Acting
Kim Hye-ja
Born October 25, 1941 · Seoul, South Korea (age 84)
Kim Hye-ja (born October 25, 1941) is a South Korean actress who starred in Bong Joon-ho film Mother in which she won best actress for the 4th Asian Film Awards.
Known For
Mother · 2009Mother
★ 7.72009
MovieCrimeDrama
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club · 2023Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
★ 6.92023
MovieDocumentary
This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho.
How to Steal a Dog · 2014How to Steal a Dog
★ 7.22014
MovieFamilyDrama
Ji-so is a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plans to steal wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.
The Way · 2017The Way
★ 8.02017
MovieDrama
The human is the lonely existence. It has nothing to do with an age. There is the other reason. Live, therefore. It is that it became an elderly because it was faithful to the given role and it got old one.
Late Autumn · 1982Late Autumn
★ 7.01982
MovieDrama
Hye-rim is a model prisoner serving out her sentence for murder. With two years left to go, she gets a special outing. Hye-rim gets on a train to Kang-reung to visit her mother's grave. At the place, she meets Min-gi, a young man running away after being involved in a crime organization. Min-gi's persistence melts the heart that was hardened in jail. Hye-rim and Min-gi fall in love.
Mayonnaise · 1999Mayonnaise
★ 5.71999
MovieDrama
Ah-jung is a married woman in her mid-30s and has a five year-old son. She ghostwrites other people's biographies and at the moment, she is writing the biography of "an insurance sales queen." When Ah-jung's husband goes away on a business trip, she has no choice but to let her mother stay in their apartment. Ah-jung has problems dealing with her mother, a meddlesome woman who throws constant fits, probably the result of never having been loved by her husband. Mother also has a habit of putting mayonnaise in her hair to make it shinier..
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother · 2010Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
★ 8.52010
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on the making of ‘Mother’.
Running Man · 2010Running Man
★ 8.22010
SeriesComedy
These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter.
Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in!
Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in!
Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!
Movies
Mother · 2009Mother
★ 7.72009
MovieCrimeDrama
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club · 2023Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
★ 6.92023
MovieDocumentary
This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho.
How to Steal a Dog · 2014How to Steal a Dog
★ 7.22014
MovieFamilyDrama
Ji-so is a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plans to steal wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.
The Way · 2017The Way
★ 8.02017
MovieDrama
The human is the lonely existence. It has nothing to do with an age. There is the other reason. Live, therefore. It is that it became an elderly because it was faithful to the given role and it got old one.
Late Autumn · 1982Late Autumn
★ 7.01982
MovieDrama
Hye-rim is a model prisoner serving out her sentence for murder. With two years left to go, she gets a special outing. Hye-rim gets on a train to Kang-reung to visit her mother's grave. At the place, she meets Min-gi, a young man running away after being involved in a crime organization. Min-gi's persistence melts the heart that was hardened in jail. Hye-rim and Min-gi fall in love.
Mayonnaise · 1999Mayonnaise
★ 5.71999
MovieDrama
Ah-jung is a married woman in her mid-30s and has a five year-old son. She ghostwrites other people's biographies and at the moment, she is writing the biography of "an insurance sales queen." When Ah-jung's husband goes away on a business trip, she has no choice but to let her mother stay in their apartment. Ah-jung has problems dealing with her mother, a meddlesome woman who throws constant fits, probably the result of never having been loved by her husband. Mother also has a habit of putting mayonnaise in her hair to make it shinier..
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother · 2010Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
★ 8.52010
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on the making of ‘Mother’.
TV Shows
Running Man · 2010Running Man
★ 8.22010
SeriesComedy
These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter.
Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in!
Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in!
Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!
Infinite Challenge · 2005Infinite Challenge
★ 7.72005
SeriesComedy
Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts and staff continuously proclaim, the elements of this show are the 3-Ds, Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult.
You Quiz on the Block · 2018You Quiz on the Block
★ 8.32018
SeriesComedy
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
Home Alone · 2013Home Alone
★ 7.52013
Series
It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.
