Min Kyung-jin

Acting

Min Kyung-jin

Born 1955-05-24 · South Korea

Acting credits

Hope poster
8.2

In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.

Hope

2026

The Host poster
7.0

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

The Host

2006

The Outlaws poster
7.7

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

The Outlaws

2017

Mother poster
7.7

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

Mother

2009

The Chaser poster
7.8

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

The Chaser

2008

Always poster
7.8

A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.

Always

2011

Castaway on the Moon poster
7.9

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

Castaway on the Moon

2009

Han Gong-ju poster
7.2

After being involved in a traumatic incident, 17-year-old Gong-ju is forced to change schools. Uncared for by her parents, her previous teacher arranges for her to hide away at his mother's place. It takes time for her past to catch up with her, but when it does the revelation is devastating.

Han Gong-ju

2014

Christmas in August poster
7.7

It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

Christmas in August

1998

Chihwaseon poster
7.0

Jang Seung-eop, also known as "Chihwaseon," drinks and paints all day. Through Mae-hyang, he learns the meaning of fate, sees art beyond even the smallest things, and sets out for the path he seeks.

Chihwaseon

2002

Watching poster
5.8

Young-woo is a career woman and a workaholic. One night, she is kidnapped by Joon-ho in the company's parking garage. Joon-ho works security for the building. Young-woo struggles to escape from Joon-ho.

Watching

2019

Green Fish poster
6.9

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

Green Fish

1997

Forbidden Dream poster
7.1

A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.

Forbidden Dream

2019

Prison World Cup poster
6.0

With the new millenium, the U.N. human rights committee proposes the first Prisoner's World Cup, putting forth the slogans of Liberty, Equality, and Harmony. Corrections wardens across Korea are thrown into a dilemma over whether to let their prisoners participate or not. The Hope Team is one of the most unlikely soccer teams in the world with a total of 75 previous convictions and an average of 6 for each player. With promises of leaves and reduced sentences, the team members are motivated to the hilt. They pool their various criminal talents to play, fight, and poison their way to the finals despite a prejudiced referee and two of the team's members having been bought off by the opposing team. But when their leader, the only condemned man among them, breaks out of jail, the team is thrown into chaos and they learn some more about hope.

Prison World Cup

2001

Yellow Hair poster
5.4

Sang-hui has run away to Seoul from her quiet country life. She feels no regrets as she becomes nightclub hopper. In one of these clubs she meets the hard and bitter Yu-na who had suffered from many years of abuse at her father's hands. They become close friends and eventually meet a young man Yang-gu who seems to be a perfect match for Yu-na. However he is carrying a torch for a former lover. Sang-hui and Yu-na decide to hunt down and eliminate the competition...

Yellow Hair

1999

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie poster
6.3

Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve than give up playing. Several people have to bowl as much as they want, jump out of the window with their lives, and dance with real dancers at a rock cafe.

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie

1997

4th Period Mystery poster
5.8

During fourth period, high schooler Da-jeong finds her classmate Tae-gyu dead in a classroom and Jeong-hun standing in front of him with blood on his clothes. In order to stop Jeong-hun from becoming the prime suspect, Da-jeong must help him find the real murderer, who is still inside the school building, under 40 minutes before period four ends.

4th Period Mystery

2009

Downfall poster
5.3

A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she is going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of Korea's red-light districts, where their pimps and society exploit her.

Downfall

1997

Like a Virgin poster
5.8

A chubby high school student participatee in a sports competition to win a cash prize for sex change surgery.

Like a Virgin

2006

Public Enemy poster
7.1

A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.

Public Enemy

2002

Failan poster
7.2

After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.

Failan

2001

My Dictator poster
6.9

Sung-geun is an untalented actor who makes a living playing minor roles. He happens to land on the role as Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea, for the rehearsal of the South-North Korea Summit. Sung-geun becomes passionately immersed in his role, motivated by his son who looks up to him. However, the summit is not realized, and Sung-geun ends up lost in the delusion that he really is Kim Il-sung.

My Dictator

2014

Dust-Man poster
5.5

A young homeless man happens to draw a series of illustrations over dusty surfaces, gradually recovering from the pains of his past.

Dust-Man

2021

Blackjack poster
4.5

Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.

Blackjack

1997