
Directing
Kwak Jae-yong
Born 1959-05-22 · Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Kwak Jae-yong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. He is known for his limitless fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kwak Jae-yong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
7.5A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.
My Sassy Girl
2001
5.5A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
All About Women
2008
5.5A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
All About Women
2008
Behind the camera
8.4A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Sun-ah. The only member of the group who claims not to is Jin-woo, but he ends up loving her as well.
You Are the Apple of My Eye
2025
7.5A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.
My Sassy Girl
2001
7.5A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.
My Sassy Girl
2001
7.2A painter in Amsterdam receives flowers from a mysterious admirer, while a hitman and cop find themselves in conflict.
Daisy
2006
7.6Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
The Classic
2003
7.6Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
The Classic
2003
7.2A lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.
Cyborg She
2008
7.2A lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.
Cyborg She
2008
7.2A romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emross during the New Year holidays. Each one has his own memory to relate and create relationships or just going nostalgic.
A Year-End Medley
2021
7.1Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himself trying to apprehend the real criminal.
Windstruck
2004
7.1A 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
6.1Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A year later, the younger brother Dae-jin wakes up believing he is his older brother Ho-jin.
Addicted
2002
6.7So-hwi is a martial arts prodigy and college student. Realizing that her superhuman strength is holding back her love life, she decides to quit martial arts to pursue handsome hockey player Joon-mo. But Joon-mo is in love with an older woman, and when So-hwi's mystical martial arts community comes under threat from an old enemy, Heuk-bong, her childhood friend Il-yeong must persuade her to return.
My Mighty Princess
2008
6.7So-hwi is a martial arts prodigy and college student. Realizing that her superhuman strength is holding back her love life, she decides to quit martial arts to pursue handsome hockey player Joon-mo. But Joon-mo is in love with an older woman, and when So-hwi's mystical martial arts community comes under threat from an old enemy, Heuk-bong, her childhood friend Il-yeong must persuade her to return.
My Mighty Princess
2008
7.3To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch.
The Piano in a Factory
2011
7.8Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
Colors of Wind
2018
7.8Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
Colors of Wind
2018
5.5A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
All About Women
2008
4.6Fresh off a recent break-up, a woman catches an early menopause, but manages to heal herself mentally and physically through a new love.
Meet Miss Anxiety
2014
5.0The story of Ji-su who life was torn by two women in his life. One of them is his step-sister and the other is a barroom dancer named Kyung-ja.
A Sketch of a Rainy Day
1990
5.0The story of Ji-su who life was torn by two women in his life. One of them is his step-sister and the other is a barroom dancer named Kyung-ja.
A Sketch of a Rainy Day
1990
6.0Min-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
3.0The boss and employee of a matchmaking website pretend to be lovers in order to save the company and regain their significant others.
The Honey Enemy
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
3인 3색 러브스토리: 사랑즐감
2005