Joo Young-ho

Acting

Joo Young-ho

Born 1980-05-21 · Seoul, South Korea

Acting credits

No Tears for the Dead poster
7.3

A 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

Masquerade poster
7.7

Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.

Masquerade

2012

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River poster
7.0

In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

2016

Long Live the King poster
6.5

Jang Se-chool is the boss of a gang. He has been in love with Kang So-hyun for the past 3 years, even though she constantly rejects him and tries to push him away. Having had enough, she tells him that she can't be with him because she wants to be the first lady of Korea.

Long Live the King

2019

The Five poster
6.5

Eun-a, who was living a happy life with her family, loses everything to a psychopath serial killer. After the tragic incident, she gathers four people with different talents who are in need of organ transplants to achieve her revenge.

The Five

2013

Homecam poster
5.2

Single mother Sung-hee moves into a new apartment and installs a homecam to protect her sick daughter, Ji-woo. She also hires a babysitter. While closing a suicide case at her insurance job, Sung-hee hears an eerie, ritualistic chant in the recorded footage. Soon after, she begins to witness a mysterious woman and Ji-woo's strange behavior on the homecam. As she digs deeper into the case, an unseen force begins to close in on her. Su-rim, a shaman living downstairs, suggests performing an exorcism ritual.

Homecam

2025

Late Spring poster
5.8

Set in the 1960's. Joo-goo is viewed as Korea's best sculptor, but he suffers from a disease which will slowly paralyze his body. He gives up interests in the arts and just spends his days meaninglessly. His wife, Jung-sook, tries to find a nude model for him, hoping the model might inspire him to sculpt again. One day, Jung-sook meets Min-gyung.

Late Spring

2014

The Classified File poster
6.6

A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story.

The Classified File

2015

The American poster
NR

After pooping his pants at a world-leaders’ conference dinner, the first Asian-American President of the United States must escape the situation undetected before his reputation is ruined forever. Haunted by a traumatic childhood memory, Richard finds himself going to darker and more extreme lengths in order to protect his legacy.

The American

2025

Le Grand Chef poster
6.0

A disgraced chef tries to restore his name by competing in a culinary contest to win the knife of Korea's last royal chef.

Le Grand Chef

2007

Scent of a Ghost poster
7.2

Ji Yeon is a beautiful university student, majoring in music. She is dating Dong Seok, but Dong Seok’s parents want him to study abroad. The day before he is scheduled to leave South Korea to study abroad, he prepares a proposal event for Ji Yeon. Ji Yeon does not appear at the event.

Scent of a Ghost

2019

Talisman: The Luck Stealer poster
5.0

"Put your luck on me!" Gi-sam is an unknown actor who fails auditions every time. He is envious of the star, Woon-cheol, who is on a roll in everything and is about to advance to Hollywood. One day, Gi-sam learns that there is a mysterious talisman that can take away his luck, and learns that all of Woon-cheol's luck is also the effect of the talisman that took away his own luck... The one who stole luck And the one who lost his luck To those who want to succeed, get the talisman! (Credit : HanCinema)

Talisman: The Luck Stealer

2022

Alive poster
6.3

You earn as much as you work, and you live off that money. This simple proposition has always been a problem for Jung-cheol. At the soybean paste factory he went to work for in the bitter winter, he dreams of travelling to warm Philippines in spring - as long as he survives the winter making his portion of the soybean paste that he promised the boss. But the more he struggles to live, the worse it gets. And soon, the fermentation room turns musty with the black mold spreading from the thousands of ferment boiled soybean lumps.

Alive

2015

Ogu, A Hilarious Mourning poster
NR

Angels land on earth in human form with a simple assignment: escort an old lady to her final resting place. But first they enjoy a drink. The angels sense a long-lost connection with Mi-yeon, the bar-owner. The old lady goes to Sok-chool, the shaman to ask him for a gut, a ritual to mediate between the living and the dead. She may want it for her late husband who appeared to her in a dream or for her son Yong-taek who took his own life. The shama..

Ogu, A Hilarious Mourning

2003

Killing Diva poster
NR

The story of a singer who debuted as a teenager and became middle-aged after a splendid time.

Killing Diva

2020