Park Myung-shin

Acting

Park Myung-shin

Born

1964-03-28 (62)

Place of birth

Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 15 titles

Escape from Mogadishu poster
7.1

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

Escape from Mogadishu

2021

Humint poster
7.4

A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

Humint

2026

The Old Woman with the Knife poster
6.5

Aging assassin Hornclaw has seen it all, but she never expected to mentor a reckless rookie like Bullfight. As their unlikely bond deepens, cracks form in the underworld they navigate together. When Hornclaw discovers someone wants her dead, she's thrust into a deadly game of deception. With enemies closing in and trust in short supply, survival means staying sharp—both blade and mind.

The Old Woman with the Knife

2025

The Ugly poster
6.9

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

The Ugly

2025

I, the Executioner poster
7.0

The veteran detective Seo Do-cheol and his team at Major Crimes, relentless in their pursuit of criminals, join forces with rookie cop Park Sun-woo to track down a serial killer who has plunged the nation into turmoil.

I, the Executioner

2024

Go Back poster
6.0

Jiwon, a motivated new police officer, is strangely bothered after meeting Osun, a social worker. On a hot summer day, a kidnapper sends a message saying, ‘If you want to save the kidnapped child, donate money to the welfare center.’ The incident becomes a national concern as the media report it. Somehow, Jiwon doubts the link between the case and Osun.

Go Back

2021

Cassiopeia poster
7.2

Su-jin who tries to pursue a perfect life as a successful lawyer, single mother and daughter, plans to send her daughter Gina to study abroad in the United States, where her ex-husband lives. When Su-jin gets busier with work, Su-jin's dad, In-woo moves in to help Su-jin take care of Gina. The three live together for some time, until one day, Su-jin gets into a car accident and receives an unexpected diagnosis.

Cassiopeia

2022

Don't Go Too Far poster
6.3

After their father's death, three brothers and one sister got together to find out how much money they would inherit from their father's two billion won estate.

Don't Go Too Far

2021

Zombie Crush in Heyri poster
4.0

The three women friends struggle to protect a village from the turmoil caused by the sudden appearance of zombies. In the peaceful Heyri Art Village in Paju, three friends: Jin-seon, Hyeon-ah and Ga-yeon, meet at the opening of the Heyri Art Center and, with a beginner Youtuber and a coffee factory CEO, face the zombie crisis.

Zombie Crush in Heyri

2021

Swallow poster
6.8

When his mother goes missing, Lee Ho-yeon sets out to search for her. In the course of that journey, he discovers his parents' pasts during the democracy protests of the 1980s when student activists rose up against the repressive Chun Doo-hwan regime. Reading a book written by his mother, Ho-yeon uncovers a story of hope, love and betrayal, and struggles to understand painful secrets that have been hidden away for thirty years.

Swallow

2023

Skyrocket Junipers Under the Crescent poster
4.5

Gi-eun and Gi-un take painkillers because of the spinal problems. They sleep day and night due to the side effects. In dreams, they meet other 'Gi-' characters and experience strange lives. Gi-young is an action star in B-movies. Gi-sook is an elementary school teacher. And other Gi-s who is a painter, truck driver, dancer, and a dentist etc... After all, she/he meets their “real“ self in their deepest dream.

Skyrocket Junipers Under the Crescent

2024

Replacement Driver VLOG poster
NR

Tells the story of a corn farmer's son, Kyo Hwan, who meets two mysterious women while driving as a replacement driver.

Replacement Driver VLOG

2022

Sword of Sarasen poster
NR

Yoo-na, who had nowhere to go, lives with Allan, a foreign worker, at a small glass factory. Meanwhile, the owner of the factory entrusts Eun-ji, whom he sponsors, with the factory's accounting. Looking at Eun-ji and Allan, Yoo-na is confused as she recalls her past memories. President Kim, who has power in the factory, bullies Allan and the boss tries to rape Yoo-na. Having a lonely and hard time, Yoo-na and Allan get close to each other and new events occur with the knife of Sarasen, the only collection that Allan cherishes...

Sword of Sarasen

2021

Mother's Kingdom poster
5.0

DOH Ji-wook is the author of Power of the Truth that gives hope to others, and his mother JOO Kyung-hee, a hairdresser at Kingdom Hair Salon, gives good care to her neighbors. One day, their peaceful kingdom is infiltrated by Kyung-hee's dementia. DOH Joong-myung, a pastor, wants to uncover the truth. In turn, they make different choices to protect their family.

