Jang Hyun Sung is a prolific South Korean actor. Born on July 17, 1970, he began his acting career as a member of the Hakjeon Theatre Company. He transitioned into film in the 1997 “The Story of an Unemployed Man” and television in the 2003 drama “Rosemary.” He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho” (2010), “Vampire Prosecutor” (2011), “A Thousand Days’ Promise” (2011), “Big” (2012), “A Wife’s Credentials” (2012), “Goddess of Marriage” (2013), “Three Days” (2014), “Secret Door” (2014), “Punch” (2014), “Heard It Through the Grapevine” (2015), “Assembly” (2015), “Signal” (2016), “Doctors” (2016), and “Woman With a Suitcase” (2016). Jang Hyun Sung and his two sons also appeared on the popular reality show “Superman Is Back” from 2013 to 2014.

Jang Hyun Sung

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Coming from a poor family, Go Ah In (Lee Bo Young) grew up without any of the advantages that her wealthier peers took for granted. As a child, the only thing Ah In had going for her was a strong personal desire for success. Determined to succeed despite the odds, Ah In studied hard, graduated from university, and entered the workforce, ready to make her lifelong dreams come true.

Unfortunately, without any connections, Ah In was forced to start her professional career like so many others in her position. Taking a low-rung job at a large advertising agency, Ah In knows that climbing her way to the top is going to take a lot of hard work, but that never stops her from trying. With dreams of becoming the company’s first female lead executive, Ah In dives into her work, never once backing off from the challenges before her.

Focused solely on her career, Ah In earns a reputation as someone who only cares about money and success; but that’s just fine with her. Will An In’s unwavering dedication and hard work pay off in the end?

Providing a glimpse into one of the world’s most cut-throat industries, “Agency” is a 2023 South Korean drama directed by Lee Chang Min.

Agency

 ✨ The Marvellous ✨ Team 

During the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), Yoo Se Poong (Kim Min Jae) is a talented young physician who practices at the royal palace. But when he is implicated in a conspiracy that threatens the lives of the members of the royal family, he is driven from court. He eventually finds himself in a remote village community – a huge fall from grace for a man who had once occupied such a prestigious role.

When he intervenes to help heal a local, he finds his stay in the village becomes prolonged – more so than he would have liked. And as he does so, he attracts the attention of Gye Ji Han (Kim Sang Kyung), the middle-aged local doctor. Gye Ji Ha thinks that Yoo Se Poong could become an impeccable doctor if he could only develop a little more compassion and humanity – and decides to try to take the younger man under his wing. Yoo Se Poong also meets Seo Eun Woo (Kim Hyang Gi), a young widow. Despite the fact that she comes from a noble family, social convention dictates that Seo Eun Woo must remain faithful to her deceased husband for the rest of her life – much to her displeasure! What will become of this trio as they begin to spend more time in one another’s company?

“Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist” is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Park Won Gook.

Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist

"Poong, poong… who’s there?" 

Pyo In Sook (Ahn Eun Jin) is an obstinate and almost emotionless woman who has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Although she has just months left to live, she feels nothing, even though she is about to come face-to-face with her own mortality. She is receiving care at a hospice, where she meets two other women with very different lives: The first is Seong Mi Do (Joy) is a highly popular social media influencer whose life has also been turned upside down by a terminal illness diagnosis. And the other is Kang Se Yeon (Kang Ye Won), a housewife with bags of responsibilities and who is tired of being taken for granted. She has a distinct feeling that nobody has ever given her any respect – and now she too has been told terminal illness will soon claim her life.

Into the mix comes Min Woo Cheon (Kim Kyung Nam), a meticulous, elite contract killer. Although he is one of the nation’s most deadly hitmen, he never intended to live his life this way and his cool exterior covers deep sadness. The three women have decided to end the lives of one person each who has done them wrong before their time runs out. But their friendship starts to mellow them. And when Pyo In Sook and Min Woo Cheon start developing feelings for one another, a massive rethink could be in the pipelines...

“The One and Only” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Oh Hyun Jong.

