Choi Hee-seo

Bronze Medalist (2009)

Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Gun-yong
CAST:  Lee Beom-soo  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Gi Ju-bong  •  Kim Min-young

Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Gun-yong
CAST:  Lee Beom-soo  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Gi Ju-bong  •  Kim Min-young

Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016)

Based on the life and work of Korea’s renowned poet, Yun Dong Ju. Dong Ju, while studying literature in Japan, was charged and detained for having participated in the Korean Independence Movement. Known to have created hundreds of poems during his time in jail ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Joon-ik
CAST:  Kang Ha-neul  •  Park Jeong-min  •  Kim In-woo  •  Shin Yoon-ju

Based on the life and work of Korea’s renowned poet, Yun Dong Ju. Dong Ju, while studying literature in Japan, was charged and detained for having participated in the Korean Independence Movement. Known to have created hundreds of poems during his time in jail ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Joon-ik
CAST:  Kang Ha-neul  •  Park Jeong-min  •  Kim In-woo  •  Shin Yoon-ju

577 Project (2012)

Ha Jung Woo promised that if he won the best actor award 2 years in a row he would walk across South Korea. He did and the adventure begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Keun Woo
CAST:  Gong Hyo-jin  •  Ha Jung-woo  •  Kim Sung-kyun  •  Lee Seung-ha

Ha Jung Woo promised that if he won the best actor award 2 years in a row he would walk across South Korea. He did and the adventure begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Keun Woo
CAST:  Gong Hyo-jin  •  Ha Jung-woo  •  Kim Sung-kyun  •  Lee Seung-ha

Okja (2017)

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bong Joon-ho
CAST:  Tilda Swinton  •  Paul Dano  •  Ahn Seo-hyun  •  Jake Gyllenhaal

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bong Joon-ho
CAST:  Tilda Swinton  •  Paul Dano  •  Ahn Seo-hyun  •  Jake Gyllenhaal

Anarchist from Colony (2017)

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Joon-ik
CAST:  Lee Je-hoon  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim In-woo  •  Kwon Yul

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Joon-ik
CAST:  Lee Je-hoon  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim In-woo  •  Kwon Yul

How to Break up with My Cat (2016)

‘Nabi’ is a sushi chef trainee. One day, Nabi moves next to Ejung’s house and her cat ‘Yamma’ catches Nabi’s attention. Due to Nabi’s secret ability, he can see and even talk to the soul in the cat. Since Nabi takes care of Yamma with Ejung’s favors. Then, it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cho Sung-kyu
CAST:  Seo Jun-yeong  •  Park Gyu-ri  •  Lee Young-lan  •  Kim Kang-hyun

‘Nabi’ is a sushi chef trainee. One day, Nabi moves next to Ejung’s house and her cat ‘Yamma’ catches Nabi’s attention. Due to Nabi’s secret ability, he can see and even talk to the soul in the cat. Since Nabi takes care of Yamma with Ejung’s favors. Then, it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cho Sung-kyu
CAST:  Seo Jun-yeong  •  Park Gyu-ri  •  Lee Young-lan  •  Kim Kang-hyun

If You Were Me 7 (2016)

An omnibus movie consisting of three shorts by CHOI Ikhwan, SHIN Yeonsik, and LEE Gwangguk. A delightful dissection of human rights in this day and age through a student who gets punished for wanting to eat deokbokki, a man with delusions of grandeur, an insurance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Yeon-shick  •  Lee Kwang-kuk  •  Choi Equan
CAST:  Kim Dong-wan  •  Oh Kwang-rok  •  Park Joo-hee  •  Seo Young-hwa

An omnibus movie consisting of three shorts by CHOI Ikhwan, SHIN Yeonsik, and LEE Gwangguk. A delightful dissection of human rights in this day and age through a student who gets punished for wanting to eat deokbokki, a man with delusions of grandeur, an insurance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Yeon-shick  •  Lee Kwang-kuk  •  Choi Equan
CAST:  Kim Dong-wan  •  Oh Kwang-rok  •  Park Joo-hee  •  Seo Young-hwa

Love Never Fails (2015)

