Jung Jin-young
23 titles
Filmography
23 results

The Dude in Me
(2019)A freak accident that thrusts a powerful property developer and gangster into the body of a bullied teen also unites him with his estranged daughter.

Bunt
(2007)To keep his cognitively impaired 11-year-old son from being transferred to a special school, Jin-gyu wrangles him a position on the baseball team.

Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
(2003)Baekche vs. Shilla, Kye-Baek vs. Kim Yu-Sin, 5,000 vs. 50,000 It's a stacked match from the start, however, not an easy victory for Shilla In the 600’s, there were endless disputes between the three separate kingdoms that now make up the modern-day Korean peninsula, Baekche, Koguryo and Shilla. The king of Shilla, Kim Choon-Chu established diplomatic and military ties with the super-power Tang, or as we know it today, China. He ordered his general Kim Yu-Sin to meet with the general of Tang. Tang, the superpower, had the upper hand in the meetings and ordered Kim Yu-Sin to tell his king that the Kingdom of Shilla would have to pay a tribute to Tang no later than July 10th in order to shore up their newfound diplomatic relations. But geographically, in order to bring the tribute to Tang, Shilla had to cross the firmly defended kingdoms of Baekche and Koguryo. Fearing a new alliance between Tang and Shilla, Baekche and Koguryo disallowed Shilla to cross through their kingdoms. This act of defiance was a self-fulfilling prophecy as it angered Tang who sided with Shilla in a war. They decided to attack the weaker, more corrupt of the two other kingdoms, Baekche. As Tang's ships began arriving at the western coast of the Baekche kingdom, Baekche's king and his cabinet grew anxious, worrying that Tang's marines would stage a joint attack on their kingdom with Shilla. The king sent word to his lords to prepare their troops, but the call to arms was blocked by powerful lords who were hostile toward the king. As it turns out their deepest concerns were confirmed; they were being boxed in by Tang and Shilla and had little military support with which to defend the kingdom. The only person who remained loyal to the king of Baekche was Kye-Baek. He was summoned to the palace, where the king served him three glasses of wine, a symbolic gesture asking him to defend the kingdom. Kye-Baek agrees. Knowing that his army does not stand a chance against its aggressors, and that they will rape and pillage Baekche, he kills his own family then rushes off to defend his kingdom at Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield, a plain between two naturally fortified mountains and the only way to the palace. Having only one-tenth the military power of its aggressors, it seemed that the battle would be over before it started. But surprisingly the small but tenacious Baekche army stood it’s ground against 8 separate confrontations with Shilla. As time went by and the deadline for Shilla to bring the tribute to Tang came closer, Kim Yu-Sin, feeling greater and greater pressure, resorted to the cruel psychological strategy of putting the Hwarang, kids of the Shilla noble class in royal cadets, on the front lines to degrade the moral of the Baekche army. Who will be the victor of this most important historic war.

Sunny
(2008)A young Korean woman joins a traveling band in hopes of crossing paths again with her husband, who left unannounced to fight in the Vietnam War.

Grass
(2018)For his 22nd feature as director, Hong delivers a delicious cinematic riddle only he could concoct. In the corner of a small café, Areum (Kim Minhee) sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an old man tries to rekindle a flame with a younger woman, a narcissistic filmmaker works to put together his next project—all while Areum types. Is she merely writing what she hears? Or is she hearing what’s been written? As the dramas inside the café unfold, the plants outside grow taller.

My First First Love
Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o's friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship — and everything in between.

Gangnam Blues
(2015)After two childhood friends join opposing gangs, they get involved in a struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.

Who Is She
A beautiful woman in search of love and acceptance infiltrates a family, masking her dissociative identity disorder and capacity for violence.

Heung-boo: The Revolutionist
(2018)In the Joseon Dynasty, satirical playwright Heung-Boo becomes a pawn in a power struggle as both rulers and rebels vie for his prophetic influence.

Ode to My Father
(2014)Duk-soo leaves for Germany to work as a coal miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes for one thing: to find his younger sister.

Miss Granny
(2014)After learning she's to be sent to a rest home, an elderly widow goes for a walk and wanders into a photo studio, where she emerges as a 20-year-old.

Miracle in Cell No. 7
(2013)The loving daughter of a mentally challenged single father, serving time for a murder he did not commit, sneaks into the prison to reunite with him.

Claire's Camera
(2018)A refreshing performance from Isabelle Huppert is at the center of this charming comedy. Huppert plays Claire, a school teacher on her first visit to Cannes. She meets Manhee, who was recently laid off from her film job after a fling with a movie director. Together, they wander the seaside resort town, working to better understand Manhee's firing—developing new outlooks on life in the process.

Time Renegades
(2016)Two men from different periods help each other through dreams in their race against time to save the same woman from a violent death.

Man of Will
(2017)1895 Joseon. Kim Chang-Soo, a Korean rebel charged with the death penalty, uses his time in prison to teach his fellow inmates how to read and write.

Svaha: The Sixth Finger
(2019)A minister who researches religious cults turns to his Buddhist monk friend for help investigating a new group with mysterious origins.

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls
Cursed since birth and exempt from death, a revenge-driven immortal sets out on a quest to reclaim his soul and end a 600-year-old vendetta.

Chief of Staff
As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.
Brain

My Unfamiliar Family
Over time, parents and children drift apart, engaging less while secrets accumulate. Both sides find new relationships to share life and confessions.