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Kim Hyun-sook(II)

  • Actress
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Kim Hyun-sook
Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan, who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Things are going well for him, and he's happy in a budding relationship with Su-ji, vacationing in the seaside town. As their relationship grows, Gang-cheol is dragged into the criminal underworld when he sees Busan gangsters Sang-gon and Hwi-gon re-staging the accidental death of a Yakuza mobster as an accident and an old friend, Jong-su, gives him up to the Busan gang. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him. Gang-cheol refuses, but when Jong-su gives the deed to Gang-cheol's how to Sang-gon as collateral for a private loan, Gang-cheol is left with no choice, but to bite the bullet.
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Kim Hyun-sook was born on 16 October 1978 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for Are You Human Too? (2018), 200 Pounds Beauty (2006) and Rude Miss Young-Ae (2007).
BornOctober 16, 1978
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    Known for

    Seo Kang-joon in Are You Human Too? (2018)
    Are You Human Too?
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Reporter Jo
    200 Pounds Beauty (2006)
    200 Pounds Beauty
    6.7
    • Park Jeong-min
    • 2006
    Rude Miss Young-Ae (2007)
    Rude Miss Young-Ae
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Lee Young-ae
    Jung So-min and Lee Jae-wook in Alchemy of Souls (2022)
    Alchemy of Souls
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Maidservant Park

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Sooyoung Choi and Gong Myoung in Second Shot at Love (2025)
      Second Shot at Love
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Ki Beom Mo (Restaurant owner)
      • 2025
    • Ryeoun and Go Hyun-jung in Namib (2024)
      Namib
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Hong Jeong-hwa
      • 2024–2025
    • Ha Ji-Won, Kang Ha-neul, and Ko Du-shim in Curtain Call (2022)
      Curtain Call
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Hong Ra Kyung
      • 2022
    • Jung So-min and Lee Jae-wook in Alchemy of Souls (2022)
      Alchemy of Souls
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Maidservant Park
      • 2022
    • Kim Sejeong and Ahn Hyo-seop in Business Proposal (2022)
      Business Proposal
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Yeo Eui-joo
      • 2022
    • Song Seung-heon and Seo Ji-hye in Dinner Mate (2020)
      Dinner Mate
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Park Geun Hee
      • 2020
    • Rude Miss Young-Ae (2007)
      Rude Miss Young-Ae
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Lee Young-ae
      • 2007–2019
    • Park Bo-young and Kim Young-kwang in On Your Wedding Day (2018)
      On Your Wedding Day
      7.1
      • Miss Min
      • 2018
    • Seo Kang-joon in Are You Human Too? (2018)
      Are You Human Too?
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Reporter Jo
      • 2018
    • Mystery Queen (2017)
      Mystery Queen
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Kim Kyung Mi
      • 2017–2018
    • Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Sang-woo, and Lee Jong-hyuk in Love, Again (2018)
      Love, Again
      5.6
      • Hong Ran
      • 2018
    • America Town (2017)
      America Town
      6.8
      • Madam
      • 2017
    • Na Moon-hee, Park In-hwan, Sung Dong-il, Lee Jin-wook, Kim Hyun-sook, Shim Eun-kyung, Kim Seul-gi, and Jung Jinyoung in Miss Granny (2014)
      Miss Granny
      7.2
      • Na-young
      • 2014
    • Yoo Ah-in in Tough as Iron (2013)
      Tough as Iron
      6.0
      • Organ Broker
      • 2013
    • Vampire Prosecutor (2011)
      Vampire Prosecutor
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Lee Young-ae
      • 2012

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      • October 16, 1978
      • South Korea

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