Jo Dal Hwan is a veteran South Korean actor. Born on May 10, 1981, he made his acting debut in 2001 film “My Boss, My Hero” and then gained recognition with his next role in the 2002 film “Sex Is Zero.” He has since appeared in many memorable supporting roles in both films and television dramas, including the recent “Inspiring Generation” (2014), “The Night Watchman” (2014), “Spy” (2015) and “Mirror of the Witch” (2016).

Jo Dal Hwan

The youngest partner at one of the nation’s most prestigious law offices, Oh Soo Jae (Seo Hyun Jin) has already proven she has what it takes to be one of the country’s best lawyers. Driven by her self-righteous principles and a never-ending desire to win, Soo Jae is well on her way to becoming one TK Law Firm’s top attorneys. But when one of her cases takes an unexpected turn, Soo Jae is forced to watch as all of her hard work comes crumbling down around her.

Demoted at work, Soo Jae is forced to take on the role of adjunct professor at a local law school. Determined to win back her position within the firm, Soo Jae does her best to settle into her new role but the sting of demotion still lingers. Only after meeting Gong Chan (Hwang In Yeop), a university student whose path frequently crosses with Soo Jae, does that sting begin to lessen. Despite carrying the burdens of a painful past, Gong Chan’s warm heart remains strong, especially as his affection for Soo Jae grows.

Obviously smitten with Soo Jae, Gong Chan stays by her side, even as she struggles to find a way back into the firm’s good graces. Will her determination and Gong Chan’s support be enough to restore her position, or will the powers that be continue to push her down?

A story of shattered dreams and second chances, “Why Her?” is a 2022 romantic Korean melodrama directed by Park Soo Jin.

Why Her?

Fallen ⭐️ Rising Team

Yeon Ju is an elite prosecutor who started from the bottom. Although known as the best in corruption investigations for the Supreme Prosecutor\u2019s Office, she suffers amnesia after a car crash when chasing a suspect. As she wakes, she finds herself being Kang Mi Na, the daughter-in-law of the conglomerate Hanju Group. Before her disappearance, Mi Na was a troublemaker born out of wedlock. Now sitting in her position, Yeon Ju is not able to hide her rough and outspoken nature. She then meets Seung Wook, a conglomerate who visits his first love Mi Na to reveal the truth of his father\u2019s death. Will Yeon Ju and Mi Na be able to regain their lost memories in this mystery and succeed in true love?

One the Woman

💪 One Hell of a Woman 🔥

Ji Hoon (Chanyeol) is a handsome and talented busker – a guitarist with powerful vocal skills and stage presence. There’s just one thing holding him back from pop success: He has overpowering stage fright, and dreads the notion of playing in front of crowds of people. The only way he can perform in public is by hiding himself inside a large box.

Min Soo (Jol Dal Hwan) is a former music industry hotshot. However, he has had something of a fall from grace and now finds himself on the fringes of a business sector he used to wield huge power over. When he discovers Ji Hoon’s talent, he realizes that if he can just convince this prodigal young talent to come out of his shell – or box – he could have a major star on his hands. Min Soo resolves to take his chance. But the more he gets to know Ji Hoon, the more he discovers about himself. Will he succeed in helping Jo Hoon “break the box” – and take to the stage where everyone can see him, without his comfort-bringing prop?

“The Box” is a 2021 South Korean movie that was written and directed by Yang Jung Woong.

The Box

Not known as one who stands out in a crowd, Lee Ho Yeon (Jo Dal Hwan) is the very definition of an average salary-man. A timid pharmaceutical salesman, Ho Yeon isn’t the company’s most successful salesman, nor the most valued. Socially awkward and painfully shy, Ho Yeon would give anything to have even a fraction of the confidence his more successful co-workers possess.

