Lim Soo-jung

Acting

Lim Soo-jung

Born 1979-07-11 · Seoul, South Korea

Im Soo-jung (Hangul: 임수정; born on July 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress. After modeling for teen magazines, Im made her acting breakthrough in Kim Jee-woon's horror film A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), followed by the popular television drama I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004). She has since appeared in numerous films, notably Park Chan-wook's I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), Hur Jin-ho's Happiness (2007), Lee Yoon-ki's Come Rain, Come Shine (2011), and Min Kyu-dong's All About My Wife (for which she won Best Actress at the 2012 Blue Dragon Film Awards).

Acting credits

A Tale of Two Sisters poster
7.1

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

A Tale of Two Sisters

2003

Cobweb poster
6.5

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?

Cobweb

2023

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK poster
7.0

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

2006

Woochi: The Demon Slayer poster
6.8

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

Woochi: The Demon Slayer

2009

Finding Mr. Destiny poster
6.7

A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.

Finding Mr. Destiny

2010

Single in Seoul poster
6.2

A writer who praises living a life of single teams up with an editor who is desperate about finding her better half. Would it be possible for the two of them to finish the book?

Single in Seoul

2023

All About My Wife poster
6.6

A man asks a womanizer to seduce his wife in order to catalyze a divorce.

All About My Wife

2012

Phuket poster
NR

The story of the friendship between a young Korean actress and a limousine driver at a hotel in Thailand.

Phuket

2009

Time Renegades poster
7.1

A high-school teacher in 1983 and a detective in 2015 join forces through their dreams to change the perilous fate of the woman they both love—30 years apart.

Time Renegades

2016

...ing poster
6.7

Follows the life of a young woman who has become reserved and indifferent to the world as a result of her chronic illness deformed hand and quietly portrays the unconventional, yet endearing relationship between mother and daughter as well as the development of Min-ah as she is befriended by the high spirited and carefree photographer Young-jae who moves into their apartment complex.

...ing

2003

Perfect Proposal poster
6.2

An indebted young woman gets a proposal from a handsome man to apply for work on a luxury yacht with his boss, the difficult, infirm old chairman of a large company, where they can manipulate him to get their hands on his wealth.

Perfect Proposal

2015

Sad Movie poster
6.6

These intertwining stories about romance and separation follow a firefighter who can't find the right time to propose, a shy theme park worker who falls for an artist, an estranged mother and son, and a man seeking to regain his lost love.

Sad Movie

2005

Come Rain, Come Shine poster
6.0

A melodrama about a couple who have been married for five years, but who continue to play hide and seek with their true feelings.

Come Rain, Come Shine

2011

Mothers poster
6.7

The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband's teenage son by herself.

Mothers

2018

The Second Child poster
8.0

After three years of coma, Su-an wakes up to find the ghost of her dead sister asking for help but cannot understand what exactly she requires. Their mother, Geum-ok, believed to have lost her firstborn child to suicide, searches for the truth behind the death as a centuries-old family curse slowly reveals itself. As the two collide in a quest to discover the past and present reality, they come across Jae-in, an exact look-alike of the deceased sister.

The Second Child

2026

The Table poster
7.2

Four different women discuss life, love and marriage with people from their past and present during the course of one day at a café in Seoul.

The Table

2017

Happiness poster
6.9

Young, a careless person, suffers from terminal illness and gets admitted in a hospital for treatment. There, he falls in love with another patient. After recovering, will he get back to his former life?

Happiness

2007

Lump of Sugar poster
7.3

The daughter of a poor rancher, Si-eun's only hope is to one day, become a jockey. With her mother passing away at her birth, her favorite horse, Chun-doong, has become not only her friend, but also a soul mate. She is devastated when Chun-doong is sold to another owner, but when they are reunited two years later they have a chance to create a miracle by teaming up in a race.

Lump of Sugar

2006

The Romantic President poster
6.0

Min-wook is the president of South Korea, who receives popular votes from the citizens. One day, he goes to his daughter's school as his daughter makes trouble. However, Min-wook falls in love with his daughter's teacher there.

The Romantic President

2002

Our Cat poster
6.0

Born on the street, Lenny was forced to part with her mother by an ignorant human being. Soon after she was abandoned and taken back to the road. Fortunately, she was saved, and lived in temporary shelters til she met her present butler. Lenny's butler and documentary film director, Hee-seop, who was tired of city life, decides to take the camera to tell the story of various cat butlers who are practicing "coexistence" in their own ways, different from his own.

Our Cat

2020

El Fin del Mundo poster
NR

El Fin del Mundo (The End of the World) examines the meaning of art in a future era where, as envisioned by the artists, all social values and order have vanished. Part of the News from Nowhere contemporary art project.

El Fin del Mundo

2012

A Tale of Two Sisters: 'Making Of' poster
6.0

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Kim Jee-woon's 2003 psychological horror film 'A Tale of Two Sisters.'

A Tale of Two Sisters: 'Making Of'

2005

Behind the camera