Kang Gil-woo

Acting

Kang Gil-woo

Born

1986-11-10 (39)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Kang Gil-woo (born November 10, 1986) is a South Korean film and television actor.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 35 titles

Possible Love poster
8.0

A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths with a documentary filmmaker and her spouse and confront their hidden desires.

Possible Love

2026

Broker poster
7.2

When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.

Broker

2022

12.12: The Day poster
7.6

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

12.12: The Day

2023

A Distant Place poster
6.0

A sheep farmer whose remote and quiet life is disturbed by the arrival of both his lover and his twin sister.

A Distant Place

2021

Uprising poster
7.0

In the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together — one the master and one the servant — reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides.

Uprising

2024

My Name Is Loh Kiwan poster
7.3

After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.

My Name Is Loh Kiwan

2024

Havana poster
5.4

Jung-min, a rookie lawyer, becomes Yoona’s public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jung-min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies of the case.

Havana

2023

Contorted poster
4.8

A family moves to a quiet and isolated place, but suffers from nightmares on their very first day in the new home.

Contorted

2022

Journey There poster
NR

Chun-hee is left alone in the world after the sudden death of her husband. Faced with her own illness, she puts her life in order, but she intends to keep the appointment she made with her husband for an assisted suicide.

Journey There

2026

The Hill of Secrets poster
7.0

Myung-eun can't comprehend the word "family". She wishes to keep it a secret because she is so different from what she would like to be. When it comes to writing, on the other hand, she does not allow herself to be restricted by reality.

The Hill of Secrets

2023

Someone You Loved poster
5.6

Two ex-lovers navigate their lives post-breakup — struggling to redefine their relationship, from partners to strangers and everything in between.

Someone You Loved

2023

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

Mother Land poster
6.7

Krisha is the daughter of the Yates who are the nomad tribe of the tundra. To save her sick mother, she follows the words of Shaman and takes off on her adventure to the end of Northern land to find the red bear she saw in her dreams. In the meanwhile, Captain Vladimir of the federal army and Bazak, the hunter, invades the forest to hunt the red bear. Krisha arrives at the forest where she hears the voice of the red bear.

Mother Land

2023

A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea poster
5.0

Yoonchul is a sculptor, but he mostly makes living with an interior design job. He is divorced, and his daughter fails to fit into the school life and is considered a troublemaker, although she shows much talent in art, like her father. One day, Yoonchul meets an attractive woman, Youngji, and falls in love with her.

A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea

2023

The layover poster
5.0

The flight scheduled to leave Incheon International Airport for New York makes an emergency landing at Gimhae Airport due to engine problems. As the passengers will take an alternative flight the following day, they are staying at a hotel provided by the airline during a layover. While staying an unscheduled night at the same hotel, they have an unexpected experience.

The layover

2023

I poster
7.0

Ah-young, a grown orphan with government aid cut off, starts working as a nanny for Young-chae, a single mother who works at a bar to make ends meet.

I

2021

Things I Left at the Theater poster
NR

Film critic Dogyeong belatedly learns of an old friend's death. As it happens, this comes not long after the demolition of an old theater in Gangwon Province. Somehow, the two events do not feel all that different to her. As her work as a critic takes her from place to place, Dogyeong searches for her late friend’s short film and visits theaters and screening spaces where it might once have been shown.

Things I Left at the Theater

2026

Chorokbam poster
6.0

With attractive images and scenes, the film develops a series of worldly episodes of a family up to the level of poetic sentiment of blues and depression.

Chorokbam

2022

Take Me Home, Country Roads poster
NR

Two drunken laborers interrupt a much-awaited family trip. Every time the good-natured husband accepts their request, the wife grows more upset, and these strange people become scarier.

Take Me Home, Country Roads

2021

Christmas in Summer poster
NR

Soon to be married, Eun-su heads to Gangneung to see her long-lost father. The old seaside town has changed dramatically from the one in her childhood memories. Exhausted from the sweltering heat of August, Eun-su gets into a taxi.

Christmas in Summer

2023

One and Only poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

One and Only

2026

When This Summer is Over poster
5.0

Ki-jun's family moves to a local village with a new town development plan. While going through the transfer process at his new school, Ki-jun's new pair of sneakers disappear. The children suspected of being shoe thieves are brothers from a famous broken family in the neighborhood.

When This Summer is Over

2025

lover poster
NR

A woman is walking on Jeongdong-gil. A man appeared in front of her.

lover

2024

Frankenstein Father poster
5.0

Young-jae, a teenager born from illegally sold sperm, goes to Chi-sung, a physician who had sold it when he was 20 years old. Young-jae demands a so-called ‘compensation for damages,’ claiming Chi-sung is responsible for his defects. Although at odds with Young-jae, Chi-sung slowly feels a connection to him. Later, Young-jae’s father Dong-suk appears and the three of them clash.