Ready to give up on his hopes of becoming successful in any area of life, Ho Yeon unexpectedly finds himself the recipient of a most unusual gift: a magical necktie. With this odd gift in his possession, Ho Yeon soon finds himself making friends and closing deals. Amazed by this strange turn of events, Ho Yeon couldn’t be happier.&nbsp;

Could this necktie really possess the power to change Ho Yeon’s fate? And if so, how long will this good fortune last?

A magical tale of life and destiny, “The First Shot” is a 2019 film directed by Baek Seung Hwan.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The First Shot

✨ Necktie charm ✨ Team

KBS, KOCOWA

Tae Kyung is a lawyer who willingly defends corrupted high-ranking officials to earn his wealth and power. He started to chase money and power after he lost his family because of money and power. He wants to avenge his brother\u2019s death, so he joins hands with Woo Yong. However, he finds out the truth of his brother\u2019s death when he gets caught up in the disappearance case of the children. Woo Yong is the chairman of a construction company. For his family, he is willing to commit an evil deed. To achieve what he desires, he obeys people who are in authority. He doesn\u2019t hesitate to trample the weak, and he moves toward his goal without a hitch. However, he eventually collapses because of his desire. During their journey to achieve their own goals, they forgot about one important thing. That finding out the meaning of life is the most important, not accomplishing their ambitions. Will they be able to realize this in the end?

Justice

Lawyer Deul Ho is back at it again. After he gets into deep trouble with a previous case, he finds himself homeless again in the streets of Seoul. Living a hazardous help life away from the business of law, he finds himself in a mixup with his long-time friend's daughter So Mi. He faces many cases ahead to find justice for his brethren Jung Gun.

My Lawyer, Mr. Joe 2: Crime and Punishment

During the Joseon Dynasty, King Lee Jo (Kim Eui Sang) is a toady of the Qing Emperor in China – and the Crown Prince decides to attempt a coup to free the nation from the Qing’s influence. His plan involves buying arquebuses, an early form of firearm, from Dutch traders.

However, a rival plot is being hatched by the war minister Kim Ja Joon (Jang Dong Gun), who wants to launch a rebellion and take the Joseon throne. Kim Ja Joon exposes the Crown Prince’s scheme and foils him.

The Crown Prince agrees to commit suicide if his men are spared but sends word to his brother Gang Lim (Hyun Bin), who is now in Qing territory, that he wants his brother to take care of his pregnant wife.

The minister orders his troops to board the Dutch traders’ cargo ships to seize the weapons.

But while aboard, one of the soldiers is bitten by a terrifying zombie being kept in a cage.

The soldier returns to his home village, unaware that he is now the host of a savage infection.

Soon, the entire village becomes infected – with its population turning into flesh-eating zombies.

Gang Lim must navigate this chaos and save his sister-in-law from the twin peril of warring powermongers and gruesome zombies. Is he up to the challenge?

“Rampant” is a 2018 South Korean horror-action movie directed by Kim Sung Hoon.

Rampant

The fresh meat team

The Undateables is about a man, Hoon Nam, who refuses to love and a woman, Jeong Eum, who dreams of being passionately in love but gives up on the idea due to the reality of things. These two offer to help those who are single to fall in love, but in the midst of all this, they fall in love with each other. Hoon Nam officially becomes the second son of DMJ Foods when his biological mother, who gave birth to him out of wedlock, passes away. Due to this, he has never believed in love and has the ability to distance himself just enough so that he won't be affected emotionally by others. On the other hand, Jeong Eum is the type who gives her all whether it be in her everyday life or in love. She believes that whoever loves the other the most is the happiest, and this is why her first love only left her with scars. Tune in to watch how these two seemingly helpless and foolish people fall in love!

