Jung Yu-mi

Acting

Jung Yu-mi

Born

1983-01-18 (43)

Place of birth

Busan, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Jung Yu-mi (born January 18, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Jung made her feature film debut in Blossom Again (2005), for which she received acting recognition. She has since starred in the critically acclaimed films Family Ties (2006), Chaw (2009), My Dear Desperado (2010), and the box office hits The Crucible (2011) and Train to Busan (2016). She also frequently appears in films by auteur Hong Sang-soo, notably Oki's Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 18 titles

Train to Busan poster
7.8

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Train to Busan

2016

Silenced poster
8.2

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

Silenced

2011

Psychokinesis poster
6.3

An ordinary guy suddenly finds he has superpowers he can use to help his spirited daughter and the people around them, but he also runs into trouble in the process.

Psychokinesis

2018

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 poster
7.4

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982

2019

The Himalayas poster
6.6

Based on true events, renowned mountaineer Um Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.

The Himalayas

2015

Our Sunhi poster
6.5

Sunhi, a film major graduate, visits her school to ask her Professor Choi for a recommendation letter to study in U.S. Knowing the professor favors her, she expects a good recommendation from him. Out from her shell after a long time, Sunhi also ends up meeting two men from her past: Munsu, her ex-boy friend, and Jaehak, a director who graduated from the same film school. Through the encounters between Sunhi and the three men, they give each other an 'advice on life' with good intentions. The three men who all have strong interests in her are led to guess and define her, unable to tell how she really feels inside. Strangely, the mentioned advices and traits of her are similar and seem to pass from one person to the next. The words of 'advice on life' seem doubtable and slip away as the three men's thoughts on Sunhi become more and more irrelevant.

Our Sunhi

2013

Manhole poster
5.7

A young girl is kidnapped by a serial killer. The serial killer uses manholes to kidnap and kill his victims. The young girl's older sister tries to save her before it's too late.

Manhole

2014

In Another Country poster
6.1

A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in order to calm her nerves: There are three women named Anne, and each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. A young woman tends to the small hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can be seen restlessly wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner's daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard.

In Another Country

2012

My Dear Desperado poster
6.8

Dong-chul, a thug who cannot fight but acts like a tough guy, meets Han Se-jin, his new neighbor. Dong-chul is intrigued by her spitfire personality, and the bickering duo realize they may be perfect for each other.

My Dear Desperado

2010

The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow poster
7.5

Il-ho, a satellite girl, wants to learn about human emotions, and crash lands on Earth. She transforms into a human girl and tries to help Kyung-chun after he is transformed into a milk cow.

The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow

2014

The Table poster
7.2

Four different women discuss life, love and marriage with people from their past and present during the course of one day at a café in Seoul.

The Table

2017

Oki's Movie poster
6.7

Oki, a film student, gets involved in two relationships as she navigates the advances of a fellow student and grapples with her feelings for her much older professor.

Oki's Movie

2010

Tough as Iron poster
6.5

Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.

Tough as Iron

2013

The Great Gye Choon-bin poster
6.0

A timid art therapist falls in love with a spunky kindergarten teacher, helping him overcome his fear of the dark.

The Great Gye Choon-bin

2010

Café Noir poster
7.7

The story begins with a man left by his girlfriend on Christmas Eve and unfolds across the city of Seoul.

Café Noir

2010

Come, Closer poster
7.3

An omnibus film of the romances and breakups of five couples: Soo-jin works in a cafe in Seoul. One day, she receives a call at work from a Polish man in Rotterdam, who tells her the story of his missing fiance. Eun-hee shows up one night and blames her ex-boyfriend Hyun-oh for ruining her life. Although she has a new relationship, she is still upset that Hyun-oh breaks up with her. Se-yeon seduces Young-soo, who is rumoured to be dating a man. Young-soo's long-time lover Woon-chul is heartbroken when he makes a confession and decides to end their relationship. Indie bandmates Hye-young and Joo-young discuss about love while taking a walk in Namsan park.

Come, Closer

2010

Ladies Of The Forest poster
6.5

Soon-shim, a spinster from an unknown planet, comes to the Earth to find her husband. However, no man is in sight. Soon-shim encounters Dal-rae, who was collecting wild greens on a mountain. One day, they save a deer from a hunter, and it wants to repay them by making their wish come true. This is an allegorical love story that comically depicts the journey of seeking true love and happiness.

