Oh Kwang-rok

Acting

Oh Kwang-rok

Born

1962-08-27 (64)

Place of birth

Busan, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

82 titles

Oh Kwang-rok is a South Korean actor.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

No Other Choice poster
7.5

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

No Other Choice

2025

Return to Seoul poster
6.2

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

Return to Seoul

2022

Fighter poster
6.5

After a few months of social adjustment training, the North Korean refugee Jina moves to a small studio in Seoul and starts her new life. To bring her father to South Korea, she needs money but no matter how hard she works, the discrimination doesn’t let her save enough money.

Fighter

2021

The Cursed Lesson poster
4.5

Online fashion model Hyo-jeong faces imminent threat of being unemployed because of the younger and more fashionable generation coming after her. While relying on surgical procedures and treatments, Hyo-jeong hears about a mysterious yoga class that helps make perfect body shape from her old high school classmate, Ga-yeong. Hyo-jeong eventually attends the yoga class with three classmates: Mi-yeon, a boxer who failed to keep her body fit, Ji-won, who has unstable mental condition, and Ye-na, a movie star who is morbidly obsessed with her appearance. Meanwhile, police start to investigate the enigma behind this yoga class after finding out that a murder in the neighborhood was committed by a woman named Bo-ra, a former yoga class student.

The Cursed Lesson

2020

Jukdo Surfing Diary poster
5.0

Soo-jeong is camping on Jukdo Beach, while Jeong-yong has left there for a long time and returned. Soo-jeong and Jeong-yong inevitably meet surfing on the beach. Besides, Jukdo Beach, which emerged as a surfing hot place, gets sick and tired of the heat as time goes by and the girl surfer Bi-joo is finally destined to leave there.

Jukdo Surfing Diary

2020

Coming of Age poster
NR

In today’s harsh world, where it’s hard to live even if you want to work, Jae-soon, who struggles to get through each day without any preparation for the future, has a dream. It is to share three warm meals a day with her daughter in a safe and stable home. To prepare a coming-of-age gift for her daughter, Su-min, she sells pieces of her own body.

Coming of Age

2026

The Nightmare poster
3.5

Film director Yeon-woo has a hard time ever since his daughter died a few years ago. Unable to forget her, Yeon-woo writes a screenplay about his daughter. One day when they are shooting the movie, Yeon-woo's wife comes to the movie set in order to meet Yeon-woo. Ji-yeon wanders around the set by herself to end up getting locked in a cold storage unit and is found dead the next morning.

The Nightmare

2020

Before the Call poster
NR

Jinwoo, a Korean American, returns to Seoul amid an escalating global crisis. Despite being exempt from service, he’s determined to enlist in the military and join the Korean soldiers being sent overseas. Awaiting his deployment day, he spends his time wandering the city’s winding streets, reconnecting with old friends and trying to win the approval of his stern, reserved father. A quiet tension builds as the big day approaches, and Jinwoo begins to question his decision.

Before the Call

2025

2010s · 30 titles

Always poster
7.8

A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.

Always

2011

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

The Spies poster
6.9

Kim, a North Korean spy, lives in South Korea for 22 years and is contacted unexpectedly by his superior. His team plans to complete an earlier mission and steal the target's large stockpile of cash.

The Spies

2012

Warriors of the Dawn poster
6.9

A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.

Warriors of the Dawn

2017

Fasten Your Seatbelt poster
5.7

Hallyu star Ma Joon-Gyu boards an airplane that will take him from Tokyo to Seoul, but the plane is soon swept up into a typhoon and faces danger.

Fasten Your Seatbelt

2013

The Con Artists poster
6.9

A wily safecracker is forced to help a mob boss pull off a $150 million heist, but smells a double-cross in the works.

The Con Artists

2014

Rough Play poster
6.9

Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight.

