Choi Hee-jin

Acting

Choi Hee-jin

Born 1979-03-02 · South Korea

Acting credits

Broker poster
7.2

When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.

Broker

2022

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

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

Steel Rain 2: Summit poster
7.0

A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.

Steel Rain 2: Summit

2020

Confession of Murder poster
7.1

A serial killer reappears 15 years after his murder spree with a book detailing his crimes. The resentful cop who failed to catch him before is assigned to protect him. The families of the victims plan revenge. And as the media circus spirals out of control, a masked man called "J" appears claiming to be the real killer.

Confession of Murder

2012

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 poster
7.4

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982

2019

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

A Good Mother poster
NR

Su-mi accepting that her daughter is homosexual attends a meeting for celebrating Ms.Kim(her co-worker)'s daughter's wedding.

A Good Mother

2020

Next Sohee poster
7.3

A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.

Next Sohee

2022

Perhaps Love poster
6.0

Hyun, a best-selling writer, has found himself in a slump for a long time. In the meantime, he accidentally meets Yu-jin, an aspiring young writer. Hyun gets confused when Yu-jin confesses his love to Hyun. A 19-year-old student and Hyun’s son, Sung-kyung, who is skeptical about his life, meets Jung-won, a young married woman living next door. Sung-kyung has a good feeling for this freewheeling woman. A pure-hearted man, Soon-mo, who is Hyun’s best friend and also the publisher, meets his friend’s ex-wife.

Perhaps Love

2021

Citizen of a Kind poster
7.5

After losing her laundry store to a fire incident, a single mom Duk-hee receives a call from a bank offering a generous upfront loan so she takes it right away. But soon after, she finds out that she has become a victim of a voice phishing scheme. Devastated, Duk-hee turns to the police for help, only to be more disappointed that there is no hope of retrieving her money. At the moment of despair, Jae-min, the phisher who tricked her, rings her phone once again to tip Duk-hee off about the criminal organization that locked him up and coerced him to make voice phishing calls from China. With that call, Duk-hee makes up her mind to investigate this case for herself and take a plane to China with her friends.

Citizen of a Kind

2024

Big Deal poster
6.4

In 1997, when the Asian financial crisis hit Korea, Gukbo, the number one Soju company is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the high-stakes market of M&A, In-beom, a young ambitious associate at global investment firm Solquin, heads back home to take Gukbo as his first target. Hiding his greediness, In-beom approaches Jong-rok, an executive loyal to Gukbo, as an innocent consultant aiming to rehabilitate Gukbo. While In-beom digs deeper into Gukbo, he finds this may lead to an unlikely outcome.

Big Deal

2025

The Royal Tailor poster
7.1

Lee Gong-jin, a young tailor, helps the Queen with her dress and both fall in love with each other. However, his success catches the ire of Jo Dol-seok, the royal tailor, who vows retribution.

The Royal Tailor

2014

Gentleman poster
6.0

Hyun-soo, a C.E.O of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyun-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyun-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyun-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin is an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, who colluded with the prosecutor’s leadership, meets Hyun-soo. Hwa-jin finds out the case is related to Do-hoon, she begins cooperating with Hyun-soo. While cooperating is on-going, they realize that there is a dirty truth behind the crime.

Gentleman

2022

A Light Sleep poster
6.6

Sixteen-year-old Yeo Lin used to have a boyfriend and normal life, but everything changed when she lost both her parents two years ago. To support her siblings, she sells her body. Quietly bearing wounds and responsibilities beyond her age, she faces the cruel trials of love, friendship, and premature adulthood, and she does it all in seeming detachment. Always tired, Yeo Lin suffers from chronic insomnia and relies on medication to sleep. For Yeo Lin, sleep is an escape that she wakes from too soon.

A Light Sleep

2008

Money poster
6.7

Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.

Money

2019

The Poet and the Boy poster
5.3

Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.

The Poet and the Boy

2017

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

The Client poster
6.9

Kang Seong-hee, a famous lawyer, takes up a case wherein he has to defend a man who is the main suspect in his wife's death. However, a formidable public attorney tries to test his mettle in court.

The Client

2011

Audition 109 poster
5.5

A young man from Busan moves to Seoul to become an actor, only to find himself struggling to make ends meet. Lines get tangled, his Seoul accent gets worse, and even love doesn't go his way.

Audition 109

2026

The Whistleblower poster
7.2

Lee Jang-hwan receives widespread acclaim and media attention after successfully cloning human embryo stem cells. A TV news program PD, Yoon Min-cheol, receives a phone call from an anonymous source who says he has worked with Dr. Lee on the stem cell project. The source blows the whistle on Lee's work, revealing how Lee fabricated research results and engaged in unethical practices.

The Whistleblower

2014

The History of Us poster
9.2

The story of the Crown Prince who tries to erase history in order to become the king, and the young officer who tries to stop him.

The History of Us

2024

Crush and Blush poster
6.3

After being demoted from teaching Russian to middle-school English students, Me-sook is literally red-faced with shame, because on top of all her other issues — unrequited love, unpopularity — Me-sook has a blushing problem.

Crush and Blush

2008

Modern Family poster
6.0

Under the name of family, we complete our own modernity. 4 talented directors unfold 4 different portraits about family, the most heart-warming, yet the most heart-aching word in the Modern era.

Modern Family

2012

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