The One and Only

✨  Never Walk Alone ✨ Team

Teaching mathematics at the prestigious Ahseong High School, Ji Yoon Soo (Im Soo Jung) loves her job almost as much as she loves math. A good-natured woman, with a tenacity that is always driving her forward, Yoon Soo is an excellent teacher who loves to share her fondness for math with her students. Extremely passionate about the subject, Yoon Soo is always encouraging her students to find their own answers and is happy to come alongside those who might need a little extra help.
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Among those students is Baek Seung Yoo (Lee Do Hyun), an extremely introverted and seemingly troubled student who consistently ranks at the bottom of his class. Never speaking to anyone, Seung Yoo spends much of his time alone, choosing to take pictures with his camera, rather than interacting with anyone around him. Seeing Seung Yoo’s potential in math, Yoon Soo is determined to help the struggling youth. With time and attention, Seung Yoo’s grades begin to improve but his success in math brings with it an entirely unexpected set of problems. With rumors of a teacher-student scandal now floating around school, it doesn’t take long for Yoon Soo’s world to come crashing down around her.
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Reunited four years later, Yoon Soo and Seung Yoo are determined to expose the corruption at Ahseong High School and regain Yoon Soon’s reputation as an excellent teacher. Will their efforts be enough to overcome such deep-seated corruption, or will their shared history only serve to destroy them further?

Melancholia

The Wistful Team

Set in the Dan dynasty, this is a love story featuring ghosts, demons, and gods. Hong Chun Gi (Kim Yoo Jung), a painter of extraordinary talent, is born blind due to a curse but later gains vision. She is accepted into a prestigious art school despite societal views on such pursuits for a woman. In contrast, Ha Ram (Ahn Hyo Seop) is an astrologer with an opposing fate: born with sight, he later loses his vision in a childhood accident. He is able to carve the trajectory of the night sky and see into the future.
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The two meet and fall in love, but are sucked into the political games of the royal court, particularly involving two princes: Prince Anpyeong (Gong Myung) and Prince Sooyang (Kwak Si Yang). What games do these two have in mind for the lovers, and what is the fate that the stars have in store?

Lovers of the Red Sky

For Your Eyes Only 👁‿👁  

The eccentric but genial Oh Hyun Jae (Jang Hyuk) is a shadow of his former self.

In his heyday, he was a peerless criminal profiler with phenomenal powers of deduction – the prize of the police force.

His world was shattered when a bomb planted by a serial killer took the life of his young fiancée. Oh responded by cutting himself off from the rest of the world, determined to live out the rest of his life in isolation.

But when a serial killer who the police thought had died long ago returns to terrorize the city, the police force is desperate and needs urgent help.

A rising star of the police force, Hwang Hwa Young (Jin Seo Yun), resolves to outwit the killer. To do so, she decides to team up with both Oh and a remarkable rookie cop – Cha Soo Young (Choi Sooyoung), whose photographic memory may prove to be a powerful crime-fighting weapon...

Can the unlikely trio really work together? Does Oh still have his genius-level skills? And will the crime-busters stop the deadly killer from carrying out his gruesome plans?

“Tell Me What You Saw” is a 2020 South Korean drama series directed by Lee Joon Hyeong.

Tell Me What You Saw

The Seeing is Believing Team

Jung Sun is the deputy head of the VIP team in Sungun Department Store. She seems to be having a happy life as she's recognized for her competency at work and is always on good terms with her husband Sung Jun, the head of the VIP team. But on the other hand, no one knows how hard she struggles to be loved by others due to the trauma she got from having been abandoned by both her birth mother and her stepmother. She firmly believes that Sung Jun would never let her down at least. One day, she gets an anonymous message. "Your husband is having an affair with someone in your team." After receiving this message, she gets to know the secrets of Sung Jun and the women.

Han Yoon Seo (Lee Yo Won) is one of the star investigators for a special unit charged with helping to uphold human rights in South Korea. 
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However, she is secretly haunted by her past – and dark secrets she hides from her colleagues and people close to her.
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Although she is always impartial, methodical, and supremely focused at work, many think of her as cold, aloof, and impersonal.
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Life changes quickly for Han Yoon Seo when Bae Hong Tae (Choi Gwi Hwa) is assigned to her team. A former prosecutor, he is – in many ways – the polar opposite to Han Yoon Seo. With a strong sense of what is right, he often acts on impulse, following his heart rather than his head.
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Sparks fly when the duo is forced to work together on investigations.

But could their bickering eventually help them collaborate better on difficult cases? Will their contrasting styles prove complementary? And will Han Yoon Seo finally find a soulmate she can reveal her secrets to?
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This series is based on a 2015 novel by author Song Shi Woo.
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“The Running Mates: Human Rights” is a 2019 South Korean drama directed by Kim Yong Soo.

The Running Mates: Human Rights

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After unfortunate events in his life, Yi Je being one of Seoul's most exalted physicians, turns into a prison doctor who finds hereditary diseases that send the innocent and guilty away from death row and confinement. His goal of finding justice for bereaved families is all he's after, so he works around his excellence as a medical doctor to get around the law. With his prescriptions, he turns himself as the god above the law.