Mother's Kingdom

2024

Framily poster
NR

Seon-ji and Jin-hee were friends but become sisters-in-law when Jin-hee marries Seon-ji’s older brother. As they prepare food for ancestral rites together, Seon-ji is bothered by the way Jin-hee treats her mother.

Framily

2022

2010s · 27 titles

Train to Busan poster
7.8

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Train to Busan

2016

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

Poetry poster
7.6

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

Poetry

2010

Hwayi: A Monster Boy poster
7.4

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

2013

0.0MHz poster
5.0

The members of a supernatural exploration club called 0.0MHz explores a haunted house to prove the existence of frequencies that attract ghosts.

0.0MHz

2019

Broken poster
7.1

Following the brutal rape and murder of his 16-year-old daughter, Sang-hyeon stumbles into an ever-widening conspiracy of rage, revenge, and murder.

Broken

2014

Kundo: Age of the Rampant poster
6.6

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

2014

The Throne poster
7.1

Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.

The Throne

2015

Herstory poster
8.7

A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.

Herstory

2018

Red Family poster
6.1

A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family.

Red Family

2013

Twenty poster
7.1

A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad.

Twenty

2015

Dear Dolphin poster
5.8

One summer night, Cha-kyung dies in a car accident, leaving her boyfriend Hyuk-geun behind in the greatest sorrow. One year since she died, Hyuk-geun is still waiting for Cha-kyung to come back. Denying the reality, Hyuk-geun builds a fantasy in his mind where he and Cha-kyung secretly share everyday life. To wake up Hyuk-geun from Cha-kyung’s illusion, Cha-kyung’s best friend, Gi-ok who was secretly in love with him, puts herself in the same accident with Cha-kyung.

Dear Dolphin

2013

Camellia poster
5.0

A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.

Camellia

2010

Set Me Free poster
7.1

A teenage boy is nearly too old to stay at a children's home his father left him at – but he reaches a breaking point when his brother is left behind, too.

Set Me Free

2014

A Little Pond poster
6.4

The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over the amateur singing contest knowing nothing about what is going on around them. At the time, the US Army keeps losing and are pushed back to the village, evacuating all villagers to head south. The villagers took refuge like going on a picnic believing that the US Army is protecting them, they just follow their orders moving south bound.

A Little Pond

2010

Slow Video poster
7.0

Jang-bu was an ordinary boy except his special talent; To see every moving thing like a slow motion video. As friends teased him by calling ‘monster eyes’, he decided to stick at home and not to go out. Television has been his only friend. Time passes by, and now grown-up Jang-bu works at the CCTV control center which is the best job for him. When he sees people’s life through camera, he feels he’s sharing their ordinary life that he’s never had. This new job opens his heart to the world and Jang-bu starts to make some friends out of the control center. With his dear friends he receives sense of himself and finally decides to propose a girl that he loved for long from CCTV…

Slow Video

2014

Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet poster
7.8

Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.

Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

2016

Romans 8:37 poster
5.0

Giseop starts work at the Busun Church at the request of Rev. Kang, whom he has always revered. When Kang is involved in a dispute with his predecessor, Giseop takes Kang’s side first, but soon his beliefs begin to shake.

Romans 8:37

2017

Coffee Noir: Black Brown poster
4.0

The law against coffee threatens to close down Ju-won’s coffee shop. Ju-won starts a movement against Kim’s family and big bro. The novel idea behind the plot along with its female hero stand out in this film.

Coffee Noir: Black Brown

2017

Don't Worry poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Don't Worry

2017

Ambubagging poster
NR

Intern KIM Min-ji is ambubagging patient LEE Sook-ja. The 86-year-old Sook-ja's condition is not very well. It looks as if she's ready to depart from the world. Despite constantly paging Sook-ja's grandson and guardian, he has yet to appear. Min-ji is ambubagging Sook-ja when she gets an urgent call from her Mother. Her mother tells her to hurry because Min-ji's sister is having a baby.

Ambubagging

2016

Beaten Black And Blue poster
8.0

Coincidence brings Gyohwan, a ´keyboard warrior´ who has left home and is moving from gosiwon to gosiwon, and Jeongsu, a ´patriotic senior citizen´ who has fought all his life against the left wing, together who become close like a grandfather and grandson. A black comedy about the two who each prepare for their last big event which leads to disaster.

