Yu Oh-seong

Acting

Yu Oh-seong

Born 1968-09-11 · Kangwon, South Korea

Yu Oh-seong (b.September 11, 1968 in Gangwon), also spelled "Yu Oh-Sung", "Yoo Oh-Sung" is a South Korean actor.

Acting credits

The Great Battle poster
6.7

Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.

The Great Battle

2018

Tomb of the River poster
6.1

An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.

Tomb of the River

2021

Friend: The Great Legacy poster
6.6

Joon-seok is sent to prison for his involvement in Dong-soo's death. He meets Dong-soo's son in prison, keeps his identity a secret, and agrees to join forces when he is released. All of their plans fall apart when Sung-hoon finds out the truth.

Friend: The Great Legacy

2013

Friend poster
6.9

Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path.

Friend

2001

Thomas Ahn Joong-Keun poster
5.7

Nine a.m. October 26, 1909, six gun shots ring out at Harbin station in China, followed by a cry in Russian saying "long live Korea".Ahn Jung-geun one of the leaders of the independence movement had shot Ito Hirobumi, the first Japanese resident general in Korea. He hears while being questioned that Hirobumi had died, and he thanks God. He confesses that he had shot Hirobumi without ever having seen his face, which surprises the investigators. And they wonder about the 7th bullet that Jung-geun had left unfired.

Thomas Ahn Joong-Keun

2004

Champion poster
5.2

This biopic tells the true story of Korean boxer Kim Deuk-gu. Born into poverty, Kim used boxing to free himself from his bleak surroundings, eventually becoming the world's top lightweight. Tragically, Kim's life was cut short when he died from a blood clot in his brain during a championship fight with Ray Boom Boom Mancini.

Champion

2002

Attack the Gas Station! poster
6.6

A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.

Attack the Gas Station!

1999

Beat poster
6.1

Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.

Beat

1997

The Terrorist poster
5.1

A tough cop goes vigilante to rid the streets of a vicious gang boss after his friend is murdered. But along the way he discovers that his brother may also be mixed up in the hooliganry.

The Terrorist

1995

Champ poster
6.8

A former jockey who became blind after losing his wife in an accident gets a second chance with the help of his daughter and an injured horse.

Champ

2011

1980: The Unforgettable Day poster
5.2

There is HWAPYONG Restaurant with full of hopes of the family of three generations. Grandfather, the first-generation owner, and the first son, the second-generation owner, who lives as a fugitive after being branded as a communist and his wife and Cheol-soo’s mom who has to work hard by juggling work and family without complaint. The second son, Cheol-soo’s uncle, who sometimes acts like a child with an excuse of being the second son but loves Cheol-soo more than anyone and seriously cares about the restaurant. To the third generation, young Cheol-soo, family is the most precious. By the time when ‘Seoul Spring’ longing for democratization came to nothing due to ‘Retreat from Seoul Station’ in 1980, there were a series of peaceful protests in Gwangju, Jeolla Province. In warm May, a large dark cloud is looming over HWAPYONG Restaurant, the home and everything of this ordinary family of Cheol-soo, in the middle of Gwangju.

1980: The Unforgettable Day

2024

Ken San poster
6.7

KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intimate stories of Ken's journey: how one man of quiet dignity became a cultural barrier-breaking film star.

Ken San

2016

Shoot Me in the Heart poster
7.7

A young man develops schizophrenia after his mother's suicide. After he meets a kindred spirit at the psychiatric hospital, he forges a plan with the man to escape.

Shoot Me in the Heart

2015

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me poster
7.5

A woman decides to take revenge for the violence she has witnessed towards other women. She chooses a movie star as her target because of his high profile and because he is adored by young women. She kidnaps him and holds him prisoner in her apartment.

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me

1994

Poison poster
7.0

Seo-rin learns that life can be cruel when she is abandoned by her mother in a movie theater as a child. She grows up on the streets and eventually meets the insomniac Jeong-il and is charmed by his innocence. Although their initial encounter is brief, it launches them on a quest for love and a search for each other

Poison

1997

Dr. Bong poster
6.8

Dr. Bong is a dentist and a carefree ladies' man whose son decides to play matchmaker and get his father to date their next-door neighbor. But their first meeting gets off to a bad start with a traffic accident, and Bong's son must work overtime to make the couple work out.

Dr. Bong

1995

Lump of Sugar poster
7.3

The daughter of a poor rancher, Si-eun's only hope is to one day, become a jockey. With her mother passing away at her birth, her favorite horse, Chun-doong, has become not only her friend, but also a soul mate. She is devastated when Chun-doong is sold to another owner, but when they are reunited two years later they have a chance to create a miracle by teaming up in a race.

Lump of Sugar

2006

Don't Cry, Mommy poster
6.7

Yoo-lim, who divorced her husband and was preparing for a new start, learns that her daughter, Eun-ah, got raped by boys at school. However, they will not be punished because they are minors. Eun-ah kills herself, and Yoo-lim seeks revenge.

Don't Cry, Mommy

2012

The Spy poster
6.2

A North Korean spy Lee Chul-jin infiltrates the eastern coast of South Korea. His mission is to steal a Super Pig DNA sample which can be used to alleviate the famine in North Korea.

The Spy

1999

Kill the Love poster
6.5

A man named Love joins the criminal underworld in America and falls In love with a woman, sparking the outrage of an old criminal associate from home.

Kill the Love

1996

First Love poster
7.0

A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference.

First Love

1993

Hello Murderer poster
5.1

Slacker detective Jeong-min (Kim Dong-wuk) is assigned to investigate a serial killer case. For the first time in his career he puts his heart into his work but Yeong-seok (Yoo Oh-seong), an unemployed man with natural instincts as a detective, gets in the way by trying to catch the killer as well.

Hello Murderer

2010

Spring in My Hometown poster
7.0

A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.

Spring in My Hometown

1998

Potato Symphony poster
7.7

Baek-i used to be known as the best fighter in his high school along with Hyuk and Jul-byuk. They clashed constantly with ‘The Picks’, a gang led by Jin-han. They were always better than the Picks. Twenty years later, Baek-i’s crew, now nearing forty, meet for drinks. They mull over the news that Jin-han donated a scholarship to his high school, even though he had been expelled. And when Baek-i's friend Hyuk and Jul-byuk get beaten up by the members of the Picks for a trivial reason, a new situation arises. The old bachelor Baek-i falls in love with a woman named Jin which complicates relations among everyone.

Potato Symphony

2009