Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973) is a South Korean-American film and theater actress. Although she is best known in the English-speaking world for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost, Kim has also appeared in numerous film and TV projects in South Korea. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yunjin Kim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 7, 1973 (52)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Yunjin Kim's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Myung-hyun Lee in Shiri (1999)
- Heroas Mi-heun in Ardor (2002)
- Heroas Yu Ji-yeon in Seven Days (2007)
- Heroas Jeong-hye Hong in Harmony (2010)
- Heroas Song Kyung-Hee in The Neighbors (2012)
- Allyas Karen Kim in Mistresses (2013)
- Heraldas Young-ja in Ode to My Father (2014)
- Threshold guardianas Kang Ming-ja in Pawn (2020)
- Heraldas Seon Woo-jin in Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Yunjin Kim's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Yunjin Kim's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Notes from the Last Row(2026)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
KPop Demon Hunters(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Dog Days(2024)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
LOST: Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
XO, Kitty(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Confession(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Pawn(2020)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Ms Ma, Nemesis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Station 19(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
House of the Disappeared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Ode to My Father(2014)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Mistresses(2013)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
The Neighbors(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Heartbeat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Harmony(2010)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Seven Days(2007)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Diary of June (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Lost(2004)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Ardor(2002)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Iron Palm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Rush! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Legend of Gingko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Shiri(1999)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all filmsIn Search of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The End: LOST (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 1998 to 2026; peak year 2011.
Film career
Peak 2011 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1999Screen debut· Shiri
- 2004Screen Actors Guild Award win· Lost
- 2007First top-billed film· Seven Days
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
Won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Yunjin Kim's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Yunjin Kim's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Yunjin Kim work with?
People who share at least 2 of Yunjin Kim's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jang Young-nam shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Dae-gyu KangShared titles: Pawn (2020), Harmony (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Dae-gyu Kang
Writers
- JK YounShared titles: Ode to My Father (2014), Harmony (2010)See all 2 shared titles with JK Youn
Actors
- Jang Young-namShared titles: Ode to My Father (2014), The Neighbors (2012), Harmony (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Jang Young-nam
- Choi Min-sikShared titles: Notes from the Last Row (2026), Shiri (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Choi Min-sik
- Daniel Dae KimShared titles: KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Lost (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Dae Kim
- Na Moon-heeShared titles: Pawn (2020), Harmony (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Na Moon-hee
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Jin LeeShared titles: Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022), Ode to My Father (2014), The Neighbors (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Jin Lee
- Byung-woo LeeShared titles: Ode to My Father (2014), Harmony (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Byung-woo Lee
- Young-hwan ChoiShared titles: Ode to My Father (2014), Seven Days (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Young-hwan Choi
- Shin Min-kyeongShared titles: Harmony (2010), Seven Days (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Shin Min-kyeong