Kim Eui-sung

Kim Eui-sung

Birth : 1965-12-17, Seoul, South Korea

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Kim Eui-sung (김의성) is a South Korean film and stage actor and film producer.

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Kim Eui-sung
Kim Eui-sung
Kim Eui-sung
Kim Eui-sung

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Alienoid: Return to the Future
Jajang
A group of escaped aliens at her tail, Lee Ahn searches for the divine sword that could open a time-travelling portal which would bring the in the past trapped Guard and the cyborg Thunder back to the year 2022. There is also the bounty hunter Mureuk, who has rescued Lee Ahn from many difficult situations, who begins to suspect that an alien presence has entered his body. When the group finally manages to cross over to the present, they find brutal devastation: The powerful alien Controller has released the extraterrestrial substance Haava and thousands have died. Lee Ahn, Thunder and Mureuk don’t have much time to hunt down the enormous number of hostile aliens and save humanity.
12.12: The Day
Oh Gook-sang
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d’état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
Alienoid
Ja-jang
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
Candlelight Revolution
Executive Producer
“What kind of person do you think former President Park Geunhye is?” Sohn Seokhee, a journalist, gives a clear and sharp answer that he “shares the common ideas that people in our country have.” That common idea has led millions to bring candles to the streets, correcting a thread of history that has gone awry, and gather a sense of hope among people. Candlelight Revolution portrays the voices of citizens from various generations, political figures of different parties, and the witnesses of an administration under improper influence. It is a documentary that identifies the genuine structure of politics and society by following how Park entered politics along with government records up until March 10.
Candlelight Revolution
Director
“What kind of person do you think former President Park Geunhye is?” Sohn Seokhee, a journalist, gives a clear and sharp answer that he “shares the common ideas that people in our country have.” That common idea has led millions to bring candles to the streets, correcting a thread of history that has gone awry, and gather a sense of hope among people. Candlelight Revolution portrays the voices of citizens from various generations, political figures of different parties, and the witnesses of an administration under improper influence. It is a documentary that identifies the genuine structure of politics and society by following how Park entered politics along with government records up until March 10.
Special Delivery
Baek
Eun-ha, who is a normal junkyard employee, secretly works as a delivery clerk that deals with unusual delivery requests. One day, Eun-ha heads to Seoul to pick up a client who is involved in a gambling crime that wants to flee overseas. However, Eun-ha meets the client's young son at the pick-up point, instead of the client himself. Kyeong-pil, a current police officer who is actually masterminding the whole gambling crime, chases after the missing child who has the security key to the bank account that holds 30 million dollars.
The Book of Fish
Mr. Jang
In 1801, after a new king ascended the throne, a scholar Jeong Yak-jeon who served the late king is exiled to Heuk-san Island. There he meets Chang-dae, a young fisherman who is a huge admirer of Confucianism and has a wide knowledge about the sea.
Three Sisters
Jeong-beom
The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father’s birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jinseob’s abnormal behavior, and the past of the three sisters slowly reveals.
Stone Skipping
Priest
Intellectually handicapped Seokku lives in the countryside, and befriends Eunji, a teenaged runaway looking for her father. When Seokku is involved in a crime, the conflict between a Catholic priest defending him and a shelter adviser convinced of Seokku’s guilt intensifies.
Trade Your Love
Chang-gyu
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.
Extreme Job
Police Superintendent
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Rampant
King Lee Jo
Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.
Golden Slumber
Mr. Min
A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.
1987: When the Day Comes
Lee Boo-young
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
The Reservoir Game
Deep Throat (voice)
An investigative reporter seeks to expose the whereabouts of a slush fund belonging to the former president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak.
The King
Kim Eung-su
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 finally reaches his goal of becoming a prosecutor but his life is no better than a salary man. By chance, he joins a clique of the powerful prosecutors with wealth and authority. He finally gets a taste of a life of the top hierarchy, but as he enjoys the sweetness of supremacy, he also sees the cruel side of it.
Yourself and Yours
Kim Joong-haeng
Youngsoo hears that his girlfriend, Minjung, has recently had drinks with another man. This leads to a quarrel that seems to end their relationship. The next day, Youngsoo tries to find her. As he wanders, Minjung has a series of encounters with other men. But to them it seems she’s not herself.
A Quiet Dream
Chairman
They’re losers, but nice ones. Every day they sit at Yeri’s bar, smitten by the young Chinese-Korean woman. Yeri doesn’t have a preference. To her, they are equally sweet: Jongbin, a milk-drinking epileptic, Ikjune, a former petty criminal, and the introverted Jungbum, who fled from North Korea.
Train to Busan
Yong-suk
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
The Truth Beneath
No Jae-soon
For 15 days, a politician and his wife navigate a scandal after their daughter goes missing on the eve of the national elections.
A Star of Greed
Narrator
