
Lee Soon-jae
Actor · 1935 – 2025 · Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, Korea
Lee Soon-jae (이순재) was a South Korean actor. He was born in Japanese-occupied Korea in what is now North Korea, but moved to Seoul at age 4.
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TV5.5Talk Show“Radio Star” is a South Korean music talk show where the guests and hosts talk openly and intimately about their lives, their pasts and their work. It is part of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's "Golden Fishery" programming block.
TV7.5RealityIt can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.
TV7.0RealityTalk ShowHow much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.
TV8.3Talk ShowComedyYoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
TV6.5RealityTalk ShowAlmost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?
TV7.0ComedyDramaA mysterious asteroid crash-lands on Earth in 2013 and causes all sorts of weird things to start happening, specifically to the Noh family and their neighbors.
TV8.6ComedyHigh Kick! was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family, taking place in Seoul at the same time as the broadcast. The title of the show "High Kick!" has several implications, one of which is the oft-depicted high kicks of Yoon-ho, one of the main characters. The show aired in South Korea from Monday to Friday in sitcom format. Due to its popularity, the show filmed more episodes than were initially planned. Many of the characters starred in commercials and advertisements in Korea. The show's popularity also led to High Kick Through the Roof, which aired in 2009-2010, and High Kick 3: The Counterattack of the Short Leg, which aired in 2011-2012.
TV7.4RealityCelebrities are chosen to live for three days a week in a rural setting. They are required to use their own means to find food for and prepare three meals a day.
TV7.3ComedyTwo sisters, twenty-two and nine in age, lived all their lives with their father, deep in the country where even electricity is an unaffordable luxury. One day, after a bizarre turn of events, they end up in Seoul. The two sisters encounter a severe case of cultural shock as soon as they hit the city. Building forests, computers, department stores, subways, cell phone To 9-year old Shin-ae, who had never seen these before, Seoul is like a fantasy that can sometimes be difficult to fathom. Meanwhile, a peculiar family lives at a corner of a residential area in Seongbuk-dong. Sun-jae is the president of a small food company. At 72, Sun-jae falls head over heels in love just as his life is slowly winding down. His granddaughter Hae-ri shrieks every morning in the bathroom over her constipation. All the other members of this family have some sort of defect. The most invisible son-in-law in Seongbuk-dong, the EQ-deficient doctor, the perverted female teacher Come to think of it, every man living in this day and age harbors some kind of unique defect. This is why they shout confidently, "Only those of you who are perfect may throw stones at us!" is a sitcom portraying the uplifting comedic story of two sisters who begin to work at Sun-jae's house as maids and their episodes with members of this family. At the same time, it is a drama of these two girls blossoming into young women as they fall in love.
TV10.0DramaSoapA family drama about the entangled conflict, love, and reconciliation of the characters around them, centered on Mammal's eldest daughter Jin Ju and Eun Ju's sister Eun Ju, who grew up with her parents' love.
TV7.3DramaYi San, also known as Wind of the Palace, is a 2007 South Korean historical drama, starring Lee Seo-jin, Han Ji-min, Park Eun-hye, and Lee Jong-soo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from September 17, 2007 to June 16, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55. The series was produced by Lee Byeong-Hoon, who also produced award-winning television series Dae Jang Geum. It won "Top Excellence Acting Award" for Lee Seo Jin and "Best Actress" for Han Ji-min at MBC's Acting Awards.
TV7.6DramaBased on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.
TV7.1Action & AdventureDramaSet in the constitutional monarchy in an imaginary South Korea, South Korea's Crown Prince Lee Jae Ha is forced to join the World Officers Competition, WOC, by his brother. There, he meets North Korea's strongest female devil instructor Kim Hang Ah.
TV6.3ComedyDramaO'PENing is the new name of Drama Stage which has been broadcasting the winning work of the O'PEN storyteller contest. The franchise will continue to make meaningful steps to introduce and support new writers to see the light of the world and diversify content genres.
TV9.0DramaFamilyGong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.
TV8.0DramaCrimeA public prosecutor is murdered while investigating corruption. But when he is “reborn” as his previous self, can he team up with a wealthy family heir to find answers?
TV7.8Drama
TV5.3DramaComedyFlames of Desire is a South Korean television series starring Shin Eun-kyung, Seo Woo, Yoo Seung-ho, Jo Min-ki, and Lee Soon-jae. It aired on MBC from October 2, 2010 to March 27, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 50 episodes. The early working title was A Woman Only Loves Once in a Lifetime.
TV8.3DramaCrimeThe police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of law and peace — but the reality is far from orderly.
TV6.5DramaMysteryA scholar-turned-vampire searches for a century-old book to enact revenge against an evil vampire.
TV5.0DramaFamilyThis drama is about a story of a big family.
TV9.2RealityGrandpas Over Flowers is a South Korean travel-reality show that airs on tvN. It stars four veteran actors in their seventies— Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob — as they go on a backpacking tour to overseas travel destinations alongside Lee Seo-jin, an actor in his forties. Grandpas Over Flowers became a cultural phenomenon, receiving high ratings for a Korean cable program and spawning several spin-offs and remakes.
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Movie7.0ComedyActionA terrified animal-phobic NIS agent must overcome his fears and team up with a retired military dog to rescue a kidnapped panda in this hilarious crime comedy.
Movie8.0DramaA detective searching for the cause of a young man's death uncovers a melodramatic story involving prostitutes and religion.
