Cast: Kim Ja-ok

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Kim Ja-ok. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Coffee Prince (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 60 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Yoon Jung

Cast Chae Jeong-an · Choi Il-hwa · Gong Yoo · Han Yeh-in

Synopsis A tomboy is mistaken for a young man, but maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation is complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy".

7.4

211 votes

7.4

211 votes

My Lovely Sam-Soon (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 60 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Yun-Cheul

Cast Kim Sun-a · Hyun Bin · Jeong Ryeo-won · Lee Kyu-han

Synopsis It's Christmas-time and klutzy Kim Sam-Soon is nearly thirty years old, overweight, dumped by her cheating boyfriend, and out of work. After an embarrassing first meeting with arrogant restaurant-owner Hyeon Jin-Heon, she is employed as a pastry chef. Sam-Soon and...

7.1

94 votes

7.1

94 votes

Nobody’s Daughter Haewon

2013 · Movie · 88 min. · South Korea

Direction Hong Sang-soo

Cast Jung Eun-chae · Lee Seon-gyun · Kim Ja-ok · Kim Eui-sung

Synopsis Is she tired of life or love? Why else is Haewon falling asleep in a restaurant? Haewon, a student, feels abandoned. Her mother is about to emigrate to Canada and Haewon has decided to end her affair with one of...

6.7

346 votes

6.7

346 votes

Jeni, Juno

2005 · Movie · 108 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Ho-joon

Cast Park Min-ji · Hye-sung Kim · Im Dong-jin · Kim Ja-ok

Synopsis The plot centers around the relationship of a 15-year-old couple, Jenny (Park Min-ji) and Juno (Kim Hye-sung), who meet in school. When Jenny discovers that she is pregnant, she and Juno decide against having an abortion, opting for parenthood instead....

4.9

59 votes

4.9

59 votes

Water Lady

1979 · Movie · 117 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Ki-young

Cast Kim Jeong-cheol · Kim Ja-ok · Lee Il-woong · Lee Hwa-shi

Synopsis Jin-seok returns from the Vietnam war, injured and marries Sun-ok. But financial difficulties cause them to argue. One day, Sun-ok brings bamboo trees from her parents' home and succeeds in running a bamboo ware manufacturing company. Sun-ok has a stuttering...

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A Common Woman

1976 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea

Direction Byeon Jang-ho

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Choi Mu-ryong · Shin Sung-il · Sa Mi-ja

Synopsis Eun-hie takes advantage of Mr Choi, squeezing as much money as she can from the wealthy man. However, she starts craving true love and turns her attentions to gentle, but married, Mr Ahn.

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Red Gate to Tragedy

1979 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Byeon Jang-ho

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Kim Yeong-ae · Jeong Ae-Ran · Park Ji-hun

Synopsis A woman arrives in Korea and makes her way to her ancestral home to learn the mysterious history of an ornate silver dagger in her possession.

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Yeong-ah's Confession

1978 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Byeon Jang-ho

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Shin Sung-il · Eom Yu-Shin · Yu Jang-hyeon

Synopsis Yeong-ah falls in love with Hyeong-jun after picking his pocket and the two have a child together. However, his justifiably suspicious wife in Hong Kong begins having Hyeong-jun followed. Yeong-ah kills the private eye but not before her secrets are...

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Riding a Wooden Horse

1979 · Movie · 85 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Eung-cheon

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Lee Dae-kun · Yu Jang-hyeon · Kim Bo-yeon

Synopsis A woman is kidnapped and forced into a life of crime for which she gradually develops a flair.

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Miss O's Apt 2

1979 · Movie · 117 min. · South Korea

Direction Byeon Jang-ho

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Kim Hee-ra · Lee Sun-jae · Baek Il-seob

Synopsis Cha's meeting with the beautiful Mi-yeong is misunderstood by his family. His wife, furious at his behavior, packs up and moves to Pusan while his son, disgusted with his father, leaves home for Seoul.

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The Righteous Thief

2009 · Movie · 117 min. · South Korea

Direction Jeong Yong-ki

Cast Lee Beom-soo · Kim Ja-ok · Lee Si-young · Park In-hwan

Synopsis Hong Mu-Hyeok (Lee Beom-Soo) is the 18th generation descendant of Hong Kil-dong (famous Robin Hood like character). By day, Hong Mu-Hyeok works as a high school music teacher, but by night works as a Hong Kil-dong like thief. His rival...

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One Night in an Unfamiliar Place

1980 · Movie · 107 min. · South Korea

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Miss O's Apt

1978 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea

Direction Byeon Jang-ho

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Jin-Hie Han · Park Ji-hun · Kim Hee-ra

Synopsis Mi-yeong informs her boyfriend that she is becoming a prostitute to help her poverty striken family. Although she tries not to, she ends up falling in love with wealthy Dae-seon and moves into an apartment that he supplies. She is...

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Lovable You

1981 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea

Direction Moon Yeo-song

Cast Yeong-il Shin · Kim Ja-ok · Yu Ji-in

Synopsis Best friends Ji-hye and Mi-yeong, fall in love with Jeong Woo-jin. Mi-yeong seduces him to end the love triangle and the two soon marry. Ji-hye leaves but returns 5 years later with a child in tow whom she claims is...

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A Woman After a Killer Butterfly

1978 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Ki-young

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Kim Jeong-cheol · Kim Man · Nam Kung-won

Synopsis A dour student, Young-gul, crosses paths with an elderly book salesman obsessed with Hitler and Nietzsche, a two-thousand year-old female corpse, and a mad scientist.

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An Awful Woman

1980 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Hyeong-pyo

Cast Shin Sung-il · Chang Mi-hie · Yu Ji-in · Kim Ja-ok

Synopsis Hyeon-woo finds himself a widower when his wife accidently kills herself with natural gas. A year later, he becomes acquainted with a young woman who wants to be a singer. He helps her, but when she is finally on the...

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The Woman Who Stole the Sun

1979 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Won-se

Cast Kim Ja-ok · Park Geun-hyeong · Lee Dae-kun · Park Ji-hun

Synopsis Jung-suk meets author Yu Tae-jun and their intended one-night stand turns to love. They begin life together with the blessing of Tae-jun's family and are quite happy, until Jung-suk's husband, whom she neglected to mention, appears on their doorstep pleading...

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Rainy Day in Autumn

1979 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Seok Rae-myeong

Cast Shin Sung-il · Jeong Yun-hie · Kim Ja-ok · Moon Jeong-suk

Synopsis A painter on the verge of suicide finds comfort in Seon-hie. She gives birth to his son but his mother forces him to separate from her. He decides the way to financial independence from his mother is to win a...

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