When the currency crisis swept Asia in 1997, Korea necessarily held hands of the IMF(Int’l Monetary Fund), but they asked tremendous change like restructuring and financial market opening in return. Then speculative capitals like Lone Star took over Korean companies and banks with legal and illegal methods and made huge profits in process of selling out them. After a long time, Korea is startlingly becoming like them.
Love Guide for Dumpees
doctor
About a man and a woman who make a 'one-night' coupon book after they both get dumped.
Inside Men
Editor-in-chief
A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.
The Priests
Clergy Dean
To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.
The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo
Mr. Moon
An unsuccessful journalist becomes a star after he writes an article about the memo of an unknown serial killer. But when he learns that the memo was just part of a novel, he decides to cover up everything.
Office
Kim Sang-gyu
To nab a sales manager who's at large after murdering his family, a detective investigates the man's colleagues, who seem to be hiding something.
Assassination
Butler
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
The Unfair
Hong Jae-deok
Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. Death happen that lead to the bigger problem.
Twenty
Chi-ho's Father
A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad.
The Deal
Son Myeong-soo
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Big Match
Detective Do
Choi Ik-Ho is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace is a game planner, who makes a game for the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother.
Hill of Freedom
Sang-won
Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose to her. Kwon drops and scatters the letters, all of which are undated. When she reads them, she has to make sense of the chronology.
Tabloid Truth
Park Young-jin
Woo-gon, a passionate manager who lost everything due to stock advertisements and a specialist gets together to find out the truth behind the rumors that have shaken up the country. From precious information to distribution, this crime chasing movie surrounds the invisible truth.
The Suspect
Shin
Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
The Face Reader
Han Myung-hoi
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.
50:50
A short film made for Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded (2013).
Running Man
Mr. Kim
Jong-Woo (played by Sin Ha-gyoon) is a poor, beleagured taxi driver with a bad attitude, understandable given the kind of clients he has to deal with. So when one night, a polite, well-dressed man offers an outrageous sum of money to rent the taxi for an extended period, Jong Woo doesn't ask any questions, though he does make rather cheerful and inappropriate conversation with his uninterested charge. It's difficult to blame Jong-Woo for this, given that it takes him some time to realize that he is not the protagonist of a low-brow comedy, but of an action-packed thriller.
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Jung-won
Haewon, a film student and aspiring actress, feels abandoned. Her mother is about to emigrate to Canada and Haewon has decided to end her affair with one of her professors, a much older married man.
26 Years
Mr. Choi
26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement. Thousands of civilians were killed. Now, a shooter from the national team, a gang member, a policeman, CEO from a large company and director of a private security outfit get involved in a plan to convict the person responsible for the massacre.
National Security
Manager Kang
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae (Park Won Sang) is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.
Architecture 101
Professor Kang
When Seung-min was on his first year at the Academy of Architecture, he met Seo-yeon. She was a musician student, and Seung-min totally fell in love with her. Years have passed, and now he meets Seo-yeon again - she asks him to rebuild her father's old house.
The Day He Arrives
Joong-won
A film director who no longer makes films, Seongjun arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn’t show up, Seongjun wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.
Tazza: The High Rollers
Ah-gwi's Subordinate
Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.
Flying Boys
Soo-in
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.
If
Mr. Park
Ureologist Ha-yeong decides to show the men around her that she does not need a husband by choosing to be artificially inseminated.
Love Bakery
Editor in chief
Ju No-myeong is very happy in his work as a baker. He is content with his simple life but his happiness is shattered when his wife reveals that she is anything but content.
3pm Paradise
Im Wan-gi
A mix of social classes and characters mingle at the Eoksutang, a popular public sauna, every afternoon. Wan-ki, a wannabe movie director, a monk with VD, nude photographer searching for the perfect body, a Russian model and a peeping Tom are among the clients.
Barricade
Han-sik
A man spends all of his tuition money on his sick father and is forced to take a job in a factory where he becomes involved with the plight of the foreign workers.
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Hyo-sub
A novelist has an affair with two women, finding fulfillment in neither; a married businessman strays from his wife he can't satisfy; a naive young woman surrenders her dignity for her lover; and a married woman tries to find solace in a frustrating affair.
Go Alone Like Musso's Horn
Director Park
Mom Has a New Boyfriend
Chang-se
Eun-jae, a children’s book illustrator, runs into Jin-woo at a bookstore. Jin-woo and Eun-jae met years ago on a train. Although each has a family to go home to, both believe that their meeting is more than coincidence and begin to see each other.
Sunset on the Neon Lights
Kim Won
Sang-min faces sexual discrimination at her advertising job and her lover's publishing company goes bankrupt. However she is determined to find a solution to both their problems
The Age of Success
Kim Pan-chok (means “sales promotion”) is assigned to work in the sales promotion department of Yumi Inc., a sweetener manufacturer. He falls ill after a heated sales war with Gammi Inc., a leading competitor and is hospitalized. He devises a genius plan while in the hospital.