Ryu Seung Ryong is a South Korean actor. He was born in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea on November 29, 1970 and made his acting debut at the age of 15, when he took on his first role in a theater production. He took on his first television role in 1998 and his first film role in 2004. Since then, he has appeared in numerous films and television dramas, including “IRIS” (2009), “Secret” (2009), “My Love From the Star” (2013), and “Humanimal” (2019).

Ryu Seung Ryong

As a bestselling author, Hyun (Ryu Seung Ryong) has known his fair share of fame and fortune, unfortunately that success hasn’t carried over into his personal life. Having divorced his first wife, Mi Ae (Oh Na Ra) years ago, Hyun doesn’t see his son, Sung Kyung (Sung Yoo Bin) as often as he would like. To make matters worse, his current wife, Hye Jin (Ryu Hyun Kyung) and daughter are living abroad while his daughter studies. As miserable as his personal life is, things professionally have only gotten worse as the years have gone by.&nbsp;

Suffering from a serious case of writer’s block, it’s been seven years since Hyun last had a book published. No matter how many times he sits down to write, or how hard he tries, he just can’t seem to work past this insufferable block. Taking time away from his writing to deliver a lecture at a local university, Hyun finds himself intrigued by the writing of Yoo Jin (Mu Jin Seong), one of the students in his class. Impressed by Yoo Jin’s writing and hoping a fresh perspective will help him overcome his current block, Hyun asks Yoo Jin to work on a novel together.

Unable to resist the chance to work with such a well-known author, Yoo Jin accepts Hyun’s offer and the two immediately get to work. Feeding off each other’s creativity, their novel begins to take shape, but things take an unexpected turn when Yoo Jin begins to feel more for his mentor than admiration and respect. Will these newfound feelings get in the way of Hyun and Yoo Jin’s work or will they inspire their best work yet?

An unexpectedly hilarious tale of life and love, “Perhaps Love” is a 2021 South Korean comedy drama film directed by Jo Eun Ji.

Perhaps Love

📖 Book Lovers 📖 Team

Having arrived on Earth in 1609, alien Do Min Joon (Kim Soo Hyun) was supposed to leave the planet shortly after, but missed his return trip when he saved a young woman from falling a cliff. Stranded on Earth for over 400 years, Min Joon has grown cynical about humans. His perspective starts to change when Hallyu star Cheon Song Yi (Jun Ji Hyun) moves in next door. Despite his initial reluctance, Min Joon finds himself drawn into Song Yi’s chaotic life, and his heart begins to soften. However, his imminent return to his homeworld threatens to complicates their growing relationship. Jang Tae Yoo directed this wildly popular, award-winning 2013 South Korean series.

My Love From the Star

Go Go Alien and Hallyu Star

Heo Gyun

Yong Gu (Ryu Seung Ryong) is the father of a six-year-old daughter (Kal So Won) – but he also has a neurological condition that means his own mental age is also six years. When a terrible accident appears to have killed a young girl, he rushes to try to help her by giving her CPR. But onlookers believe that he has sexually assaulted the child and then killed her. He is arrested and charged with the child’s murder and assault and when a court finds him guilty, he is imprisoned.

In the prison, he pines for his beloved daughter and is ostracised by his cellmates, who are outraged by the notion of having to share a cell with a child molesting murderer – unaware that he is actually innocent of the crime. But when he bravely steps in to save the life of So Yang Ho (Oh Dal Soo), a powerful gang leader, the cellmates start to realize that Yong Gu is actually a very tender-hearted, innocent, and misunderstood individual. They plot to help reunite him with his daughter – even if it means smuggling her into the prison!

“Miracle in Cell No. 7” is a 2013 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Hwan Kyung.

Miracle in Cell No.7

The Miraculous Prisoners

Late one night, on the Gangbyeon Expressway leading into Seoul, a desperate young woman throws herself into traffic. The resulting accident leads to a four-car pile up and a night of chaos for the officers at the Yongsan police station.&nbsp;

In an effort to understand exactly what happened, the officers are forced to bring everyone involved in the accident in for questioning. From the witnesses in each of the cars, to a group of bystanders on the street, everyone has their own version of the story but no one seems to have any idea why a young woman would seemingly choose to throw her life away. Chaotic as the station may be, things are thrown into further disarray when it’s discovered that the sole casualty of the accident has, in her possession, a memory stick containing the final question for a big-money television quiz show.

