Acting

Bae Joong-sik

Born 1967-12-27

Acting credits

Crossing poster
7.1

Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.

Crossing

2008

The Isle poster
6.9

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.

The Isle

2000

The Duelist poster
6.5

Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each other in a series of duels and become confused between love and obligation to duty.

The Duelist

2005

Shiri poster
6.4

North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.

Shiri

1999

Yoga poster
5.1

After being replaced by a younger coworker, TV host Hyo-jeong enrolls in an intensive yoga course that has serious consequences for anyone who fails to follow its rules.

Yoga

2009

My Boss, My Hero poster
6.2

When a young gang leader seems to be just a bit too stupid to effectively carry out his daily tasks, his superiors order him to go back to school for his high school diploma. Posing as a 19-year-old, he soon learns that the school is even more corrupt and vicious. Wrath is unleashed.

My Boss, My Hero

2001

Public Enemy Returns poster
6.6

Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.

Public Enemy Returns

2008

Going by the Book poster
7.3

The chief of Sampo City Police Office, Seung-u, organizes a simulation of a bank robbery, but a by-the-book cop gets too caught up in the role playing in which the simulation doesn't go the way he had anticipated.

Going by the Book

2007

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well poster
6.4

The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans – a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simultaneously involved with.

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

1996

Real Fiction poster
5.5

A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds up within the artist, leading him to embark upon a quest to gain revenge on all those who have humiliated him.

Real Fiction

2000

Sword In The Moon poster
5.3

Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being systematically eliminated by a mysterious assassin. An arrogant master swordsman is in charge of putting an end to the carnage.

Sword In The Moon

2003

Blackjack poster
4.5

Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.

Blackjack

1997

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

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid poster
7.3

While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after Myonggil is released from military service, he goes to visit his childhood friend and finds out that their lives have taken very different paths.

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid

1994

Die Bad poster
6.1

Die Bad is an inventive feature made up of four distinct episodes, each with their own style. With their criss-crossing characters and themes, they add up to a fairly comprehensive account of the causes and effects of male aggression, both tribal and individual.

Die Bad

2000

Parallel Life poster
6.2

A young man finds out that he is living a completely identical life to another man who lived decades ago. And when his wife is murdered the same way as the previous man's, he decides to dig into the older case to find clues about who was the murderer this time.

Parallel Life

2010

Break Out poster
6.2

Bent on reclaiming a lighter which is his only possession, a broke man pursues the thief, who turns out to be a mob boss planning to hijack a train.

Break Out

2002

White Badge poster
5.8

A Vietnam war veteran writes a series of articles about his war experiences for a local newspaper. As he does so, another veteran, drawn by the articles, begins randomly appearing in his life.

White Badge

1992

Rules of the Game poster
6.0

A car wash attendant Yong-dae decides move to Seoul with his girlfriend Tae-suk for join the most dangerous gang Yu Kwangcheon. On the way to Seoul they lost entire of savings to a swindler Man-su whom the most wanted by Yu Kwangcheon.

Rules of the Game

1994

Scent of a Man poster
6.0

One foggy spring day, the 12-year-old Hyeok-su meets the young Eun-hye and determines then and there that he will love her for the rest of his life. Many years later, Hyeok-su is preparing to enter college when he rescues a woman from assault. It turns out to be Eun-hye. Despite the passage of time, neither had forgotten the other and they renew their relationship. However, fate places another smitten man in Eun-hye's life. He is also determined that he will marry Eun-hye. Eventually, Eun-hye is forced to choose between them.

Scent of a Man

1998