Beaten Black And Blue

2016

Bitch Heart Asshole poster
4.3

We have a button on our bodies. It erases the bad memories from us. Everything bad and embarassing. But it only shows to other people; those who have sincerity. Jeong-nam delivers imitation goods and not the real ones. Jin sells herself and not flowers. In an alley in front of the cleaner's, Jin is waiting for someone while counting. However, no one is coming. Jin watches Jeong-nam who asks her what time it is several times but she's as cold as ice towards him as if she's never seen him before. Jeong-nam had saved Jin from her pimp who was beating her up in the back alley but still there's awkwardness between them. Then one day, Jin finds Jeong-nam abandoned in a pile of trash after being beat up by his clients, so he takes him home and they start living together and go on trips despite their bad start. They dream of a new life for each other. Will they get the life they want?

Bitch Heart Asshole

2015

Break Away poster
NR

It intermittently captures a delicate moment of emotional breakdown. Absconding soldiers with an unfair story to tell, and a woman helping them, all come to a point at the end of the film.

Break Away

2010

Paprika Feast poster
NR

This is a story about a woman. The people around her remember her differently and tell different stories about her. If you think too hard, you won´t be seeing the woman in the end.

Paprika Feast

2011

The Recorder Exam poster
7.1

Nine-year old Eunhee anxiously prepares for her recorder exam as she struggles to find a place within her own family.

The Recorder Exam

2011

Sowol Road poster
6.0

Jumsoon (52) works two jobs in order to live with her recently discharged son, Yonggoon (24). She works at a restaurant during the day and sells her body on Sowol Road during the night. One night on Sowol Road, Jumsoon saves another sex worker from an assault and learns that she is a transgender woman that wants to have a sex reassignment surgery.

Sowol Road

2017

2000s · 18 titles

Oldboy poster
8.2

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Oldboy

2003

Mother poster
7.7

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

Mother

2009

Lady Vengeance poster
7.5

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Lady Vengeance

2005

Oasis poster
7.7

A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.

Oasis

2002

Secret Sunshine poster
7.2

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Secret Sunshine

2007

The Duelist poster
6.5

Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each other in a series of duels and become confused between love and obligation to duty.

The Duelist

2005

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

A Brand New Life poster
7.3

Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage.

A Brand New Life

2009

To Catch a Virgin Ghost poster
7.2

Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e runs after him to get the diamond back and finds Seok-tae's trail in Sisily. But all the town people lie about everything. These people turn out to be scarier than a ghost!

To Catch a Virgin Ghost

2004

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

Bravo, My Life! poster
6.9

As his sexual awareness increases, Gwang-ho no longer likes the scent of his mother, who wears heavy make-up as she sells cosmetics door-to-door. Eun-sook, an assistant nurse who is the complete opposite of Gwang-ho's mother, becomes the object of all of Gwang-ho's attention and affection. Absorbed in his thoughts, Gwang-ho is oblivious of the news of the presidents death and the picture of the new president replacing the late president in his classroom. Gwang-ho receives a letter of luck and starts sending it to people around him. As those people start vanishing, Gwang-ho is racked with guilt, suspecting the letter of luck is the cause of their disappearance.

Bravo, My Life!

2005

The Evil Twin poster
5.9

In coma for a decade, the twin So Yeon wakes finally up. But she can't recall many things. Her other twin sister, Hyo Jin, died in the accident that led to So Yeon's coma. Now that So Yeon has gained her consciousness back, strange things start to happen.

The Evil Twin

2007

Our Town poster
5.4

A writer kills his landlady and stages the body to look like the work of an active serial killer. Anxious that the police might figure out the truth, he decides to insert himself into the investigation using his detective friend.

Our Town

2007

Boys of Tomorrow poster
5.9

Earning a living as a driver for rent, Kisu lives in a studio flat in the basement floor. When he feels choked up, he tries not to let go of hope by playing on the drums. Out of guilt that he might have made Jongdae sexually handicapped during their younger days, Kisu took on a role as Jongdae's guardian on top of being his friend. Jongdae's dream is to keep a revolver that can make him stronger than the small-time gangsters around town. One day Kisu's older brother shows up and leave behind his son Yohan to Kisu's care.

Boys of Tomorrow

2007

Members of the Funeral poster
6.8

The history of a dysfunctional Korean family is revealed as they attend a funeral.

