Ha Jung-woo’s Typical Vibe
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Ha Jung-woo has 19 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Handmaiden.
Recurring themes

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016
Action · Thriller

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012
Thriller · Action

SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
2015
Action · Crime

Son of a Gun
2014
Action · Crime

Saving Mr. Wu
2015
Crime · Drama

14 Blades
2010
Drama · Action

The Assault
2011
Drama · Action

Sinners and Saints
2010
Action · Crime

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Prime Video · Included

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Prime Video · Included

The Chaser
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%AMC+ · Included

Tunnel
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Prime Video · Included

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

Ashfall
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%Prime Video · Included

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

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
Dir. Kim Yong-hwa · With Ha Jung-woo, Cha Tae-hyun, Ju Ji-hoon

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
Dir. Kim Yong-hwa · With Ha Jung-woo, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Hyang-gi

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's 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.
Dir. Na Hong-jin · With Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Young-hee

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.
Dir. Kim Seong-hun · With Ha Jung-woo, Bae Doona, Oh Dal-su

In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.
Dir. Jang Joon-hwan · With Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hai-jin
After moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior until, one day, she disappears behind a closet. While the devastated father is left with no clue about his daughter's disappearance, an exorcist shows up to help.
Dir. Kim Kwang-bin · With Ha Jung-woo, Kim Nam-gil, Heo Yool

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

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
Dir. Na Hong-jin · With Ha Jung-woo, Kim Yun-seok, Cho Seong-ha

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Dir. Kim Byung-seo, Lee Hae-jun · With Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Don Lee
On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.
Dir. Kim Byung-woo · With Ha Jung-woo, Lee Sun-kyun, Jennifer Ehle

A newsman discovers he's been rigged with a bomb after he has an exclusive interview with a terrorist who blew up a bridge.
Dir. Kim Byung-woo · With Ha Jung-woo, Kim Dae-myung, Lee Kyung-young

In the year 1971, former Korean Air Force fighter pilot Tae-In (Ha Jung-Woo) works as a pilot for a commercial airline. He faces a crisis inside a hijacked flight with the passengers, including Yong-Dae (Yeo Jin-Goo), and his crew members, including Captain Kyu-Sik (Sung Dong-Il) and Flight Attendant Ok-Soon (Chae Soo-Bin).
Dir. Kim Sung-han · With Ha Jung-woo, Yeo Jin-goo, Sung Dong-il

Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.
Dir. Kim Ki-duk · With Sung Hyun-ah, Ha Jung-woo, Park Ji-yeon

When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.
Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan · With Ha Jung-woo, Han Suk-kyu, Ryoo Seung-bum

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

An ordinary entrepreneur joins a secret government mission to capture a Korean drug lord operating in South America.
Dir. Yoon Jong-bin · With Ha Jung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Park Hae-soo

A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage.
Dir. Kim Ki-duk · With Chang Chen, Ha Jung-woo, Park Ji-a
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