The Undateables

The Undateables Team

Young Joo is a detective. As she spends the better part of her time dealing with criminals, she tends to speak bluntly, but she also has a girlish side to her. Dong Joon is a judge who refuses to use his family's connections and wants to stand on his own. Young Joo's father has been framed for murder, so she tries to prove his innocence. She hopes Dong Joon will help her father after she finds crucial evidence. However, Dong Joon is in danger of failing to be reappointed. Even though he has always wanted to be a fair and righteous judge, he succumbs to temptation when faced with the danger of not being reappointed and convicts Young Joo's father. Young Joo and Dong Joon seem to be enemies, but the future has much more in store for them, and their relationship changes.

Whisper

The Whisperer Team

Jo Kyung Ho

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

JTBC

Can a young royal physician change the fate of a cursed princess? 

When Queen Sim (Jang Hee Jin) is unable to conceive, she visits the shaman Hong Joo (Yum Jung Ah). Hong Joo’s powerful black magic helps the Queen give birth to a twin boy and girl, Soon Hwae (Yeo Hoe Hyun) and Seo Ri (Kim Sae Ron). 

But the dark sorcery comes with a price when Seo Ri is cursed, causing her to be abandoned and left for dead by the Queen. Seo Ri is rescued by the father of Poong Yeon (Kwak Si Yang), who becomes her only friend as she grows up in hiding. 

With Poong Yeon and her helper, Choi Hyun Seo (Lee Sung Jae), by her side, Seo Ri grows up as a witch, all the while trying to figure out how to lift the evil curse on her life. When Seo Ri meets the royal physician Heo Jun (Yoon Shi Yoon), will he help her change her fate and reclaim her rightful place? 

“Mirror of the Witch” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Jo Hyun Tak. The series is inspired by the Mirror of Eastern Medicine (Dongui Bogam), a book compiled by the royal physician Heo Jun and published during the Joseon Dynasty and considered a classic in the study of Korean traditional medicine.

Mirror of the Witch

Team Bewitched

Heo Ok

Dong Ho (Son Hyun Joo) is a high-flying lawyer at a big-name legal firm. His wife Yeon Soo (Uhm Ji Won) is a kind-hearted medical professional who works at a busy hospital in Seoul. Dong Ho has decided to quit his job to take up a job as a pharmaceutical giant’s corporate lawyer. On the day he leaves his old job, his wife calls him and he decides not to answer so he can continue networking. But this appears to spark a series of tragic events, which eventually leads to his wife’s bloody murder in a robbery that goes horribly wrong.

The police struggle to identify the killer, and Dong Ho, distraught, throws himself into his work. But when, a year later, he receives a phone call from his wife, who appears to be alive and well at the time of the call, he suddenly realizes that he has somehow traveled back to the past – to the very day of her murder. Dong Ho resolves to do what he can to try to prevent the murder...but could he already be too late?

“The Phone” is a 2015 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Bong Ju.

The Phone

This is a different kind of identity crisis.

Woo Jin is a young man who works as a furniture designer. He has a great life with the woman he loves, Yi Soo (Han Hyo Joo), if it weren’t for one little problem.

Every morning, Woo Jin wakes up to discover that he is inhabiting a different body. It could be the body of a young, good-looking man (Do Ji Han), a portly everyman (Kim Dae Myung), a middle-aged man (Bae Sung Woo), an old man (Chun Young Woon) or even a beautiful young woman (Park Shin Hye)!

Every time Woo Jin wakes up in a new body, he has to figure out where he is and how he can find his way back to Yi Soo, who is always waiting for him. Will there be a day that Woo Jin can’t find his way back?

“The Beauty Inside” is a 2015 South Korean film directed by Baik. It is based on the 2012 American social film by the same title directed by Drake Doremus.

The Beauty Inside

Sun Woo is a son with a special emotional bond with his mother but has a secret he can't share. He was a field agent at the National Intelligence Service but is working for the intelligence analysis on North Korea after failing the operation. He tries to catch Hwang Ki Chul, who killed his partner. His mother, Hye Rim, was a spy in the past, but she currently keeps her identity hidden. She has kept it a secret from Sun Woo but when Ki Chul shows up, she becomes a spy once again to protect her son. And along the way, Sun Woo learns the identity of his mother. The mother and the son fight to protect their beloved family and Ki Chul's revenge begins.

