work in the fashion industry shortly after graduation and soon goes to Paris to study while Min-hee marries Jae-min who was once supposed to have a blind date with Nan-hee. Nan-hee spends poor but passionate days in Paris. Jae-min stops by Paris on a business trip and the two begin to fall for each other. When Nan-hee returns to Seoul, Jae-min supports her business wholeheartedly. Min-hee is shocked beyond words when she finds out about the relations between the two. When Jae-min is in a car accident, they begin to consider divorce. Realizing that her best friend's life is in ruins because of her, Nan-hee gives up her business and marries an artist. Min-hee picks up Nan-hee's business from where she left off.

The Woman Who Walks on Water

1990

Korean National Flower poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Korean National Flower

1995

1980s · 6 titles

Happiness Does Not Come in Grades poster
6.5

In a high school second grade classroom, Bonggu (Gyu Seok) and Genija (Choi Soo-hoon), whose grades are low, love each other (Yi Yeon Yeon) and Niho teacher. The hard - luck Changshu helps his mother to clean the liquor, but the Eun - joo, who grew up in a rich environment, screams without understanding him. Eunju is always attracted to the innocence of the pure mind while maintaining good grades and suffering obsession with the grades due to the obsession of the parents. She takes her parents' cold eyes when she is pushed to the seventh place by the next exam. Eunju can not endure it and suicide. In the classroom, a flower is placed on the desk of Eun-joo, and the hearse and the children are tears as the hearse runs the school.

Happiness Does Not Come in Grades

1989

No artwork available
10.0

A highschool student suffers from depression, resentment, and lonliness when he is forced to repeat his final year but his friend's are accepted into college.

Wild College Boys

1982

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Country of Fire

1989

A Street Musician poster
6.0

Jae-hee, who left as a college student, and Seo-ha, who got a job at a company in a local small city, are high school alumni. Seo-ha meets and loves Yoon-soo, the company's president's son, but Yoon-soo is engaged to Jae-hee, whom he met on the train, and goes to the U.S. to study. Seo Ha, who overcame his wounds and went to drug abuse in the provinces, shows a static situation, but after joining the military, he sends news of his participation in the Vietnam War. After graduating, Seo Ha gets a job at a big pharmaceutical company with the help of Yoon Soo. Seo Ha gets into a car accident in a meeting where she declares her last to Yoon-soo, who persistently wants her due to her breakdown with Jae-hee. Seo Ha, who married Jeong Tae, who returned from Vietnam, eventually died of cancer, leaving her son Young-jin behind.

A Street Musician

1987

In the Name of Memory poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In the Name of Memory

1989

My Mellow Rose poster
8.0

While waiting to hear on a teaching position, Jong-hwan falls in love with Su-kyeong who, in turn, loves his poetry. They marry but, because Jong-hwan is caught up in his work and taking care of his mother and siblings, he fails to notice his wife's hardships or the fact that her health is getting progressively worse

My Mellow Rose

1988

1970s · 8 titles

You Are the Sun, I Am the Moon poster
9.0

A young man and woman meet at the beach. The man falls in love with her despite her perpetually moody personality. She soon reveals that she is dying and has only a few months to live.

You Are the Sun, I Am the Moon

1977

Never Never Forget Me poster
7.0

Yeong-su and Jeong-ah experience many problems as their budding romance defies the strict rules of the co-ed highschool they attend. After graduation when it looks like they can be free to live their own lives, Yeong-su joins the military and their relationship will never be the same.

Never Never Forget Me

1976

When We Grow Up... poster
NR

Ye-won and Young-su are both seniors at high school. They need to enter the university at any cost. They make a promise to make it to the university and pursue the dreams of their life together. Though Ye-won passes the test with no problem, Young-su fails it. As Ye-won gets close with Deok-jin, Young-su loses his faith and falls into the deep delinquency. Ye-won couldn't let Young-su go astray so she decides to be with him.

When We Grow Up...

1977

Really Sorry poster
6.0

Yeong-su learns that Jeong-ah, a woman he thought dead, is alive and well but her parents will not allow him to see her because she is engaged to be married. When he does finally meet her, he cannot understand the attitude of his former high school sweetheart, not realizing that she is keeping a secret from him.

Really Sorry

1976

Tomorrow and Tomorrow poster
8.0

Gyu-hwa and Jin-wu are old friends with very different personalities. Their friend Mi-yeon used to be close to Jin-wu but when she grows up, she becomes a prisoner of Gyu-hwa's aggressive behavior. Gyu-hwa takes Ga-hi away from Jin-wu when he discovers that she comes from a wealthy family. But Gyu-hwa begins to have an affair with an older widow and begins to abuse Mi-yeon, the mother of his daughter.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1979

Green Fallen-Leaves poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Green Fallen-Leaves

1977

The First Snow poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The First Snow

1977

No artwork available
7.3

On a rainy and windy day, an experiment to bring a dead man back to life in a laboratory of a mental hospital. Dr. Jeong was not hesitant about killing innocent people for the experiment, and his helpers, Junsu and Ilsu, were going to hoard the data secretly. The experiment was performed successfully at last, and Dr. Jeong went to Mountain Odae with Ilsu and dug up the grave of Ono to retrieve the corpse. Ono had blackmailed a large amount of diamonds in China during wartime, and Dr. Jeong wanted to bring Ono, who was the only person who knew where the diamonds were, back to life. However, his method of restoring life, which was putting the soul of a man near death into the body of the dead man, made a double-faced man, who had separated body and soul. And Dr. Jeong was killed by the double-faced man he made.

