Ko Asung

Acting

Ko Asung

Born 1992-08-10 · Seoul, South Korea

Ko Asung (born 10 August 1992) is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a child actress, notably in 2006 top-grossing blockbuster The Host. This was followed by major roles in Snowpiercer (2013), Thread of Lies (2014) and Office (2015), as well as the TV dramas Master of Study (2010) and Heard It Through the Grapevine (2015).

Acting credits

Snowpiercer poster
6.9

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

Snowpiercer

2013

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

Pavane poster
7.3

Three lonely strangers meet at their department store jobs and find solace in each other's company while they explore connection and the nature of love.

Pavane

2026

The Beauty Inside poster
7.7

Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

The Beauty Inside

2015

Right Now, Wrong Then poster
7.0

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

Right Now, Wrong Then

2015

The King poster
7.3

A young Korean man surpasses his difficult childhood by becoming a powerful prosecutor, but soon learns that real power comes at a price.

The King

2017

Nervous poster
6.3

A woman spirals into a seductive nightmare beyond her control as she navigates a troubled marriage and disorientating cultural terrain in the Korean countryside.

Nervous

2026

Samjin Company English Class poster
7.7

In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.

Samjin Company English Class

2020

Time of Cinema poster
6.5

The story of those who see and make films, and the cinema that brings them together.

Time of Cinema

2026

Thread of Lies poster
7.4

Cheon-ji's unexpected suicide causes her mother Hyeon-sook and older sister Man-ji to be moved into another apartment. Tracking down clues from school, Man-ji discovers that Cheon-ji's best friend Hwa-yeon is behind everything.

Thread of Lies

2014

Honeysweet poster
5.8

Chi-ho, a genius confectionery researcher who has developed addictive flavors, experiences a sweet change when he meets Il-yeong, a call center worker at a loan screening company who thinks optimistically about everything, and goes through sweet changes.

Honeysweet

2023

A Melody to Remember poster
8.3

Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and tries to protect to them.

A Melody to Remember

2016

A Resistance poster
8.0

17-year-old Yu Gwan-Sun participates in the Korean independence movement. The country is under the rule of Japan, which annexed the country in 1910.

A Resistance

2019

Because I Hate Korea poster
7.1

Kye-na, an average woman in her late twenties, holds a steady job and a committed boyfriend, Ji-myoung. Yet instead of feeling content, she constantly faces uncertainty, confusion and anxiety. While struggling with personal relationships and life's woes, Kye-na finally embarks for New Zealand despite everyone’s dissuasion on leaving her home behind.

Because I Hate Korea

2024

The Happy Life poster
6.8

Three old friends who used to be part of a rock band reunite at the fourth member's funeral. They decide to band back together with the deceased's estranged son serving as the new fourth member.

The Happy Life

2007

Office poster
6.3

To nab a sales manager who's at large after murdering his family, a detective investigates the man's colleagues, who seem to be hiding something.

Office

2015

A Brand New Life poster
7.3

Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage.

A Brand New Life

2009

After the Banquet poster
5.5

A group of old college friends reunite for a wedding. But after the banquet, a 15 year old girl shows up claiming that one of them is her father.

After the Banquet

2009

3.11 A Sense of Home Films poster
6.5

In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

2011

Radio Dayz poster
6.4

In April 1933, Korea’s Japanese occupiers launched the country’s first radio station, JODK. It broadcasts propaganda so as to better brainwash the Korean people into becoming loyal Japanese citizens. In need of a Korean producer for a radio drama about the greatness of Japan’s Asian Empire, they appoint Lloyd Park, a young man who has only joined the radio station through his father’s connections.

Radio Dayz

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yeto

Duet poster
4.0

Nancy (Ko Ah-Sung) is a musician, unable to open up to anyone due to a prior romance. Nancy decides to take a trip in England. On the trip, Nancy meets photographer Jude (James Page) who becomes her tour guide. They find many things in common during their 15 day trip...

Duet

2012

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Host : Histoires de famille

Snowpiercer International Special Animation poster
4.3

Animated short film based on the movie Snowpiercer.

Snowpiercer International Special Animation

2013