Kim Kang Woo is a South Korean actor. Born on July 11, 1978, he made his acting debut in the 2002 film “The Coast Guard” while he was still in his last year at Chung-Ang University. He earned the nickname “Mr. Right” with his subsequent roles in the television dramas “Breathless” (2003) and “Three Leafed Clover” (2005) because of his wholesome characters. Kim Kang Woo became a star after he starred in the hit film “Le Grand Chef” in 2007 and has starred in many films and dramas since, including “Haeundae Lovers” (2012), “Golden Cross” (2014), “Missing Noir M” (2015) and “Goodbye Mr. Black” (2016) and “My Husband, Mr. Oh” (2018). Kim Kang Woo also has released a number of songs as a solo artist and in collaboration with other artists. In 2010, he married his longtime girlfriend Han Moo Young, who is the older sister of actress Han Hye Jin.

Kim Kang Woo

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Marco Han (Kang Tae Ju) is a young Korean-Filipino man who lives in the Philippines, where he looks after his infirm mother – earning a living on the side as an underground boxer. All his life, he has longed to find his father, while trying to raise the money he needs to pay for his mother’s surgery. After a violent encounter with mobsters, Marco ends up in hospital – when a lawyer who says he represents Marco’s father tells him he should travel to South Korea.

Marco agrees and boards a flight – where he meets a strange man who goes by the moniker of Nobleman (Kim Seon Ho). The latter tells Marco that he is his “friend.” This “friend” soon appears to lead Marco into a world of trouble, however. A ruthless band of gangsters begins chasing Marco, and he crosses paths with the wealthy and unscrupulous Han Yi Sa (Kim Kang Woo) and the mysterious Yoon Ju (Go Ara). Are any of these people on Marco’s side – or do they all want to see him dead?

“The Childe” is a 2023 South Korean movie that was directed by Park Hoon Jung.

The Childe

JTBC

As a major conglomerate, Sung Jin Group holds the proverbial reins of South Korea’s political and financial worlds. A powerhouse like no other, the Sung Jin Group has their hands in nearly every aspect of Korean life. As head of the Sung Jin Cultural Foundation, Yoon Jae Hee (Soo Ae) has a very specific power of her own. Overseeing the operations of the foundation’s art museum, “Space Jin”, many might see Jae Hee as a woman who has already successfully climbed her way to the top, but Jae Hee’s ambition knows no bounds.

Trading her long-term relationship for a marriage of wealth and convenience, Jae Hee now stands as the second daughter-in-law of the country’s most powerful family. But her ambition doesn’t stop there. Now the wife of Jung Joon Hyuk (Kim Kang Woo), the illegitimate son of Sung Jin Group, Jae Hee is ready to take her ambition to the next level. Determined to make her husband the country’s next president, Jae Hee teams up with the future Public Prosecutor General. But even with a husband on the road to the presidency, Jae Hee’s ambition can’t be stopped.

With the Public Prosecutor General on her side, Jae Hee goes to war with her in-laws in an attempt to give her husband absolute control. Little does she know that her husband has secret ambitions of his own…

A story of greed, ambition, and secret desire, “Artificial City” is a 2021 psychological mystery thriller drama directed by Jun Chang Geun.

Artificial City

Soo Jin (Seo Ye Ji) is involved in a life-threatening accident that leaves her with memory loss – but a strange and terrifying gift: She is able to look into the future of the people around her, some of them relative strangers or little-known neighbors and see how they will die or what other fate is set to befall them.

Her seemingly devoted husband Ji Hoon (Kim Kang Woo) has taken her back to their apartment to nurse her back to health. He showers her with attention and care as she slowly recovers. But bit-by-bit her memories start to come back to her in fragments, although they become muddled with her visions of the future. And the situation gets even more confusing when a comment from an acquaintance and other clues lead her to suspect Ji Hoon may actually be concealing a ghastly secret from her – one that may involve a ruthless murder. She grows increasingly suspicious of her husband, while he seems concerned that she is sliding further into mental chaos.

Will her strange new gift and her returning memories help Soo Jin piece together the truth...before it’s too late?

