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Joo Hyun (born Joo Il-choon, 1 March 1941) is a South Korean actor.
Joo starred in the 2004 film A Family alongside Soo Ae, portraying a single father who has a troubled relationship with his daughter. His performance found favour with critics, with Darcy Paquet of Koreanfilm.org saying, "in his accomplished handling of small details and the film's quieter moments, Joo succeeds in making the father a real person instead of a stereotype", and in October 2005 won the award for Best Actor at the 50th Asia Pacific Film Festival.
In 2006 Joo starred in the musical comedy film The Fox Family, learning to sing and dance during a month-long period of intensive training. He chose the film because the story was fun and uncoventional, and said, "it was fun to challenge myself and I don't have any regrets".
Joo is the father of two children, having both a son and a daughter.
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Joo Hyun (born Joo Il-choon, 1 March 1941) is a South Korean actor.
Biography
Joo graduated from Konkuk University in Seoul, where he majored in political science and diplomacy. He began his acting career after being selected through a special recruiting program by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) in 1969, making his debut the following year in Vietnam War Battlefield. In 1990 Joo played his first comedic role, giving a memorable performance in the KBS TV drama Seoul Ttukbaeki.Joo starred in the 2004 film A Family alongside Soo Ae, portraying a single father who has a troubled relationship with his daughter. His performance found favour with critics, with Darcy Paquet of Koreanfilm.org saying, "in his accomplished handling of small details and the film's quieter moments, Joo succeeds in making the father a real person instead of a stereotype", and in October 2005 won the award for Best Actor at the 50th Asia Pacific Film Festival.
In 2006 Joo starred in the musical comedy film The Fox Family, learning to sing and dance during a month-long period of intensive training. He chose the film because the story was fun and uncoventional, and said, "it was fun to challenge myself and I don't have any regrets".
Joo is the father of two children, having both a son and a daughter.
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Revivre (2014)
, 1h29Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Actors Ahn Sung-ki, Kim Q-ri, Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Ho-jung, Kim Gyu-ri, Joo Hyun
Roles Chairman (cameo)
Rating65%
Mr. Oh is in his mid-fifties and is a successful marketing executive (sangmoo or managing director) at a major cosmetics company. He struggles to juggle corporate life and preparing for a new ad campaign, while tirelessly caring for his ailing wife, whose health has steadily and painfully deteriorated in the last four years due to brain cancer. During this difficult time, Oh also becomes aware of his growing feelings for Choo Eun-joo, the much younger, alluring new addition to his marketing team. When his wife finally succumbs to her disease, Oh becomes conflicted over his profound grief and newfound passion.
Secretly, Greatly (2013)
, 2h3Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Kim Soo-hyun, Park Ki-woong, Lee Hyun-woo, Son Hyun-joo, Kim Sung-kyun, Ko Chang-seok
Roles Rhee Moo-hyuk, 5446 Corps founder and Hae-rang's father
Rating68%
A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to South Korea, where each disguises himself as a fool, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Passing boring time without receiving any orders from the North, they gradually get used to life as ordinary neighbors in a small town until one day, their mundane lives are turned upside down when a "secret and great" mission is suddenly assigned to them. Due to the events of the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, South Korea demands the names, location, and rank of 30 North Korean spies active in South Korea, promising financial aid to the North on the condition that Pyongyang turns in their spies. To prevent the elites from falling into enemy hands, the North Korean government orders dozens of active duty spies to take their own lives. Meanwhile, their North Korean army instructor Kim Tae-won crosses the border to eliminate those who refuse to follow.
Running Man (2013)
, 2h7Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Shin Ha-kyun, Lee Min-ho, Kim Sang-ho, Jo Eun-ji, Oh Jung-se, Joo Hyun
Roles Pastor Moon
Rating62%
Jong-woo is an immature father to a son only 18 years younger than himself. He earns a living by working at an auto repair garage during the day and driving a cab at night. His long-standing dream is to buy a small home to live in. One day, a passenger is found dead in his cab. Overnight, he becomes the prime suspect in a high-profile murder case and is forced to become a fugitive as he's chased by the police, reporters, and unidentified men.
Mapado 2: Back to the Island (2007)
, 1h51Genres Comedy
Actors Lee Moon-sik, Yeo Woon-kay, Kim Ji-young, Nam Ji-hyun, Lee Kyu-han, Kim Soo-mi
Rating56%
Former detective Chung-su takes a secre mission from an aged millionaire who wants to see his first love again before he dies. Knowing only that the woman's name is Kkotnim and that she now lives on Dongbaek Island, Chung-su sets sail only for a shipwreck to leave him stranded once more on Mapado, where five abusive old women gave him trouble two years earlier. Discovering that the former name of Mapado is in fact Dongbaek, he starts to investigate the women's pasts believing that one of them is Kkotnim.
Miracle on 1st Street (2007)
, 1h53Directed by Yoon Je-kyoon
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Gangster films
Actors Ha Ji-won, Im Chang-jung, Im Chang-jung, Joo Hyun, Jeong Doo-hong, Kang Ye-won
Rating63%
Pil-je is a gangster who has been sent by his bosses to evict the residents of a poor neighborhood on the edge of Seoul, so that their homes can make way for some new luxury apartments. But after he befriends some of the locals, including female boxer Myung-ran and a group of young children, he starts to have a change of heart.