Rough Play

2013

11 A.M. poster
5.5

In the not-so distant future, researchers at a deep-sea laboratory have finally invented a time machine. Head researcher Woo-seok is promised funding from a mega-corporation if he completes a test flight. He and Young-eun carry out the mission and travel to 11 A.M. the next day, only to find the base on the verge of collapse. All the researchers are gone and someone is out to kill them.

11 A.M.

2013

Mai Ratima poster
7.4

Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age story about Soo-young, a miserable thirtysomething man and Mai-Ratima, a 22-year-old Thai girl who accepts a mail order marriage in order to realize her Korean Dream. Into their relationship comes Young-jin, a hostess, slowly turning it into a love triangle.

Mai Ratima

2012

Born To Sing poster
6.0

Ever since he was young, Bong-nam dreamed of becoming a singer and was never able to keep a real job. One day, he ends up auditioning for a national singing contest to be held in his hometown, but his wife opposes him and they have a major fall out. Will he be able to make his dire wish of becoming a singer come true and keep his love?

Born To Sing

2013

Killer Toon poster
6.7

A web-comic artist finds that a series of murders are occurring that have a disturbing resemblance to the images in her work.

Killer Toon

2013

Eating, Talking, Faucking poster
1.0

Eating, Talking, Faucking consists of 18 episodes. Some of which include a story of a 70's old man and 14-year-old kids talking candidly, a story of a soldier who is about to die and a serial killer, a story of men and women who have a blind date in the nude and a story of the creator who made human beings and mediates desires. All of which, contains honest sex talk on the screen.

Eating, Talking, Faucking

2013

The Tooth and the Nail poster
7.1

Seok-jin, a magician at a club, meets a mysterious woman, Ha-yeon, who soon becomes his assistant and fiance. Things take a turn when she is found dead and he must find out what happened.

The Tooth and the Nail

2017

Old Days poster
6.6

Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook's original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive's Blu-ray release and first screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival.

Old Days

2016

Beautiful Days poster
6.6

At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar…

Beautiful Days

2018

Night Fishing poster
5.7

A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the water's edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman.

Night Fishing

2011

Man of Vendetta poster
6.3

A respected pastor is shattered when his daughter is kidnapped and not returned. He renounces his faith in God and becomes a corrupt businessman. Years later, he receives a call and finds that his daughter is still alive and is with the kidnapper. His resolute attempt to rescue her begins.

Man of Vendetta

2010

No Doubt poster
6.5

A young girl goes missing just as a convicted sex offender moves into town. The girl's father, the inhabitants of the towns and even law enforcement believe he is responsible for the disappearance.

No Doubt

2010

Autumn Sonata poster
5.2

It is said that time is equal to everyone but things are different to Suryeon who turns 30. She doesn't have much time to live. Her dad died from disease when she was young. She expects the same path.

Autumn Sonata

2017

Sunday Punch poster
7.0

This movie will tell a family story of working as a rookie secretary for an upright politician, going through rooting out all sorts of corruption and at the same time living a life as a father.

Sunday Punch

2011

Red poster
NR

Red, a young woman who killed her father after giving birth to his child, meets Rex, a young man a who repairs musical instruments. The two hit it off and go on a road trip together. Can these two scarred people find love?

Red

2010

Live TV poster
4.2

Cheong-rok would like to shoot a threesome sex on his mobile with his friend Seon-hong and Ja-ju, who had agreed to participate in their broadcast, changes her mind at the last minute. They looking for another girl but, that night in a small motel, they get a call from Ja-ju who decides to join. While Cheong-rok goes out to pick her up, the other girl disappears leaving the floor scattered by her blood. Soon after they realize that the most of guests in the motel are brutally murdered. Terrified, Seon-hong and Ja-ju try to escape whereas Cheong-rok is still broadcasting what’s happening because the number of viewers of their broadcasting hits 200,000 and is still growing.

Live TV

2015

God's Eye View poster
NR

A Christian missionary group is abducted by Islamic rebels. In fear for their lives, the group slowly sees their faith in each other slip away.

