The best Jo Deok-jae’s movies

Jo Deok-jae

Jo Deok-jae

02/03/1968 (56 años)
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I Saw the Devil

I Saw the Devil
7.8/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 12/08/2010
  • Character: Detective Kang (uncredited)
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiance Soo-hyun, a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.

Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder
8.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 02/05/2003
  • Character: Investigator at So-Hyun's crime scene
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about a serial murderer grow louder. A special task force is set up in the area, with two local detectives Park Doo-Man and Jo Young-Goo joined by a detective from Seoul who requested to be assigned to the case.

The Chaser

The Chaser
7.8/10
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

Thirst

Thirst
7.1/10
Sang-hyun, a respected priest, volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life as a vampire. Now, Sang-hyun is torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for Tae-ju, the wife of his childhood friend.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
7.2/10
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a Bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

Bedevilled

Bedevilled
7.3/10
A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

26 Years

26 Years
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 29/11/2012
  • Character: Ma Sang-yeol
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.

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes
5.7/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 30/06/2005
  • Character: Detective
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.

Inside Men

Inside Men
7/10
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.

Sea Fog

Sea Fog
6.8/10
A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Children...

Children...
7.1/10
The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the "disappearance of the frog children." In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out on a nearby mountain to catch frogs, and then they go missing.

Hindsight

Hindsight
6.3/10
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.

Punch

Punch
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/10/2011
  • Character: Director of students
A deadbeat teacher helps an angry, aimless teenager find direction in life during his final year of high school.

Excavator

Excavator
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/07/2017
20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.

The President's Last Bang

The President's Last Bang
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyHistory
  • Release: 03/02/2005
  • Character: Major Jo (uncredited)
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.

Wanee & Junah

Wanee & Junah
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/11/2001
  • Character: Pub owner
Wanee, 26-year-old animator with 6 years career in her field. Junah, 27-year-old screen playwright, who is working on his debut project. Wanee and Junah are living in the same house. Their love stays mutual but seems tainted with a hint of loneliness. The news of Young-min’s return, who is Wanee’s step-brother and her unattainable first love, leads Wanee back to the fading memories, driving Junah into a state of dilemma as he sees his loved one in such confusion. By the visit of So-yang, who was always together with Young-min and Wanee during the high school days, Junah becomes aware of Wanee’s wound and Young-min’s being. Finally, the development of their love in the past and the present with all its trials and tribulations comes alive in some fantastic animation.

Outdoor Begins

Outdoor Begins
Brutal killings occur at a campsite over a cursed mask. From horror and sex comedy to musical, Outdoor Begins appeals to audiences by covering all kinds of genres.

Swine Escape

Swine Escape
  • Genre: History
  • Release: 31/10/2013
The prime minister's precious only son Ho-yeon has feelings for courtesan Wol-hyang. Ho-yeon's servant, Spot, who has always had unrequited love for Wol-hyang, drugs Ho-yeon. When he falls unconscious, she sells him off to a slave trader. Ho-yeon, waking from his drugged state, is frustrated because he can't prove he is not a slave. Ho-yeon soon learns the reality of the slaves who face injustice and rolls up his sleeves to try and save them from an unreasonable system.

Coming Out

Coming Out
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 29/07/2001
  • Character: Sandwich Eater
A young woman asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling on tape what she's been hiding to her family (including her brother) all along. She is coming out...

Stray Dogs

Stray Dogs
5.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 23/01/2014
  • Character: Choi Yong-gil
A reporter who lives an extreme life stumbles upon a countryside village one day and unravels the hideous secrets behind it.

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