Kim Joon-bae

Acting

Kim Joon-bae

Born

1969-07-16 (57)

Place of birth

Daegu, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Mantis poster
6.4

The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins, who dares claim the shadows?

Mantis

2025

Concrete Utopia poster
6.9

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.

Concrete Utopia

2023

Kill Boksoon poster
6.9

At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.

Kill Boksoon

2023

Vanishing poster
6.6

When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolutionary technique for recognizing bodies. With more corpses on the way and a mysterious organ trafficking ring uncovered, things are about to get more dangerous in the land of the morning calm…

Vanishing

2022

Tomb of the River poster
6.1

An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.

Tomb of the River

2021

The Eyes poster
6.2

Seo-jin, a renowned photographer, is shattered by the sudden and mysterious death of her twin sister and sets out to uncover the truth. As her investigation deepens, an unseen presence begins to close in, twisting reality and driving her into a spiral of paranoia as her vision fades away. Now trapped in encroaching darkness, Seo-jin faces a terrifying revelation that shatters everything she thought she knew.

The Eyes

2026

Revolver poster
5.8

Su-young, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Yoon-sun arrives to collect her on her day of release. As she discovers that the promised compensation for her time behind bars has vanished, Su-young embarks on a mission to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her.

Revolver

2024

Too Many Villains 2: Missing In Jeju poster
4.0

Byung Do, his brother who lives like a scoundrel and was close to detective Kang Pil comes back after being stabbed by 'Submarine' ten years ago. A contractor on Jeju suggests that if there's someone who wants to find someone, one can earn a lot and so, Kang Pil who was financially challenged accepts the requests and heads to Jeju island. However, there are many suspicious things about the missing director who the contractor wants to find. There was a situation in which he was involved in "win-win manipulation" in the K3 League and even arranged "sex trafficking" for undergraduates in junior soccer classes. And the more they investigate, the more secrets are being revealed...

Too Many Villains 2: Missing In Jeju

2021

Looking for poster
6.0

​You're on the verge of completing a movie and the HDD has gone missing. The culprit is the cinematographer, but the director has fallen out with all his crew and has lost contact with them. However, in order to complete the movie, he swallows his pride and visits his friend, the sound director, They fight about old business and eventually return without any clues. Strangely enough, the actors and crew who worked on the movie come to visit him, and they don't hesitate to attack him, and he resents them. resentment. The director tries to find his HDD anyway, and finally finds the cinematographer...

Looking for

2024

I Bet Everything poster
5.0

Cha Ki-seong, a genius goalkeeper who went on a winning streak by passing through the national youth team and becoming the goalkeeper of a prestigious club. After receiving a kidney transplant due to acute renal failure, he collapses again while showing off his comeback. Now his football career is over. Totally the end!

I Bet Everything

2021

The Hill of Wind poster
6.5

Youngbun, a middle-aged woman, leaves her grown stepchild for home after her husband died of chronic disease. She wants to live a new life. Although she’s poor, there is always hope in her loving and energetic self. Young female Han-hee is a Pilates instructor. She, too, is poor, but is diligent and obedient in her daily life.

The Hill of Wind

2020

2010s · 14 titles

Moss poster
6.9

A city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father's strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to see him leave. As he starts to investigate, the village's sinister secrets begin to unravel.

Moss

2010

Women's War: Doggie's Uprising poster
NR

There is a visitor for local herb gatherer Doggie who has no particular need or greed for anything. His friend Chang-guk who is wanted to failure in his business and his captivating wife Seon-hwa come to see Doggie who has no choice but to give them a place to hide. The three of them end up living umcomfortably together. Will Doggie be able to suppress his desires for his friend's wife? And what is her secret that Doggie must never know?

Women's War: Doggie's Uprising

2016

The Net poster
7.4

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

The Net

2016

Romantic Heaven poster
6.0

The paths of three people intersect at a hospital. A lawyer who mourns the death of his wife, a taxi driver who is taking care of his grandfather that suffers from Alzheimer's, and a girl who is looking for a bone marrow donor to save the life her mother.

