Jo Sung Ha is an award-winning veteran South Korean actor. Born on August 8, 1966, he made his acting debut in the 1997 film “Insh’allah” and has had a prolific career in films, television and theater since. He is best known for his roles in the films “The Yellow Sea” (2010) and “Helpless” (2012) as well as his television dramas “Korean Peninsula” (2012), “The Innocent Man” (2012), “IRIS II” (2013), “Gu Family Book” (2013), “Wang’s Family” (2013), “Splendid Politics” (2015), “Neighborhood Hero” (2016) and “The K2” (2016).

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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 

Partially blind, Kyung Soo (Ryu Jun Yeol) struggles to see during the day, but his skill as an acupuncturist has earned him the attention of the palace. Recognized for his talent by Lee Hyung Ik (Choi Moo Sung), Kyung Soo is extended an invitation to work in the palace alongside the royal physician of King Injo (Yoo Hae Jin). Unable to refuse such an offer, Kyung Soo happily accepts, unwittingly setting himself on a dark and dangerous path.

Not long after accepting his position at the palace, Crown Prince Sohyeon (Kim Sung Cheol), who was taken hostage by the Qing Dynasty eight years ago, returns home. While the king is happy for his son’s safe return, their differences in opinion regarding the future direction of the dynasty upsets King Injo so much, that he soon begins to suffer from severe anxiety and paranoia. Unfortunately, Injo’s suffering is only further heightened when it is discovered that his son has been murdered.

With eyes that can only see in the dark, Kyung Soo witnesses Sonhyeon’s murder but all of his attempts to reveal the culprit are discounted due to his blindness. As the king begins to sink into madness, Kyung Soo attempts to reveal the truth surrounding the crown prince’s murder but his quest for justice soon marks him as a target for the palace’s power-hungry conspirators. Will Kyung Soo be able to mete out justice and restore peace to the palace or will his quest for the truth ultimately destroy him?

Inspired by historical events, “The Night Owl” is a 2022 South Korean period thriller drama film directed by Ahn Tae Jin.

The Night Owl

Driven by his motivation to provide for his wife and child, Shin Moo Gwang (Yeon Woo Jin) has worked hard to become an exemplary soldier. Through endless hard work and unwavering dedication, Moo Gwang has finally managed to capture the attention of one of his division’s commanding officers. Impressed by Moo Gwang’s impeccable work ethic, the Division Commander (Jo Sung Ha) appoints him as his new household chef.

Thrilled by his new assignment, Moo Gwang accepts his new post with pride. Working in the Division Commander’s home, Moo Gwang is soon introduced to Ryu Soo Ryeon (Ji An), the commander’s pretty young wife. Frequently crossing paths with the commander’s wife, Moo Gwang soon finds himself an unexpected object of Soo Ryeon’s desires.&nbsp;

Unable to leave a post he worked so hard to acquire, Moo Gwang soon finds himself desperate to escape the unwanted advances of the commander’s wife. With the commander expected to be away on business, will Moo Gwang find a way to free himself from Soo Ryeon’s persistent advances or will his steadfast willpower eventually begin to crumble?

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Yan Lian Ke, “Serve the People” is a 2022 South Korean romantic film directed by Jang Cheol Soo.

Serve the People

Public servants

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 👁‿👁  

Living with her younger sister, Se Jin (Lee Yoo Mi) doesn’t live a typical teenage life. Bullied at school for her self-destructive social media posts, Se Jin might have been bothered by the negative attention of her classmates, but in all honesty, it didn’t phase her in the least. In fact, nothing in life seems to bother her at all, not even the unexpected discovery that she’s pregnant.

Fed up with the hassle of school and really, life in general, Se Jin decides to run away, leaving her little sister to fend for herself. Wandering the streets of Seoul, it doesn’t take long for Se Jin to meet fellow runaway, Joo Young (Hani). Immediately hitting it off, the two girls soon meet up with another pair of runaways who end up supporting each other through a series of unexpected and often brutal hardships.

Tackling the dangers of life on the streets together, the four friends come to find that survival is anything but easy. Often bordering on the brink of desperation, will Se Jin ever find what it is she’s truly searching for?