“Recalled” is a 2021 South Korean movie that was directed by Seo Yoo Min.

Recalled

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Four very different couples with very different problems, needs, and concerns face up to their worries and obstacles at the start of a brand new year.

Ji Ho (Kim Kang Woo) is a divorcee police detective from a violent crime unit who meets Hyo Young (Yoo In Na), a rehab trainer who needs protection as she seeks to conclude her divorce. The two have their own issues, but find that the longer they spend together, the more they realize they have in common.

Jae Heon (Yoo Yeon Seok) and Jin Ah (Lee Yeon Hee) are two young twentysomethings who are having a hard time in their respective lives and travel to Argentina, where they meet for the first time. Over time, they realize that they could inspire one another to take positive steps to rebuild their dreams.

Meanwhile, Yong Chan (Lee Dong Hwi) is the chief executive of a travel agency. He is set to wed his fiancée Yao Lin (Chen Du Ling). But when he is cheated out of all of his money, he decides to keep the setback from her – and her family.

An avid gardener (Choi Sooyoung) is beset on all sides by naysayers and prejudice as she tries to make a success of her romance with her boyfriend Rae Hwan (Yoo Tae Oh), a snowboarder who represents his country at the Paralympic Games.

“New Year Blues” is a 2020 South Korean movie that was directed by Hong Ji Young.

New Year Blues

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KBS, KOCOWA

Although Jung Seo Yeon suffers from her husband's violence and has no will left of leaving her hopeless life, she fortuitously comes across 9.9 million dollars and does whatever it takes to hold on to it. Kang Tae Woo, a former detective whose only hope was his younger brother, meets Jung Seo Yeon as he tries to uncover the truth behind his brother's death. What story will unfold between a woman who strives to keep 9.9 million dollars and a man who ventures to solve his brother's death by digging up the truth behind the 9.9 million dollars?

Woman of 9.9 Billion

Kang Tae Woo

MBC, KOCOWA

What if normal items which belong to normal people are able to do extraordinary things? Unbelievable things are now possible due to items contain special powers. Gon, a prosecutor who can't stand injustice, investigates paranormal events. He must continue investigating to save his cousin, whom he loves very much. While trying to save his cousin, Thankfully, Gon gets the help of a brilliant colleague, So Young. Even when she is at the horrendous crime scene, she is still collected, competent, and decisive. The duo faces individuals who are aware of the power and danger of these items. One of them is Se Hwang, a man with power and status. He appears to be a successful and progressive entrepreneur on the surface, but he is a sociopath who craves bloodshed. He wishes to use these dangerous items to murder others as he pleases. Gon and So Young get some help to uncover the mysteries behind these items; it will be a strenuous and challenging journey for them.

The Item

Jo Se Hwang

Yoon Seol Hee (Kim Hee Ae) is a powerful businesswoman from a hugely wealthy family. One day, she dies very unexpectedly, and to add to the intrigue, the body vanishes from the morgue shortly after. Woo Jung Sik (Kim Sang Kyung), a once-brilliant but now ostensibly washed-up detective with a past shrouded in mystery is assigned to the case. Suspicion begins to fall on the woman’s widower Park Jin Han (Kim Kang Woo), a university professor who has been secretly having an affair with Hye Jin (Han Ji An), one of his students.

Although the evidence suggesting that Park Jin Han played a part in his wife’s death is at first very slim, Woo Jung Sik seems to have a hunch that the professor was somehow involved. As the investigation, the plot thickens – never more so than when Park Jin Han starts receiving text messages...from his “dead wife.”

This movie was based on the 2012 Spanish film “The Body.”

“The Vanished” is a 2018 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Chang Hee.

