Jang Dong-gun’s Typical Vibe
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Jang Dong-gun has 11 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 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War.
Recurring themes

Seeking Justice
2011
Action · Drama

'71
2014
Thriller · Action

Captain Phillips
2013
Action · Drama

Penoza: The Final Chapter
2019
Action · Crime

Darkland
2017
Thriller · Action

The Devil's Double
2011
Drama · Action

Fast Convoy
2016
Drama · Action

Mosul
2019
War · Drama

My Way
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Prime Video · Included

No Tears for the Dead
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Prime Video · Included

A Gentleman's Dignity
2012 · Series · Actor
Top 22%Netflix · Included

Rampant
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%Prime Video · Included

The Warrior's Way
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 42%Prime Video · Included

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Dir. Kang Je-kyu · With Jang Dong-gun, Won Bin, Lee Eun-ju

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.
Dir. Kang Je-kyu · With Jang Dong-gun, Joe Odagiri, Fan Bingbing

A hitman accidentally kills a little girl. Filled with regret, he wants to quit. But then to tie up loose ends, he is forced to go on another job, to kill the girl's mother.
Dir. Lee Jeong-beom · With Jang Dong-gun, Kim Min-hee, Brian Tee

A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.
Dir. Park Hoon-jung · With Kim Myung-min, Jang Dong-gun, Park Hee-soon
This drama is about two girls, Jin Sun Mi and Heo Young Mi. Sun Mi had a nice childhood and grew up with lots of love from her father. Young Mi's mother left her when she was young and her father was a drunk who recently died. She had a hard childhood but never gave up and made it into college.
With Park Chae-rim, Kim So-yeon, Kim Jung-eun

Four men with complicated love lives refuse to admit they're getting older, and attempt to prove that forty is the new thirty!
Dir. Kim Eun-sook · With Jang Dong-gun, Kim Ha-neul, Kim Soo-ro

Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.
Dir. Kim Sung-hoon · With Hyun Bin, Jang Dong-gun, Jo Woo-jin

A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
Dir. Lee Seung-moo · With Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush

Jae-wan, a successful lawyer, takes on the case of a rich executive's son, who has purposely run over and killed a man and left his daughter seriously injured. It's Jae-wan's job to defend a murderer, just another rung on his career's golden-stepped ladder. His younger brother, on the contrary, is a scrupulous and upstanding paediatrician, who always puts the health of his patients over profit and money, often contravening the rules of the private clinic where he works. The brothers meet once a month with their wives for fine dining in expensive restaurants, but when an unexpected situation involving their teenage kids arises, their consciences are questioned and their usual dinner conversation takes an unexpected turn.
Dir. Hur Jin-ho · With Sul Kyung-gu, Jang Dong-gun, Kim Hee-ae
A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
Dir. Kim Ki-duk · With Jang Dong-gun, Kim Jung-hak, Park Ji-a
An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.
Dir. Chen Kaige · With Cecilia Cheung, Liu Ye, Chen Hong
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