A Horrible Double-Faced Man

1975

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

You Quiz on the Block poster
8.3

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.

You Quiz on the Block

2018

Let's Eat Dinner Together poster
7.0

As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.

Let's Eat Dinner Together

2016

Master In The House poster
6.5

Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?

Master In The House

2017

Business Proposal poster
8.5

In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.

Business Proposal

2022

Suspicious Partner poster
7.8

Noh Ji-Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong-Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong-Hee and Noh Ji-Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.

Suspicious Partner

2017

Phantom Lawyer poster
7.7

A timid lawyer who suddenly gains the ability to see ghosts teams up with a cold, elite attorney, and together they take on supernatural clients whose unfinished business reveals buried truths.

Phantom Lawyer

2026

The King Dae Joyoung poster
5.7

This 100-episode epic drama vividly depicts the life of King Dae Jo-yeong and other heroes of the Balhae Kingdom, which dates back 1300 years ago.

The King Dae Joyoung

2006

Welcome to Waikiki poster
7.8

Kang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a scenario writer, but things have not been easy for him.

Welcome to Waikiki

2018

Undercover Miss Hong poster
8.3

A retro office comedy depicting the chaotic events that unfold in the late 1990s when Sammo Hung, a 30-year-old elite securities supervisor who only cares about work, goes undercover as a 20-year-old high school graduate employee at a securities firm where suspicious money flows are detected.

Undercover Miss Hong

2026

Korean Ghost Stories poster
6.9

A series of 8 one-act dramas. It is the continuation of a classic series of ghost stories which aired first on KBS between 1977 and 1989 and later between 1996 and 1999. This marks the return of the series after nine years.

Korean Ghost Stories

1977

The Escape of the Seven poster
7.0

The mysterious disappearance of a girl brings together seven people from all different walks of life. They all have an intertwined connection to her disappearance in the most horrific, unfathomable, and despicable way. As money drives them to their greed, lies, and delirium, they face divine retribution as they struggle for their lives in a picturesque revenge. How far will they go to claim their innocence, and will anyone make it out alive?

The Escape of the Seven

2023

Monster poster
7.3

The story of a man who fights against greed, and experiences every hardship and adversity known to man in order to make something of himself and find love.

Monster

2016

The Fishermen and the City poster
2.0

Always in pursuit of the next epic catch, two fishing enthusiasts set sail with like-minded celebrity guests while trading tales, tips and recipes.

The Fishermen and the City

2017

Aeja's Older Sister, Minja poster
NR

This drama revolves around how Min Ja and Ae Ja understand the most valuable possession of one's life is family.

Aeja's Older Sister, Minja

2008

The Iron Empress poster
4.8

Empress Cheonchu is a 2009 South Korean period television series based on the titular character, an actual historical figure and her lifelong struggle to protect the country her ancestors built. The granddaughter of Goryeo Dynasty founder Taejo Wanggeon, the empress ruled as the regent for her son Mokjong, the dynasty's seventh ruler. Determined to realize her ambitious goals for the kingdom of Goryeo, she dons armor, battles against foreign invaders, and tramples her lover, her son and brother in her rise to power.

The Iron Empress

2009

Age of Warriors poster
4.7

This is a KBS 1TV drama that aired from February 8, 2003 to August 15, 2004.

Age of Warriors

2003

Giant poster
8.1

Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.

Giant

2010

Hotel King poster
7.8

A hotel manager and an heiress form an unlikely team in love and revenge as they try to protect her family’s legacy.

Hotel King

2014

Secret Love poster
8.0

A falsely accused Yoo Jung fights her innocence against her prosecutor's fiancée and an insane heir to a conglomerate.

Secret Love

2013

The Good Witch poster
4.7

Cha Sun-Hee is a housewife and she is married to Bong Cheon-Dae. Her husband is currently unemployed. She has a twin sister, Cha Do-Hee, who works as a flight attendant. Although they are identical twins, they have completely opposite personalities. Cha Do-Hee becomes involved in a situation which leads to Cha Sun-Hee pretending to be her flight attendant sister. She then meets co-pilot Song Woo-Jin.

The Good Witch

2018

The Red Sleeve poster
7.6

Based on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.

The Red Sleeve

2021

KBS Drama Awards poster
8.0

The KBS Drama Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on 31 December. The highest honor of the ceremony is the "Grand Prize", awarded to the best actor or actress of the year.

KBS Drama Awards

1987

Judge vs. Judge poster
7.3

An unconventional judge sets out to prove the innocence of her brother, a convict accused of rape and murder, with the help of a fellow justice.

