Kim Sok-yun

Active across TV and film, director KIM Sok-yun got his start as a producer for KBS TV. Following a number of small screen credits, KIM entered both the film realm and the director’s chair in 2006 with the feature Old Miss Diary. The film featured YE Ji-won as a voice actress who falls for a difficult producer. Though not a failure, KIM would then score his first hit with the period detective action-comedy Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow in 2011. Featuring KIM Myung-min as a bumbling but efficient detective in the Joseon Era, alongside with his sidekick played by OH Dal-su. Released during the Lunar New Year, the film racked up over 4.7 million admissions. Following that success, KIM briefly returned to television by directing the K-drama Live in Cheongdam-Dong, which aired its 170 episodes from the end of 2011 into the middle of 2012. Teaming up again with KIM and OH, director KIM sought to strike gold once more with a sequel to his earlier hit in 2015, entitled Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island. The film met with a similar critical consensus and audience enthusiasm as the blockbuster period film scored a robust 3.8 million viewers, once again in the Lunar New Year frame.

Works

Behind Your Touch

A psychic vet and a detective join forces to crack small-town cases — but their skills are tested when they unravel a chilling serial killer mystery

Release Date:2023-08-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:16

Vote Count:83

My Liberation Notes

Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.

Release Date:2022-04-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:16

Vote Count:72

Law School

Following the case of the murder of a professor at South Korea's top prestigious law school, professors and students become suspects in the murder.

Release Date:2021-04-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:16

Vote Count:50

The Light in Your Eyes

Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.

Release Date:2019-02-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:26

Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead

When a series of murders occur in Kanghwa Island, Detective K and his partner are once again called upon to solve the case. Along the way, he teams up with a beautiful woman with amnesia and together they discover Vampire bite marks on all the bodies. As they investigate further, they realize that the woman is somehow closely connected to the deaths.

Release Date:2018-02-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

My Wife's Having an Affair This Week

Do Hyun-Woo has worked as a PD for the past 10 years. He learns that his wife is having an affair and doesn't know what to do. Do Hyun-Woo, who tries to protect his marriage, talks with anonymous people through online social networks.

Release Date:2016-10-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:22

The Awl

The drama tells the story of average workers, who silently work hard on each one’s own task. They finally pull together as a team to fight through a difficult and unfair situation. Lee Soo-In has the kind of temperament where he has to do the right thing no matter what. After his discharge from the military, he finds work at a large retail market. One day, his boss orders him to fire temporary employees at the store. Lee Soo-In refuses to do so and decides to join the labor union. He and the temporary employees struggle against unfair dismissals. The drama is based on a webtoon of the same name, which is in turn inspired by real-life events that transpired in 2002 when union workers were unfairly fired from large supermarket chain Carrefour, and fought back.

Release Date:2015-10-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:7

Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island

Joseon's top detective Kim Min attempts to track down those responsible for circulating massive amounts of counterfeit silver bullion in Joseon. He also tries to find the missing sibling of a young girl.

Release Date:2015-02-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:23

Living Among the Rich

Ji-Eun is thrilled to hear that her mother Hye-Ja is moving to Cheongdam neighborhood. Hye-Ja & Ji-Eun lived in the suburbs for thier whole life. Ji-Eun dreams of living a luxurious life, but her reality is quite different. The house they move into is on the 2nd story of a building which looks like it will collapse. The first floor of the building is a comic book shop and the second floor is a lodging house. Their building is located between luxurious buildings in Cheongdam neighborhood.

Release Date:2011-12-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:170

Vote Count:2

Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow

In 1782, King Jeong-jo of Joseon asks detective K to investigate a series of murders related to a case of corruption within the government.

Release Date:2011-01-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:47

Old Miss Diary

CHOI Mi-ja, despite being thirty-two years old, is the leader hands down in being rash and naïve. Tired of her mistake filled life and increasing wrinkles, something happens in Mi-ja’s life to end her downward spiral. She meets tall, young, good-looking but rude Producer JI at the TV station where she works as a dubbing artist and falls head over heels for him! Mi-ja’s family finds out and grows in hope to bring Producer JI into the house somehow. But Mi-ja’s rash, naïve behavior is a big problem and her family is also far from normal. The three grannies, widowed father, old bachelor uncle, all short in size and odd in character, there is nothing that can stop them. As the entire family gets into full swing in trying to help Mi-ja get the younger man, the very unique family’s hilarious events begin. Their unpredictable rash challenge, will they be able to succeed?

Release Date:2006-12-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

Old Miss Diary

Three single women in their thirties try to figure out their life, career, and romantic relationships.

Release Date:2004-11-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:232

Vote Count:2

Heavenly Ever After

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1