No pain, no gain. This is the motto of the Yoo family: the father is a successful doctor, the mother supervises their daughter's scholastic performance from the vantage point of their beautiful home. Then cracks appear in the facade which soon deepen and spread. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Min Byung-hun
CAST:  Jang Hyun-sung  •  Choi Jung-won  •  Choi Min-cheol  •  Oh Yoo-jin

No pain, no gain. This is the motto of the Yoo family: the father is a successful doctor, the mother supervises their daughter's scholastic performance from the vantage point of their beautiful home. Then cracks appear in the facade which soon deepen and spread. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Min Byung-hun
CAST:  Jang Hyun-sung  •  Choi Jung-won  •  Choi Min-cheol  •  Oh Yoo-jin

Janus (2014)

On a snow-covered road, a couple hits a kid with the car they were in. After a fight, a woman locks herself in the car and calls the police, while a man threatens her to come out and help him hide the body. However, after the man blows their secret, the woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Sung-hwan
CAST:  Choi Jae-hion  •  Choi Hee-seo

On a snow-covered road, a couple hits a kid with the car they were in. After a fight, a woman locks herself in the car and calls the police, while a man threatens her to come out and help him hide the body. However, after the man blows their secret, the woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Sung-hwan
CAST:  Choi Jae-hion  •  Choi Hee-seo

Our Body (2018)

An overeducated, disenchanted woman, Ja-young, loses her ambition after many gruelling years of studying for the public official exam. One lonely evening, a beautiful, fit runner, Hyun-joo, glides smoothly past her. Intrigued by this celestial vision of harmony and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Ka-ram
CAST:  Choi Hee-seo  •  Ahn Ji-hye  •  Kim Jung-young  •  Lee Jae-in

An overeducated, disenchanted woman, Ja-young, loses her ambition after many gruelling years of studying for the public official exam. One lonely evening, a beautiful, fit runner, Hyun-joo, glides smoothly past her. Intrigued by this celestial vision of harmony and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han Ka-ram
CAST:  Choi Hee-seo  •  Ahn Ji-hye  •  Kim Jung-young  •  Lee Jae-in

It's Time to Love (2013)

On-yoo is an adult childhood cancer survivor. When he's not practicing with his boy band, Oh-yoo often volunteers at the hospital's pediatric cancer ward. One day, he recognizes the familiar face of an overdose patient.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Jin-min
CAST:  Sim Yi-young  •  Im Ji-gyu  •  Uhm Soo-jung  •  Choi Hee-seo

On-yoo is an adult childhood cancer survivor. When he's not practicing with his boy band, Oh-yoo often volunteers at the hospital's pediatric cancer ward. One day, he recognizes the familiar face of an overdose patient.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Jin-min
CAST:  Sim Yi-young  •  Im Ji-gyu  •  Uhm Soo-jung  •  Choi Hee-seo

Deliver Us from Evil (2020)

A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hong Won-chan
CAST:  Hwang Jung-min  •  Lee Jung-jae  •  Park Jeong-min  •  Choi Hee-seo

A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hong Won-chan
CAST:  Hwang Jung-min  •  Lee Jung-jae  •  Park Jeong-min  •  Choi Hee-seo

The Asian Angel (2021)

Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim Min-jae

Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim Min-jae

Contact Point (2014)

Sun-woo receives a call from an ex-girlfriend who is currently married. He agrees to meet her at their old hangout and against his better judgment, finds himself giving in to her sexual advances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Choi
CAST:  Son Suk-ku  •  Choi Hee-seo

Sun-woo receives a call from an ex-girlfriend who is currently married. He agrees to meet her at their old hangout and against his better judgment, finds himself giving in to her sexual advances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Choi
CAST:  Son Suk-ku  •  Choi Hee-seo

Shim Chung (2020)

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DIRECTION:  Kim Sug-gwon
CAST:  Choi Hee-seo  •  Son Suk-ku

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DIRECTION:  Kim Sug-gwon
CAST:  Choi Hee-seo  •  Son Suk-ku

Havana

Jeong Min, a rookie lawyer, becomes Yoon Ah's public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jeong Min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chun Sun-young
CAST:  Kim Min-ha  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Lee Ki-woo

Jeong Min, a rookie lawyer, becomes Yoon Ah's public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jeong Min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chun Sun-young
CAST:  Kim Min-ha  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Lee Ki-woo