Judge vs. Judge

2017

One Dollar Lawyer poster
7.6

Courts are not equally accessible to everyone and people lose trust in the judicial system. But here comes a lawyer with the best skills and a commission fee of just one dollar, committed to social justice and defending fundamental human rights. This extraordinary defense lawyer confronts blindfolded justice and highly paid opposing counsel for his clients' rights.

One Dollar Lawyer

2022

My Lovely Family poster
NR

《금쪽같은 내새끼》는 2004년부터 매주 월-금 저녁 8시25분에 방영된 KBS1 일일드라마이다. 2004년 6월 7일부터 2005년 2월 11일까지 방영되었다.

My Lovely Family

2004

Hyde, Jekyll, Me poster
7.1

A chaebol executive with a split personality spars with a circus leader determined to save her troupe, which he’s trying to eject from his theme park.

Hyde, Jekyll, Me

2015

The Best Hit poster
7.0

Yoo Hyun-Jae is a member of a popular idol group. He has a lot of fans and he is a scandal maker. Meanwhile, Lee Ji-Hoon is an aspiring singer. He pretends to be studying for his civil servant exam, but he is actually struggling to become an idol.

The Best Hit

2017

The King of Legend poster
7.2

The King of Legend is a 2010 South Korean historic drama based on King Geunchogo of Baekje. Besides than the historic info obtained from Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa, it was also inspired by a novel written by Lee Munyeol, a renowned Korean writer. The drama was aired on KBS 1TV in Korea, and internationally through KBS World.

The King of Legend

2010

Han Myung-hoi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Han Myung-hoi

1994

Ladies of the Palace poster
6.5

This drama depicts the in-fighting between women in the palace from the reign of Jungjong to Injong, particularly the power struggle featuring Queen Munjeong and Jung Nan Jung, her sister-in-law, and the way they pulled the strings behind the scenes.

Ladies of the Palace

2001

Queen of Ambition poster
7.0

When you grow up in extreme poverty, the experience can instill a steely resolve to succeed at all costs. Joo Da Hae is determined to leave her life of poverty behind and will stop at nothing until she achieves the wealth and lifestyle she so desires. Ha Ryu, who loved Da Hae and would have done anything for her, is used and betrayed by her in her greedy quest. He later becomes a public prosecutor who must bring her down. But the heartless Da Hae, who rises to become First Lady, has plenty of others who will sacrifice themselves at her whim, including the smitten Baek Do Hoon. Can the ruthless Da Hae be stopped before she goes too far?

Queen of Ambition

2013

May Queen poster
7.3

A woman overcomes the hardships in her life and experiences growth as an expert of the seas.

May Queen

2012

The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 poster
5.0

Many great men come from humble beginnings. During the end of the tumultuous Chosun Dynasty, Chun Bong Sam is a poor peddler who inherits a run-down inn. Through hard work and perseverance against a corrupt bureaucracy, Bong Sam achieves great success and becomes a powerful merchant. Can he help shape the way that industry and business should be done in the emerging modern era? It is based on the novel “Gaekju” by Kim Joo Young.

The Merchant: Gaekju 2015

2015

All In poster
6.3

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.

All In

2003

My Heart Twinkle Twinkle poster
4.2

Jinshim Original Fried Chicken restaurant is owned by Lee Jin-sam, who has three daughters Lee Soon-jin, Lee Soon-soo and Lee Soon-jung. Since their mother's death, eldest daughter Soon-jin has been running the restaurant and taking care of her father and younger sisters. She struggles to keep Jinshim afloat against its rival restaurant Woontak Chicken, which is managed by the ruthless Chun Woon-tak. Middle daughter Soon-soo is a pianist, but becomes heartbroken when her boyfriend breaks up with because of her poor background. Youngest daughter Soon-jung finds herself caught in love triangle between two men, Jang Soon-chul and Cha Do-hoon.

My Heart Twinkle Twinkle

2015

Shine or Go Crazy poster
5.2

Wang So is the Prince of Goryeo who has a cursed fate. He had to get married with the Last Princess of Balhae, Shin Yool. She was born with the fate of becoming the light for another country. But because of this fate, she has to face death. Through their marriage life, Wang So and Shin Yool begin to grow closer and love each other.

Shine or Go Crazy

2015

Midas poster
5.7

A business drama about mergers and acquisitions between companies. When Kim Do Hyun passes the bar exam at the top of his class, he's offered a dream job as top aide to Yoo In Hye, daughter to one of the richest and most powerful men in South Korea. As he becomes more ambitious, Do Hyun is about to find out just how cut throat In Hye's world is, and also just how much he's about to lose, including his long-time girlfriend Lee Jung Yeon.

Midas

2011

Stealer: The Treasure Keeper poster
4.3

A comic action drama in which a veiled cultural asset thief 'Skunk' and an unofficial cultural asset recovery team 'Karma' unite against those who cannot be judged by the law.

Stealer: The Treasure Keeper

2023

Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born poster
6.7

The 1950s were an era filled with desire and aspiration, despite the aftermath of the Korean War. Jeongnyeon, a girl with a gifted voice, embarks on a journey to become the best actor of gukgeuk, or Korean female classical opera, where she encounters competition, solidarity, and growth.

Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born

2024