Kim Myung Min is an award-winning South Korean actor. Born on October 8, 1972, he broke into acting after winning a public acting contest in 1996. After playing various supporting roles for about five years, he landed his first leading role in the 2001 film “Sorum.” Kim Myung Min then suffered a series of bad luck with projects over the next three years and even toyed with the idea of immigrating to New Zealand. But he was offered the lead role in the epic 2004 historical drama “Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin,” for which he won the Best Actor award and catapulted to fame. He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas since, including “Beethoven Virus” (2008), “King of Dramas” (2012), “A New Leaf” (2014) and “Six Flying Dragons” (2015-2016), as well as the film “Proof of Innocence” (2016).

Kim Myung Min

The year is 1950, and much of South Korea has fallen to invading armies from the North.

Southern forces, in conjunction with the American military, are planning an audacious bid to recapture the port of Incheon from the sea.

However, the allied generals believe that if they are to be successful in Incheon, they will need a diversion – to draw North Korean forces away from the heavily defended port.

The allied military hatches a plan. They will send a group of 772 raw, young recruits, including lowly private Choi Sung Pil (Choi Minho) and led by inexperienced commander Lee Myung Joon (Kim Myung Min), to Jansari, a beach in North Gyeongsang Province. The operation is top secret, and generals privately do not expect the soldiers to return alive.

As soon as the mission begins, the green forces soon realize they are hopelessly unequipped, with barely enough weapons and ammunition to defend themselves – or enough food and equipment to survive.

American news reporter Maggie Higgins (Megan Fox) learns of the plan, and attempts to gain help from the international community – but is it already too late for the young soldiers?

“The Battle of Jangsari” is a 2019 South Korean war movie, which was based partly on a true story. It was directed by Kwak Kyung Taek and Kim Tae Hoon.

The Battle of Jangsari

Soldiers at Jangsari

Song Hyun Cheul (Kim Myung Min) is a financial industry hotshot. At 42 years old, he is the youngest bank manager in the business and has been placed in charge of a prestigious branch in the affluent Gangnam district of Seoul.

To outsiders, his kindly wife Seon Hye Jin (Kim Hyun Joo) seems like the luckiest woman alive. But that sadly isn’t the case. Song Hyung Cheul is a cold, authoritative, workaholic and distant husband – and to make matters worse, he also seems to have struck up an overly close relationship with a woman at the office.

But when bank manager Seok Hyun Chuel suddenly dies, there is a mighty mix-up in the afterlife, and his body is mistakenly occupied by the soul of another 42-year-old man also named Song Hyun Cheul (Go Chang Suk), the tender-hearted owner of a debt-ridden restaurant, who just happens to die at the very same time.

Suddenly in possession of a rich man’s livelihood, the “new” Seok Hyun Cheul is torn between his new-found affections for Seon Hye Jin and his devoted wife Cho Yeon Hwa (Ra Mi Ran) – who has unfortunately inherited her dead husband’s debt.

And the whole scenario is complicated yet further when Seon Hye Jin’s new boss develops a crush on her – and her “new” husband starts behaving like a real gentleman to her all of a sudden!

How will all this romantic chaos end?

“Miracle That We Met” is a 2018 South Korean drama directed by Lee Hyung Min and Jo Woong.

Miracle That We Met

Where can a wrongly accused person turn to for help? Kwon Soon Tae (Kim Sang Ho) was a law-abiding single father raising his daughter, Kwon Dong Hyun (Kim Hyang Gi), when his whole world turns upside after he is wrongly accused of murder and sent to prison. Soon Tae writes a letter pleading his innocence and asking for help and sends it to Choi Pil Jae (Kim Myung Min), a police detective that Soon Tae believed was righteous. But Pil Jae had already quit his job as a detective after his partner betrayed him and now works as an illegal law broker at a law firm. Pil Jae disregards Soon Tae’s letter at first, but when he realizes that it was a case handled by his former partner, Pil Jae is intrigued. Will he put his detective skills back into use to crack this murder case and help prove Soon Tae’s innocence? “Proof of Innocence” is a 2016 South Korean film written and directed by Kwon Jong Kwan.

Proof of Innocence

In the formation of every great nation, many battles are fought by those who have clashing ideologies and political views. 

It is said that during the establishment of the fledgling Joseon Dynasty, six dragons held vast powers and each fought for their political views. These six dragons — Prince Lee Bang Won (Yoo Ah In), Jeong Do Jeon (Kim Myung Min), Lee Seong Gye (Chun Ho Jin), Boon Yi (Shin Se Kyung), Ddang Sae (Byun Yo Han) and Moo Hyul (Yoon Kyun Sang) — fall on opposite sides of a power struggle between those who want a country ruled by ministers and those who want absolute power. 

Do Jeon helps his father, Seong Gye, who becomes the first King Tae Jo, establish the Joseon Dynasty, but Bang Won, who later becomes King Tae Jong, will become his biggest enemy. 

“Six Flying Dragons” is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Kyung Soo.

Six Flying Dragons

The Flying Dragons

In the late 18th century, the Joseon King believes that a spate of murders may have been committed as part of a wider conspiracy. So he dispatches the finest investigator in the land, Detective K (Kim Myung Min), to investigate. His probe leads him to a prison – but when he arrives, he finds that the prison governor has been killed with a long needle. When he removes the needle, guards find him and believe he is the murderer. He is locked up in a cell along with a dog trader named Seo Pil (Oh Dal Soo). The latter also has the ability to dig holes like a dog – so helps Detective K escape from prison.

With Seo Pil as his new right-hand man, Detective K begins another investigation, hoping it will help him get to the bottom of what he believes to be a case of poisoning involving a rare, toxic flower. This new probe sees his path cross with the stunning Han Kaek Joo (Han Ji Min), a charismatic female trade magnate who appears to hold the key to a number of the secrets involved with the case. But as the investigation deepens, Detective K starts to realize that the conspiracy may be much more complex than he first feared!

“Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow” is a 2011 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Suk Yoon.

Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow

Lee Ji Soo (Ha Ji Won) is a funeral director. Her love life has been turbulent – she has been through two messy divorces.

One day, she is unexpectedly reunited with an old friend, Baek Jong Woo (Kim Myung Min) when his mother dies, and she is commissioned to conduct the ensuing funeral service.

Baek Jong Woo is in a perilous physical condition. He has had Lou Gehrig’s disease since he was in his teens. Regardless, the reunited duo soon falls in love – and Lee Ji Soo decides to tie the knot for the third time in her life.

Soon after they marry, however, Baek Jong Woo’s condition begins to deteriorate. He tries to push her away, hoping to spare her the pain of watching him die. But he is about to discover that true love cannot be deterred so easily…

“Closer to Heaven” is a 2009 South Korean movie that was written and directed by Park Jin Pyo.

Closer to Heaven

💕 The power of love💕

Kang Ma E, who has received the best education, is a notorious conductor of an orchestra. His musical genius is well known to the music world, but no one can take his straightforward manner of speech. But then he returns to Seoul and takes charge of an orchestra of a motley crew. Gun Woo is a talented trumpeter and conductor. He is a tough and loyal man, and he may not look like a musician who needs to be meticulous. However, he meets Ru Mi in the orchestra, which becomes a turning point in his life. Ru Mi is a violinist with delicate features, but she is a tomboy. Ru Mi and Gun Woo share a passion for music. They build up an orchestra of harmony, together with many other music players with their own stories.

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