Jo Deok-jae

Acting

Jo Deok-jae

Born

1968-03-02 (58)

Place of birth

Yeosu, South Jeolla, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Rude Miss Young Ae poster
NR

The seventeenth season of the realistic drama about the thrills and sadness of working women in their 30s, centered around a single woman named Lee Young-ae.

Rude Miss Young Ae

2007

Memories of Murder poster
8.1

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Memories of Murder

2003

The Chaser poster
7.8

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

The Chaser

2008

I Saw the Devil poster
7.8

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

I Saw the Devil

2010

Sea Fog poster
6.9

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Sea Fog

2014

Bedevilled poster
7.2

A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.

Bedevilled

2010

Film credits

2010s · 20 titles

I Saw the Devil poster
7.8

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

I Saw the Devil

2010

Sea Fog poster
6.9

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Sea Fog

2014

Bedevilled poster
7.2

A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.

Bedevilled

2010

Canola poster
7.9

A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.

Canola

2016

Children... poster
7.2

On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the mystery of the incident, one of the boys' parents is a suspect.

Children...

2011

Hindsight poster
6.5

A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.

Hindsight

2011

Inside Men poster
7.0

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.

Inside Men

2015

26 Years poster
6.8

Three relatives of victims come together to get revenge on a murderer twenty-six years after the massacre. The man had killed groups of people in the 1980 Gwangju murders.

26 Years

2012

Punch poster
6.9

A deadbeat teacher helps an angry, aimless teenager find direction in life during his final year of high school.

Punch

2011

Stray Dogs poster
5.5

A reporter who lives an extreme life stumbles upon a countryside village one day and unravels the hideous secrets behind it.

Stray Dogs

2014

Excavator poster
7.6

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.

Excavator

2017

Swine Escape poster
3.0

The prime minister's precious only son Ho-yeon has feelings for courtesan Wol-hyang. Ho-yeon's servant, Spot, who has always had unrequited love for Wol-hyang, drugs Ho-yeon. When he falls unconscious, she sells him off to a slave trader. Ho-yeon, waking from his drugged state, is frustrated because he can't prove he is not a slave. Ho-yeon soon learns the reality of the slaves who face injustice and rolls up his sleeves to try and save them from an unreasonable system.

Swine Escape

2013

Romance Joe poster
6.0

A famous movie director arrives in a small town to finish his movie script. He sits in front of his computer in his motel, but can't think of anything to write. The director orders coffee to his room and then complains to the delivery girl of his writer's block.

Romance Joe

2012

Outdoor Begins poster
5.3

Brutal killings occur at a campsite over a cursed mask. From horror and sex comedy to musical, Outdoor Begins appeals to audiences by covering all kinds of genres.

Outdoor Begins

2017

Gabi poster
6.3

Set towards the end of the 19th century, when coffee was first introduced to Korea, Russian sharpshooter Illichi and Joseon's first barista Danya are manipulated by Japanese officer Sadako into an elaborate plan to assassinate King Gojong.

Gabi

2012

The X poster
4.2

Agent 'X' always fullfills his missions perfectly until one day he is ordered to deliver a mysterious item to agent 'R'. However, agent 'R' is found dead and his girlfriend Mia points a gun at him. Agent 'X' is set up and will he be able to get out of this dangerous situation?

The X

2013

Texas Hit poster
4.0

Jae-Hun (Son Hyun-Joo) is separated from his wife and two daughters. He struggles to make ends meet, while working as a grocery deliveryman. Seung-Hyeon (Yu Geon) works with Jae-Hun delivering groceries. Although he is only in his 20's, he also struggles to make ends meet. One day, while Jae-Hun and Seung-Hyeon make a delivery, they notice a famous baseball pitcher (Kim Kwang-Hyun) at the apartment of a young woman. The famous pitcher is married to a woman several years older than him. A few days later, Seung-Hyeon comes up with a plan that could make him and Jae-Hun a lot of money.

Texas Hit

2010

Mafia Game poster
NR

Leave or take everything. Han Byung-chul and Kim Suk-hwan have been competing for the casino business. Handong Architecture finally decides on Han Byung-chul. Kim Suk-hwan hears this and threatens them to use Han Byung-chul's weakness to cancel the contract. Han Byung-chul offers a part of his share, but Kim Suk-hwan won't have it. Han Byung-chul is furious and he takes out his gun and suggests a risky game... The endless desire and bloody noir starts now!

Mafia Game

2018

Malice poster
4.6

A woman facing financial struggles becomes obsessed with a former classmate who seems to have the perfect life, blurring the line between admiration and identity theft.

Malice

2016

Hard to Say poster
NR

When a young girl has her nervous, romantic advances spurned because she cannot find the words to express her feelings, she takes a dejected walk through a wooded area. Finding an abandoned guitar, she begins a surreal journey of the imagination to glimpse the loving relationship she longs for and prove she is not the only one who finds words hard to say.

Hard to Say

2012

2000s · 14 titles

Memories of Murder poster
8.1

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Memories of Murder

2003

The Chaser poster
7.8

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

The Chaser

2008

Thirst poster
7.1

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

Thirst

2009

The Good, the Bad, the Weird poster
7.2

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

2008

Wanee & Junah poster
7.1

Wanee an animator and Junah a scriptwriter are lovers living together when one day an old friend of Wanee's drops in and brings to fore, all supressed memories of Wanee's love for her step brother.

Wanee & Junah

2001

Forever the Moment poster
6.6

A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.

Forever the Moment

2008

The Red Shoes poster
6.1

A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.

The Red Shoes

2005

The President's Last Bang poster
6.5

On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.

The President's Last Bang

2005

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

Running Turtle poster
6.3

Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective with a gambling addiction, is on the brink of losing his job when he has his gambling winnings stolen by an escapee convict. Jo Pil-seong sets out to catch the fugitive and retain his money and dignity.

Running Turtle

2009

Woman on the Beach poster
6.2

A movie director entices his young friend to come to the beach on the pretext of writing a script. He then starts an affair with the friend's girlfriend.

Woman on the Beach

2006

Cruel Winter Blues poster
6.8

A gangster's quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target's mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a crime thriller and a family drama.

Cruel Winter Blues

2006

Hearty Paws poster
7.1

11-year-old Chan-yi is looking after his lovely younger sister So-yi, by himself ever since their mother left them to find her own future. Despite their desperate situation of being abandoned by family and neighbors, these kids try their best to carry on life. One day, a little puppy joins this small family as Chan-yi steals it from an old couple's kennel as a gift his sister's birthday.

Hearty Paws

2006

Coming Out poster
5.9

A young woman asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling on tape what she's been hiding to her family including her brother all along. She is coming out.

Coming Out

2001

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