Ladies Of The Forest

2017

List poster
6.0

While waiting at a seaside town with her mother for a relative, a young woman creates a list of things she wants to do during her time there.

List

2011

2000s · 15 titles

A Bittersweet Life poster
7.4

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.

A Bittersweet Life

2005

Like You Know It All poster
5.8

A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.

Like You Know It All

2009

Good Morning President poster
6.2

Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy and with great determination, and a female President Han Kyuong-ja. They are distressed over the choices they have to make between politics and ethics. The affliction of Kim Jung-ho who wins the lottery, the agony of Cha Ji-wook who donates an organ, and the troubles of Han Kyuong-ja who faces the crisis of divorce.

Good Morning President

2009

Chaw poster
5.7

A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.

Chaw

2009

Family Ties poster
6.3

A story of three families living different but similar lives. They always fight and quarrel, but love is the common denominator for their relationship, making people think about what families are for.

Family Ties

2006

A Million poster
6.2

8 contestants compete for $1,000,000 on a survival reality TV show set in the Australian desert. After the first eliminated contestant is found dead, they find themselves in horrifying situations as they deal with each others' lies and deceits.

A Million

2009

Blossom Again poster
6.4

A 30-year-old teacher at a private school in Seoul falls in love with a teenage student in one of her night classes.

Blossom Again

2005

Lost in the Mountains poster
6.2

Hong Sang-soo's Lost in the Mountains depicts Mi-sook's suffering when she discovers her friend Jin-young has been secretly sleeping with her lover.

Lost in the Mountains

2009

Oishii Man poster
6.8

Once a promising musician, Hyeon-seok has been living as a commoner after he found the symptom of Meniere’s syndrome. He had to stop playing music because his ears distorted sounds into noise. To run away from reality and depression he heads to Japan. Arriving at Monbetsu, a small city in Hokkaido, Japan, he meets Megumi at the train station, the local travel guide. Staying at ‘Megumi Inn’, they get to share emotions through music, natural sounds and having meals together.

Oishii Man

2009

Skeletons in the Closet poster
6.8

The movie is about a dysfunctional family, each and every member with mental problems of his own. On top of that some old skeletons from the closet come back to haunt them.

Skeletons in the Closet

2007

The Room Nearby poster
5.5

Private tutor Eonju lives in a tightly packed student apartment. She is sick of poverty and works hard to get her own room. She meets Seok-hee, a middle-aged woman, at a homeless shelter. The emotions of the two women are overwhelming throughout the screen.

The Room Nearby

2008

If You Were Me 4 poster
5.0

Includes shorts: Girl on the Run, The Theory & Practice of Teenage Dream, Relay, U and Me and Blue Birds on the Desk.

If You Were Me 4

2009

Lovers poster
6.0

Unique sensibility of independent film being ' Triple Treats ' omnibus melodrama tied a piece of 11 short films director .

Lovers

2008

How to Operate a Polaroid Camera poster
3.5

Like someone. Flushed face. Can’t hear anything. Helpless. Sad. Learned how to operate a polaroid camera.

How to Operate a Polaroid Camera

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

가족 같은 개, 개 같은 가족

2007

Series credits

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook poster
6.3

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook is a Korean pop music program that is both a talk show and live music show. The host of this program is You Hee-yeol, also known as Toy, a one-man project band. This program has aired since April 24, 2009.

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

2009

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

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

The Game Caterers poster
8.7

A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.

The Game Caterers

2021

Nattering with Nah poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nattering with Nah

2023

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim poster
8.3

When his secretary unexpectedly quits, an arrogant executive will do anything to bring her back.

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

2018

Live poster
8.3

The police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of law and peace — but the reality is far from orderly.

Live

2018

Jinny's Kitchen poster
8.0

A spin-off of the Youn's Kitchen series. A program that shows the process of Lee Seo-jin, who was promoted from director of 'Youn's Kitchen' in the past to now a CEO/boss, opening and running a small snack & street food bar abroad.

Jinny's Kitchen

2023

Baeksang Arts Awards poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Baeksang Arts Awards

2012

I Need Romance poster
5.4

Revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives.

I Need Romance

2011

Love Your Enemy poster
7.6

Born on the same day and with the same name, Seok Ji-won and Yoon Ji-won have been enemies for generations, and reunite after 18 years.