Known for its difficult questions and an accumulating prize pot, the witnesses at the station now have the answer to the quiz show’s jackpot winning question, a jackpot that currently stands at over $13 million dollars. Unable to resist the temptation, each set of witnesses shows up to participate in the next show, knowing only twenty-nine questions stand between them and a fortune. Will this strange twist of fate bring fortune to one scandalous winner or will they fall prey to the darker forces working behind-the-scenes of the popular show?

Featuring a star-studded cast, “The Quiz Show Scandal” is a witty 2010 satirical comedy film directed by Jang Jin.

The Quiz Show Scandal

The Scandalous Team

Furniture designer Park Gae In (Son Ye Jin) lives in a spectacular historic home. She has been scarred by past events, and now craves stability and calm. She decides that she needs a housemate, but is very fussy about the kind of person she wants to live with. She thinks she has found the perfect housemate when she meets architect Jeon Jin Ho (Lee Min Ho), a man she mistakenly believes is gay – and will thus have no interest in her. He gladly agrees to live with her, thinking that living in her stunning home will help him land a dream architectural project. But things get complicated when Jin Ho finds himself falling for Gae In. Can he keep his feelings secret – or will she learn the truth about her new housemate? This 2010 South Korean drama series was based on a novel by Lee Se In.

Personal Taste

Choi Do Bin

Every couple has secrets, but this couple takes it to a whole new level. Ahn Soo Ji (Kim Ha Neul) is an expert martial artist and fencer. She also is a veteran secret agent with the NIS. But her boyfriend, Lee Jae Joon (Kang Ji Hwan), doesn’t know that and is fed up with her sudden disappearances and preposterous excuses and wants to break up with her.

Unbeknownst to Soo Ji, Jae Joon also works for the NIS as an analyst and rookie field agent. As the couple tries to hide each other’s professions from the other, they are assigned to the same international mission to stop a Russian organized crime group from getting their hands on an advanced bio-chemical weapon in Korea. Can Soo Ji and Jae Joon carry out the important mission without killing each other?

“My Girlfriend Is an Agent” is a 2009 South Korean film directed by Shin Tae Ra. It was remade into the 2013 television drama “7th Grade Civil Servant.”

My Girlfriend Is An Agent

The Secret Agents' Team

SBS, KOCOWA

Kim Hong Do, the best painter of the Joseon era and favored by the king, meets Yoon Bok, who possesses exceptional talent, at Dohwaseo. Kim Ho Do is jealous of his student Yoon Bok because he doesn\u2019t have his talent. Yet, he feels attracted to him, which is strictly forbidden. Kim Hong Do doesn\u2019t know that Yoon Bok, because of his exceptional talent, hides that he is a woman from the moment he enters Dohwaseo. However, upon being discovered, Yoon Bok, for the crime of ignoring strict rules and painting as she pleases, is almost chased out of Dohwaseo. With the help of Hong Do, who recognizes Yoon Bok\u2019s talent, the crisis is averted. The most famous painters of the Joseon era, Kim Hong Do and Shin Yoon Bok, have a true story not left in history, but in paint.

Painter of the Wind

Kim Jo Nyun

Jae Soo (Kim Young Chan) is an 11-year-old boy whose father (Ryu Seung Ryong) is a violent, abusive, womanizing alcoholic. As his father is also unemployed, Jae Soo is responsible for managing both of their finances, including the use of precious government-issued food stamps. He even has to work in a number of minor jobs in order to make ends meet. Periodically, his father brings home women, whom Jae Soo invariably addresses as “mom.”

One day, his father brings home the 11th such woman (Kim Hye Soo). With her wig and thick make-up on, she looks glamorous. But when she takes it all off, she looks much more mundane. Jae Soo expects this new “mom” to leave soon – as have all of her predecessors. He quickly reaches the end of his tether with her, too. She seems to eat everything she can get her hands on and sleeps all day. But when she witnesses her father drunkenly beating the young boy one day, she steps in. He retaliates by beating her, too. But this terrible experience brings them together. As they begin to develop an emotional connection, however, things are about to come to head at home...

“My 11th Mother” is a 2007 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Jin Sung.

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