The Vanished

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One man will go to any lengths to find his father’s killer. Cha Ji Won (Lee Jin Wook) is a highly trained Navy SEAL officer who is a member of the special Underwater Demolition Team. Ji Won and his best friend, Min Sun Jae (Kim Kang Woo), have done everything together since childhood, when Sun Jae was taken in by Ji Won’s father because Sun Jae wanted to get away from his deadbeat dad. But Sun Jae has always harbored a resentment against Ji Won for having a silver spoon in his mouth while he has had to struggle to get anything in life. While Ji Won’s younger sister, Cha Ji Soo (Im Se Mi), has always liked Sun Jae, Sun Jae has had a secret crush on Yoon Ma Ri (Yoo In Young), Ji Won’s fiancée. Sun Jae decides to leave the Navy to get out from under Ji Won’s shadow, but the only place he has to go is Ji Won’s father’s corporation. New on the job, Sun Jae becomes an easy target for the company’s enemies and he is framed to do a number of deeds that leads to the death of Ji Won’s father. When the devastated Ji Won learns that his father has been murdered in Thailand, he is determined to find the killer, only to find himself framed as the killer of a local man and becoming an outlaw. With the help of Korean ex-patriots Kaya (Moon Chae Won), a two-bit street hustler; Ko Sung Min (Lee Won Jong), an unlicensed doctor to local gangsters; and Kim Ji Ryoong (Kim Tae Woo), a humanitarian worker in Thailand, can Ji Won find his way back to Korea and find his father’s real killer? “Goodbye Mr. Black” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Han Hee. It is based on a comic written by Hwang Mi Na that is loosely fashioned after “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas.

Goodbye Mr. Black

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Min Seon Jae

KBS02

One day, you will have a chance to enjoy living in clover for the rest of your life. If you manipulate a few numbers from the documents you always handle, you can not only get the promotion you have longed for so much but also a massive amount of money. Of course, there will be people who will suffer in return for manipulation. But don't you worry. Their pain will never be yours to blame. Once you decide to take the opportunity, a card from a secret social club created by the most influential figures who control the economy of Korea will be delivered to you.

Golden Cross

✨ The Golden Team 

A rising star in the culinary world, Seong Chan (Kim Kang Woo) has the talent and ambition to become one of the greatest chefs of his time. But when a competition to head a world-class restaurant ends in tragedy, he gives up his life in the limelight to lead a simpler life. Moving to a small rural town, Seong Chan spends his days working as a farmer, selling his vegetables at the local market, and looking after his ailing grandfather.

Content with his new life, Seong Chan rarely thinks of returning to the fast-paced world of a master chef. But when a nationwide cooking competition offers him the chance to take on his long-time rival, Bong Joo (Im Won Hee), and restore his honor, Seong Chan can’t say no. Assembling an unexpected crew of seeming misfits to assist him, Seong Chan prepares for the battle of a lifetime, with the hopes of winning the title of heir to the last Royal Chef of the Joseon Dynasty.

Soon back in the spotlight, Seong Chan and his team are faced with opposition on every side, as top-notch teams from around the country assemble to fight for the coveted title. As the competition heats up, Seong Chan must find a way to stay focused, a task proving even more difficult after a long-buried family secret comes to light. Will this brilliant chef find a way to overcome the obstacles before him or will the heat of the kitchen prove to be too much?

Based on the manhwa, “Sikgaek” by Huh Young Man, “Le Grand Chef” is a dramatic 2007 film directed by Jeon Yun Su.

Le Grand Chef

Culinary Dreamers

With a scarred face and an exceptionally low self-esteem, Ku Dong Gun (Ryoo Seung Bum) never thought he’d find a woman who would be willing to love him as he was. Believing himself to be too ugly to love, Dong Gun was convinced he would spend the entirety of his life alone. But when fate brings the beautiful Jang Hae Joo (Shin Min Ah) into his life, everything changes.

Having lost her eyesight in an accident, Hae Joo has spent years waiting for a compatible donor but as of yet, has had no luck. The only luck that has ever come her way is the fateful encounter that brought Dong Gun into her life. Having fallen in love almost immediately, Dong Gun and Hae Joo have spent the past three years in a committed relationship but when news that a donor for Hae Joo has been found, Dong Gun begins to second guess everything.&nbsp;

Afraid Hae Joo will no longer love him, once she sees him with her own eyes, Dong Gun decides it’s best he disappears from her life. Will his fear of the truth really lead him to walk away from the woman he loves, forever?

A modern take on a classic tale, “The Beast and the Beauty” is a 2005 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Lee Kye Byuk.

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