Best Kim Go-eun Dramas & Movies
On the other hand, some are worried that her acting skills might not be up to par when it comes to big-budget projects. Her work in the recent MBC series “The King Eternal Monarch” and the upcoming SBS series “Yumi’s Cells 1 and 2” have shown that she is capable of great acting, but it will be interesting to see if she can pull off a high-budget project.
Kim Go-eun has starred in a variety of award-winning acting projects, including K-drama appearances and feature films. This list is a breakdown of the best of the best projects she has starred in.
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The Advocate: A Missing Body (Movie)
The Advocate: A Missing Body is a gripping legal thriller that stars Go-eun as Prosector Jin Sun-mi who is investigating the disappearance of her ex-boyfriend’s body. Byeon, a top defence attorney, is assigned to represent his chauffeur, who is accused of murdering a female student. As the two detectives working on the case try to solve the mystery, they are pitted against each other in a battle of wits and wills. The film is directed by Park Chan-wook and features an all-star cast that includes Yoo Ah-in, Kim Seung-woo, and Ha Ji Won. ..
Sun-mi and Byeon clash in court as their past romance comes to light. ..
Sunset in my Hometown (Movie)
Sunset in my hometown is a 2018 movie that narrates the story of an underground rapper Hak-soo who has never seen success despite being on a TV audition program for 6 years. After receiving a distress call from his father, Hak-soo rushes back to his hometown which he had left after his high school. After learning that his father was only lying to bring him back to his hometown, Hak-soo tries to move back to Seoul. Fate binds him to the rural town and Hak-soo makes do with living in a small town. Kim Go-eun plays Sun-mi, Sun-mi, Hak-soo’s childhood classmate.
Canola (Movie)
Canola is a 2016 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film tells the story of a high school student, Hye-ji (played by Kim Go-eun), who is struggling with her mental health and her secret. She is dramatically reunited with her grandmother, Gye-choon (played by Choi Ji-woo), who is a female driver on Jeju Island. ..
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (K-drama)
In the K-drama, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God also known as Goblin, Kim Go-eun plays Ji Eun-tak. Ji is a woman who was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo’s military. She is now a widow and has to take care of her son. The plot of the K-drama revolves around Kim Shin, a man who was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo’s military.
Kim Shin, a 900-year-old immortal, dies after being tired of living for so long. He is looking for his reincarnated bride who can see the sword in his chest. Ji Eun-tak is her and she is a high school student who has gone through tragic events in her life. With the task of pulling the sword out of Kim Shin’s chest, Ji Eun-tak falls in love with him instead. ..
The King: Eternal Monarch (K-drama)
The King: Eternal Monarch is a K-drama that tells the story of Lee Gon, a king of the Kingdom of Corea (a parallel universe). In the Republic of Korea, (the universe parallel to the Kingdom of Corea), Jung Tae-eul (played by Kim Go-eun) is a just police officer. When a magical flute is sliced in half, Lee Gon’s world turns upside down as he finds himself in a completely different world. The show follows epic moments of romance, time travel, fantasy, magic and brotherhood as the two different worlds of Jung Tae-eul and Lee Gon are intertwined.
Yumi’s Cells (K-drama)
In Yumi’s Cells, Kim Yu-mi plays the titular character of Kim Yu-mi, a young woman who is in a love drought after suffering a painful breakup. Yumi may appear to be just like every other single working woman but she is facing a love drought after suffering a painful breakup.
After two seasons of the show, Yumi has failed to find love. Throughout the show, she has been attracted to her colleague, Yoo Ba-bi. His personality calms the storm of emotions in her life. ..
A Muse (Movie)
Jeok Yo, a highly respected national poet in his 70s, recently published a book described as a genre novel with psychological insight. The book shot to the top of the bestseller lists and Jeok Yo is now enamored of Eun Gyo, a young high school girl who was found asleep on his porch. ..
Rather than chastising her for breaking into his property, he subsequently agrees to give her a part-time job cleaning his home. Jeok Yo spends more time in Eun Gyo’s company, long-lost feelings are awakened within him, and her exuberance, lust for life, sense of fun and genuine warmth towards him quickly strip the years away in his mind.
Monster (Movie)
Monster is a 2014 South Korean horror film directed by Jo Seung-woo and starring Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, and Yoo In-seok. The film tells the story of a street vendor, Bok-soon (Kim Go-eun), who becomes embroiled in a serial killer’s rampage after her sister is killed. ..
Coin Locker Girl (Movie)
Before appearing opposite Wi Ha-joon in the 2022 K-drama Little Women, Kim Go-eun co-starred in the 2015 movie with him. The Korean movie, Coin Locker Girl follows the story of a baby being thrown into a coin locker in 1996. After she is picked up by a beggar, she is named Il-yeong who grows up and is eventually sold to a woman called “Mother” at the age of 10. Il-yeong is raised by remorseless loan sharks until she turns 18. She has now become Mother’s right hand and faces a dilemma when she is tasked to kill Suk-hyun, the son of a debtor named Woo Gon. Here Go-eun plays Il-yeong.
Tune in for Love (Movie)
Tune in for Love is a love story set in the 1990s with a DJ, Yoo-yeol on the radio show called, Music Album. As the show runs in the background, a college girl named Mi-soo (played by Kim Go-eun) works at a bakery. She meets Hyun-woo there and their frequencies slowly come in sync through the medium of the radio show. The show brings them together through ebbs and flows of events arising from both pure coincidence and inevitability until the bitter reality drives them apart. The movie follows the Asian IMF crisis of the 1990s and it is a romantic melodrama that will tell the love story of the optimistic Hyun-woo and the hard-working Mi-soo.
Kim Go-eun is one of the most popular and beloved actresses in South Korea, and her work in dramas and movies has won her a legion of fans. Here are our picks for the best Kim Go-eun dramas and movies! ..
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