Yoo In-sik

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Yoo In-sik

Born January 1, 1972 · South Korea (age 54)

Yoo In-sik (유인식) is a South Korean television director born in 1972. Beginning his career as a producer and director at SBS in 1999, he has directed several of South Korea's highest-rated television dramas across action, medical, and legal genres. His major directorial credits include Giant (2010), History of a Salaryman (2012), You're All Surrounded (2014), the Dr. Romantic series (2016–2023), V…

Known For

Dr. RomanticDr. Romantic · 2016
Dr. Romantic
8.12016
SeriesDrama
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
The WONDERfoolsThe WONDERfools · 2026
The WONDERfools
8.92026
SeriesAction & AdventureComedy
A goofy group of townies stumbles into superpowers and fights rising evil as doomsday panic grows in this wild, turn-of-the-century action comedy.
Extraordinary Attorney WooExtraordinary Attorney Woo · 2022
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
8.52022
SeriesDrama
With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.
VagabondVagabond · 2019
Vagabond
8.32019
SeriesDramaMystery
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.
GiantGiant · 2010
Giant
8.12010
SeriesDrama
Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.
You're All SurroundedYou're All Surrounded · 2014
You're All Surrounded
7.92014
SeriesAction & AdventureComedy
P4: are the new recruits in the violent crimes unit at Gangnam Police Station. The journey of four young cops as they fumble, learn, fall in love and find their way to becoming people the citizens can trust.
Mrs. CopMrs. Cop · 2015
Mrs. Cop
6.42015
SeriesCrimeAction & Adventure
After long and grueling hours immersed in brutal crime investigations, lead detective Choi Young Jin must face the particular horrors of singlehandedly raising her daughter Ha Eun. Any way you look at it, Young Jin's got her work cut out for her, but it's only a matter of time before her professional and personal worlds collide in new and disastrous ways.
100 Days of Deception
Oct 10, 2026
100 Days of Deception · 2026
100 Days of Deception
2026
SeriesAction & Adventure
100 Days of Deception (100일의 거짓말) is an upcoming 2026 South Korean period espionage television series directed by Yoo In-shik and written by Ryu Bo-ri. Scheduled to premiere on tvN on October 10, 2026, and broadcast internationally via Netflix, the drama is set in 1932 Gyeongseong under Japanese colonial rule. The narrative follows a skilled pickpocket who assumes a fake identity to infiltrate the Japanese Government-General of Joseon as an undercover spy for the independence movement. Over the course of a 100-day mission, her operation collides with an elite interpreter who is the son of the Inspector General. The ensemble cast features Kim You-jung and Park Jin-young.

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Bad FamilyBad Family · 2006
Bad Family
8.32006
SeriesDrama
Na Rim, who came from a wealthy household, lost her family in a car accident when she was nine. After the accident, she suffered from amnesia so her uncle hired Oh Dal Gun, an ex-ganster, to recreate a similar household with parents, sister, brother, grandparents and uncle in hopes that she would regain her memory. In a hurry, Oh Dal Gun ended up hiring all sorts of odd ball characters to act as members of Na Rim's family. None got along at the start and hilarious situation arose when all members tried to cope in front of the little girl and also to protect her from the one who caused her family's accident. Eventually they started to behave like a real family and cared for each other, proving that blood relation is not as important as a caring heart.

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