
Acting
Kim Min-hee
Born 1982-03-01 · Seoul, South Korea
Kim Min-hee (김민희, born 1 March 1982) is a South Korean actress and former fashion model. In 2017, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in Hong Sang-soo's film On the Beach at Night Alone (2017). She is known as one of the muses of director Hong Sang-soo and gained international recognition in her leading role in auteur Park Chan-wook's film The Handmaiden (2016).
Acting credits
8.21930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
The Handmaiden
2016
7.3A hitman accidentally kills a little girl. Filled with regret, he wants to quit. But then to tie up loose ends, he is forced to go on another job, to kill the girl's mother.
No Tears for the Dead
2014
6.6While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they make friendly conversation, as always, several currents flow independently above and below the surface of the sea.
The Woman Who Ran
2020
7.0By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...
Right Now, Wrong Then
2015
6.6In a foreign city, an actress wanders through a seaside town, reflecting on her relationship with a married man. How important is love in one’s life? Younghee wants to find out.
On the Beach at Night Alone
2017
6.2The story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min-Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause.
Claire's Camera
2018
7.0A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.
Helpless
2012
7.0A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-blooded local news reporter Lee Bang-Woo, Yoon Hyeok appears. Yoon Hyeok is from the same hometown as Lee Bang-Woo, but they haven't seen each other in a long time. Yoon Hyeok hands over documents to Lee Bang-Woo and hints that the case of the Balam Bridge was fabricated.
Moby Dick
2011
6.5A novelist visits a bookstore run by a young colleague who's been out of touch, then takes a walk with a film director and his wife. She meets an actress and tries to convince her to make a film together.
The Novelist's Film
2022
6.5Hong-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.
The Harmonium in My Memory
1999
7.2After a scandal breaks out among several students involved in the production of a skit, a lecturer at a South Korean women's college brings in her uncle, a famous actor, to bring the work to fruition.
By the Stream
2024
6.4An aging poet summons his estranged sons to the hotel he is staying at because he feels his death is near; meanwhile, he encounters two women staying at the hotel.
Hotel by the River
2019
6.0After a trivial quarrel, co-workers Dong-hee and Young decide to take a break from their relationship. But they realise that they still love each other as their attempts to find new partners fail.
Very Ordinary Couple
2013
6.4Youngho is summoned by his father, who is a doctor. Finding him busy with his patients, one of whom is a famous actor, Youngho has to wait. When his girlfriend Juwon moves to Berlin for her studies, Youngho shows up in the city to surprise her. Through her mother, Juwon has found accommodation at the home of an artist whose beauty intimidates her. Some time later, Youngho goes to lunch with his mother who wants to introduce him to a colleague – it is the same man Youngho met at his father’s clinic. Youngho asks his friend Jeongsoo to accompany him, and after lunch they go to the beach. Youngho falls asleep, and dreams of Juwon. When he wakes up, he braves the considerable cold and goes swimming, while Jeongsoo watches.
Introduction
2021
6.6Ahreum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Grass
2018
NRWith her brother, Sanghee visits her mother on Jeju Island. It’s been 10 years. Her mother's restaurant has become a hit. Her stepfather is making a film about a "grass tomb". His daughter has just started painting. Previously unknown facts, needless advice and cheap compliments are passed back and forth. On the morning of her departure, the other family members watch one of Sanghee’s films.
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
2027
6.9When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where all actresses involved play (not so) fictional versions of themselves.
The Actresses
2009
6.7A director, a cinematographer, and an actress spend the days leading up to a movie shoot together on-location, waiting for the director to come up with an idea for what the film will be about.
In Water
2023
6.5On her first day at work, Ahreum replaces a woman who broke up with the boss. The wife of the boss finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Ahreum for the other woman.
The Day After
2017
6.9Recently returned to South Korea, an actress in her forties is staying with her friend and her cat. Meanwhile, an aging poet in declining health lives alone after the death of his own cat. One day, each receives a visit from a different young aspiring artist, who come equipped with questions about their careers and life itself.
In Our Day
2023
5.5An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.
Behind the Camera
2013
5.4A screenwriter dreams of success and has a boyfriend who is a member of an unsuccessful rock band. Her sister, an interior designer, meets an actor she falls for. Her niece is trying to figure out how to get her first kiss from her boyfriend. Three stories about life and dating.
Hellcats
2008
7.1Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000
10.0Behind the scenes
Making of The Handmaiden
2016