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Son Min-seok

Son Min-seok

Actor · Born February 7, 1972 (54) · Seoul, South Korea

Born
February 7, 1972 (54)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 31% in 30 days

What are Son Min-seok's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Society
18%
Power
17%
Morality
17%
Survival
10%
Self
7%
Isolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles
  • Allyas Jin-ho in Birdcage Inn (1998)
  • Shadowas State Security Department investigator in The Net (2016)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
4
Dread
2
Cold
1
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Haunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2
  • 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 Son Min-seok's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Son Min-seok'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

17 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Concrete Utopia(2023)

    as 209

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Killed My Wife(2019)

    as High Schooler 2's Father

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Default(2018)

    as Megaphone Police Officer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Roman Holiday(2017)

    as Manager

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Miss Butcher(2017)

    as Jo Seon

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Dance From Afar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Section Chief Android

  • The Net(2016)

    as State Security Department Investigator

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Priests(2015)

    as Taxi Driver

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Fatal Encounter(2014)

    as Chae Jegong

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Cold Eyes(2013)

    as Monkey

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Address Unknown(2001)

    as Choong-ho

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Real Fiction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Other I

  • The Isle(2000)

    as Dal-soo

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Birdcage Inn(1998)

    as Jin-ho

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Contact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Han Jung-tae

  • No. 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Zipper

  • The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well(1996)

    as Min-soo

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles from 1996 to 2023; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

The Net (2016)

$600K worldwide

Highest rated

The Net (2016)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The Isle (2000)

Film career

19962023

Peak 2000 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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.

  • 1996Screen debut· The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting16 of 16: 16 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s8 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 13 roles
9601

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.

How do Son Min-seok's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Roman Holiday (2017)

60th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Net (2016)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 58. 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.

Who does Son Min-seok work with?

People who share at least 2 of Son Min-seok's MovieCove titles; Kim Ki-duk shares the most, 3.