Lee Jae-gu

Acting

Lee Jae-gu

Born

1965-01-01 (61)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Lee Jae-gu is a South Korean theater, film, and television actor.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 14 titles

The Admiral: Roaring Currents poster
7.0

Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents

2014

War of the Arrows poster
7.2

After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchus.

War of the Arrows

2011

Rampant poster
6.8

Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.

Rampant

2018

Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies poster
5.7

A beautiful workaholic is fired from her job as a marketing executive for a children's toy company. With her life spinning out of control she teams up with her neighbour, who owns a sex shop, to design and promote better sex toys.

Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies

2015

Thread of Lies poster
7.4

Cheon-ji's unexpected suicide causes her mother Hyeon-sook and older sister Man-ji to be moved into another apartment. Tracking down clues from school, Man-ji discovers that Cheon-ji's best friend Hwa-yeon is behind everything.

Thread of Lies

2014

No Mercy poster
7.4

A forensic pathologist is about to retire in order to spend some time with his daughter. However, he is forced to continue working when his daughter is kidnapped.

No Mercy

2010

The Scent poster
5.7

A detective Seon-woo, who moonlights as a private investigator, has a beautiful new client Soo-Jin. The woman asks the detective to take photos of her husband in the midst of having an affair with another woman. When the detective goes to take pictures he discovers that the woman's husband is already dead. Now the detective becomes a suspect. The detective is chased by another detective Gil-ro. He must now set out for the real killer.

The Scent

2012

The Wrath poster
5.6

In the household of Lee Gyeong-jin, a high-ranking official of Joseon Kingdom, three sons die from an unidentified horror. A woman pregnant with a child of the third son soon learns of the evil spirit that haunts the house.

The Wrath

2018

Romantic Debtors poster
6.7

A policeman in debt is constantly called by a woman working to collect his debt. When they meet by accident they attracted to each other, and does not realize they already have a hostile phone-relationship.

Romantic Debtors

2010

The March for the Lost poster
4.0

This is the story of a father who died mysteriously in May of 1980, a mother who lives in the shadows with a bullet in her head and not being able to forget May 18th and their daughter, and the nation's greatest comedian, Hee-soo.

The March for the Lost

2018

One Thing She Doesn't Have poster
4.3

Na Bi is a former member of an idol girl group and now an actress, but her acting is poor. Meanwhile, Hong is a movie director who studied in Poland. He is recognized as a rising star in the movie industry. He became famous for sex scenes in his films.

One Thing She Doesn't Have

2014

A Friend In Need poster
5.0

In bleak Yeouido, crowded by the political world, press and stock companies, section chief Hwang Woo-Jin works in a stock trading firm. He is a hard-working salaryman, but is the first to be laid off. With an outstanding private loan to pay for, hospital bills for his father and consistent conflicts with his devoted wife, stress gradually suffocates Hwang Woo-Jin. Finally, a junior staff member and a boss, who he trusts, conspire to kick him out. After finding about their scheme, Hwang Woo-Jin becomes desperate. In front of him, his friend Jung-Hoon, who does do anything for justice, appears. Under the influence of alcohol, Woo-Jin tells Jung-Hoon that he wants to kill them. The next day the junior staff member is found dead.

A Friend In Need

2010

Try to Remember poster
5.8

A man and a woman, despite hardly met before, they have been suffering the same dream and the same deja vu. A magnetic force leads them to Andong, the historic elegant city, and they find the anonymous woman’s 450 year-old letter in a museum. A fantastic melodrama about love transcending time and space.

Try to Remember

2010

Ordinary People poster
NR

A typical employee, Goo Jaepil is on the verge of a breakdown. His wife files for divorce and his boss demands that he perform an absurd task. He agrees to the task in order to keep his job, but a mishap spawns a new predicament and soon Jaepil is suspected of murder.

Ordinary People

2017

2000s · 22 titles

Tazza: The High Rollers poster
6.9

Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.

Tazza: The High Rollers

2006

Arahan poster
6.6

Sang-hwan became a cop in order to help the downtrodden, but he doesn't get much respect. All that changes when he meets the Seven Masters.

Arahan

2004

My Boss, My Hero poster
6.2

When a young gang leader seems to be just a bit too stupid to effectively carry out his daily tasks, his superiors order him to go back to school for his high school diploma. Posing as a 19-year-old, he soon learns that the school is even more corrupt and vicious. Wrath is unleashed.

