Ryu Sung-hyun

Acting

Ryu Sung-hyun

Born

1971-07-17 (55)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Unlocked poster
7.3

A woman's life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.

Unlocked

2023

The Roundup: No Way Out poster
7.3

Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

The Roundup: No Way Out

2023

The 8th Night poster
6.2

With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.

The 8th Night

2021

Mission: Cross poster
7.0

In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission with his detective wife, who's clueless about his past.

Mission: Cross

2024

Wall to Wall poster
6.2

A man who poured his life savings into a new apartment discovers its walls are full of disturbing noises, hostile neighbors and unsettling secrets.

Wall to Wall

2025

Nocturnal poster
6.2

Min-tae, a once-notorious gangster who now leads a peaceful retired life, discovers the bloody corpse of his only next of kin: his younger brother Seok-tae. With his brother’s missing wife Moon-young as the prime suspect, Min-tae uncovers a suspicious last phone call between her and a mysterious novelist, sparking a vicious hunt for the truth despite his seemingly deceitful former crime syndicate and the police in hot pursuit.

Nocturnal

2025

The Night Owl poster
7.3

Korea, 1645 - Joseon Dynasty: a partially blind and gifted acupuncturist, Gyeong-su, is invited to work alongside the royal physician in the palace of King Injo, just before the crown prince Sohyeon returns after having been held captive by the Qing Dynasty. Prince Sohyeon and his father begin to differ in opinion on the future direction of their dynasty, leading King Injo to suffer from severe anxiety and paranoia. One night, Gyeong-su witnesses prince Sohyeon's death. Disbelieved as a witness on account of his blindness, Gyeong-su must struggle to reveal the truth while not falling prey to the power-hungry conspirators of the palace.

The Night Owl

2022

People and Meat poster
7.0

Three elderly people, all feeling the strain of life, accidentally come together. Two men, one woman. They are Woo-sick, Hyung-jun, and Hwa-jin. Their sole goal is to "grease their insides" by eating pork all around Seoul. Their mission is clear: to dine without paying a cent! As they enjoy free meat, their faces brighten up, they feel alive, and most importantly, they've made friends! Their friendship deepens as time passes.

People and Meat

2025

Girl Wrighter poster
5.5

16-year-old Ji-ah is a typical adolescent girl. She aspires to be a ballerina and experiences her first flutters of love and the related pains that come with it as she falls in love for a temporary teacher. She is overjoyed when her mother Suk-hyeon, an erotic novelist, secures a large contract for a serialized online novel, as it means she would finally be able to afford ballet classes. But her hopes are crushed when, not long after, her mom suffers a freak accident and slips into a coma. Ji-ah then gets a call from the editor who misidentifies her as her mother and demands that this week’s text be submitted by midnight. In order to get her mother out of a bind, she decides to use what little she knows in matters of sex to complete the task in her mother’s stead. Much to her surprise, her style seems to resonate with readers.

Girl Wrighter

2023

2010s · 7 titles

A Taxi Driver poster
8.0

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

A Taxi Driver

2017

New World poster
7.4

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

New World

2013

The Spy Gone North poster
7.3

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.

The Spy Gone North

2018

Love Affair poster
5.7

Ga-hee appeared in front of Seong-min who was bored running a book store after retiring. Ga-hee runs a ballet school and wasn"t on very good terms with her husband, which led to her and Seong-min falling madly in love together. They know they shouldn"t be together, but that"s what makes everything even better. Later on, their love reaches the point of destruction...

Love Affair

2014

Dad for Rent poster
7.2

A unemployed father, due to his laziness, is supported by his wife. Their daughter decides to put their lazy dad up for rent on a secondhand site.

Dad for Rent

2014

Stand by Me poster
6.9

A grandpa finds out he is not going to live for much longer so he decides to prepare for his grandson's future with something special.

Stand by Me

2018

The Gravity of Acting poster
NR

A theater actor, Sung Hyun, has worked for the same play for the last 10 years without dream nor passion. His old friend Gwang Sik who left the theater to pursue a film actor’s career offers Sung Hyun a chance to play a main character’s role in a feature film. It is the film directed by Jin Gun who brought him fame as a movie star. When Sung Hyun decides to take a challenge for the role with a hope to get his life out of misery, his long-time, deadly rival Tae Seok comes back to his life.

The Gravity of Acting

2017

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

The Glory poster
8.5

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

The Glory

2022

Genie, Make a Wish poster
7.9

After a thousand years, a quirky genie returns to grant wishes to a woman born without feelings. Can his magic bring love and wonder to her world?

Genie, Make a Wish

2025

Vagabond poster
8.3

Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

Vagabond

2019

Phantom Lawyer poster
7.7

A timid lawyer who suddenly gains the ability to see ghosts teams up with a cold, elite attorney, and together they take on supernatural clients whose unfinished business reveals buried truths.

Phantom Lawyer

2026

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

The Banker poster
6.8

It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The branch is on a soon to be shutdown list. Surprisingly, No Dae Ho is promoted to an auditor at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul. No Dae Ho then faces corruption at the bank.

The Banker

2019