Doctor Prisoner

The Prisoner's Dilemma Team

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If you meet the same person over and over again over the course of many years, is it just coincidence or fate?

Han Yoo Kyung (Han Seung Yeon) takes a trip to Korea after graduating from college in the United States and ends up fighting with her boyfriend and breaking up. She meets Cha Hyun Oh (Shin Hyun Soo), who took an impulsive trip to Korea after quitting his job in Japan. The two share a walk on the beach and then part ways.

But Yoo Kyung and and Hyun Oh surprisingly keep bumping into each other over the course of three different trips and end up spending 12 nights together. Could this be just coincidence or something much more?

“Twelve Nights” is a 2018 South Korean Viki Original series directed by Jung Heon Soo.

Twelve Nights

Is it possible to do well in a job when you know it’s not exactly the job you had in mind?

Lee Soo Yeon (Lee Je Hoon) dreamed of becoming a pilot, but his poor vision squashed that dream. He goes to work at Incheon International Airport in the general planning department but harbors a secret that makes him keep his distance from his coworkers.

Han Yeo Reum (Chae Soo Bin) is a bubbly new passenger service agent at the airport who is eager to do her best. But her clumsy nature makes her a threat to herself and the passengers. 

Can Soo Yeon clean up the messes that Yeo Reum creates on the job?

“Where Stars Land” is a 2018 South Korean Viki Original series directed by Shin Woo Cheol.

Where Stars Land

I Believe I Can Fly

Queen for Seven Days is a historical drama that draws attention to the Queen who was dethroned from her position after merely just seven days during the Joseon dynasty. While she was on the throne, Lady Shin, or Queen Dan Gyeong, is said to have been forcibly expelled from the palace by her political rivals. She's been known to be the shortest person to have reigned as a Queen in the history of Korea. It's also been known that the King and the Queen spent the rest of their lives longing for each other after she was dethroned and abandoned. Unlike how everyone else used to look at him with fear in their eyes, Lee Yung met a young woman who reached out to him first. For her, he desired to become a good king, but the world was too cruel to him. This fictional drama focuses on the love and struggle of the woman who was unwillingly drawn into the political world.

Queen for Seven Days

The History Tellers

Ji Hong is a doctor who decided to become a high school teacher. He meets Hye Jung, a reckless student who happens to be his favorite neighbor's granddaughter and turns out to be his student. Their deep relationship led them to be accused of being in a romantic student-teacher relationship. 13 years later, they suddenly bump into each other under neurosurgery in the same hospital. Hye Jung is determined to avenge her grandmother's death due to medical malpractice, as Ji Hong is out to protect his highschool sweetheart. In between, they face numerous challenges in the operating room, within their relationship, and the political disputes within the hospital and its investors.

Doctors

Nerves Gone Wild Team

Kim Tae Ho

A welder from a small company becomes a member of the National Assembly according to the plan of the ruling party, becoming an eminent politician. The ruling party made the worker into members of the National Assembly to use and have a strong political power. Still, from the viewpoint of the ruling party, the worker later is recognized as an unnecessary existence, causing accidents all the time. However, the main character Sang Pil has a warm heart and generous thoughts, and with the help of his aide, In Gyeong, he shows how to solve many political problems that we have in reality.

Assembly

The Assembly Team

In Sang always feels intimidated in front of his perfect father. He can never be comfortable before his mother, who is also graceful and beautiful. Only after meeting with Bom, In Sang realized that his life was full of oppression. On the other hand, Bom's family barely leads a normal life. However, she has no idea that In Sang is from a very wealthy family. Without a clue about his family, Bom and In Sang overstep the mark. After many twists and turns, as Bom is almost due to give birth, she goes up to In Sang's parents. But what she has to face is inhospitality and disesteem beyond imagination. In time, she unintentionally discovers the secrets of In Sang's family and realizes that knowledge is power.

Heard It Through the Grapevine

The Whispers

Seo Hyung Shik

When a person shines brightest, they lose what they most treasure. The peak of success! Tae Joon was made Prosecutor General, and Jung Hwan\u2019s future looks bright, but he was shocked to find out that he only has 6 months left to live due to a malicious brain tumor. The bloody confession of a man covered head to toe in scars from the viciousness of reality. And the story of a woman who strives to heal him with justice. As the night deepens, stars brighten, and as desperation grows, people shine. For the one person who cries for him, the light that shines for him amidst the desperation is Ha Gyung, who Jung Hwan strives to save. A battle between two men who can become neither friends nor foes. For 7 years, they lived the same life, sharing the same dream, and fought to become Prosecutor General like brothers! A battle to the death between one who\u2019ll live and one who\u2019ll die.