A thought provoking narrative rife with complex emotions, “Young Adult Matters” is a gritty 2020 youth drama film directed by Lee Hwan.

Young Adult Matters

Young Adults Team

Tae Yong, a high school graduate and now lawyer, only believed in his conception dream of a dragon descending from the sky. Since he can't find any clients or a law firm who want to work with him, he becomes a public defender for just $300 per case. However, Tae Yong gets rich by defending all kinds of petty criminals. By winning the retrials of various criminal cases, he decides he wants to become the voice of the jurisdiction's victims. After figuring out that he can't change the world all by himself, Tae Yong works with Sam Soo to "stick it to the man." After miraculously getting accepted into college, Sam Soo used to be a successful journalist with many talents, but now, he's currently jobless.

Delayed Justice

🐉The Dragons of Justice Team⚖️

Dong Baek (Yoo Seung Ho) is a detective with remarkable supernatural powers, including the ability to delve into other peoples’ memories. 

Impetuous and erratic, he is prone to mood swings – but his phenomenal abilities make him an invaluable asset in the fight against crime.

Han Sun Mi (Lee Se Young) is a cool, calm, and collected maverick criminal profiler. 

Although still in the very early days of her career, she has shown enormous promise, and has been appointed as the youngest senior superintendent in the history of the police force.

Together, the duo must track down and stop a brutal, evil genius serial killer who has been carrying out a spate of gruesome murders in the city.

Can this unconventional crime-busting pair put an end to the wicked mastermind’s exploits? And can they combine their – albeit very different – powers in an effort to stop the killings?

This drama is based on a popular web-based comic strip of the same name, which ran from 2016 to 2018.

“Memorist” is a 2020 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Hwi.

Memorist

The Memorists Team

Yul (Do Kyung Soo) is the King’s nephew who prefers to spend his days playing instead of being studious and ambitious. In one of his play days, he crosses paths with the kind and compassionate Yi Seo (Nam Ji Hyun) and falls in love with her.
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In this background, Yul’s father (Jo Han Chul) is a jealous man who vies for the throne, and schemes together with Kim Cha Eon (Jo Sung Ha). On one night, Cha Eon runs a coup that kills the King and his trusted allies, including Yi Seo’s father. Yi Seo escapes with her brother, unbeknownst to Yul, who was trying to protect her. Yul’s father becomes King, and Yul is now the Crown Prince.
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Sixteen years later - Yul loses his memory after an assassination attempt. How will this lead him back to Yi Seo, and what fate awaits them?

100 Days My Prince

The 100 Days Team

A fugitive searches for justice. 

Kim Je Ha (Ji Chang Wook) is a former mercenary soldier known as “K2” who suddenly turns into a fugitive when he is wrongfully accused of killing his girlfriend while he is serving in Iraq. He finds his way back to Korea and gets a job as a bodyguard for Choi Yoo Jin (Song Yoon Ah), the owner of JSS Security and the wife of Jang Se Joon (Jo Sung Ha), who is running for president. 

Je Ha uses his new job to plan his revenge on Park Kwan Soo (Kim Kap Soo), the leader of the current ruling party and Se Joon’s rival, whom Je Ha believes ordered the murder of his girlfriend. 

When Je Ha is assigned to guard Go An Na (Yoona), the reclusive illegitimate daughter of Se Joon, they begin to develop feelings for each other. But what happens when the person who wants to harm An Na the most is Yoo Jin, Je Ha’s boss and revenge ally? Where will Je Ha’s loyalty lay? 

“The K2” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Kwak Jung Hwan.

The K2

The K2 Minions

Jang Se Joon

Once one of the top special forces agents in North Korea, Ji Dong Chul (Gong Yoo) never thought he’d see the day when he was betrayed and hunted by his own country. But when his government abandoned him in the middle of a mission, that’s exactly what happened. Suddenly forced to run for his life, Dong Chul has no choice but to abandon his position but he refuses to flee without his family. Desperate to find his wife and daughter before it’s too late, Dong Chul tracks them down, only to find they’ve been sold as slaves to China.

Following their trail to its bloody end, Dong Chul soon learns that one of his ex-colleagues is responsible for the death of his wife and daughter. Vowing revenge, Dong Chul defects to South Korea, the pursuit of his family’s killer, his only objective.

