Han Jae-rim

Han Jae-rim (born July 14, 1975) is a South Korean film director. He directed Rules of Dating (2005), The Show Must Go On (2007), The Face Reader (2013), The King (2017), and Emergency Declaration (2021). Born in 1975, Han Jae-rim graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts in 1998. He began his filmmaking career in 2003 as an assistant director and script editor for Min Byung-chun's Natural City. The Face Reader scored 9.1 million admissions at the local box office, making it the 13th highest grossing Korean film of all time. It won six trophies at the 50th Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Han.

Rules of Dating (2005)

An introvert, indifferent woman joins a high school as a student teacher, under supervision of a shameless, nymphomaniac man who is a year younger than her. On a school trip, the supervisor tells the trainee that he wants to have sex with her. The movie deals with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Park Hae-il  •  Kang Hye-jung  •  Grina Park  •  Seo Young-hwa

An introvert, indifferent woman joins a high school as a student teacher, under supervision of a shameless, nymphomaniac man who is a year younger than her. On a school trip, the supervisor tells the trainee that he wants to have sex with her. The movie deals with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Park Hae-il  •  Kang Hye-jung  •  Grina Park  •  Seo Young-hwa

The Face Reader (2013)

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Lee Jung-jae  •  Baek Yoon-sik  •  Kim Hye-soo  •  Song Kang-ho

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Lee Jung-jae  •  Baek Yoon-sik  •  Kim Hye-soo  •  Song Kang-ho

The Show Must Go On (2007)

A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Song Kang-ho  •  Park Ji-young  •  Kim So-eun  •  Yoon Je-moon

A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Song Kang-ho  •  Park Ji-young  •  Kim So-eun  •  Yoon Je-moon

The King (2017)

Born in a poor family, Tae-su learns that the power is the most important thing in life and decides to become a prosecutor, the biggest symbol of power in the 90’s. After entering the most prestigious law school, experiencing democratic resistance in Korea, Tae-su ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Zo In-sung  •  Jung Woo-sung  •  Bae Sung-woo  •  Kim A-joong

Born in a poor family, Tae-su learns that the power is the most important thing in life and decides to become a prosecutor, the biggest symbol of power in the 90’s. After entering the most prestigious law school, experiencing democratic resistance in Korea, Tae-su ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Zo In-sung  •  Jung Woo-sung  •  Bae Sung-woo  •  Kim A-joong

Emergency Declaration (2022)

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Song Kang-ho  •  Lee Byung-hun  •  Jeon Do-yeon  •  Kim Nam-gil

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Jae-rim
CAST:  Song Kang-ho  •  Lee Byung-hun  •  Jeon Do-yeon  •  Kim Nam-gil