Punch

Jang Min Seok

Lee Sun is Joseon's Crown Prince. He, however, stumbles upon information about his father's history before acquiring his position as king. King Yeongjo is a product of a corrupt leadership contract. Things worsen for Lee Sun as his values towards equality clash with his father's ideology of taxation and a strong royalty. Both sides hold on to a double-edged sword, but only one will survives the wounds incurred by the Secret Door.

Secret Door

Secret Door Team

Hong Gye Hui

Ji Hye is a proud woman who speaks her mind and works as a writer for a radio show. Tae Wook meets Ji Hye at a private gathering, and after two years of keeping an eye on her, he decides to ask her out. After a year of dating, Ji Hye accepts his marriage proposal despite being unsure about her feelings for him. Tae Wook is a prosecutor and successor of a conglomerate group who decides to marry Ji Hye against his father's wishes. However, Ji Hye asks to call off their engagement because she can't withstand the overwhelming pressure of her future in-laws. Ji Hye then leaves for a trip to Jeju Island, where she meets and falls in love with Hyun Woo, paving the way for these three people's stormy and complicated future.

Goddess of Marriage

The Goddesses Team

Noh Seung Soo

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Ji Ho and In Ha are brothers beyond the spotlight. Unfortunately, the death of their father had led to circumstances that made them hate each other. They fight over the company left to them by their father while dealing with their problems with their mothers. One day, they find out that it was perfect revenge towards their mother, Young Rang, who gets backstabbed by a man who died 14 years ago. They seek the truth, but they're not sure if it's the truth that will save them from all the pain.

Five Fingers

The Magical Fingers Team

Choi Seung Jae

This is a romantic fantasy story about Da Ran's fianc\u00E9 Yun Jae, who was working as a part-time high school teacher while preparing for the teacher employment exam, and Gyeong Jun, a student who transferred to the school where Da Ran works. The story begins as their souls are changed due to a car accident. As Yun Jae's condition worsens, Da Ran is in despair, unable to solve the complex problems she has faced. Their love is also on the verge of a breakup. What will happen to this childish adolescent?

Big Team

Kang Hyuk Soo

Is this the life that you are meant to live? Seo Rae (Kim Hee Ae) is married to Sang Jin (Jang Hyun Sung), a driven reporter for a broadcasting company. Seo Rae has been a dutiful housewife, a humble daughter-in-law to Sang Jin’s parents, and a devoted mother to her son, Gyul (Lim Je No), who until recently has been a sickly child. But there is something that is missing from Seo Rae’s life. She doesn’t agree with Sang Jin’s push to get the best private education for Gyul but reluctantly agrees to move to a better neighborhood to further Gyul’s education. On her first day in their new neighborhood, a thief steals Seo Rae’s bicycle from outside a café. Tae Oh (Lee Sung Jae) sees the fleeing thief and rescues Seo Rae’s bike. When Seo Rae learns that Tae Oh is her son’s new dentist, will this stranger change her life in ways she didn’t expect on her own personal road to self-discovery? “A Wife’s Credentials” is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by An Pan Seok.

A Wife's Credentials

Sang Jin

For Detective Kang Jae Hyuk (Lee Dong Wook), catching criminals is all in a day’s work. Willing to do whatever it takes to get felons off the streets, Jae Hyuk has often found himself in precarious situations. As such, chasing a pickpocket through the streets wasn’t a big deal. At least not until he managed to run, quite literally, into Choi Soo Jin (Hyun Young).

Simply enjoying a well-deserved treat, journalist Choi Soo Jin had no intention of impaling anyone with her tempura skewer; but that’s exactly what happened when she accidentally bumped into Jae Hyuk, mid-chase. Mortified, Soo Jin does everything she can to make things right and is relieved when the whole incident is quickly resolved. But her relief is short-lived when she realizes her new work assignment, as the police’s media representative, puts her squarely in Jae Hyuk’s path.&nbsp;

Unable to avoid each other, the two spend most of their time bickering, but when presented with an opportunity to advance both of their careers, the two agree to put their differences aside. Working as allies, Jae Hyuk and Soo Jin make a formidable duo but do they have what it takes to bring down one of the country’s biggest crime lords?

Proof that love can bloom under some of the strangest circumstances, “The Perfect Couple” is a 2007 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kim Jung Woo.

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