Hwang Jeong-min

Acting

Hwang Jeong-min

Born 1969-05-23 · South Korea

Actress Hwang Jeong-min, not to be confused with male actor of the same name, will be recognizable to many as Shin Ha-kyun’s tight-rope walking girlfriend in Jang Joon-hwan’s cult phenomenon Save the Green Planet (2003). She later took on small roles in films such as Jang Jin’s thriller Murder, Take One (2005) and the erotic comedy A Good Day to Have an Affair (2007), she also performed in Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid (2010) and The Taste of Money (2012). In late 2011 she appeared in her first lead role in the independent film Jesus Hospital, for which she was nominated as Best Actress at the 2012 Grand Bell Awards.

Acting credits

The Housemaid poster
6.3

Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.

The Housemaid

2010

Svaha: The Sixth Finger poster
6.7

Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount.

Svaha: The Sixth Finger

2019

Mission: Possible poster
7.4

Chinese secret agent Da-hee receives intel that a large number of illegal firearms are being smuggled into Korea and is sent to investigate the case. She meets Su-han, who is supposed to help her with the case, but due to his lackluster skills they fight over trivial things. But as their witnesses are suddenly murdered, the two of them quickly become the prime suspects.

Mission: Possible

2021

Fasten Your Seatbelt poster
5.7

Hallyu star Ma Joon-Gyu boards an airplane that will take him from Tokyo to Seoul, but the plane is soon swept up into a typhoon and faces danger.

Fasten Your Seatbelt

2013

Sweet & Sour poster
7.7

Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive.

Sweet & Sour

2021

The Taste of Money poster
5.5

The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could threaten his life and career.

The Taste of Money

2012

Save the Green Planet! poster
7.0

A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.

Save the Green Planet!

2003

Miss Granny poster
7.3

An unappreciated old granny magically turns 20 years old again and decides to make the most of her newfound youth.

Miss Granny

2014

Next Sohee poster
7.3

A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.

Next Sohee

2022

Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island poster
6.4

Joseon's top detective Kim Min attempts to track down those responsible for circulating massive amounts of counterfeit silver bullion in Joseon. He also tries to find the missing sibling of a young girl.

Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island

2015

Room No. 7 poster
6.6

Doo-sik tries to evade bankruptcy by selling his DVD screening business. But crisis arises when he discovers a corpse in room number seven and a stash of drugs that belongs to his employee.

Room No. 7

2017

Murder, Take One poster
6.5

A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds.

Murder, Take One

2005

Marriage Blue poster
6.1

Some may dream of, some may be afraid of, some may look forward to, and some may want to avoid THE NIGHT BEFORE MARRIAGE! 4 different couples disclose 4 different stories all about marriage.

Marriage Blue

2013

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

The Highway Family poster
6.0

Depicts the process of meeting a family who lives a homeless life like camping along a highway rest area, and a couple who accidentally hold hands and the process of the birth of a new family. The story of a family wandering the streets with the hope that they will meet the warmth and affection, compassion, trust, and hope between people who still exist in the cold reality, is revived with the courage and help of someone.

The Highway Family

2022

Camellia poster
5.0

A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.

Camellia

2010

Cart poster
7.2

In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.

Cart

2014

About Family poster
7.2

Mu-ok is the self-made owner of the established restaurant 'Pyongmanok' that has been drawing long lines of customers before social media existed. He is deeply troubled by his only son, Moon-seok, whom he hoped would inherit the family legacy, becoming a monk, leaving him with no one to carry on the family name. While Mu-ok is devastated by the thought that his family line would end with him, young kids come to his restaurant claiming Moon-seok as their father! Mu-ok, now given a chance to continue his family's legacy, enjoys happiness like never before. Meanwhile, Moon-seok revisits his life before becoming a monk—and stumbles upon a shocking revelation…

About Family

2024

The Whistleblower poster
7.2

Lee Jang-hwan receives widespread acclaim and media attention after successfully cloning human embryo stem cells. A TV news program PD, Yoon Min-cheol, receives a phone call from an anonymous source who says he has worked with Dr. Lee on the stem cell project. The source blows the whistle on Lee's work, revealing how Lee fabricated research results and engaged in unethical practices.

The Whistleblower

2014

Pluto poster
7.1

Joon is arrested for the murder of the top student at his prestigious school. When he is released, Joon holds students accusing him of the crime in a room and forces them to reveal their dark secrets.

Pluto

2013

Greenhouse poster
6.5

Moon-jung is a caregiver who has a son in middle school. After getting divorced, she can't bear to bring him to her house, a plastic greenhouse she has converted into a home. She strives to raise the necessary funds to move into a real home for her and her son.

Greenhouse

2023

If You Were Me 6 poster
5.5

In this omnibus film series produced by the National Human Rights Commission, Park Jungbum explores relating to the handicapped, Lee Sangcheol and Shin Aga turn their camera on the elderly and Min Youngkeun looks at conscientious objection to military service. In Dear Duhan, Duhan suffers from brain lesions. His friend has always felt bad for Duhan but nonetheless steals an iPad from him one day. Director Park explores the conflict and friendship between a so-called normal and a handicapped person. In Bong-gu on Delivery Shin and Lee tell the tale of an old man who helps a child find his way home, only to be accused of kidnapping. And Min talks about a Jehovah’s Witness who has just been drafted and must say goodbye to his mother in Ice River, a melodrama about a man who chooses to go to prison for his conscientious and religious objections to bearing arms. Having divorced her husband in order not to send her son to prison, his mother cannot accept her son’s choice.

If You Were Me 6

2013

Adulthood poster
6.5

At her dad's funeral, Kyungun meets her uncle Jaemin, a complete stranger. He bilks her father's insurance money. She demands her money back, but he unashamedly refuses. To get her money back, she joins his next scam.

Adulthood

2018

Peafowl poster
6.5

A transgender woman has cut ties with her family and hometown. She is compelled to go back, however, to perform a traditional memorial drum dance for her father to fulfill the conditions of his will and get her inheritance.

Peafowl

2024