The Undercover Team

Kim Hyun Tae

The time is set in the Joseon Dynasty. This is the story of three powers: one who denies ghosts, another who tries to use the power of ghosts, and the other who wants to defeat ghosts! All human work comes from desire. A ghost would express the intense and twisted natural human desire. Sometimes the excessive passion for true love changes destiny. Through the story of youths who chase ghosts, we also feel all sorts of human emotions. Through the romance of youths, we will see that passionate and pure love can change not only personal life but also history.

Diary of a Night Watchman

The Night Guards

Choi Won, the world's biggest fool for his daughter, is a medical staff in the royal clinic. Despite possessing skills to surpass even the royal physician, living happily with his daughter is more important to him than ambition. Rang, an adorable daughter Won's wife risked death giving birth to, takes exactly after her mother. Not only that, she inherited the incurable disease that killed her mother. Won, who lived caring for his sick daughter, becomes a fugitive after getting caught up in a conspiracy to poison King Injong. As Rang's sickness grows more critical, Won meets Da In. Da In is a nurse in the royal clinic with a cold appearance and personality. Will Won recover his relationship with Da In that began with a misunderstanding and free himself of the false charge of murder to take care of Rang's health?

The Fugitive of Joseon

Yoo Suk (Kim Ju Hyuk) is kind-hearted but has no idea that his fiancée Na Ri (Lee Si Young) has been playing him for a fool, trying to bleed him dry of money.

When he takes out a loan to pay for a love nest, Na Ri senses that she cannot get any more money out of staying with Yoo Suk – and promptly drops off the radar.

While still trying to track down Na Ri, Yoo Suk meets Ae Yeon (Lee Yoon Ji), a police officer who is nursing a broken heart. Over time, the two are drawn closer together.

Meanwhile, Na Ri has met a dangerous mobster she thinks will help bankroll her lifestyle. However, when she runs off with a bag of his money, his newfound love for her is put to the test…

This movie was based on the 2005 Japanese movie “A Stranger of Mine.”

“Couples” is a 2011 South Korean movie directed by Jung Yong Gi.

Couples

The Perfectly Matched team

Doosaboo Films/Film Z [두사부필름/필름지]

Note: Some material might not be appropriate persons under 18. 
 
Sex Is Zero (색즉시공, Saekjeuk Shigong) is a 2002 South Korean film written and directed by Yoon Je-kyoon, starring Lim Chang-jung, Ha Ji-won (from ""Secret Garden"") and Yoo Chae-yeong. In the style of American gross-out comedies like American Pie, it follows the exploits of a group of college students, which eventually takes a serious turn. Sex Is Zero sold over 4 million tickets in South Korea, making it the fifth most popular film of 2002.

Sex Is Zero

Saekjeuk Shigong

"You’re never too old to go back to school. Gye Do Shik (Jung Joon Ho) grew up in the school of hard knocks and doesn’t have much of a formal education. He thought by being a part of a mob gang, he really wouldn’t miss out. But in the new digital age, when Do Shik can’t distinguish between an email address vs. a physical address and a net café vs. an actual coffee shop, Do Shik’s bosses are repeatedly embarrassed by his ignorance and decide that he needs to be sent back to high school. With his subordinates, the serious Kim Sang Do (Jung Woong In) and the imbecilic Dae Ka Ri (Jeong Woon Taek), trying to help from outside the school gates, Do Shik finds that the students in his new school are more dangerous than any gangsters he has ever dealt with. 
 
“My Boss, My Hero,” directed by Yoon Je Gyun, is a 2001 South Korean film that is the first film in the popular gangster trilogy with “My Boss, My Teacher” (2006) and “The Mafia, The Salesman” (2007)."

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