God's Eye View

2014

The Stone poster
6.0

A gang boss Nam-hae meets a young Go player Min-su, who rekindles his interest in the game. Despite his outstanding talent, Min-su has been wasting his days as a gambler without pursuing a real career out of it. Nam-hae orders his second in command to persuade Min-su and Min-su becomes Nam-hae’s private Go tutor. In learning Go from Min-su, Nam-hae looks back on his own life. While Min-su discovers the coarse masculine underworld, the meaning of life and true victory through Nam-hae. However, when Nam-hae’s competition starts to expand their territory, Nam-hae is forced into a path to destruction.

The Stone

2014

Rainbow Playground poster
5.5

Out of nowhere, a homeless Tae-sung shows up and sets up his so-called house in an apartment’s playground. The playground is not only for children but also for neighbors who come and go to share their stories. Tae-sung observes what people do around the playground and sometimes he helps them to solve the problem. When the righteous homeless becomes almost like a sheriff of the playground, suddenly female residents disappear one by one.

Rainbow Playground

2019

Endless Joke poster
NR

A joke story of two men who met after a long time in Jeju Island. Their bland jokes gradually become more secretive that are repeated like serious jokes, like a Mobius strip.

Endless Joke

2011

No artwork available
NR

Ho Tae lived in Seoul while he was a trainee for a band on a contract. When he realizes that his agency has been taking advantage of him, he comes down to Busan along with his weak mother to settle down. The movie shows the episodes he experiences while he attends a small band academy in Busan.

Rock N Roll Grandpa

2018

Five Senses of Love poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Five Senses of Love

2015

Our Older Sister poster
5.5

Yeon-Seo (Yang Ha-Eun) majors in music at an university. She travels to Seoul to meet her older sister Jin-Seo. When she arrives at her sister's house, Yeon-Seo sees a large crowd and police there. Yeon-Seo learns that her sister was found dead. The police concluded that her death was a suicide. Yeon-Seo doubts her sister took her own life and begins to investigate. Detective Kim (Oh Gwang-Rok), impressed by Yeon-Seo's efforts, reexamines the case.

Our Older Sister

2014

If You Were Me poster
5.0

An omnibus movie consisting of three shorts by CHOI Ikhwan, SHIN Yeonsik, and LEE Gwangguk. A delightful dissection of human rights in this day and age through a student who gets punished for wanting to eat deokbokki, a man with delusions of grandeur, an insurance agent who spends a strange day.

If You Were Me

2016

2000s · 22 titles

Oldboy poster
8.2

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Oldboy

2003

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance poster
7.5

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002

Lady Vengeance poster
7.5

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Lady Vengeance

2005

A Moment to Remember poster
7.8

A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.

A Moment to Remember

2004

A Bittersweet Life poster
7.4

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

A Bittersweet Life

2005

Take Off poster
6.1

Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.

Take Off

2009

The End poster
NR

An omnibus of four episodes each of which stars four protagonists: a guy suffering from nightmares; a lady having an arranged marriage set up following a break-up with her longstanding boy friend; another guy endlessly talking to his supposed-to-be-brother, and another lady unable to meet the deadline for her translations.

The End

2009

She's on Duty poster
6.4

A boisterous detective goes undercover in a high school in order to befriend the teenage daughter of a notorious gangster.

She's on Duty

2005

Like Father, Like Son poster
5.0

A former rock star, Tae-su, returns home to his son after a 15year absence. His son is filled with resentment, but when they are joined unexpectedly by a girl called Mari, an unlikely family forms.

Like Father, Like Son

2008

The Case of Itaewon Homicide poster
6.4

The two Korean American teenagers murder an innocent college student at a restaurant in Itaewon at 10 pm on April 8th in 1997. These two criminals show no respect or remorse towards the bereaved family at the court.

The Case of Itaewon Homicide

2009

Maundy Thursday poster
7.0

Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.

