Jodo Kast Feb 4, 2009
I feel compelled to make lists when I get stuck on writing. These lists are unrelated to what I write about, so I can't explain why I make them. This covers some of my favorite actors from Korea and which of their movies I've seen. This is also part of my strategy for buying new movies. It doesn't always work. A couple of the movies listed below were nearly unwatchable, even though they had star actors - Soul Guardians and the Gingko Bed.
Popular Korean Actors
Kang Seong-Jin
Life is Cool (2007)
Big Bang (2007)
Apartment (2006)
Silmido (2004)
Some (2004)
Jail Breakers (2002)
Spark the Lighter (2002)
Hi Dharma (2001)
Humanist (2001)
The Last Witness (2001)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Gam Wu-Seong
Big Bang (2007)
Spider Forest (2004)
R-Point (2004)
A Crazy Marriage (2002)
Kim Su-Ro
Life is Cool (2007)
Big Bang (2007)
S Diary (2004)
Funny Movie (2002)
Volcano High (2001)
Hi Dharma (2001)
The Foul King (2000)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Shiri (1999)
Two Cops (1993)
Baek Yun-Shik
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Art of Fighting (2006)
The Big Swindle (2004)
Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Park Sang-Myeon
She's On Duty (2005)
Thief Maker (2002)
Hi Dharma (2001)
My Wife is a Gangster (2001)
Humanist (2001)
The Foul King (2000)
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
Doctor K (1999)
Downfall (1997)
No. 3 (1997)
Park Joong-Hoon
Say Yes (2001)
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
Two Cops 2 (1996)
Two Cops (1993)
Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
Youth Sketch (1987)
Seol Kyung-Gu
Cruel Winter Blues (2006)
Silmido (2004)
Jail Breakers (2002)
Oasis (2002)
Public Enemy (2002)
Peppermint Candy (2000)
Song Kang-Ho
Secret Sunshine (2007)
The Show Must Go On (2006)
The Host (2006)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Joint Security Area (2000)
The Foul King (2000)
Shiri (1999)
The Quiet Family (1998)
No. 3 (1997)
Green Fish (1997)
The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996)
Shin Ha-Gyun
No Mercy for the Rude (2006)
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Guns & Talks (2001)
Joint Security Area (2000)
Ahn Seong-Gi
May 18 (2007)
Duelist (2005)
Silmido (2004)
Strokes of Fire (2002)
Last Witness (2001)
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
The Soul Guardians (1998)
The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
Two Cops (1993)
Gagman (1989)
Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
Hello, God! (1987)
Our Sweet Days of Youth (1987)
Wanderer in Winter (1986)
The Entertainer (1985)
Deep Blue Night (1985)
Knee to Knee (1984)
A Small Shot By a Dwarf (1981)
Oh Dal-Su
The Show Must Go On (2006)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
A Bloody Aria (2006)
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Crying Fist (2005)
Oldboy (2003)
Yu Ji-Tae
Woman is the Future of Man (2004)
Oldboy (2003)
Natural City (2003)
Into the Mirror (2003)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Yun Hae-Jin
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Blood Rain (2005)
The Coast Guard (2002)
Jail Breakers (2002)
Spark the Lighter (2002)
No Blood No Tears (2002)
Public Enemy (2002)
Kick the Moon (2001)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Lee Byeong-Heon
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Three, Monster (2004)
Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2000)
Joint Security Area (2000)
Lee Seong-Jae
Public Enemy (2002)
Kick the Moon (2001)
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Cha Seung-Won
Blood Rain (2005)
Jail Breakers (2002)
Spark the Lighter (2002)
Kick the Moon (2001)
Black Honeymoon (2000)
Jeong Jae-Young
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
Silmido (2004)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
No Blood No Tears (2002)
Guns & Talks (2001)
Green Fish (1997)
Choi Min-Sik
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
Crying Fist (2005)
Oldboy (2003)
Strokes of Fire (2002)
Failan (2001)
Shiri (1999)
The Quiet Family (1998)
No. 3 (1997)
Han Seok-Kyu
A Bloody Aria (2006)
Tell Me Something (1999)
Shiri (1999)
Christmas in August (1998)
The Contact (1997)
No. 3 (1997)
Green Fish (1997)
The Ginkgo Bed (1996)
Hwang Jeong-Min
Black House (2007)
You Are My Sunshine! (2005)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
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Popular Korean Actresses
Kang Hye-Jeong
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
Rules of Dating (2005)
Three, Monster (2004)
Oldboy (2003)
Nabi (2001)
Kong Hyo-Jin
M (2007)
Bizarre Love Triangle (2002)
Volcano High (2001)
Guns & Talks (2001)
Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori (1999)
Kim Seon-A
Girl Scouts (2008)
She's On Duty (2005)
S Diary (2004)
The Greatest Expectation (2003)
Wet Dreams (2002)
Kim Hye-Su
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
The Red Shoes (2005)
Hypnotized (2004)
Kick the Moon (2001)
Doctor K (1999)
Moon So-Ri
Forever the Moment (2008)
A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
Oasis (2002)
Peppermint Candy (2000)
Bae Du-Na
The Host (2006)
Do You Like Spring Bear? (2003)
Tube (2003)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Plum Blossom (2000)
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
The Ring Virus (1999)
Seo Jeong
Green Chair (2005)
Spider Forest (2004)
Peppermint Candy (2000)
The Isle (1999)
Shin Mina
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Volcano High (2001)
Shin Eun-Gyeong
My Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003)
This is Law (2001)
My Wife is a Gangster (2001)
Uzumaki [Japanese film] (2000)
The Ring Virus (1999)
Downfall (1997)
Yun Ji-Hye
No Mercy for the Rude (2006)
Do You Like Spring Bear? (2003)
Pisces (2000)
Plum Blossom (2000)
Whispering Corridors (1998)
Lee Mi-Yeon
Last Witness (2001)
Pisces (2000)
Whispering Corridors (1998)
Motel Cactus (1997)
No. 3 (1997)
Jeon Do-Youn
Secret Sunshine (2007)
You Are My Sunshine! (2005)
No Blood No Tears (2002)
The Contact (1997)
Jeon Ji-Hyeon
My Sassy Girl (2001)
Chu Sang-Mi
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)
Say Yes (2001)
The Soul Guardians (1998)
The Contact (1997)
Hwang Shin-Hye
Family (2002)
Gagman (1989)
Our Sweet Days of Youth (1987)