Goh Doo-shim

Acting

Goh Doo-shim

Born 1951-05-22 · Jeju, South Korea

Go Doo-shim (고두심) is an acclaimed South Korean actress born on May 22, 1951, in Jeju City, South Korea. She made her professional acting debut in 1972 and went on to become one of the most celebrated performers in Korean television and film history. Go holds a record seven Grand Prizes (Daesang) across South Korea's major television networks for her powerful dramatic performances. Throughout her multi-decade career, she has starred in iconic television series such as More Beautiful Than a Flower (2004), All About My Mom (2015), My Mister (2018), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Our Blues (2022), and Twinkling Watermelon (2023). Her notable film credits include My Mother, the Mermaid (2004), Family Ties (2006), Good Morning President (2009), The Preparation (2017), and Exit (2019).

Acting credits

EXIT poster
7.6

At his mother's 70th birthday party, Yong-nam runs into Eui-joo, who rejected him in college. When the city is engulfed in toxic gas from a terrorist attack, the two must find a way to escape using all the techniques they learned in their college rock climbing club.

EXIT

2019

Plum Blossom poster
6.0

High school senior, Jayo is seduced into his first sexual experience by classmate Hara, who eventually kills herself when he ignores her. Since then, he immerses himself in loveless sex until he meets cheerful nurse, Namok. Meanwhile, his pal Seuin has developed a crush on his teacher, which is socially taboo.

Plum Blossom

2000

Start-Up poster
6.9

Two boys are becoming real adults during a turbulent time as they experience a world that doesn't go their way.

Start-Up

2019

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

No artwork available
NR

By taking opportunity of being a model for a painter named Song Wu-Yeol at a park, the barmaid named Jang-Mi (Rose) loves him. To install equipment in her bar, she sends Yeong-Ah (Jang-Mi gives her tuition fee like elder sister) to the place where Song works. When she is informed that Song and Young-Ah become close, she returns Young-Ah to her house. She is also informed through Young-Ah that Song has his fiancee, so that she blames him and spends disappointed time. She brings up Song's daughter named Hyeon-Suk. She suffers from the disease caused by mixed feeling of love and disappointment, and intends to register Hyeon-Suk at Song's family register before she dies. At last she completes the registration and then dies. Song regrets her death and weeps with tears.

A Barmaid

1979

The Preparation poster
7.0

In-gyu has intellectual disability. His mother, Ae-soon, takes care of him, nagging him all the time. One day, she is diagnosed with terminal cancer and prepares for her son's independence.

The Preparation

2017

My Mother the Mermaid poster
6.7

Na-young works at a post office and is sick and tired of being around her shamefully unyielding mother and her pushover father who's excessively nice. The only thing that she can look forward to is her trip abroad in a few days. But one day, her father leaves home without any notice. Her mother doesn't care what happens to him and doesn't care to look for him. Na-young has no choice but to give up her dream trip abroad and to search for her father instead. Once she arrives at her parents' hometown, Na-young is shocked to meet someone she'd never expect, even in her dreams.

My Mother the Mermaid

2004

Good Morning President poster
6.2

Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy and with great determination, and a female President Han Kyuong-ja. They are distressed over the choices they have to make between politics and ethics. The affliction of Kim Jung-ho who wins the lottery, the agony of Cha Ji-wook who donates an organ, and the troubles of Han Kyuong-ja who faces the crisis of divorce.

Good Morning President

2009

Saving My Hubby poster
5.8

Geum-sun, a former volleyball star, is married to a clumsy husband and has a baby daughter. She struggles to adjust to her boring life until kidnappers call claiming they have her husband and demand money for booze.

Saving My Hubby

2002

Family Ties poster
6.3

A story of three families living different but similar lives. They always fight and quarrel, but love is the common denominator for their relationship, making people think about what families are for.

Family Ties

2006

Everglow poster
6.0

Everglow begins with the cute struggle of Kyung-hoon , who visited Jeju to make a documentary about Jin-ok, a female diver. Kyung-hoon's work becomes a sincere mission for the souls buried in the deep sea and mountains.

Everglow

2021

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jealousy

1983

Grand Prix poster
6.3

Grand Prix" covers the world of horse racing, centered around the romance between a male horse jockey and a female horse jockey. Seo Joo-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee) is an ambitious equestrian who loses her beloved horse in a racing accident and also injures her arm. Devastated she quits the sport and travels to Jeju Island. On Jeju Island, Seo Joo-Hee meets fellow equestrian Woo-Seok (Yang Dong-Kun), a former winner of the Japan Cup who is also experienced a similar slump as Seo Joo-Hee. With Woo-Seok's help, Seo Joo-Hee becomes inspired to compete for the Grand Prix Chamionship.

Grand Prix

2010

No artwork available
10.0

Sun-ah is so shocked when she learns that her husband has a second family that she leaves home without a thought about what will happen to her children.

Two Women

1980

Liberated Madame 1990 poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liberated Madame 1990

1990

The Hidden Hero poster
6.3

After the war, a journalist investigates a Communist leader in South Korea.

The Hidden Hero

1980

And When the Magnolia Bloom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

And When the Magnolia Bloom

2024

Long & Winding Road poster
7.0

Because of her motion sickness, a 68-year-old mother decides to embark on a four-day walking trip to attend her youngest daughter's wedding.

Long & Winding Road

2005

Old Goodbye poster
6.0

Soo Hyuk, a former boxer, gets a call telling him he just received a house. It’s his ex-wife Chae Hee’s house. There, Soo Hyuk finds some old Polaroid photos in the secret attic and has a time slip to the past. Chae Hee waiting for her death, and Soo Hyuk struggling to save her. The breathtaking time travel begins. Once passionately in love with her, So Hyuk travels through time to meether again at different ages and discover why he originally fell for her. He meets her when she is 10, 17 and 22. But traveling through time to revisit their romantic past is dangerous and he may risk his life to discover what he has lost.

Old Goodbye

2014