Maundy Thursday

2006

Waikiki Brothers poster
6.8

Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leaving the three remaining members to continue on the road. The band ends up at the lead singer's hometown, which was a popular hot spring resort in the '80s, but the return home is filled with reservations of previous and past disappointments, a lost love, unemployment and tragedy.

Waikiki Brothers

2001

Seven Days poster
6.7

A successful lawyer who, in order to save her daughter, is pressured into defending the innocence of a man slated to receive the death penalty.

Seven Days

2007

Spring Bears Love poster
5.8

An unlucky-in-love woman grows obsessed with finding out the writer behind a series of romantic notes inside the library books that she checks out.

Spring Bears Love

2003

Mr. Socrates poster
6.2

A low-life scumbag gets kidnapped by a mysterious gang and put through inhumane training to become a mole inside the police force.

Mr. Socrates

2005

Baby and Me poster
6.4

A rebellious high school student sees his life take a strange turn when he goes to the grocery store and someone leaves a baby in his shopping cart, along with a note claiming he's the father.

Baby and Me

2008

A Boy Who Went to Heaven poster
7.3

After a miraculous second chance at life, a 13-year-old boy reincarnated into a 33-year-old man has 60 days to win a single mother's heart.

A Boy Who Went to Heaven

2005

Vampire Cop Ricky poster
4.4

A mosquito from Transylvania finds its way to Seoul where it bites Na Do-yol, a corrupt police officer. Soon after he begins to develop a thirst for blood, and finds out that he has vampire super powers whenever he becomes sexually aroused. When Do-yol's past misdeeds come back to threaten his partner and girlfriend, he decides to clean up his act and sets out for revenge.

Vampire Cop Ricky

2006

How Does the Blind Dream poster
NR

One day, a girl customer starts telling sexual jokes to a blind acupuncturist. Her visits create a sensation to his monotonous life and awaken his hidden desire. The blind acupuncturist slowly falls into a fantasy of the Brazilian Carnival and faces its fever in his reality...

How Does the Blind Dream

2005

The Elephant on the Bike poster
5.5

The Elephant On The Bike is a coming-of-age drama about a man whose childhood has been overcast in painful memories due to his disability. It's a candid story about one man's internal struggles as he makes the transition from adolescence to adulthood, carrying the psychological wound caused by his physical deformity, plus the impact of his disability on his family. Despite the constant social and family conflicts that dampen his already disheartened soul, a glimmer of hope arises as he discovers the ultimate joy of life - loving someone and being loved. In his feature-length debut, Kwon conveys the message that not all physically challenged protagonists end up miraculously overcoming their hardships. A poignant tearjerker minus the superficial themes, The Elephant On The Bike offers realism throughout its heartwarming tale.

The Elephant on the Bike

2007

The Last Wolf poster
7.2

A detective tired of bloody and cruel crimes in Seoul negotiates a transfer to a crime-free town in the country, where he lives a life of peace and bliss. But then his new police station is listed for closure due to the town's complete absence of crime in the last 20 years.

The Last Wolf

2004

The End of April poster
NR

I heard from my wife that there was a man she loved. I sent a letter to that man. In my wife's name... At the train station, there is a man waiting for my wife without knowing anything. He is the man my wife loved. Now, I start observing him while hiding my identity.

The End of April

2000

Series credits

Empress Ki poster
7.3

A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.

Empress Ki

2013

Doctor Kkang poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Doctor Kkang

2006

Tomorrow with You poster
6.6

Real-estate CEO Yoo So-joon uses his ability to travel through time to marry photographer Song Ma-rin in an attempt to change his future.

Tomorrow with You

2017

Big Issue poster
4.8

Due to a photograph, Han Seok-Joo loses everything, including his job as a photographer for a top newspaper and his family. Ji Soo-Hyun is the notorious chief editor of a paparazzi group. She hires the man to become a paparazzi photographer.

Big Issue

2019

Island poster
8.1

Evil took its first step to destroy the world. On the mysterious island of Jeju Island, the gateway to this, "Van," a mix of human and monster, "Won Mi-ho," the one in the center of fate, and "Johan," the one who exercises God’s power, come together. A strange, yet captivating, action-packed exorcism fantasy in which they fight evil, share the fate of saving the world, and defy their own...