A Love (2007)
, 1h44Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Joo Jin-mo, Park Si-yeon, Joo Hyun, Kim Min-joon, Kim Kwang-kyu
Roles Chairman Yoo
Rating65%
In-ho is a naive but tough teenager, who is trying hard to stay out of trouble, but he willingly sacrifices everything to protect his childhood girlfriend Mi-ju. But their relationship is wrapped in tragedy. The girl is raped as an act of revenge after her mother and brother both die before they settled financial debts with a gang. In-ho retaliates by attacking the rapist, and he and Mi-ju try to escape, but they are thwarted by the gangsters. Mi-ju ends up going to Japan and In-ho goes to jail.
The Fox Family (2006)
, 1h42Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Joo Hyun, Ha Jeong-woo, Park Jun-gyu, Park Si-yeon, Ko Joo-yeon, Park Chul-min
Rating62%
Disguising themselves as humans, a family of kumiho travel from their home in the mountains to the city. The kumiho can only truly become human if they consume a human liver during an eclipse that occurs once every thousand years, and with just thirty days to go they open a circus in the hope of attracting some victims. But the only person they succeed in capturing is conman Gi-dong, and things get complicated when the family's eldest daughter falls in love with him. In addition, a series of murders in the city brings the family under suspicion from a local police department.
All for Love (2005)
, 2h9Directed by Min Gyoo-dong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Hwang Jeong-min, Im Chang-jung, Im Chang-jung, Seo Young-hee, Kim Su-ro
Roles Mr. Kwak
Rating66%
A lovely week in the lives of these people. An elderly woman (Oh Mi-hee) rents a coffee shop from a gruff theater owner (Joo Hyun).
A Family (2004)
, 1h35Genres Drama
Actors Soo Ae, Joo Hyun, Park Ji-bin, Park Hee-soon, Uhm Tae-woong
Rating70%
Jeong-eun, a former pickpocket with four prior convictions, is released from prison after serving a three-year sentence. She reunites with her younger brother Jeong-hwan and father Ju-seok, the latter with whom she has a troubled relationship. Ju-seok, an ex-cop-turned-fishmonger, hides his love and concern for his daughter beneath a gruff exterior. Though Jeong-eun is tough and rebellious, she is fiercely protective of her brother and father, and is genuinely determined to put her life in order this time. While under probation, she works as an assistant at a beauty salon, hoping to someday open her own salon with the money she has saved. But Chang-won, who was once her partner in crime and now leads his own gang, not only refuses to give Jeong-eun her cut of their last job, but he and his gangsters begin harassing her family, saying she's the one who owes him money.
My Wife Is A Gangster 2 (2003)
, 1h50Origin Coree du sud
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Park Jun-gyu, Shin Eun-kyung, Lee Won-jong, Hong Soo-ah, Zhang Ziyi, Ryu Hyun-kyung
Rating59%
In the beginning of the movie the Scissor gang are fighting some unknown gang on the rooftop. The other gang starts to get the upper hand and are about to kill Robocop but he is saved by Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), the Scissor gang's boss also known as 'Silverfish'. But however during the fight she falls from the top of the building. Due to a lucky break, the fall doesn't kill her, but it does cause her to suffer amnesia. Luckily for Eun-jin, she's found by Choi Yoon-jae (Park Jun-gyu), the kindly owner of a small-scale Chinese restaurant. She worked as a delivery girl under the name of Tsu Tsu. She tries several times to regain her memory but fails in each attempt.
Saving My Hubby (2002)
, 1h31Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Bae Doona, Kim Tae-woo, Joo Hyun, Han Ji-hye, Go Doo-shim, Ahn Gil-kang
Roles Baek-sa
Rating63%
Due to an unplanned pregnancy, twenty-something former volleyball star Geum-soon is now a married housewife with a young daughter. Her husband, Joo-tae, is starting the first day of his new job, when Geum-soon receives word that her in-laws are going to visit the following morning. While she struggles to get their house ready, Joo-tae is taken out for a drink with his new colleagues. Later that evening, Geum-soon gets a phone call from a nightclub owner who is holding her husband hostage, claiming that he has run up a huge bill and does not have the money to pay for it. Strapping her baby to her back, Geum-soon sets out to rescue her husband.
Friend (2001)
, 1h58Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Jang Dong-gun, Yu Oh-seong, Joo Hyun, Kim Bo-kyung, Gi Ju-bong, Lee Jae-yong
Roles Joon-seok's father
Rating71%
The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader of the group and whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, who was an exemplary student. As children they play together, sell sexually explicit pictures cut from a magazine, and wonder if a South Korean Olympic swimmer could outrace a sea turtle. Jung-ho also showed the rest of them a VCR that his mother had, and this film he found on it. It turns out to be a pornographic movie, and the boys are entranced while arguing over what a "menstruation" was, with them believing that it was the word that adults used to describe the "vagina".
Happy End (1999)
, 1h39Directed by Jeong Ji-woo
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Choi Min-sik, Jeon Do-yeon, Joo Jin-mo, Joo Hyun
Rating66%
Happy End is about Choi Bora (Jeon Do-yeon), a successful career woman who becomes involved with her ex-lover, Kim Il-beom (Joo Jin-mo). Bora's home life is a snore: she's mother to an infant child and her husband, Seo Min-ki (Choi Min-sik) has lost his job, leaving Bora as the family's sole breadwinner. It's unclear if Bora is with Kim just for the sex or for the passion, both of which Seo seems incapable of giving. But it seems the jobless Seo hasn't been just wandering around parks and reading romance novels as first thought; he knows something is going on, and he's collecting evidence.
The Hidden Hero (1980)
, 1h36Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Genres Drama
Actors Hah Myung-joong, Kim Young-ae, Go Doo-shim, Song Jae-ho, Joo Hyun, Park Am
An anti-communist film about a reporter torn between political ideologies during the days after the Korean liberation from Japan.