Jang Dong-gunFilmography

Born:
March 7, 1972
Occupation:
Actor

  • Typhoon

    Actors: Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jeong-jae, Lee Mi-yeon

    Synopsis: A would-be North Korean defector still reeling over the killing of his family by the communist government when he was just a child determines to destroy the Korean peninsula in a tense, politically minded action thriller directed by Kwak Kyung-taek and starring Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jung-jae, and Lee Mi-yeon Read More

    6/2/06

  • The Promise

    Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye

    Synopsis: Love and war conspire to create a romantic triangle in this lavish historical epic from director Chen Kaige. A young girl who has lost her parents to the violence of war bravely refuses to obey the orders of a warrior's son, and is approached by a spirit who offers her a life of wealth and power Read More

    5/5/06

  • 2009: Lost Memories

    Actors: Toru Nakamura, Jang Dong-gun, Ken Mitsuishi

    Synopsis: Imagine the world and age that you live in unfolding under slightly different circumstances -- what would life be like if our familiar history took a different route? Instead of fighting each other, Japan and the United States have teamed with one another to bring down Hitler during World War II Read More

    5/20/05

  • Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

    Actors: Jang Dong-gun, Weon Bin, Lee Eun-ju, Gong Hyeong-jin, Choi Min-Sik

    Synopsis: Korea's leading filmmaker, Kang Je-gyu, directed this epic-scale drama focusing on two brothers caught up in the madness of the war that tore their nation apart in the early '50s. Jin-seok Lee (Weon Bin) is a bright and well-educated young man whose older and more physically imposing brother Read More

    9/3/04

  • The Coast Guard

    Actors: Jang Dong-gun, Park Ji-ah, Kim Jeong-hak, Yu Hae-jin

    Synopsis: Kim Ki-duk's Haeanseon (The Coast Guard) is set on the South Korean coastline. Kang Han-cheol (Jang Dong-gun) is an eager military private who wants nothing more than to shoot a North Korean spy. The villagers in town are at odds with the military presence because they claim there are no more Read More

    2002

  • Anarchists

    Synopsis: This historical action drama puts a modern-day spin on a story inspired by actual events from Korea's past. In 1924, the Japanese government has occupied both Korea and Shanghai, putting a stranglehold on political freedoms and imposing Japanese imperialism upon the people. A group of five Read More

    2001

  • Friend

    Actors: Yu Oh-seong, Jang Dong-gun

    Synopsis: Conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into mortal enemies in this taut drama. Thoughtful Sang-taek (Tae-hwa Seo), hot-tempered Jeong-suk (Yu Oh-seong), bookish Jeong-ho (Un-taek Jeong), and hair-triggered Dong-su (Jang Dong-gun) are four friends who grew up together in a small town in Read More

    2001

  • Nowhere to Hide

    Actors: Ahn Song-Gi, Park Joong-Hoon, Jang Dong-gun, Choe Ji-woo

    Synopsis: Korean maverick auteur Lee Myung-Se directs this wildly exuberant, genre-crunching, police-comedy action flick. Held together with only the barest of plot elements, this film is a gleeful romp through a litany of film styles and references. Following a gangland murder in a popular Seoul shopping Read More

    12/22/00

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