Kim Jee-woon

A Bittersweet Life

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

Release Date2005-04-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Lee Byung-hun's Hand Stand-In (uncredited)

Vote Count1007

Modern Korea

The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant video clips from news broadcasts, dramas, shows and other documentaries

Release Date2019-10-31

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Next Entertainment, Visionary

Release Date2021-01-18

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

In the Mood for Melville

Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the world of cinema.

Release Date2017-12-15

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.

Release Date2012-12-06

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Vote Count6

Behind the Camera

An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.

Release Date2013-02-28

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Vote Count4

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence

Release Date2007-01-21

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A Tale of Two Sisters: 'Making Of'

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Kim Jee-woon's 2003 psychological horror film 'A Tale of Two Sisters.'

Release Date2005-03-29

Charactersd Self

Bolero: A Global Hit

Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It explores the complexity and the richness of a piece so simple in appearance: the emotions it triggers, vertigo it creates, the words it inspires.

Release Date2019-01-01

Charactersd Self

Boléro, le refrain du monde

Release Date2019-12-29

Charactersd Self (as Jee-woon Kim)

I Saw the Devil

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

Release Date2010-08-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3076

Dr. Brain

Brilliant brain scientist Sewon suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues.

Release Date2021-11-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count165

A Tale of Two Sisters

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

Release Date2003-06-13

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1364

The Last Stand

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts.

Release Date2013-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3018

Illang: The Wolf Brigade

In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby.

Release Date2018-07-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count332

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

Release Date2008-07-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count828

The Uninvited

Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

Release Date2009-01-30

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1647

The Age of Shadows

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.

Release Date2016-09-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count379

Coming Out

A young woman asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling on tape what she's been hiding to her family including her brother all along. She is coming out.

Release Date2001-07-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

Awarapan

A loyal henchman is ordered by his boss to keep an eye on his mistress, and trouble begins when he refuses to kill her.

Release Date2007-06-29

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count52

Three

An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.

Release Date2002-07-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count82

Drishyam

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot. A Korean-language remake of the 2013 Malayalam film of the same name.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Cobweb

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?

Release Date2023-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count111

The Quiet Family

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.

Release Date1998-04-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count207

Doomsday Book

In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, 'Happy Birthday', a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.

Release Date2012-04-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count114

In the Net

A woman meets a mysterious man while digging into the death of her younger sibling.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Ek Villain

An ex-gangster re-enters the world of violence after his wife is murdered by a serial killer.

Release Date2014-06-27

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count175

The Foul King

Dae-ho is a timid, unproductive, constantly harassed bank clerk. He starts secretly wrestling and adopts the persona of the cheating villain wrestler "The Foul King". He starts to stand up for himself but things soon start to get out of hand.

Release Date2000-02-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count95

The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.

Release Date2002-02-23

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Film Writer

Vote Count224

Live Your Strength

A young woman falls into despair after a bad breakup, and seeks to make a new start.

Release Date2020-09-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

The Hole

Bedridden after a tragic accident, a professor is cared for by his mother-in-law, who uncovers disturbing secrets about his marriage and past, jeopardizing his recovery.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

One Perfect Day

Searching for love, a young man goes through a series of unsuccessful dates. As yet another girl walks out on him he laments on his father's life advice.

Release Date2013-04-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count12

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

Release Date2011-12-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

The X

Agent 'X' always fullfills his missions perfectly until one day he is ordered to deliver a mysterious item to agent 'R'. However, agent 'R' is found dead and his girlfriend Mia points a gun at him. Agent 'X' is set up and will he be able to get out of this dangerous situation?

Release Date2013-10-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3

Untact

Sung-hyun returns after 3-years of studying abroad. All alone in a 14-day self-quarantine, he begins to watch the vlogs of Soo-jin, the woman he was dating before he left. Each wonders if they should reconnect.

Release Date2020-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

The Power of Love

Release Date2004-10-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Present

A man is investigating an assassin, who turns out to be his own girlfriend.

Release Date2009-03-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Memories

A woman with amnesia wakes up in the middle of the road and tries to figure out what happened to her. Meanwhile a man is haunted by some strange figure in his lonely residence.

Release Date2002-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1