
Acting
Im Ye-jin
Born
1960-01-24 (66)
Place of birth
Seoul, South Korea
Known for
Acting
Credits
54 titles
Im Ye-jin (born Im Ki-hee) is a South Korean actress. As a teenage actress, she reached the peak of her popularity in the 1970s with the "Really Really" film trilogy, which include Never Forget Me, I Am Really Sorry and I Really Really Like You. She is currently active in television. As Im grew older, she remained active on television and the occasional film, in supporting roles as ajummas, aunts or mothers. As if coming full circle, she played one of the adult characters in a 2010 musical theatre adaptation of her early hit I Really Really Like You. Agency: YG entertainment (2014). Married to Choi Chang Wook(1989), TV director and producer at MBC.
Known for
7.0No synopsis available yet.
MBC Bests Theater
1991
7.4Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.
KBS Drama Special
2010
10.0A family drama about the entangled conflict, love, and reconciliation of the characters around them, centered on Mammal's eldest daughter Jin Ju and Eun Ju's sister Eun Ju, who grew up with her parents' love.
See and See Again
1998
8.3A poor high school student earns a scholarship to an elite academy, where she clashes with the most popular boy in school!
Boys Over Flowers
2009
NRFour female hosts blend quick quips and laughter with candor as they invite celebrity guests to open up about their lives.
Video Star
2016
6.8Lee Young Kook is a widower with three children. He still hasn’t gotten over the death of his wife. He decides to hire Park Dan Dan as a live-in tutor for his kids and he becomes attracted to her. Meanwhile, Park Dan Dan has bright and positive personality despite her harsh situation.
Young Lady and Gentleman
2021
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Splash Splash Love: The Movie
2025
NRWhat began merely as an entertaining performance, the 'Meryl Streep Project' has transformed into an icon of resistance, exposing the realities of women's rights in South Korea. However, following the COVID-19 pandemic, the project has taken an unexpected turn.
The Meryl Streep Project
2026
2010s · 3 titles
5.2When her husband is left comatose after an accident, a distraught young bride develops an attraction to her spouse's identical twin.
Secret Love
2010
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
5.8Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.
Trade Your Love
2019
2000s · 6 titles
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
7.1Kyung-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
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
6.5Sin Min-joo is juggling relationships with four different men, adopting a different persona for each one. But her love life becomes increasingly tangled, and the men show their true colours when they find out how they've been manipulated.
Miss Gold Digger
2007
5.1High School, flaunting sexuality is the norm. But teenage angst still reigns supreme among the school's outcasts, including the only virgin.
Dasepo Naughty Girls
2006
4.0"Sunday Seoul" is a film with three nonsensical episodes: THE WEREWOLF: A high school student Do-yeon who is the victim of bullying in school, is the main character of the first episode. He is not good at studying or at fighting. One day, an unexpected change happens to his body. THE VISITOR: On a pitch-black stormy night, a woman is visited by a stranger seeking shelter. The stranger eventually, is revealed as a serial killer on the run. THE YOUNG ADVENTURER: Seeking revenge for his father, a son embarks on a journey in which he encounters a young girl by chance and starts to learn martial arts.
Sunday Seoul
2006
1970s · 11 titles
7.0Yeong-su and Jeong-ah experience many problems as their budding romance defies the strict rules of the co-ed highschool they attend. After graduation when it looks like they can be free to live their own lives, Yeong-su joins the military and their relationship will never be the same.
Never Never Forget Me
1976
6.3Chim-Ae, an orphan, is saved by an old monk of Seo San Temple, Mu Bul Dang while he is wandering in war fires. Then he enters the priesthood and trains himself a mountaineering asceticism. When he becomes an eminent young priest, the last trial to receive the mantle of the preceding abbot applies on him. The old monk sends the fairest of the fair, Myo-Hyang of cottage Ni Am to Chim-Ae to form a connection with her. But Chim-Ae quickly removes his earthly desires towards woman and goes through this hardship by fasting meditation. However the old monk recognizes that love sprouted between two youngsters and shows Chim-Ae the face of transgression which he mentally violated without hesitation to make Chim-Ae and Myo-Hyang go back to mundane existence.