Settling into a life of anonymity, Dong Chul spends his days searching for his nemesis while he spends his nights working as the personal chauffeur of a business executive with ties to the North. When the chairman is attacked by an unknown assassin, he passes a pair of particularly special glasses on to Dong Chul, leaving his chauffeur with a mission to recover top-secret materials, with his dying breath. Now framed for murder and hunted once again, Dong Chul must find a way to prove his innocence or die trying.

A non-stop thrill ride, “The Suspect” is a 2013 action thriller film directed by Won Shin Yun.

The Suspect

The Suspected team

What would you do to save your younger sister’s life?

When a North Korean spy fails to complete his mission in South Korea, his children, Myung Hoon (T.O.P) and Hye In (Kim Yoo Jung), are sent to a North Korean labor prison camp. High-ranking military official Colonel Moon Sang Chul (Jo Sung Ha) strikes a deal with 19-year-old Myung Hoon that he can’t refuse: infiltrate South Korea as a defector and kill a North Korean spy known as the Big Dipper (Jung Ho Bin) if he wants to save his sister’s life.

When Myung Hoon arrives in South Korea as a teenage defector, he is taken in by a South Korean couple who are actually North Korean spies. He enrolls in high school and befriends Lee Hye In (Han Ye Ri), who has the same name as his younger sister, after he rescues her from bullies.

As Myung Hoon tries to carry out his mission, political unrest in the North Korean government results in Myung Hoon suddenly becoming a liability to Colonel Moon. When an assassin is sent to kill Myung Hoon, can he survive and save his sister back home?

“Commitment” is a 2013 South Korean film co-written and directed by Park Hong Soo.

Commitment

The Come And Save Me Team

Within the Moonlight Garden resides a majestic creature that led to the birth of Kang Chi. He's a Gumiho who doesn't know about his abandoned past. He meets a quirky woman who dresses up as a man. They fall in love and fight the battle of love, curses, and the fact that they're of different origins. The journey to their peace takes forever, but the love that forms between them makes each step worth fighting for.

Kangchi, the Beginning

The Gumiho Lovers Team

KBS, KOCOWA

Sun Geum's mother and grandmother both worked as housekeepers. Sun Geum is not the nice housekeeper people often think of. She was nothing to be afraid of, and even in high school, she dominated the school with her guts and wit instead of her beauty. Sun Geum goes into Romance Town, where rich people live, and is tangled up with Gun Woo, Young Hee, and other housekeepers. Gun Woo is a good-looking guy, but cold and sly are representative of his personality. With the opposite character compared to Sun Geum, What kind of dramatic events will happen to Gun Woo in Romance Town?

Romance Town

KBS2

During the Joseon Dynasty when women were not expected to be smart or allowed to be educated, Kim Yoon Hee (Park Min Young) was both. 

After her father passes away and her brother becomes ill, Yoon Hee disguises herself as a boy and takes on her brother’s identity to get odd jobs and help support her struggling family. When she realizes that there is good money to be made, Yoon Hee begins to take the entrance exams in the place of other students who want to get into the prestigious Sungkyunkwan University. 

During one such test, Yoon Hee is discovered to be perpetrating the illegal activity by the morally upright Lee Sun Joon (Park Yoochun), who threatens to turn her in. 

But believing that Yoon Hee is a boy, Sun Joon encourages her to take the test herself (with her brother’s identity). Both pass the exam and get into the university and become roommates. As Yoon Hee is now enjoying the glories of getting a higher education, she befriends the playboy Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki) and the rebellious Moon Jae Shin (Yoo Ah In) and starts to develop feelings for Sun Joon – all the while trying to keep her true gender a secret from her new friends and the other male students. 

Can she keep up the charade long enough to get the education she desires and keep her emotions at bay? 

“Sungkyunkwan Scandal” is a 2010 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Won Suk and Hwang In Hyuk. It is based on the bestselling novel The Lives of SungKyunKwan Confucian Scholars by Jung Eon Gweol. The series won numerous drama awards, and Park Min Young and Park Yoochun received numerous Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Couple awards.

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