Kim Hye-soo

Acting

Kim Hye-soo

Born 1970-09-05 · Busan, South Korea

Kim Hye-soo (김혜수) is a veteran South Korean actress. She was born on September 5, 1970 in Busan. She has worked regularly since the 1980s and as starred in some of the biggest Korean blockbusters including The Thieves (2012), Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), The Face Reader (2013), and Kick the Moon (2001). She is also the recipient of numerous awards including the Blue Dragon Best Actress award for First Love (1993), Dr. Bong (1995), and Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), and the Grand Bell Best Actress award for Hypnotized (2004).

Acting credits

The Thieves poster
6.8

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.

The Thieves

2012

Tazza: The High Rollers poster
6.9

Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.

Tazza: The High Rollers

2006

Smugglers poster
6.5

During the 1970s, in Kunchon, there were women divers who were able to dive without equipment, including two best friends Choon-ja and Jin-sook, Jin-sook's brother and Hammer. They always collected seafood under water for living. But, as fewer factories started to be built near the beach, the women divers started to have trouble with what they were doing for living. Without any choice, the ship crews decided to join the smuggling business in the water to seek a way for their living. But the smuggling business in their village got too big for Jin-sook's family to handle and the peaceful village was gradually broken.

Smugglers

2023

Coin Locker Girl poster
7.0

Il-young tries to get away from her adoptive mother because she does not want to get involved in her mother's criminal activities.

Coin Locker Girl

2015

The Face Reader poster
7.0

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

The Face Reader

2013

Three poster
6.0

An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.

Three

2002

Default poster
6.8

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

Default

2018

Hypnotized poster
5.6

A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. The doctor becomes obsessed with his former patient, seeks her on the outside and uses hypnosis to fulfill his sexual desires.

Hypnotized

2004

My Daughter Saved from Den of Evil 2 poster
NR

Yu-ri, a 16-year-old model student, runs away from home one day. She is reprimanded at school and her parents find out about their daughter's deviation. Yu-ri's parents conclude that it is because of Yu-ri's relationship with a juvenile delinquent named Jun. But Jun and Yu-ri are just innocent friends. Jun protects Yu-ri and her friends from society's violent organizations. When his mother is tormented by her lover, Jun stabs him. Afterwards, Jun, Yu-ri, and their friends take off together in search of an island where their dreams can come true. No one holds out a forgiving hand driving them into desperation. They are about to give up when Jun meets with death and the rest of the youngsters are reconciled with their parents.

My Daughter Saved from Den of Evil 2

1986

The Red Shoes poster
6.1

A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.

The Red Shoes

2005

A Good Day to Have an Affair poster
5.1

Two married women start to have an affair with men they met online. However, one of them gets caught, and the other feels disappointed at the man.

A Good Day to Have an Affair

2007

A Special Lady poster
6.0

A corrupt prosecutor plans for revenge against Hyun-jung's crime organization by using her loyal partner, Sang-hoon.

A Special Lady

2017

Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company poster
7.5

A cinematic special for the Infinite Challenge skit, Muhan Company.

Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company

2016

Familyhood poster
6.1

An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.

Familyhood

2016

Too Tired to Die poster
5.1

Kenji is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death tells him that he has only 12 hours to live and he needs to make the most of it.

Too Tired to Die

1998

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema poster
5.5

Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

Skeletons in the Closet poster
6.9

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

YMCA Baseball Team poster
6.3

Ho-chang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeong-rim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeong-rim, and takes interest in baseball. As a result, he gathers people to form the first YMCA baseball team of Joseon.

YMCA Baseball Team

2002

The Day I Died: Unclosed Case poster
7.0

The detective Hyun-soo tries to track down a girl who disappeared off of a cliff during a stormy night.

The Day I Died: Unclosed Case

2020

Villain & Widow poster
6.5

Struggling to support herself and teenage daughter, a widow rents out the second floor of her home to a man who claims to be a novelist working on a new book.

Villain & Widow

2010

Doctor K poster
6.4

Terminally ill patients are magically cured by a neurosurgeon who transfers their tumors to his own brain.

Doctor K

1999

My 11th Mother poster
7.0

A cynical young boy gets to know the latest girlfriend of his ne'er-do-well father and begins to hope that this new relationship actually sticks.

My 11th Mother

2007

Kick the Moon poster
6.0

Choi Ki-dong, who becomes a teacher, and Park Young-jun, who becomes a gang member, meet again after 10 years. To compete for Min Ju-ran, they start a fierce battle remembering their high school days, when the situation was completely different.

Kick the Moon

2001

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me poster
7.5

A woman decides to take revenge for the violence she has witnessed towards other women. She chooses a movie star as her target because of his high profile and because he is adored by young women. She kidnaps him and holds him prisoner in her apartment.

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me

1994