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Wan-ju, a failed stage actor, makes ends meet by playing real-life parts as someone’s boyfriend or wingman. Desperate for money, Wan-ju takes on his most challenging role ever when he agrees to pretend to have witnessed a murder.
Jun 2016
2009 film
Dec 2009
Yu-na, a level-headed and rational insurance claim adjuster, investigates a questionable death by falling with suspicions of suicide. During her investigation, she meets Soon-kyu, the deceased's elusive guardian. As Yu-na probes further, she begins to question whether Soon-kyu is a mentor or a conman, and her carefully guarded inner world starts to shake.
Nov 2025
Violent father Moo-jin, whose family is everything. Mother So-yeon left because she couldn't stand the violence. Hoon, who loves both his father and mother, is forced to make a choice and leaves, but eventually remains alone and enters his world.
Feb 2024
The most important thing for Na-young, who has lived her entire life in a small seaside village, is taking care of her family and friends. However, her mother tries to sell their precious house full of memories, and her younger brother insists on moving to Seoul. While Na-young struggles to accept the changes, she comes across bowling and begins to spend more and more time at the bowling alley.
Mar 2024
Su-young is a lesbian who plans to go on the first vacation with her girlfriend, Young-mi. But the day before the two leave for vacation, Su-young receives the news about her father’s hospitalization. Will she be able to safely go on the vacation with her girlfriend?
Nov 2014
Jun 2025
Over three episodes, three respectable middle-aged men find themselves behaving badly. A teacher hides his pornographic magazine from a female student. A jogger steals milk and blames it on a newspaper delivery boy. A drunk man desperately searches for a public toilet late at night.
Aug 2025
Making use of her Chinese that she had picked up while living in China, Han-young obtains her tour guide-interpreter's license and starts working as a guide in Korea. She gets used to her new surroundings and gains good results at work. However, she is forced to face challenges and changes as she loses touch with her brother In-hyuk, and the number of Chinese tourists decreases due to political tension between Korean and China.
Oct 2023
Sep 2015
Jung-seo, who is planning on getting married, wins an apartment subscription, which is almost like winning a lottery. Not being able to pay the deposit, she makes a begrudging visit to her father for money, who had divorced her mother without paying any alimony. But when she meets his new family, everything gets messed up due to different desires of each of them. In the unexpected chaos, Jung-seo gradually faces what they really want, and most importantly, what she wants deep inside herself.
Jan 2025
Mar 2013
Fencer Eun-soo who has passed her prime days starts her training at her old school to become a member of the national team. There she meets the rising star Ah-jin. The two of them feel uneasy with each other because of Eun-soo’s ex-boyfriend and coach, Jae-hee. Eun-soo has a practice match with Ah-jin, thinking that she would be an easy opponent, but Eun-soo almost loses the game. Unable to accept the facts, Eun-soo pushes Ah-jin, causing her an injury and Ah-jin is no longer able to participate in the pre-matches. However, Ah-jin is scouted by a professional team and leaves with Jae-hee. Eun-soo is left alone in the gym.
A girl baseball player who is about to graduate from high school will try to enter the professional baseball world forbidden to women.
Jun 2020
Da-bin, who dreams of a normal high school life, helps his younger sister Eun-seo, who is deaf in one ear, get to and from school every day. When he learns that his family may have to move far away for Eun-seo, he applies for an exchange program, hoping to take one last trip with his girlfriend. But when he starts working at a motel to cover the costs, he finds himself drifting further away from his plan.
Feb 2026
A divorcee reevaluates her life after a chance meeting with another woman with a similar history.
Mar 2009
Goh Jun-chul grew up with second-handed things from a young age. As an adult, he makes his living selling used cars. Having never had anything new, he is proud of his innocent girlfriend. But he starts to understand there are more important things in life than whether things are new or used. This realization helps Jun-chul to regain both love and hope.
Jan 1993
John, a factory worker, believes himself to be the reincarnation of John Lennon.
Jan 1994
After a failed wedding shoot, Bae-hwan meets Ryu—a callboy tangled in a murder case—and offers him a way out.
Mar 2011
A prisoner on death row feels suicidal in his cell. However, he finds a glimmer of hope from his daughter's letter and the lawyer's suggestion that they make use of a breach in the law.
Apr 2011