Transgression
1974
NRYe-won and Young-su are both seniors at high school. They need to enter the university at any cost. They make a promise to make it to the university and pursue the dreams of their life together. Though Ye-won passes the test with no problem, Young-su fails it. As Ye-won gets close with Deok-jin, Young-su loses his faith and falls into the deep delinquency. Ye-won couldn't let Young-su go astray so she decides to be with him.
When We Grow Up...
1977
9.0An unmarried man in his mid-thirties meets a homeless woman. He allows her to live with him. In return, she must do the household chores. However, to avoid trouble from their conservative landlord, they must pass themselves off as married.
An Affair with Peanuts
1979
10.0Seon-Hee, whose dream is to go to high school, gets a job as a housemaid in Jae-Yon's in Seoul. The family of the restaurant treats her as a member of the family. Seon-Hee solves the problems between Jae-Yong and his girlfriend, Yeo-Ju. On the day when Jae-Yong joins the military service, he ensures his love to Yeo-Ju. With the careful concern of the family, Seon-Hee comes true her dream of going to high school. Seon-Hee in her school uniform is full of hope and walks to school.
Ever So Much Good!
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I Really Have a Dream
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Fire
1978
6.0Yeong-su learns that Jeong-ah, a woman he thought dead, is alive and well but her parents will not allow him to see her because she is engaged to be married. When he does finally meet her, he cannot understand the attitude of his former high school sweetheart, not realizing that she is keeping a secret from him.
Really Sorry
1976
7.0Ji-yeong has a biking accident and is aided by a boy who is practicing to become an Olympic marathon runner. The young man falls ill during a practice and is forced to give up his dream due to a previously undiagnosed heart disease. Ji-yeong wants to help him, but her parents don't allow it, so she steals a camera to pawn for the money for the boy's hospital bill.
Really I Like You
1978
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The First Snow
1977
7.0Eun-ah is distressed when her volleyball coach asks her mother to marry him.
Nobody Knows
1977
Series credits
7.0No synopsis available yet.
MBC Bests Theater
1991
7.4Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.
KBS Drama Special
2010
10.0A family drama about the entangled conflict, love, and reconciliation of the characters around them, centered on Mammal's eldest daughter Jin Ju and Eun Ju's sister Eun Ju, who grew up with her parents' love.
See and See Again
1998
8.3A poor high school student earns a scholarship to an elite academy, where she clashes with the most popular boy in school!
Boys Over Flowers
2009
NRFour female hosts blend quick quips and laughter with candor as they invite celebrity guests to open up about their lives.
Video Star
2016
6.8Lee Young Kook is a widower with three children. He still hasn’t gotten over the death of his wife. He decides to hire Park Dan Dan as a live-in tutor for his kids and he becomes attracted to her. Meanwhile, Park Dan Dan has bright and positive personality despite her harsh situation.
Young Lady and Gentleman
2021
NROh Ro-ra is a 25-year-old woman whose family owns Chunwang Foods, a large food conglomerate. Both of her parents are in their seventies and a 20-plus age difference exists between Ro-ra and her three other male siblings - Wang-sung, Geum-sung and Soo-sung. As the youngest child of a wealthy family, Ro-ra is charming, uber-confident and seemingly a spoiled material girl, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Unafraid to speak her mind, she intervenes to salvage her 50-year-old second brother's marriage by getting rid of his mistress who had lied about getting pregnant. One day, she falls head over heels for Hwang Ma-ma, an irritable novelist and perfectionist. But he has one flaw that could torpedo their relationship.
Princess Aurora
2013
7.2A woman's life gets twisted one day because of her biological father who shows up after 28 years of absence. He had been thoroughly hiding his identity, afraid that he might be an obstacle in his daughter's life. The father and daughter meet the "only ones" in their lives and put back together the pieces of their broken hearts.