Romantic Heaven

2011

The Wrath poster
5.6

In the household of Lee Gyeong-jin, a high-ranking official of Joseon Kingdom, three sons die from an unidentified horror. A woman pregnant with a child of the third son soon learns of the evil spirit that haunts the house.

The Wrath

2018

INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls poster
7.4

An online feud evolves into something more real when two keyboard warriors take their battle offline in a mixed martial arts matchup.

INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls

2013

A Millionaire on the Run poster
4.7

Young-in and his colleague Seung-dae are a pair of professional bagmen working for various lobbyists in finance, media and a host of other industries requiring political favors. Feeling guilty about his work, Seung-dae tells Young-in he plans on blowing the whistle on his boss Han's illegal activities.

A Millionaire on the Run

2012

Elephant in the Room poster
5.5

An anthology produced by the 8th production of KAFA + Next D. The film consists of three pieces: a black comedy, "Chicken Game", directed by Park Soo-yeong ("Irreversible"), an erotic melo-drama, "Second Account", directed by Kwon Chil-in ("Venus Talk"), and an SF thriller, "Lucid Dream 3D", directed by Kwon Ho-young ("Psychometry"). One can witness an extension of the genre of 3D films that are often limited to horror, action and blockbuster films. "One Night Dream" is waiting for its theatrical release this summer and has its world premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.

Elephant in the Room

2016

Mac-boogie poster
NR

Hyo-seon is diagnosed early menopause, and his son Jinsu calls for a MacBook. One old cow that would be the money in the house.

Mac-boogie

2017

A Familiar Taste poster
NR

Kyung-eon lives with mom and her sister. Her mom is about to marry a man with a son and invites them to a meeting to introduce each other. After the meeting, Kyung-eon goes to meet her daddy, who hasn’t met for a long time.

A Familiar Taste

2014

Ireesha, The Daughter of Elf-king poster
NR

The adventures of high school girl Ireesha and her friends (talking frog and guitar-fairy Robby) as she visits Elf world to retrieve her friend’s soul.

Ireesha, The Daughter of Elf-king

2018

Too Many Villains poster
3.5

Retired gang member Gang-Pil tries to find another job rather than running an illegal inquiry agency to win custody of his daughter back. In order to pay for the lawyer, he accepts Lee Munhee's request to follow the Entrepreneur Park Yongdae, but soon after both Park and Lee go missing and Gang-Pil starts digging in.

Too Many Villains

2011

Samsara poster
8.0

Four monks gather at a temple to see their esteemed mentor Do-Bub, but none of them are particularly enlightened. From the calculating chief monk and the meat-eating womanizer to the silver-tongued moneymaker and the vain Instagram heartthrob, they all seem more interested in self-gain than asceticism. Nevertheless, the worldly monks have to respond to an unsavoury truth about Do-Bub. In the subsequent days, memories are awakened and characters tested as the monks reflect on their experiences, desires, and fears, as well as the realization that someone will have to be Do-Bub’s successor.

Samsara

2019

What Are You Looking At? poster
NR

2015 short

What Are You Looking At?

2015

2000s · 11 titles

So Cute poster
5.7

Jang Su-ro lives in the slums of Korea with his three sons 963, Dog Nose and So-and-So, who just got out of prison. While So-and-So's loyalties to his mob boss and biological family are put to the test when he finds that his family's home is slated to be demolished by the mob's developers, the rest of the family's life is complicated with the arrival of Sun-yi, Jang's new girlfriend who annoys Dog Nose and attracts the affections of 963.

So Cute

2004

Les Formidables poster
6.5

Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.

Les Formidables

2006

Modern Boy poster
6.8

During the Japanese occupation, a Korean modern boy, who wants to fit in with the Japanese, falls in love with a Korean freedom fighter.