Frankenstein Father

2025

Catch You Catch Me poster
NR

Minuk finally made his first feature film, but it is difficult to release in theaters due to COVID-19. Everyone persuades Minuk to release the movie on another platform, but Minuk can't let the movie and Eunhee go like this.

Catch You Catch Me

2021

And There Was Light poster
5.0

A man determines to kill himself every day, but continues with his life because he forgets to end himself due to alcoholic dementia. A severely alcoholic woman is living her life under grief and helplessness. These two utter strangers run into each other and set off to finish their lives together.

And There Was Light

2022

Plant Cafe, Warmth poster
5.0

Hyeonjae was a war correspondent who quit due to his trauma of war. Thinking of the special communication he had with plants as a kid, he returns to his grandfather's arboretum. At that very place, he gains the courage to live on and decides to run a plant café in the city. To his customers who seek him out with their stories and plants, Hyeonjae provides a remedy for not only their plants but also their hearts.

Plant Cafe, Warmth

2021

One Blue Rainy Day poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

One Blue Rainy Day

2020

No artwork available
NR

Jin-cheol, a cab driver in Seoul, cannot take any passengers because his last customer left his guitar in the backseat. Annoyed and angry, Jin-cheol heads over to a guitar store.

Blue City Seoul

2021

North Star poster
NR

One winter day, Sung-jae makes an acquaintance with Yoojin, who likes to doodle rather than to draw, just like himself. After quitting her job, Yoojin travels to Europe. Sung-jae wishes to meet up with Yoojin again upon her return.

North Star

2021

Partisan's Wife poster
NR

The film takes place in the summer of 2019, but in a world still under a dictatorship rule. Daegu Police Counterintelligence detectives In-hyeok and Sang-jun are monitoring Lee Su-gyeong, wife of Choi Myeong-hun, who is wanted for violating security laws. In-hyeok feels compassion for the pregnant Su-gyeong living in hardship. The film is both a road movie about In-hyeok, Su-gyeong, and Sang-jun, and a story about people forced to hide in the mountains from corrupt power.

Partisan's Wife

2026

Film Gifted Child Mr.GEUM poster
NR

Film director Geum Tae-kyung always thinks of films. Even now, his mind is full of cinematic thoughts.

Film Gifted Child Mr.GEUM

2023

No artwork available
NR

Geon-woo finds himself in a situation where he has to take care of Do-hyun, a neighbor’s child. As he spends more time with Do-hyun, memories of someone else keep resurfacing in his mind.

Mongolian Spot

2024

She Wants True Love poster
NR

Deok-hee often ruins relationships by being excessively direct. Today, once again, P pushes her away.

She Wants True Love

2023

No artwork available
NR

Min-hyeong, a musician working in Mullae-dong, is preparing to move out after failing to renew his lease. One day, he meets Jee-an, a welder, and as they grow closer, he begins to write the final track of his album.

The Light of Mullae

2025

2010s · 7 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

Made in Korea poster
8.2

In 1970s South Korea, follow two men on opposite sides of power — one driven by ambition, the other by justice. As their worlds collide, greed, loyalty, and survival intertwine in a battle that will shape a nation.

Made in Korea

2025

Welcome to Samdal-ri poster
8.2

After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.

Welcome to Samdal-ri

2023

Good Boy poster
8.6

Olympic medalists join the police force through a special recruitment program, trading medals for badges as they tackle violent crimes and injustices with their athletic skills.

Good Boy

2025

Reborn Rich poster
8.0

After ten years, a loyal employee is framed for embezzlement, then murdered by his employers, only to be reborn as their youngest son, with a yearn for revenge guiding his hostile takeover.

Reborn Rich

2022

O’PENing poster
6.3

O'PENing is the new name of Drama Stage which has been broadcasting the winning work of the O'PEN storyteller contest. The franchise will continue to make meaningful steps to introduce and support new writers to see the light of the world and diversify content genres.

O’PENing

2022

My Dearest poster
8.4

A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.

My Dearest

2023

Strong Girl Nam-soon poster
7.7

Gifted with superhuman strength, a young woman returns to Korea to find her birth family — only to be entangled in a drug case that could test her power.

Strong Girl Nam-soon

2023

Bargain poster
7.0

A group of strangers gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives – seeking to bargain. After an unexpected earthquake traps them inside the building. With no one to trust, they must find a way to survive.

Bargain

2022

Love Scout poster
8.0

Yoo Eun-ho, a single dad armed with perfection, becomes the secretary of Kang Ji-yun, the CEO of a popular headhunter company, who doesn't do anything except work.

Love Scout

2025