My Boss, My Hero

2001

Blood Rain poster
7.0

When a small island village is plagued with horrible murders, the government sends a special investigator who discovers dark secrets that trace back to a myriad of murders from the past.

Blood Rain

2005

Beautiful Sunday poster
5.4

Detective Kang gets involved with a drug business to pay the medical bill of his comatose wife. Min-woo confesses to Kang that he has killed his wife, who knows his past. Slowly, Kang realizes his wife's incident and Min-woo are connected.

Beautiful Sunday

2007

A Millionaire's First Love poster
7.3

When a high school diploma becomes the key to unlocking his inheritance, a spoiled teen gets an invaluable lesson in life and love in a rural village.

A Millionaire's First Love

2006

Maundy Thursday poster
7.0

Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.

Maundy Thursday

2006

Secret poster
6.4

A detective suspects that his wife murdered a gangster's brother. As he tries to misdirect the police and the bloodthirsty gangster while independently investigating his wife, terrible secrets slowly begin to surface.

Secret

2009

Radio Star poster
6.8

Once a famous singer, Choi Gon is reduced to doing gigs in cafes after being involved in a scandal. When Choi Gon gets arrested after an argument, Park Minsu, his manager, seeks help from a director of a radio station, who agrees, with a condition.

Radio Star

2006

Eye For An Eye poster
6.4

The devious brain behind a heist draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge.

Eye For An Eye

2008

Innocent Steps poster
6.4

Chae-rin, who has come to Seoul from Yanbian after tricking as a sports dancer, becomes a partner of Yeong-sae who dreams of a coming back to field, and prepares for a dance competition.

Innocent Steps

2005

Too Beautiful to Lie poster
6.7

A professional lady con makes herself the pharmacist's fiancée overnight, and faces a disastrous blemish in her impeccable con-woman career.

Too Beautiful to Lie

2004

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

The Big Swindle poster
6.9

After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since Choi Chang-hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got an elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet dream. The best five thieves come together to form a team.

The Big Swindle

2004

The Old Garden poster
6.4

Political activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the time spent with Yoon-hee, a woman who gave him shelter and companionship.

The Old Garden

2007

Small Town Rivals poster
6.7

Cho Chun-sam and Noh Dae-gyu, now both in their thirties, are old friends who went to the same elementary school. In their school days, Chun-sam was always the ambitious class president, while Dae-gyu had to settle for a role as vice president. Twenty years later their roles are reversed: Chun-sam is now a humble farmer who has assumed the post of village chief in his hometown, while Dae-gyu is the newly elected county magistrate. At first, Chun-sam asks his old friend for favours regarding the development of his village, but these requests are turned down. Later, when Dae-gyu proposes building a nuclear waste disposal facility in the county, Chun-sam leads demonstrations against the plan, turning old friends into bitter rivals.

Small Town Rivals

2007

My Teacher, Mr. Kim poster
7.4

A teacher attempts to lure his handful of students in a small, rural school to Seoul so that he can move on to a better school. His efforts backfire however, and his school becomes one of the highest ranked in the nation.

My Teacher, Mr. Kim

2003

Mapado poster
6.2

A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery ticket. Upon arriving, they discover that no one lives there except for five old women who have not once seen a man for 20 years. Both men soon experience a nightmare of hard labor and harassment.

Mapado

2005

The Customer Is Always Right poster
5.2

In a peaceful barbershop, a timid barber confronts a stranger who has started to send blackmail notes. Whenever the stranger comes to the barbershop, the amount of money he demands becomes greater and greater. Driven to desperation, the barber hires a detective, who discovers a shocking truth about the blackmailer.

The Customer Is Always Right

2006

Jail Breakers poster
6.2

Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.

Jail Breakers

2002

Road Movie poster
6.2

Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money and his wife in a market downturn is left homeless until Dae-shik, a homeless loner, rescues him. Together the two travel across the country and Dae-shik falls in love with Suk-won. Joining them in their journey is Il-joo, a wacky hooker who falls in love with Dae-shik.

Road Movie

2002

Unstoppable Marriage poster
6.1

Eun-ho and Ki-baek, rode a paraglider and had an minor accident. They grew up and live in the different backgrounds so that they fight like a cat and dog over everything. Even though they hate each other, at the same time, they come to fall for each other and become a couple. The only matter is to obtain each family’s consent.

Unstoppable Marriage

2007

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