Jeong Ae-hwa

Acting

Jeong Ae-hwa

Born

1963-09-23 (63)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 16 titles

Colony poster
8.1

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

Colony

2026

The Journey to Gyeong-ju poster
6.5

Eight years ago, the youngest daughter, Gyeong-ju, disappeared during a school field trip to Gyeongju and never came home alive. On what would have been her birthday, her mother Ok-sil and her three daughters—Jang-ju, Young-ju, and Dong-ju—put on matching family T-shirts and set off for Gyeongju, the place where Gyeong-ju vanished, in what appears to be a family trip to honor her memory. But beneath the cheerful façade lies a deadly secret. In the trunk of their van is a bound and unconscious man zipped inside a plastic bag.

The Journey to Gyeong-ju

2026

The Eyes poster
6.2

Seo-jin, a renowned photographer, is shattered by the sudden and mysterious death of her twin sister and sets out to uncover the truth. As her investigation deepens, an unseen presence begins to close in, twisting reality and driving her into a spiral of paranoia as her vision fades away. Now trapped in encroaching darkness, Seo-jin faces a terrifying revelation that shatters everything she thought she knew.

The Eyes

2026

Mungyeong: More than Roads poster
5.0

Disillusioned with her work life, Mun-gyeong goes on a vacation to Mungyeong City on a whim. There, she and Ga-eun, a Buddhist nun who was taking travelling practice, rescue a stray dog, Gil-soon. The three unite and spend a night of emotional solidarity at an old lady's house.

Mungyeong: More than Roads

2024

Hommage poster
6.8

A struggling filmmaker finds unexpected solidarity and validation when she takes on the job of restoring a classic 1960s film directed by the first known female South Korean director.

Hommage

2022

Gull poster
5.8

O-bok’s eldest daughter is about to get married to an educated, well-off young man, but she’s far from happy. It’s not just hot weather, hot flushes, her daughters’ materialism, her mother’s dementia, her husband’s drinking, or the impending gentrification of the food market where she sells fish – although all of that will push her to take a stand. After trying to cover it up, O-bok reveals to her daughter that she was raped by a fellow stallholder, the man organising the traders against their landlords. Increasingly furious, O-bok eschews the useless police to pursue her own justice, even if it means a physical fight.

Gull

2021

The Land of Morning Calm poster
6.8

Feeling stuck, young fisherman Yong-su sees no hope in his future - like a fish in a net. As a last resort, he plans an insurance scam by staging his disappearance, hoping to provide a better life for his Vietnamese wife and his ageing mother. At the centre of this scheme is his captain, Yeong-guk, who reluctantly reports Yong-su missing. However, when Yong-su’s mother refuses to connect her son’s disappearance with his death, the white lie snowballs into something harder to chew.

The Land of Morning Calm

2024

The Ripple poster
5.0

Still feeling guilty about her granddaughter′s death, Yebun spends her days in pain. Meanwhile, Okim, Yubun’s old friend in the village, passes away from an illness. Yebun briefly takes care of Jiyeoon, Okim’s granddaughter and her own deceased granddaughter’s friend.

The Ripple

2023

Family Portrait poster
NR

Despite never seeing eye to eye, Minjung's family always gathers for a family portrait on members' birthdays. Minjung's father passed away last year and the family decides to meet on his birthday for the keepsake tradition.

Family Portrait

2022

LArirang poster
6.0

The father, who insists on receiving formal New Year's bows in hanbok even in the U.S., is clearly unimpressed by his Korean American son-in-law, whose Korean is shaky at best. The mother, though proud of the son-in-law, is not so fond of her own son’s Mexican American girlfriend. Their two children, on the other hand, are more comfortable speaking English than Korean and prefer hot dogs over traditional Korean holiday food.

LArirang

2025

Lucky, Apartment poster
7.0

Lesbian couple Sun-woo and Hee-suh buy a small apartment, which they’ve put everything for. But when Sun-woo loses her job and injures her leg, their relationship begins to sour while Hee-suh is sorely responsible for paying the mortgage and interest. Their stress level reaches a fever pitch when a foul odor starts to emanate from downstairs.

Lucky, Apartment

2024

Days in Colors poster
NR

A-jung, a bedroom artist, finally lands a part-time job as a picture book instructor at a local community center, but her class is put at risk of cancellation as soon as it begins because of a student named Hyun-jun.

