Moon Choi

Actress

December 24, 1986 (39 years)

Seoul, South Korea

Biography

Choi Hee-seo (born December 24, 1986), born Choi Moon-kyung (최문경), is a South Korean actress. She is best known for portraying anarchist Fumiko Kaneko in the 2017 historical film Anarchist from Colony. For this role, she set a record of winning eleven acting accolades in a single award season, whilst also achieving an unprecedented feat of winning both Best New Actress and Best Actress at the Grand Bell Awards.

Filmography

9.4

Movie Room

Self

Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.

8.3

Stranger

Lee Yu-an

Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but he is ostracized because he lacks empathy and social skills. He is also one of only a handful of upright prosecutors who have refused to take bribes. One day, he encounters a stabbing victim while investigating corruption. He meets Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin at the crime scene. They join forces to root out corruption at the prosecutors’ office and solve a serial murder case.

6.1

Now, We Are Breaking Up

Hwang Chi-sook

Will tell stories of emotional love and breakups. Ha Young-eun, a manager of the design team at a fashion label who is a trendy and intelligent realist. Yoon Jae-guk, a wealthy and popular freelancer photographer who also has the brains and looks. Hwang Chi-sook is a director of the fashion label’s design team who attended high school with Ha Young-eun and Seok Do-hoon is a skilled PR company CEO.

7.3

Okja

Choi Female Interpreter

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

8.0

Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard

Lee Yoo-an

Seo Dong-jae, facing a grim future due to his tarnished reputation as a corrupt prosecutor, is assigned a new high profile case. This new assignment pushes him to navigate a perilous balance between his prosecutorial instincts and opportunistic inclinations.

8.0

On the Border

Self

There are many countries that are at borders with others, standing next to one another yet still so far apart. Join us as we observe and learn about the history, culture, art, international relations and global issues of the two countries.

N/A

Unframed

So-young

Unframed is an omnibus film project made by four actors who each wrote and directed an episode for themselves.

6.9

Deliver Us from Evil

Seo Yeong-ju

A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.

5.2

Mistress

Han Jung-Won

A story that follows the lives of four female friends in their 30's as they become involved in a series of murders.

6.5

Yonder

Seri (voice)

Ja-hyun receives a message from his deceased wife inviting him to reunite with her in a place called 'Yonder'.

N/A

Just Like Today

Christina

A family drama about a generation of young people who have their own concerns relating to employment and school fees, and three sets of couples who are hometown friends who wonder about the meaning of life.

N/A

Bedford Park

Audrey

Haunted by an abusive childhood, Audrey, a Korean American woman in her 30s, faces her emotional past. When her mother’s car accident brings her back to her parents’ home, she meets the man responsible for the accident. Their relationship builds, passions ignite, and they form a loving connection.

N/A

시월의 어느 멋진 날에

Ro-Sa

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6.8

Big Forest

Im Cheong-A

Shin Dong-Yub used to be a top star, but he is not anymore. Jung Sang-Hoon is a single father and he works as a loan shark. Im Cheong-A is a Korean-Chinese single mother. They live in the Daerim Neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea and struggle to make a living.

7.4

Anarchist from Colony

Fumiko Kaneko

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

6.8

The Asian Angel

Choi Sol

Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.

7.8

Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

Kumi

Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.

7.3

Project 577

Self

Ha Jung Woo promised that if he won the best actor award 2 years in a row he would walk across South Korea. He did and the adventure begins.

7.0

Lifting King Kong

Seo Yeo-soon

Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts.

5.4

Our Body

Ja-young

A woman becomes disenchanted with life after years of studying for an important exam. One lonely evening, she encounters a beautiful, disciplined woman and becomes fascinated with emulating her lifestyle.