Kim Tae-hee has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Stairway to Heaven.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile
Top 8%
Titles Scored
3
Highest-Ranked Title
Stairway to Heaven (Top 8%)
Primary Role
Actor
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
Best Work
Top 18%
3 titles scored
By genre
Drama
3
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Kim Tae-hee’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
measuredbittersweetintenseapproachable
serious
personal
heartfelt
contemplative
cozy
Recurring themes
South Koreaseason arcgrief & lossfate destinyeverymanromantic partners
pacing
measured 5/9measured 5/9
tone
bittersweet 3/9wistful 3/9
intensity
intense 6/9intense 6/9
complexity
approachable 4/9clear 4/9
humor
serious 2/9serious 2/9
scale
personal 4/9personal 4/9
spirit
heartfelt 5/9heartfelt 5/9
texture
contemplativequiet
CriticCrunch Signature Pacing
measured (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Tone
bittersweet (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Intensity
intense (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Complexity
approachable (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Humor
serious (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Scale
personal (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Spirit
heartfelt (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Recurring Themes
south korea, season arc, grief and loss, fate destiny, everyman, romantic partners
Song Ju and Jeong Seo who have lost a father and a mother respectively spend their childhood together like real siblings. Song Ju is there for Jeong Seo whenever she feels lonely and has a hard time, and Jeong Seo also relies a lot on Song Ju. However, after Jeong Seo's father gets married to Tae Mi Ra, Mi Ra and her daughter Yu Ri keep harassing Jeong Seo out of jealousy. Tae Hwa, Yu Ri's rough and wild older brother, has a crush on Jeong Seo who is pure and kind unlike him.
Cha Yu-ri died in an accident five years ago, leaving her husband Cho Gang-hwa to raise their daughter by himself. She becomes a ghost and watches over them until one fateful day she is brought back to life by the deities and told she can become human again if she returns to her place in 49 days. Though her husband has remarried, so she must decide between her or his happiness as she slowly re-integrates back into her old lifestyle.
David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for.
Dir. Steph Cha, Ken Woodruff · With Daniel Dae Kim, Reina Hardesty, Piper Perabo