Modern Boy

2008

Open City poster
6.8

Jo Dae-yeong is a police officer investigating a pickpocket ring with ties to the Yakuza. One day he rescues Baek Jang-mi from danger, only to discover that she is the boss of the gang he has been tracking.

Open City

2008

Marine Boy poster
5.6

Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea.

Marine Boy

2009

The Reservoir poster
NR

An ordinary man, cornered by life’s pressures and despair, makes one fateful choice that pulls him into a chilling spiral of guilt, fear, and ruin. A gripping tale of how a single moment can shatter everything.

The Reservoir

2007

The Truck poster
6.7

Cheol-min makes a living by working in the shipping business. He has a daughter suffering from a heart condition, and in need of surgery. To save his daughter, he urgently needs the tremendous amount of 60,000,000 won. To make this money, he gets involved in dangerous illegal gambling and barely saves his life by promising he will take care of body disposal for the gang. On his way to Gangwon-do where he intends to dump the bodies, he encounters a police van that had been in an accident, and ends up giving the police officer a ride. Although this situation is tense, events take a turn for the worse.

The Truck

2008

Cruel Winter Blues poster
6.8

A gangster's quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target's mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a crime thriller and a family drama.

Cruel Winter Blues

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

The Last Witness poster
6.0

Based on a true story and a legendary Korean novel, this movie follows Detective Oh (superstar Lee Jung Jae) and his investigation into the mysterious murder of a North Korean. His investigation leads him to a diary, which was written by a nun who - along with her boyfriend - helped lead the escape of North Korean POWs held captive during the Korean War. Detective Oh eventually becomes emotionally involved with the case and pursues the writer of the diary and her long-lost boyfriend, hoping to crack the case and learn more about the story of the POWs.

The Last Witness

2001

My Lover Yurie poster
7.0

A tragic love story is about deal with the devil. Dong-a is a boy who is longing for eternal love. Yu-rie is a call girl whose name comes from an alaska native. Donga works at the Heaven gas station, across from the Papa motel where Yu-rie works as a call girl. Donga loves Yu-rie so passionately, that he sells his soul to the Devil in return for 10 years of love with Yu-rie. When the devil returns at the end of ten years to claim Donga’s soul, Donga decides to kill the devil.

My Lover Yurie

2008

Series credits

A Shop for Killers poster
8.5

A niece who lost her parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall faces a new truth after her uncle's sudden death.

A Shop for Killers

2024

King the Land poster
8.2

Amid a tense inheritance fight, a charming heir clashes with his hardworking employee who's known for her irresistible smile — which he cannot stand.

King the Land

2023

Voice poster
7.3

It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.

Voice

2017

Korea-Khitan War poster
8.3

King Hyeonjong and Kang Kam-chan led the 8-year-long 2nd and 3rd Goryeo-Khitan Wars to victory and began an era of peace in East Asia and prosperity in Goryeo.

Korea-Khitan War

2023

Aema poster
7.4

In 1980s Korea, a movie star and a starlet defy male-dominated industry rules and backstage corruption while filming the provocative "Madame Aema."

Aema

2025

For Eagle Brothers poster
8.3

After her husband's sudden death just ten days into their marriage, the eldest sister-in-law must step up as the head of the family, navigating the complex relationships with her five unique brothers-in-law.

For Eagle Brothers

2025

Love: Track poster
5.8

A romance anthology featuring 10 different love stories, each with its own unique tone and charm. It has an ensemble cast.

Love: Track

2025

A Cappella of the Villains poster
NR

The villain actors who play the roles that attempt fraud, murder, and violence are gathered. These Korea's best villain actors who present perfect acting form a team of a cappella called Do Re Mi Fa and sing in harmony. They are full of passion, however, they sound out of tune. Among the members who are diagnosed as unable to hit high notes, their efforts and talents are revealed, from members who have unexpected charms and overwhelm the audience with a natural voice, and members who show off their best lowest vocal range. With Jung Hyung Don and Defconn as the managers of the team, they will assist the seven newbies to variety shows and give them energy. What will their harmony be like?

A Cappella of the Villains

2022