Days in Colors

2026

Galaxies poster
5.5

Eun-soo and Eun-ha, a couple, left of the popular music production company to shout their individuality and form a Milky Way band with Dong-eun. Meanwhile, Dong-eun, who was investing to earn living expenses, even invested the band's money, but failed.The rest of the members, angry at Dong-eun who disappeared, sell the guitar that means a lot to Dong-eun... Dong-eun returns and goes on a journey to find a guitar.

Galaxies

2024

The Burglars poster
NR

An elderly woman, Eunja, who lives in the countryside, teams up with Palbok, a burglar, to embark on a spree of robbing empty houses.

The Burglars

2026

Hansel: Two School Skirts poster
6.0

Shortly before the start of music class, where the teacher forces the students to sing as a punishment, Hansel, a high school student, realizes that she has forgotten to bring her recorder. For Hansel, the idea of singing in front of her classmates is worse than death, so she rushes home to get her recorder.

Hansel: Two School Skirts

2024

The Lee Families poster
NR

The country house, the only inheritance from the grandfather, was bequeathed to the eldest grandson. Upon hearing this news, the mother cannot simply stand by and allow it to happen.

The Lee Families

2023

2010s · 11 titles

Bring Me Home poster
6.7

Jung-yeon receives a tip-off that her son who went missing six years ago is in a fishing village. Local officers get in her way, trying to cover up a secret that might be related to her case.

Bring Me Home

2019

Alice in Earnestland poster
6.8

A young woman struggles to pay the hospital bills of her vegetative husband. Despite her hard work, there's no hope for him to ever wake up, until an opportunity arises.

Alice in Earnestland

2015

After My Death poster
7.0

When a school girl disappears, suicide is suspected, and one of her classmates is suspected of having goaded her into it.

After My Death

2018

Madonna poster
5.9

A hospital caregiver tries to stop an unidentified female ER patient, in a brain dead state and pregnant, from becoming a heart donor for a VIP patient.

Madonna

2015

My Little Brother poster
6.8

Soo-kyung works as a reporter. She has an older brother, Sung-ho, and younger sister, Joo-mi. She thinks of her two siblings as burdens. One day, Nak appears in front of them. He is their youngest sibling.

My Little Brother

2017

Blue Busking poster
4.0

Ho-bin and three friends were born and raised in Mokpo. They decide to take part in the band contest held in Jarasum after they formed the band, ‘Road No.1’. Then they come up with a plan to go there on foot in 30 days, doing busking on the road. They also contact broadcasting and join Hye-kyung, who is the producer of the broadcast company, on their journey. However, Hye-kyung looks down on what they are doing. What is worse, Ho-bin suddenly breaks away and the band ‘Road No.1’ is in crisis. Will they get through it and take part in the band contest?

Blue Busking

2017

Pick Up Artist poster
4.5

The four male characters in this film don’t seem to have much in common: a college student who accidentally comes across a sex tape of his girlfriend, an unemployed man lives at the mercy of his wife. The third man lives with his ill mother and finally, Min Gi who works as a pick-up artist teaching seduction skills. The four men head to the flashy nightclub, leaving behind their life troubles.

Pick Up Artist

2014

Glass Garden poster
6.2

Despite her disabled leg, the Ph.D. student Jae-yeon is a brilliant researcher with a rare ability to communicate with nature. Having been hurt by her hypocrite colleague and lover, she turns her back to the world and goes deep into the forest to live alone in a glass garden.

Glass Garden

2017

Examination Hell of Raichu poster
6.0

After 17 years that Chang-ryeol has spent watching French movies in his room out of his love for French films, he (finally) became a real French. His parents worry about their son so they decide to call in a French doctor, Truffaut for help.

Examination Hell of Raichu

2016

The Insect Woman poster
NR

A high school student thinks disgust is the real feelings she can feel. Before the election of the school president, she is looking for her classmate who has been abused by her and quit middle school.

The Insect Woman

2017

Dancing with You poster
NR

For Jung Han, dancing is a direction of life and an escape from reality. Jeonghan dances at a gay club at night. Jeonghan's mother, Insuk, is not happy with such a son.

Dancing with You

2013

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