Ha Jung-woo movie list

Jung-woo Ha is a South Korean actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. His breakthrough to stardom came with the role in Na Hong-jin's serial killer film The Chaser (2008). Born as Kim Sung-hoon, Ha Jung-woo came from an acting family. His father Kim Yong-gun is a well-known veteran actor who has appeared in many movies and television series. Ha has said that since he was 4 or 5 years old, he has always dreamed of becoming an actor like his father. Before entering college, Ha studied at a private acting institute and at one point had actor Lee Beom-soo as his instructor. He then enrolled at Chung-Ang University as a theater major, where he acted on the stage. In 1998, Ha began his military service, working in the Armed Forces Public Relations Department. He put his acting experience to good use during this time, appearing in 10 promotional films for the military. Kim Sung-hoon made his acting debut in the 2002 SBS sitcom Honest Living and his feature film debut in the 2003 film Madeleine. He made his directorial debut through the comedy film Fasten Your Seatbelt (2013). In 2016, Ha starred again in two box office hits; Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, an adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel Fingersmith also set during 1930s Korea; and the survival thriller The Tunnel.

Ransomed

7.8South Korea2023ActionComedyDramaThrillerScience fiction

A young diplomat is assigned the task of carrying the ransom money to rescue an abducted diplomat in Lebanon, and a local taxi driver accidently gets involved in the mission.

Narco-Saints

7.5South Korea2022ActionDramaThrillerCrimeDocumentary

An ordinary entrepreneur joins a secret government mission to capture a Korean drug lord operating in South America. Based on true events.

Ashfall

6.8South Korea2019ActionThrillerScience fictionAdventure

With the Korean peninsula under threat from a devastating volcanic eruption, unlikely allies carry out a secret mission to prevent the disaster.

Take Point

6.7South Korea2018ActionThriller

On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.

Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days

Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days

5.8Hong KongSouth Korea2018ActionDramaThrillerScience fictionAdventure

In the afterlife, one guardian helps a man through his trials, while his two colleagues help a former guardian on earth.

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

6.9South Korea2017ActionDramaThrillerScience fictionAdventure

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

The Handmaiden

8.1South Korea2017DramaThrillerRomance

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

Tunnel

8.4South Korea2016DramaThriller

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped.

Assassination

7.8South Korea2015ActionDramaThriller

A resistance group in Japanese-occupied Korea breaks a sniper out of prison to carry out an assassination, unaware that a traitor lurks among them.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

7.5South Korea2014ActionDrama

Set in the 19th century, when lowly butcher Dol Moo-Chi refuses to carry out an assignment, his failure causes tragedy to unfold upon his family and himself. As Dol Moo-Chi is about to be executed, a group of righteous thieves known as Kundo arrive.