Living Among the Rich · 2011Living Among the Rich
★ 9.02011
SeriesFamily
Ji-Eun is thrilled to hear that her mother Hye-Ja is moving to Cheongdam neighborhood. Hye-Ja & Ji-Eun lived in the suburbs for thier whole life. Ji-Eun dreams of living a luxurious life, but her reality is quite different. The house they move into is on the 2nd story of a building which looks like it will collapse. The first floor of the building is a comic book shop and the second floor is a lodging house. Their building is located between luxurious buildings in Cheongdam neighborhood.
Baeksang Arts Awards · 2012Baeksang Arts Awards
2012
Series
Our Blues · 2022Our Blues
★ 8.42022
SeriesDrama
Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju island.
Roses and Bean Sprouts · 1999Roses and Bean Sprouts
★ 10.01999
Series
"Roses and Bean Sprouts" revolves around the Choi family and their four sons.
Heavenly Ever After · 2025Heavenly Ever After
★ 8.42025
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
After life's ups and downs, a loving couple separated by death reunites in heaven — only to discover he's in his thirties while she's in her eighties.
Princess Hours · 2006Princess Hours
★ 7.62006
SeriesComedyDrama
Love, tradition, and politics collide when a spirited young art student is betrothed to the crown prince of South Korea.
Dear My Friends · 2016Dear My Friends
★ 7.52016
SeriesComedyDrama
Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and family.
What is Love? · 1991What is Love?
1991
Series
"What is Love" centers around two close families with sharply contrasting values. One consists of medical resident Lee Dae Bal, his mother and father and his younger sister Sung Shil and is conservative and patriarchic, the other consists of college student Park Ji Eun, her siblings Jung Eun and Jung Sup, her two maternal aunts and her parents. They are progressive, modern and utilitarian. This drama comically portrays the troubles that arise as these two families become quarrelsome in-laws by Ji Eun and Dae Bal's marriage and the conflicts that arise between Ji Eun and her in-laws, delivering a message about the importance of balancing traditional and progressive values.
The Light in Your Eyes · 2019The Light in Your Eyes
★ 7.62019
SeriesDramaComedy
Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.
Unkind Women · 2015Unkind Women
★ 6.72015
SeriesDrama
This drama features the women of three generations and the people around them.
Ma Ri grows up as a good teacher of this generation where there is no true mentor. Hyun Sook, who has been a troublemaker, realizes the love and support of her family. Kang Soon Ok regards herself as unlucky, but later on realizes how happy she has been.
How can you hold up when your life gets tough? You will figure it out by holding up day by day, just like these women in the drama.
Mom's Dead Upset · 2008Mom's Dead Upset
2008
SeriesDrama
Mom's Dead Upset is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-ja, Lee Soon-jae, Baek Il-seob, Shin Eun-kyung, and Ryu Jin. It aired on KBS2 from February 2 to September 28, 2008 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes. The drama attracted record-breaking ratings, peaking at 42.7% on the September 21 episode.
Kim Hye-ja stars as a middle-aged woman who rediscovers herself by taking a one-year break and declaring independence from her family after spending decades as a housewife looking after three children, a husband and a widowed father-in-law. Her performance won the Grand Prize at the 2008 KBS Drama Awards and the 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards.
The Wind Orchid · 1985The Wind Orchid
1985
SeriesDrama
The fourth episode of 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty covers the first half of the 16th Century, from the reign of Jungjong to Myeongjong.
그대 그리고 나 · 1997그대 그리고 나
1997
Series
《그대 그리고 나》는 1997년 10월 11일부터 1998년 4월 26일까지 방영된 MBC 주말연속극이다. 《예스터데이》 후속으로 방영되었다.
방영 내내 관심과 화제를 불러일으키며 경이로운 시청률을 기록하였다.
전원일기 · 1980전원일기
1980
SeriesDrama
Mother's Sea · 1993Mother's Sea
1993
Series
A family who was thrown into the world with economic poverty and loss of life due to sudden death of his father. Home melodrama depicts the process of gradually adapting to a cold and cool society, with four children, who are transformed from weak women who have no living ability to firm mothers, sincere old daughters and young daughters.
Two Women · 1992Two Women
1992
SeriesDrama
The drama "Two Women" depicts a story where family, love, and desire intersect . Young-hae and Hye-jeong face painful memories from the past and present conflicts, forcing them to reflect on their lives. Young-ja plays a crucial role in tying the knots between their destinies, and through their individual choices and friendship, they discover the true meaning of family.