My Only One
2018
7.4A rookie producer joins the Korean Broadcasting System to be near his secret crush and enters the madcap world of network TV, where ratings rule.
The Producers
2015
7.6A high school girl’s world turns upside-down after she learns her grandfather promised her hand in marriage to the nation’s crown prince!
Princess Hours
2006
5.5A family drama about a college student couple who unintentionally becomes parents and realize the true meaning of love and life. Jang Mi is an immature mama’s girl who grew without experiencing any hardship in life. Unlike her parents’ will to marry her off to a promising man they choose for her, Jang Mi has the hope to marry someone she falls madly in love with. As she dates healthy and innocent engineering student Cha Dol, she slowly begins to realize the meaning of love.
Rosy Lovers
2014
5.0This drama is about a story of a big family.
Yeah, That's How It Is
2016
7.0A former A-list actress gets another chance at stardom – and love – thanks to a rookie drama producer.
Beauty and Mr. Romantic
2024
7.0Yoo Hyun-Jae is a member of a popular idol group. He has a lot of fans and he is a scandal maker. Meanwhile, Lee Ji-Hoon is an aspiring singer. He pretends to be studying for his civil servant exam, but he is actually struggling to become an idol.
The Best Hit
2017
7.1In a bid to reacquire her childhood home, a free-spirited woman agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish actor. Their daily lives are complicated by overlapping love triangles and comic misadventures.
Full House
2004
7.5Kang Han-Kyeol is a great yet sullen composer who becomes inspired by the voices of others and keeps his identity secret from people. He meets Yoon So-Rim, a high school student who possesses beautiful singing, whilst under his secret identity, and she falls in love with him. Adaptation of the manga by Kotomi Aoki under the same name, which has been running since 2009.
The Liar and His Lover
2017
7.7A romantic comedy about a man who doesn't want to get married and a woman who has no luck in marriage prospect. Gong Ki Tae is a successful bachelor who keeps getting pressured by his family to settle down. He then comes up with a plan to introduce Joo Jang Mi, whom he thinks will never be approved by his family.
Marriage, Not Dating
2014
7.1Love and espionage collide in this drama of the National Intelligence Service’s rookie agents. Han Gil Ro realizes his dream of becoming an international man of mystery, after a childhood spent pouring over James Bond films. Kim Seo Won spices things up as a goofy, yet determined agent, but it's not all 007 glamor. Both Gil Ro and Seo Won must learn what it takes to uphold their sworn duty, even at the sacrifice of their happiness - and lives.
7th Grade Civil Servant
2013
7.0Childless Comfort is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of Seoul, and how they deal with the societal discrimination that their smart and highly educated, eldest granddaughter faces, when she became a single mother. It aired on cable channel jTBC from October 27, 2012 to March 17, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 39 episodes. The series received consistently solid ratings, and its January 26, 2013 episode reached 7.955%, breaking the previous record of Reply 1997 to become the highest viewership ratings that a drama has received on Korean cable. It went on to break its own record for the February 24 episode, with another cable drama all-time rating high of 10.715%.
My Kids Give Me a Headache
2012
7.3Seol is an ordinary college student who was adopted but is living a happy life on her own. Working part time, she happens to have an unpleasant first encounter with Hae Young, a diplomat and the only heir of the biggest conglomerate in Korea. One day, he hears shocking news from his grandfather. The Blue House announces that they will carry out a vote on rebuilding the royal house, and his grandfather asks him to find someone urgently, who later turns out to be Seol. Against his grandfather’s wishes to donate their family’s wealth to the country, Hae Young tries to stop Seol, but she ends up moving into the palace to become a princess of the royal house.