Movie7.2DramaComedyA group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
Movie8.0HorrorAn omnibus of the story of three women. In the first, a ghost takes revenge on the man who killed her sister. In story two, a woman decides it's payback time for a sexual predator. The final story tells the tale of a woman's opium addiction leading to a gruesome death.
Movie5.4RomanceComedyA noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman.
Movie6.6DramaRomanceSu-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.
Movie7.2DramaComedyMu-ok is the self-made owner of the established restaurant 'Pyongmanok' that has been drawing long lines of customers before social media existed. He is deeply troubled by his only son, Moon-seok, whom he hoped would inherit the family legacy, becoming a monk, leaving him with no one to carry on the family name. While Mu-ok is devastated by the thought that his family line would end with him, young kids come to his restaurant claiming Moon-seok as their father! Mu-ok, now given a chance to continue his family's legacy, enjoys happiness like never before. Meanwhile, Moon-seok revisits his life before becoming a monk—and stumbles upon a shocking revelation…
Movie7.8DramaRomanceFollows the lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood. Kim Man-Suk delivers milk on a motorbike at dawn. He curses a lot, but actually has a warm heart. One day when he goes up a slope, he meets Ms. Song - a lonely woman who works hards by collecting and selling scrap paper. Man-Suk feels something special toward Ms. Song. Jang Kun-Bong works in a parking lot. Jang Kun-Bong has a wife who suffers from Alzheimer's. He works from dawn until late at night. After work he comes home and takes care of his wife.
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Cha's meeting with the beautiful Mi-yeong is misunderstood by his family. His wife, furious at his behavior, packs up and moves to Pusan while his son, disgusted with his father, leaves home for Seoul.
Movie8.5DramaRomanceA Japanese fine art teacher helps a Korean independence fighter to escape from a threat of being arrested by the Japanese police. The Korean man introduces him a gisaeng (Koran geisha) who learned Korean traditional court dance and he falls in love with her. However she hates Japanese because her parents were killed in the war.
Movie4.8HorrorScience FictionEarthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
Movie6.7DramaWhen Sumi, a high school senior raised at an orphanage, decides to suicide, hospice nurse Seojin dramatically stops her. Nowhere else to go, Sumi visits Seojin's hospital to find a way to end her life. For the first time, she finds attention, love, and comfort from those who are spending their last moments in life.
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Chang-gu fights and kills a leader of Seoul's organized crime and he takes the reigns of power as a result. Rival gangs from other regions in the country band together to oppose Chang-gu. Overwhelmed, Chang-gu seeks the assistance of the police.
MovieDramaRomanceMi-Rye is a high school girl who participates in volunteer service in a rural village during summer vacation. When she gets lost in the mountain, she meets Tae-Ho who is a member of biology club of boys' high school. He is on his way down to village after he finishes gathering herbs and plants on high altitude. They stray in the thick fog and finds a villa where they stay awake. The next morning, they are found by teachers. They are expelled from school because the older generation and teachers don't believe their sexual morality. Years later, Mi-Rye fails to accomplish her love with Tae-Ho, and marries to another man.
Movie8.4MysteryDramaOh In-sook, who goes by Gisele in the art world, is a failed artist with nothing going for her. During her shift at her part time job, she meets a cunning and canny art sales representative Jae-bum. Jae-bum believes that Gisele has the potential to become a prominent artist and decides to represent her. He and his colleague James, through their ingenious sales efforts, begin to raise the value of Gisele’s paintings, causing Gisele to gain immense fame. As she is ready to bathe in her success, she unexpectedly dies of reasons unknown shocking the art community. Jaebum sees this as an opportunity to hike the prices on his deceased client’s paintings and decides to go all-in in doing so. However, Gisele miraculously gains consciousness like the Lazarus syndrome, denting Jae-bum’s scheme. In order to save his career, Jaebum suggests to Gisele to stay “dead” and aims to strike a deal with her.
Movie9.0CrimeDramaA man's jealousy of his friend's pure love for his girlfriend makes his friend sleep with a prostitute. But the friend agonizes over the depraved conduct and at last kills himself. He also feels guilty of his friend's death. However one day he meets the dead friend's girlfriend, and meeting her makes him convinced that it is not he, but she who leads the friend to death. He violates her chastity, kills a man who beat the friend before he died and turns himself to the police.
Movie8.5RomanceDrama75-year-old Cho Nam-bong and 71-year-old Lee Mae-ja are a couple suffering with dementia. After being married for 45 years, the couple couldn’t even remember when they were in a good relationship. However, as their memories fade by the day, their dreams and romance that have been forgotten rekindle.
Movie8.5RomanceDramaDuring a concert in Japan a singer encounters his childhood sweetheart and their old love is rekindled with new passion. However their love is a problem for the singer because he is already engaged to the daughter of his mentor.
Movie7.0DramaRomanceKim Myung-wu studies modern music in Germany and meets Ji-suk, a pianist. She disappears on the day of his recital to get money for her mother's treatment in hospital and no word from her for a month since. He sees through her mother's funeral when she's gone. When there's a fire in the village, Myung-wu witnesses Ji-suk playing piano at the church watching the flame. She sets a fire at a store she was trying to get the money from but the owner reported her. She blamed her mother's death on the store owner and revenged with the fire. She completes the Pyro-Sonata with help of Myung-wu hiding her from police.