Byun Joong-hee

Acting

Byun Joong-hee

Born

1950-01-16 (76)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Byun Joong-hee is a South Korean actress.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 33 titles

Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy poster
7.5

Kim Dok-ja, an ordinary man in his 20s, is the only reader of an obscure web novel titled "Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse". After having read the last chapter, the novel suddenly becomes reality, and its omnipotent hero Yu Jung-hyeok appears before Kim. As the only person who knows how to survive in this world, Kim and his companions strive to save the world by writing his own, new ending.

Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy

2025

Hidden Face poster
5.3

Su-yeon, a cellist in an orchestra led by her fiancé and conductor Sung-jin, disappears one day, leaving behind only a video recording. Sung-jin is devasted over the loss of Su-yeon, but feels a strong attraction to Mi-ju, a cellist who fills in for his fiancée. Then one rainy night, Sung-jin and Mi-ju get swept away by their mutual desires for each other and commit an unforgivable act at Su-yeon's house.

Hidden Face

2024

Alienoid: Return to the Future poster
6.7

Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.

Alienoid: Return to the Future

2024

Emergency Declaration poster
7.4

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

Emergency Declaration

2022

Concrete Utopia poster
6.9

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.

Concrete Utopia

2023

The World of Love poster
7.7

Jooin, a 17-year-old student confused by love, unleashes chaos with some words spoken in a moment of anger. Anonymous notes questioning her actions begin to arrive, altering her quiet life.

The World of Love

2025

A Normal Family poster
6.9

Jae-wan, a successful lawyer, takes on the case of a rich executive's son, who has purposely run over and killed a man and left his daughter seriously injured. It's Jae-wan's job to defend a murderer, just another rung on his career's golden-stepped ladder. His younger brother, on the contrary, is a scrupulous and upstanding paediatrician, who always puts the health of his patients over profit and money, often contravening the rules of the private clinic where he works. The brothers meet once a month with their wives for fine dining in expensive restaurants, but when an unexpected situation involving their teenage kids arises, their consciences are questioned and their usual dinner conversation takes an unexpected turn.

A Normal Family

2024

Where Would You Like to Go? poster
5.0

Do-gyeong jumped in to save his student Ji-yong from drowning. After the two pass away, Myeongji, Do-gyeong's wife, and Ji-eun, Ji-yong's sister, are left alone in the world, having to cope with the loss of their loved ones. Myeongji travels to Warsaw, Poland, to avoid her harsh reality. She meets an old friend and hides her husband's death as if trying to reject the tragedy.

Where Would You Like to Go?

2023

Mercy Killing poster
NR

In a crime city, grandmother tries to drink euthanasia pills.

Mercy Killing

2022

Red Nails poster
NR

Hong-i, who suffers from debt, brings her mother Seo-hee, who is in a nursing home, to pay off her debt.

Red Nails

2025

Drifting poster
NR

Hye-ja, who is struggling with her job in Seoul, dreams of moving up from a semi-basement flat to a studio apartment. Working at an insurance company's call center, she faces challenges at work due to her rough dialect and fiery personality. To borrow money for the move, Hye-ja travels to Busan to see her mother, but no matter how hard she knocks on the door, her mother does not answer.

Drifting

2026

Star of Ulsan poster
5.0

Yunhwa, who works at a shipyard to manage their livelihood after her husband′s accident, receives a notice of unfair dismissal. To make matters worse, their relatives suddenly come and try to take away the family land. Her son loses a large sum of money with Bitcoin, and her daughter dreams of escaping to Seoul while giving up her studies.

Star of Ulsan

2024

Tiny Light poster
5.0

Jinmu starts to record things he should remember with a camera after hearing that he could lose his memory due to the prearranged brain surgery. Memories of family and his forgotten father comes to Jinmu's mind as he takes records of his life.

Tiny Light

2020

Ms. Apocalypse poster
8.0

Young-mi, the bookkeeper at a factory, is ridiculed for her dowdy appearance and called ‘Ms. Apocalypse’ by her colleagues. Do-young, a delivery driver, is the only one to show her any decency and kindness. As her feelings for him grow, Young-mi strives to get him off the hook even when she finds out that Do-young has been embezzling company money. It becomes the last day of 1999, and in the midst of people's fear that the world will come to an end, Young-mi gets arrested for aiding Do-young's crime. And thus, her new millennium starts wretchedly. As she walks out of prison after a few months, she comes across Do-young’s wife, Yu-jin, waiting for her and this unexpected visitor makes an implausible but compelling offer.

Ms. Apocalypse

2024

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

Samhee: The Adventure of 3 Joys poster
NR

Hye-rim is an actress who suffers from trauma after an underwater accident during filming. She moves to the remote city of Yang-ju, where she starts an isolated life. One day, Hye-rim stumbles upon the old ‘Sam-hee Apartment.' An adventure begins in her daily life as she becomes involved with the apartment.

Samhee: The Adventure of 3 Joys

2025

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

No artwork available
NR

Wolgeum applies for home care benefits for her husband Jaeho, but is frustrated by the rigorous screening process. Meanwhile, she learns from her friends the secret to passing the re-screening.

Dear Wolgeum

2026

Walking Backwards poster
NR

32-year-old Siheon, a delivery worker at Eurwangni Beach, is soon to be a college student. One day, as he is congratulated by the aunties at the restaurant, a Japanese man approaches and informs him his mother is dead. 30-year-old Ryota is the son of Siheon’s mother who left young Siheon and have a new family of her own in Japan. The brothers who met for the first time and Siheon’s friend Yejin head to Siheon’s old house in Chinatown where his mother’s trinkets are buried.

