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Hong Seok-ku

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The DistributorsThe Distributors · 2022
The Distributors
5.82022
MovieThrillerTV Movie
A crime thriller about a man who spent a night with a strange woman who doesn't even know his name before getting married.
The ReservoirThe Reservoir · 2007
The Reservoir
2007
MovieDramaCrime
An ordinary man, cornered by life’s pressures and despair, makes one fateful choice that pulls him into a chilling spiral of guilt, fear, and ruin. A gripping tale of how a single moment can shatter everything.
Red CandyRed Candy · 2010
Red Candy
5.72010
MovieDramaRomance
Jae-Bak is a 40'ish man who has become burned out by work and his family. He works as a sales manager for a publishing company. The highlight of Jae-Baek's day is now when he steals a glance at beautiful young Yu-Hee every morning as she stands waiting for the subway, while sucking a red lollipop. For the next 100 days, Jae-Baek watches Yu-Hee and then finally meets Yu-Hee. At a bookstore, Jae-Baek meets Yu-Hee. Jae-Baek follows Yu-Hee to her home.
Love on the MenuLove on the Menu · 2026
Love on the Menu
2026
SeriesFamilyDrama
Some sacrificed love for the sake of family. Others walked away from their families to protect the ones they loved. And some, believing they were acting out of love, only left deeper wounds behind. Years of misunderstanding and conflict have driven them apart, but an unexpected bond and reunion bring them face-to-face once again. As lost love, tangled family ties, and the true feelings they have long kept hidden begin to surface, even the coldest hearts slowly begin to heal. Through love, forgiveness, and the courage to understand one another, they discover what it truly means to be a family. Can the scattered pieces of a family finally find their way back to one warm table?
Ms. PerfectMs. Perfect · 2017
Ms. Perfect
6.02017
SeriesDrama
Sim Jae-Bok is married with two children. Due to hardships she went through, she has a wild temper. She gets involved in an unexpected case and begins to regain her true self.
Queen's HouseQueen's House · 2025
Queen's House
7.02025
SeriesDrama
A wealthy designer yearning for a simpler life has her world turned upside down by a shocking event, drawing her into the path of a compassionate surgeon whose life is consumed by a quest for revenge after a heartbreaking loss.
Beauty and Mr. RomanticBeauty and Mr. Romantic · 2024
Beauty and Mr. Romantic
7.02024
SeriesDramaFamily
A love story about an actress falls to the bottom overnight, and a producer's effort to try and get her back on her feet because he loves her. A cheerful family drama that reveals the truth of the case and restores love and justice through revenge and a family's desire going through confusion due to family conflicts.
Several Questions That Make Us HappySeveral Questions That Make Us Happy · 2007
Several Questions That Make Us Happy
2007
SeriesDrama
The miniseries is composed of six different stories in a omnibus way, describing mondern society’s loneliness, misunderstanding between couples, trust with others, courtesy between lovers, and self-centered blame for others, etc. It is based on the sincere question why we are so unhappy and how I can make happiness.

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Golden CrossGolden Cross · 2014
Golden Cross
7.72014
SeriesDramaFamily
If you have a chance to enter top 1% super class at a cost of others’ happiness, what would you do? Employee’s net incomes are getting lower and lower but their employer’s salaries increases every year. In the age of rough economy, we are forced to believe prospective economy in the future. Then one day, someone lures you for dirty money. Just by juggling with some figures, you can get a glamorous life from a great deal of money and promotion as well as fancy sports car and luxurious pent house. Will you take this Golden Cross card that will lead you to a totally new world? Everyone wants to live well. Who has never dreamed of this kind of desires? However, what if you need the sacrificial lambs for your desires? Here was a banker who never compromised with the dirty desires. But the price of having this principle was high. For rejecting a dangerous suggestion, he had to pay for it with his life. Here is a son of the dead banker, who jumps into the world of Korean top 1% super class with the purpose of taking revenge for his family’s death. However, before long, the son confronts the moment of the same kind of choice like his father. Between his mission to taking revenge and the desire for a glamorous life filled with the power and money, which one will he choose in the end?

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For the Sake of SonFor the Sake of Son · 2011
For the Sake of Son
4.02011
Series
Ji-Sook is sent to South Korea to take her husband Tae-Soo back o North korea. Tae-Soo is an agent of the South Korea National Intelligence Service. 15 years ago, Tae-Soo infiltrated North Korea, marred Ji-Sook and had a son. He then returned to South Korea, leaving behind Ji-Sook and their son. Ji-Sook and her son were then sent to a forced labor camp due to her husband's actions. High-ranking North Korean officials trained Ji-Sook and sent her to South Korea to carry out a mission. Her mission is to persuade Tae-Soo to go back to North Korea. Ji-Sook's son is held as a hostage. Meanwhile, Sung-Ho is a detective, who has a son. He lost his wife 10 years ago. One day, Sung-Ho and his son eat at a small neighborhood restaurant they often frequent. Sung-Ho and his son talk about who will do household chores and the restaurant owner suggests someone that can do the chores. At first, Sung-Ho says no, but then he sees Ji-Sook walk into the restaurant. Sung-Ho falls in love with her at first sight. Sung-Ho asks the restaurant owner if Ji-Sook is the woman who can do the household chores. The restaurant owner replies yes. Sung-Ho decides to hire Ji-Sook at that moment. Sung-Ho has no idea that Ji-Sook and the restaurant owner are North Korean spies and they approached him on purpose.

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