Members of the Funeral

2008

Camel(s) poster
6.8

A man in a borrowed SUV picks up a woman outside Seoul’s domestic airport and drives her to a small enclave of restaurants, nightclubs and motels on the west coast. Both are middle-aged and married to other people, and know little about each other’s lives. After a seafood dinner and a visit to a karaoke lounge, they go to bed together for the first (and maybe last) time.

Camel(s)

2002

Family Matters poster
6.0

Min-kyung, once a promising young dancer, is now running a small, shabby dance school in town. Her life gets even harder since her entire family is notoriously troublesome. Her father Won-jo is a dotard, her husband Sang-hoon, who aspires to become a film director but can't get himself to finish a screenplay, is jobless, and her son is reckless, calling his dad, ' Uncle '. However, she manages quite well despite their endless troubles until one day, she finds out that her husband has been cheating on her.

Family Matters

2006

Thirsty, Thirsty poster
5.0

GU Chang-sik is a debt collector working day and night to reform Korea’s fiscal order and dreaming of becoming the ‘King of debt collecting’, so that he can earn a tremendous salary. Unfortunately, he is the last man in the race for three months in a row. One day he meets three debtors, which leads to the comedy of the film: KWAK Seon-ju, a young debtor who is struggling hard to raise a child alone; CHO Eul-sang, who goes bankrupt after his company collapsed but tries to keep his house for his soon-to-be-married daughter; and SHIM Su-gyo, who fails to get a job after graduating from a local university and falls into the private loan business.

Thirsty, Thirsty

2009

Series credits

Confidence Queen poster
7.7

Three con artists with different backgrounds, team up for a daring and adventurous scheme of revenge against the villains of this era.

Confidence Queen

2025

Genie, Make a Wish poster
7.9

After a thousand years, a quirky genie returns to grant wishes to a woman born without feelings. Can his magic bring love and wonder to her world?

Genie, Make a Wish

2025

The Judge from Hell poster
8.6

A cruel and vicious judge, who wields power only for herself, meets a warm and cheerful detective who puts the victims first.

The Judge from Hell

2024

Unmasked poster
8.0

In modern-day Seoul, a crack team of investigative journalists fight for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold case involving a famous actor who disappeared without a trace.

Unmasked

2025

Tunnel poster
8.0

A police detective from 1986 travels in time to the present to save his daughter.

Tunnel

2017

Where Stars Land poster
7.4

At Incheon International Airport, brilliant but distant engineer Lee Soo-yeon and clumsy, idealistic rookie Han Yeo-reum cross paths as they navigate tough challenges, personal secrets, and unexpected connections in their new jobs.

Where Stars Land

2018

The Nice Guy poster
6.5

Seok-cheol, the eldest son in a family of three generations of gangsters, navigates the tumultuous ups and downs of life with tears and laughter, all to protect his family, career, and love.

The Nice Guy

2025

Behind Every Star poster
7.3

Agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine.

Behind Every Star

2022

Her Private Life poster
7.6

An art curator's life unravels, as she tries to keep her pastime as a die-hard K-pop fan secret from her gallery's new director.

Her Private Life

2019

Good Partner poster
7.9

Cha Eun-kyung, a 17-year veteran divorce lawyer, faces a personal crisis when her own marriage is threatened while working alongside rookie lawyer Han Yu-ri, whose differing values lead to tension as they navigate their complex cases at Law Firm Daejung.

Good Partner

2024

20th Century Boy and Girl poster
6.2

The heartwarming romantic comedy is about the friendship and love lives of three single virgins born in 1983. Their romantic lives begin when the boy they liked in their youth shows up one day. They live in Oksu-dong in rundown apartments, and the warm human drama will be about neighborly affection, and the meaning of home, family, and friendship.

20th Century Boy and Girl

2017

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls poster
7.8

Cursed since birth and exempt from death, a revenge-driven immortal sets out on a quest to reclaim his soul and end a 600-year-old vendetta.

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls

2021

Bossam: Steal the Fate poster
6.8

Ba-Woo is a degenerate man. He gambles, steals, fights and will do bossam (customary remarriage procedure where a widow is kidnapped) for money. He hides his real identity. While performing a bossam, he mistakenly kidnaps Princess Hwain. She is the daughter of Prince Gwanghae and the daughter-in-law of his enemy Lee Yi-Cheom. For a secret political agreement, she married the older brother of a man she loved, but, on the day of her wedding, her husband died. She then became a widow.

Bossam: Steal the Fate

2021