Kim Dong-wook

Kim Dong-wook

Birth : 1983-07-29, Seoul, South Korea

History

Having been active on screen for a decade, KIM Dong-wook is an experienced performer known in the realms of film, TV and musical theatre. A Korea National University of Arts graduate, KIM started in a number of small roles before finding some meatier parts in low budget fare such as Flying Boys (2004) and No Regret (2006). His big break came in Take Off, which became the second-most popular film of 2009. Since then he has been able to land bigger parts in films such as 2011’s Romantic Heaven, The Cat and Countdown. 2012 was his biggest year yet as he starred as the conflicted king in the popular erotic period thriller The Concubine.

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Kim Dong-wook
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Dong-wook

Movies

Trade Your Love
Sung-seok
Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Kim Su-hong
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
Captain Kwon Cheol-in
A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Kim Su-hong
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
Three Summer Nights
Seeking a break from their everyday lives, three friends head to the beach looking for a good time, but wind up chased by the police and a gang instead.
The Concubine
Grand Prince Seong-Won
Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed.
Countdown
Fly
A cold-blooded debt collector who never fails to get what he wants meets the beautiful yet mysterious ex-impostor whose every word is nothing but a lie. She has the key to save his life but he discovers that she only puts him into a deeper trouble. Time is running out and he needs to get it done while his heart still beats.
The Cat
Jun-seok
So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.
Romantic Heaven
Ji-wook
The paths of three people intersect at a hospital. A lawyer who mourns the death of his wife, a taxi driver who is taking care of his grandfather that suffers from Alzheimer's, and a girl who is looking for a bone marrow donor to save the life her mother.
Finding Mr. Destiny
Dr. Jung
A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.
Hello Murderer
Det. Jeong-Min
Slacker detective Jeong-min (Kim Dong-wuk) is assigned to investigate a serial killer case. For the first time in his career he puts his heart into his work but Yeong-seok (Yoo Oh-seong), an unemployed man with natural instincts as a detective, gets in the way by trying to catch the killer as well.
Take Off
Choi Heung-cheol
Five men go for the gold as members of Korea national ski jumping team.
Café Seoul
Jun, a Japanese freelance reporter, discovers hidden gem of Korean traditional bakery "Moran-dang" by chance in the middle of the city of Seoul, while covering stories of the city. Moran-dang takes him back to his memory of childhood and urges him to stay there for more stories. One day, Moran-dang is vandalized by construction villains in town who maliciously try to take the spot of the bakery and the owner and chef, Sang-woo, gets his hands injured. When Moran-dang is in danger of closing, little brother Sang-hyuk returns home after drifting apart. As Jun inspires Sang-hyuk to restore his family tie and the secret recipes, Sang-hyuk and Jun are connected in friendship to save Moran-dang.
오감도
Han Ji-woon
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another.
Lost and Found
Han Ji-hoon
TV writer Ji-ho (Park Jin-Hee) has been secretly in love with Min-woo (Lee Ki-Woo) for the last 10 years. After a night of binge-drinking, she wakes up to face the worst day of her life. She wakes up to find that she has just gotten fired for low viewer ratings. On her way home her purse then gets snatched and Ji-ho pursues the thief. Then suddenly, when things seem that they can't go any worse, Ji-ho gets hit by a car. But the chain of unfortunate events suddenly turns out to be a God-sent present. The man who hit her with the car turns out to be the very man she's been in love with all these years, Min-woo. She then pretends to have amnesia ...
Sorry Apple
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...
Happy Together
Byung-seok
An amazing tangle of relationships unfolds between several women, their entertainment, their dates, and their children.
램프의 요정
No Regret
Ga-ram
Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.
Apt
A young woman's curiosity propels her to investigate a series of strange deaths in her neighborhood.
All for Love
A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love.
Flying Boys
Kim Ki-tae
Five high school teens on their way to college. But gradually they go through the struggles of life and end up discovering who they are and what it is they truly want in life.
My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Na Nam-ja
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin, who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol, a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
Tube
Cameraman
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
Seoul
Japanese detective Hayase is caught in the midst of a truck robbery on the way to the Seoul airport. Being forced to extend his stay and help identify the robbers, Hayase gets thrown into another situation -- as Japan's Foreign Minister is kidnapped before the upcoming Asian Summit. Is 72 hours enough?