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Cho Jin-woong has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Handmaiden.
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Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
2019
Action · Crime

Shield of Straw
2013
Thriller · Crime

Law of Tehran
2019
Action · Crime

Madras Cafe
2013
Thriller · Drama

The Age of Shadows
2016
Action · Thriller

The Assault
2011
Drama · Action

The Foreigner
2017
Action · Thriller

The Connection
2014
Thriller · Crime

Assassination
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Prime Video · Included

Signal
2016 · Series · Actor
Top 18%Netflix · Included

Believer
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%Netflix · Included

Believer 2
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Netflix · Included

The Front Line
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Prime Video · Included

The Admiral: Roaring Currents
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 34%Tubi · Free w/ ads

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.
Dir. Jang Joon-hwan · With Kim Yun-seok, Yeo Jin-goo, Cho Jin-woong

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.
Dir. Choi Dong-hoon · With Gianna Jun, Ha Jung-woo, Lee Jung-jae

Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
Dir. Kim Eun-hee, Kim Won-suk · With Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-soo, Cho Jin-woong

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Dir. Yoon Jong-bin · With Hwang Jung-min, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong

After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel.
Dir. Lee Hae-young · With Cho Jin-woong, Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Joo-hyuk

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
Dir. Kim Seong-hun · With Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Jin-woong, Jeong Man-sik

A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.
Dir. Baik · With Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won, Han Hyo-joo

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.
Dir. Jang Hoon · With Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Lee Je-hoon

Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.
Dir. Kim Han-min · With Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-ryong, Cho Jin-woong

A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
Dir. Yoo Ha · With Zo In-sung, Cheon Ho-jin, Namkoong Min

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.
Dir. Yoon Jong-bin · With Ha Jung-woo, Gang Dong-won, Lee Kyung-young

Ik-hyeon, a corrupt officer, joins forces with another crook, Hyung-bae, to continue his illegal activities before he loses his job. Eventually, he decides to escape and pin the blame on his partner.
Dir. Yoon Jong-bin · With Choi Min-sik, Ha Jung-woo, Kwak Do-won

A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
Dir. Yoo Ha · With Zo In-sung, Ju Jin-mo, Song Ji-hyo
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