Walking Backwards

2020

No artwork available
NR

Two years after her boyfriend Jonghoon passed away, Soohyun seems that she hasn’t forgotten him yet. One day, she hears the news from Jonghoon´s younger brother Jihoon that their family is going to hold Jonghoon´s soul wedding ceremony.

Second funeral

2021

Drown poster
6.3

Dowoo runs an old motel – adjacent to a lake with thousands of Korean War victims at its bottom – as well as caring for his mother who has dementia. One wintry day she disappears without a trace. In her stead, a cute little dog appears. Everyone helps kind-hearted, somewhat shy Dowoo search for her. However, when his mother isn’t found, rumours arise that he may have killed her. Has he started having doubts himself? It doesn’t help that he swallowed her tranquillisers on the day she went missing, and can’t remember a thing.

Drown

2022

The Thread poster
NR

Myeongseon is a veteran who has been earning a living doing sewing work at Changsin-dong sewing alley. Watching famous actors featuring in K-dramas wearing designer products that she custom-made is her greatest joy. However, work is decreasing and her close co-worker friend Hyun left Changsin-dong. Now Myeongseon is concerned.

The Thread

2020

The Slug poster
6.3

Chunhee, who is left alone after her parents died right after IMF crisis, has been living in her mother’s childhood house ever since then. She makes a living by peeling garlics, and saves some money for the treatment for hyperhidrosis. Everything was fine until she got struck by lightning. When she comes around and gets home, she encounters herself waiting for her, to be specific, her younger self.

The Slug

2022

Today's Cinema poster
NR

After a five-year hiatus, actor Cheolgi returns to acting. He meets his co-star Hyerang for the first time at a pre-meeting for Today's Cinema. After the meeting, the two spend time trying to break the ice, but their day goes awry in the heat of the summer.

Today's Cinema

2023

The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin poster
NR

The movie, which seemed likely to be a video study by a local researcher on comfort women in the military camp town, is becoming an increasingly fictional world, including visits by the dead, resulting in historical, fantastic and allegorical results.

The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin

2022

Syndrome poster
NR

Dong Jin, the owner of a mask manufacturing factory, brings his son to the emergency room. Because his son gets bitten by a dog with the rabies. While he is at the hospital, the factory workers fight over the future of struggling company.

Syndrome

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Help Me!

2020

No artwork available
NR

Baekho is a child actor in the early days of her career, and Miho is an MTF transgender gaffer who returns to work after a long time. They keep running into each other in the corners of the set.

Transit

2022

Pollock poster
NR

The pollock drying site where Yeong Hwa works and the apartment construction site where his son Seok Hun works are bustling. As the protagonist learns of the disappearance of Jin-chul, the son of her colleague Ok-soon, she becomes increasingly suspicious of her son Seok Hun the more she tries to help Ok-soon.

Pollock

2024

Nineteen poster
5.0

It was one day after summer vacation, in 2008. Sojeong, a senior high school student, lives with her sick mother, but dreams to live alone and be a musician though the reality is frustrating. Just listening to music on MP3 and writing down the lyrics of the songs she wrote on her mini-homepage is Sojeong´s only escape.

Nineteen

2021

Leak poster
NR

Suhee, a water purifier management manager, discovers she has urinary incontinence due to an unexpected incident at a customer's house.

Leak

2023

Silver Delivery poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Silver Delivery

2020

No artwork available
NR

Yehwa is a basic livelihood recipient who enjoys her life. One day, her daughter Seji comes and asks to live together.

The Way Home

2022

2010s · 2 titles

Series credits

Weak Hero poster
8.7

With the aid of unexpected friends, a gifted but introverted student confronts bullies and violent foes — unaware of how dangerous his world will become.

Weak Hero

2022

Taxi Driver poster
8.2

A former special forces soldier delivers revenge for victims of injustice while working for a secret organization that fronts as a taxi company.

Taxi Driver

2021

Dr. Romantic poster
8.1

An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.

Dr. Romantic

2016

When Life Gives You Tangerines poster
8.8

In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.

When Life Gives You Tangerines

2025

Love Next Door poster
7.9

A woman attempting to reboot her life returns to Korea and becomes entangled with her childhood friend — with whom she shares a complicated history.

Love Next Door

2024

Flex X Cop poster
7.6

A chaebol cop joins forces with a gritty detective to take down criminals with a touch of wealth and a whole lot of wit.

Flex X Cop

2024

Reborn Rookie poster
8.2

After a powerful conglomerate chairman is betrayed by his children and wakes up in the body of a young soccer player, he uses his business genius and athletic physique to seek ultimate revenge against his family.

Reborn Rookie

2026

SBS Drama Awards poster
9.0

The hottest actors, producers, and writers gather together to celebrate the end of the year at the 2017 SBS Drama Awards. In 2017, there were many dramas that captured the heart of the viewers. What will be the show that has been loved the most by viewers? And who will be the best actor of 2017?

SBS Drama Awards

1992

One Day Off poster
7.9

Park Ha Kyung teaches Korean literature at a high school. To escape her ordinary days, Park Ha Kyung decides to take one day trips on Saturdays. During her one day trip, she walks around, eats different foods, and meets various people. She realizes she receives comfort and empathy through her travels.

One Day Off

2023

Unframed poster
NR

Unframed is an omnibus film project made by four actors who each wrote and directed an episode for themselves.

Unframed

2021

Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? poster
6.5

A revelatory cup of coffee at a café leads a man to overhaul his entire life. Inspired, he sets out to learn about both coffee and people's lives.

Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?

2021