Island

2022

Healer poster
8.3

A star reporter, a second-rate journalist and a man by the code name "Healer" are brought together by a long-buried incident that hides dark truths.

Healer

2014

Vampire Idol poster
6.7

A naive vampire prince from Vampire planet visits Earth to see a live performance of his favorite idol contender. He remains stuck on Earth with his three trusted and loyal servants. He then decides to join the competition himself and struggles to become a global pop idol.

Vampire Idol

2011

Uncle Samsik poster
7.4

Driven to turn his country's fortunes around, Kim San crosses paths with Pak Doochill, a shady fixer who adapts quickly to any situation; together, the pair form an uneasy alliance.

Uncle Samsik

2024

Extracurricular poster
8.1

Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.

Extracurricular

2020

Iron Lady Cha poster
2.0

A drama about three generations of a family; parents in their 50s who sacrifice their lives to their children and their parents.

Iron Lady Cha

2015

High School King of Savvy poster
7.5

Lee Min Suk is just a normal high school hockey player - until he's forced to take his brother's place as the director for a major company. Now he's forced to balance school work, hockey practice, and making multi-million dollar decisions. No big deal?

High School King of Savvy

2014

The Legend poster
6.5

This drama portrays the life of the 19th king of Goguryeo, Hwanwoong, who was sent from the heavens to make the world a better place. He falls in love with Saeoh and gives her the joojak necklace; however, Kajin becomes jealous since Saeoh has given birth to Hwanwoong's son. She takes the baby and throws him off a cliff. Saeoh, thinking that her son had died, is overcome with grief and turns into the black joojak to destroy the world. Hwanwoong is the only one who could stop her. Afterwards, Hwanwoong returns to the Heavens and prophecizes that 2000 years later, the true Joo Shin king will come to Earth. With the help of the four gods, he will rebuild Joo Shin.

The Legend

2007

Melancholia poster
7.4

A sexual scandal between a math teacher and a student in a prestigious high school ended in tragedy. 4 years later they meet again, now as adults, to reveal the corruptions in school and to regain one's reputation as a teacher.

Melancholia

2021

A Model Family poster
6.8

After unwittingly stealing money from a cartel, a cash-strapped professor finds the only way to save his broken family is by working as a drug courier.

A Model Family

2022

Devilish Joy poster
7.9

The strange but beautiful love story of a genius doctor who suffers from "Cinderella Memory Disorder" in which the memories of the previous day disappear at twelve o'clock and a washed-up actress.

Devilish Joy

2018

Powerful Opponents poster
5.3

Cha Young Jin is the first female to ever work as a bodyguard in the Presidential resident, Chungwadae. Young Jin and Yoo Gwang Pil work as bodyguards assigned to watch over the president's son, Kang Soo Ho. They are assigned to guard Soo Ho for 15 months.

Powerful Opponents

2008

Love Cells poster
5.5

Fresh from playing matchmaker in Love Cells, the love guru Ne-bi returns to work her magic on a couple that is tragically torn apart when they lose memories of their romance.

Love Cells

2014

If In Love Like Them poster
3.6

Lee Na (Lee Hyo Ri) is a rising singer who was about to debut but tradegy struck her when she found out she had leukemia. Another girl took her place and sang her debut song at her concert. Now everybody thinks that the other girl is her. Jung Tae (Lee Dong Gun) survived a department store collapse only to find out that he has cancer. Lee Na and Jung Tae meet and fall in love.

If In Love Like Them

2007

Short Family poster
4.0

A Sitcom about a middle aged household head, a mother and a competent career woman.

Short Family

2012

风云真空真之创世神话:高丽篇 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

风云真空真之创世神话:高丽篇

2007

바다가 들린다 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

바다가 들린다

2019

조용한 식사 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

조용한 식사

2016