My Princess
2011
8.0Jung Wan, Sun Mi, and Ji Hyun were high school classmates. It's been 20 years since graduation and as they turn 39, the three friends are leading completely different lives, although they are as close as sisters. Jung Wan was the first to get married but is now divorced, while Sun Mi chose a career over marriage and is now a successful interior designer, but is desperately lonely. Ji Hyun married a successful businessman and seems to be a good wife and mother, but feels like she is dying inside. What happens when love comes knocking on their doors once again? Jung Wan tries to throw herself into work to forget her ex but meets a new man. Sun Mi is desperate to get married before she turns 40. Ji Hyun, tired of her dull marriage, reunites with her first love who tempts her heart once more. Love has come once again to these three women in their late 30s. Can they fall in love again?
Can We Fall in Love, Again?
2014
4.5A culinary battle erupts when two families with legendary kimchee recipes clash, risking generations of secret cooking traditions for ultimate gastronomic supremacy.
Immortal Classic
2012
7.9Dan-Bi is a senior high school student. She has a special ability which allows her to transport to anywhere on rainy days. For her university entrance exam, Dan-Bi can't deal with the pressure and runs off to a playground. Without knowing why, she goes into a puddle and finds herself transported to the Joseon period. There, she meets Lee Do. He is a young King of the Joseon period. Lee Do is in a difficult situation due to droughts and the spread of an epidemic.
Splash Splash Love
2015
8.9Ireland is a 2004 South Korean television series starring Lee Na-young, Kim Min-joon, Kim Min-jung and Hyun Bin. It aired on MBC from September 1 to October 21, 2004 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Ireland
2004
4.4Four women each come to a crossroads in life and love. Du Ah is a 23-year-old university student involved in a polyamorous relationship. An elementary school teacher, Ha Ram is in her late twenties and feeling a change of heart right before her wedding day. At 35, Ban Ya, an adjunct instructor, questions whether her ‘pretend relationship’ is transforming into something real. Chung Kyung, a furniture designer in her forties, discovers her husband is having an affair. The four women, each going through a different turning point in their lives, contemplate what they truly want from dating and love. What does ‘love’ mean to each of them?
Love Scene Number
2021
8.0No synopsis available yet.
풀하우스
2004
1.4Young Eun lived with a family ever since she was an orphan and then fell in love with Do Hyun who is 5 years older than her. However, Do Hyun's family did not approve of Do Hyun dating Young Eun. As a result, Young Eun eventually left Do Hyun and marries a doctor, Joo Kyung Woo. Although Kyung Woo acts like a gentleman, he is actually a mama's boy with multiple and complicated personalities. Though he treats Young Eun well, he believes everything his mother tells him and will turn on Young Eun at any moment. Jin Ah is a pediatric medical resident and falls for Do Hyun. But she is unsure of his relationship with Young Eun. Do Hyun decides to marry Jin Ah and after the wedding, Young Eun has had enough of Kyung Woo's mother. She decides to leave Kyung Woo. What will happen between Do Hyun and Young Eun? Will they realize they can't leave without the other?
Winter Bird
2007
No synopsis available yet.
오경장
1993
4.0A simple yet heartwarming story of a three-generation family, The Road Home portrays the love and conflicts between family members running a general hospital. It explores the lives of the grown-up children who each have their own problems to solve, and the way they cope with their aging parents.Yoo Min-soo is the eldest son of the hospital's CEO. His wife Jang Mi-ryung bears a child out of wedlock but raises it with maternal love.Hiro, a Japanese model, confesses his love for Ji-soo, Min-soo's sister. But Ji-soo must later come to grips with the secrets behind her birth.
The Road Home
2009
NRThe comical drama follows the lives of Korean Air flight attendants, both in the work arena as well as in their romantic relationships.
Partner
1994
NR'Cheol Soo and 02' deals with the material called 'Humanoid Robot' and is based on a virtual future of 2030, when artificial intelligent robots are everyday. A middle-aged man who lost his wife in a sudden traffic accident draws a story about a robot that resembles his young wife.
Cheol Soo and O2
2018