Love Your Enemy

2024

Youth Over Flowers poster
8.5

Youth Over Flowers is a South Korean travel-reality show which premiered on tvN in 2014.

Youth Over Flowers

2014

Meenoi's Yorizori poster
NR

Meenoi's Yorizori is a cooking show presented by AOMG and hosted by Meenoi. “Yori” comes from the Korean verb for “cooking” while “Zori” means “this and that”. In the show, Meenoi will invite people in the entertainment industry and the goal of the show is for Meenoi to cook for the guests in the “yori time” section before the “zori time”, a (supposed) in-depth interview.

Meenoi's Yorizori

2021

The School Nurse Files poster
7.3

Wielding a light-up sword through the dark corners of a high school, a nurse with an unusual gift protects students from monsters only she can see.

The School Nurse Files

2020

Youn's Kitchen poster
8.9

Follow the cast in their journey to Gili Trawangan, a tropical island in Indonesia, where they open a pop-up restaurant for 10 days. Viewers can see the heartwarming struggles the actors go through to start their business, enjoy the gorgeous island backdrop, and laugh at the humorous situations that arise throughout the show.

Youn's Kitchen

2017

The Queen of Office poster
6.5

Temporary employee Ms. Kim is a remarkable woman. She possesses highly advanced skills in seemingly all work fields. She's also highly confident and always sticks to her ideals. Jang Kyu-Jik is a hot-shot foreign educated MBA, hired to turn around a flagging corporation. As they begin work together at their new jobs, can they ever co-exist?

The Queen of Office

2013

Our Little Summer Vacation poster
8.2

Show about adults who enjoy an everyday vacation in an unfamiliar place in order to heal their tired minds and bodies. They will enjoy the activities either alone or with friends. Through this break, they will search for a new life far away from busy and chaotic city life.

Our Little Summer Vacation

2020

Discovery of Love poster
7.1

Han Yeo-reum is a furniture designer who owns a workshop space that she shares with other designers. For the past three years, she's been dating Nam Ha-jin, a plastic surgeon with a sweet and gentle personality. But Yeo-reum's peaceful existence is shaken when her ex-boyfriend Kang Tae-ha suddenly reappears in her life. The CEO of an interior design company, Tae-ha is a smart, confident man with a strong competitive edge who always gets what he wants. Meanwhile, Ha-jin's childhood friend Ahn Ah-rim has secretly been carrying a torch for him all these years. As she begins working with Tae-ha, Yeo-reum is forced to reevaluate her romantic history, which sets her off on a search for true love.

Discovery of Love

2014

Lee Seojin’s New York New York poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lee Seojin’s New York New York

2020

Jinny's Kitchen: Team Building poster
8.0

"Better communication is needed between the boss and employees!" An anonymous complaint leads Producer Na, the God of Communication, to go on a retreat. Introducing the "1st Jinny's Kitchen: Team Building" (Literal title: God of Communication)! A communication delivery service that goes anywhere in the country where communication is needed.

Jinny's Kitchen: Team Building

2023

Youn Stay poster
7.5

A spin-off of “Youn’s Kitchen,” the upcoming reality program is set in a traditional Korean guesthouse in South Jeolla Province. It features the cast welcoming guests who are in Korea on business or for their studies but have not been able to fully experience the food and culture due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Youn Stay

2021

Que Sera Sera poster
7.4

Two men and two women at a department store and fashion industry, their tangled love brings joy and sorrow.

Que Sera Sera

2007

Unplanned Trip: Limited Edition poster
9.0

Several years after Jung Yu Mi, Park Seo Jun, and Choi Woo Shik became successful restauranters in another show, they've reunited to enjoy some time off of their normal jobs. The trio will travel all across South Korea, but there's a twist: they don't know exactly where they're going or how they're getting there, and they must travel to a new city every day. Loosely chaperoned by legendary television producer Na Yeong Seok, affectionately known as "Na PD," these actors are in for a journey they'll never forget as they're forced to make tough, yet entertaining choices along the way.

Unplanned Trip: Limited Edition

2026

No artwork available
NR

One day in the heart of Seoul, a dead body is found in a man's suitcase. A former forensic pathologist for the National Forensic Service becomes the prime murder suspect. However, the case is baffling and a profiler is brought in to help the investigation by figuring out why a forensic pathologist would choose to become a criminal.

Until the Morning Comes

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No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love Affair

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