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Yoo Joon-sang

Yoo Joon-sang

Actor · Born November 28, 1969 (56) · Seoul, South Korea

Yoo Jun-sang (Korean: 유준상; born November 28, 1969) is a South Korean actor and singer. Yoo is best known for starring in the Hong Sang-soo films Ha Ha Ha (2010), The Day He Arrives (2011), and In Another Country (2012). He was also praised for his supporting roles in Wide Awake (2007) and Moss (2010), and gained newfound popularity in 2012 because of the TV drama My Husband Got a Family. Aside from film and television, Yoo is also active in musical theatre, notably in The Three Musketeers, Jack the Ripper, and The Days. He is also one of the main characters in two seasons of The Uncanny Counter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yu Jun-sang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 28, 1969 (56)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 66 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 38 days to Oct 27Down 4% in 30 days

What are Yoo Joon-sang's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

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

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Morality
16%
Self
13%
Survival
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
7%
Power
6%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 10 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 10
Shadow
3 of 10
Hero
2 of 10
Mentor
2 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Contemplative
7
Melancholic
6
Bittersweet
6
Thrilling
4
Other
8

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous7

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 Yoo Joon-sang's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yoo Joon-sang'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

66 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Meet Saybika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · Actor

  • My Name(2026)

    as Lee Young-ok

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • My Favorite Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as James

  • My Lovely Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · as Oh Sang-shik

  • 인생이 영화 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Choi Woo-sung

  • A Peaceful Mind Is Not Stillness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · as Jun-sang

  • Honest Candidate 2(2022)

    as President of the Republic of Korea

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Re-LOVE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Actor

  • Alchemy of Souls(2022)

    Show 30 episodes · as Park Jin

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Light As a Feather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · as PD

  • Spring Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Screenplay · as Jun-sang

  • The Uncanny Counter(2020)

    Show 28 episodes · as Ga Mo-tak

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Penthouse: War in Life(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jung Doo-man

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Graceful Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 17 episodes · as Ahn Goong-Cheol

  • It's Not Over Yet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Jun-sang

  • Hotel by the River(2018)

    as Byeongsu

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • What's Wrong, Poong-Sang(2019)

    Show 40 episodes · as Lee Pong Sang

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Problem Child in House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds(2017)

    as Trapped Firefighter

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Distorted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 32 episodes · as Lee Seok-Min

  • Yourself and Yours(2016)

    as Lee Sangwon

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Map Against the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Heungseon Daewongun

  • My Little Old Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Things That I Learn From You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Jun-sang

  • Pied Piper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Son Hee-Sung

  • Right Now, Wrong Then(2015)

    as Ahn Seonggook

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Angry Painter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Painter

  • Heard It Through the Grapevine(2015)

    Show 30 episodes · as Han Jeong-ho

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • A Matter of Interpretation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Detective

  • The Target(2014)

    as Song Gi-cheol

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • My Love from Another Star(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Section Chief Yoo

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Birth Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 18 episodes · as Hong Kyung Doo

  • Fists of Legend(2013)

    as Lee Sang-hoon

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Nobody's Daughter Haewon(2013)

    as Jungsik

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Park Dong-sik

  • Soar Into the Sun(2012)

    as Major Lee Cheol-hee

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • In Another Country(2012)

    as Lifeguard

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • My Husband Got a Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 58 episodes · as Terry Kang / Bang Gwi-nam

  • 重複刪除 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 20 episodes · as 方貴男

  • List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Sang-jun

  • The Day He Arrives(2011)

    as Sungjoon

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Blossom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Geun-duk

  • Moss(2010)

    as Park Min-wook

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Ha Ha Ha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Bang Joongsik

  • Where Is Ronny... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Like You Know It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Director Ko

  • Wide Awake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Kang Wook-han

  • 강남엄마 따라잡기 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 18 episodes · as Seo Sung-Won

  • Wedding Campaign (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Hee-chul

  • Young-Jae's Golden Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 16 episodes · as Uhm Jung Seo

  • The Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 52 episodes · as Kim Gil-Sang

  • The Woman Who Wants to Marry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 22 episodes · as 申俊镐

  • Show Show Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as San-Hae

  • Inspector Park Moon Su (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 15 episodes · as Park Moon Su

  • Affection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 24 episodes · Actor

  • 여우와 솜사탕 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • 어쩌면 좋아 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Full Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 54 episodes · Actor

  • Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Jeong-ok

  • Tell Me Something(1999)

    as Kim Ki-yeon

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Last War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 18 episodes · as 김태중

  • White Nights 3.98 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 20 episodes · as Kim Jin-seok

  • SBS Drama Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Host

  • MBC Bests Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Ho-yeon · as Jae-min · as Min-soo

  • KBS Drama Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Host

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles from 1987 to 2026; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

Moss (2010)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

Alchemy of Souls (2022)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19872026

Peak 2011 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 67: 60 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stDirecting7 of 67: 0 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting4 of 67: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing4 of 67: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleMusic3 of 67: 0 only music, 3 with another role

67 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s5 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s31 · 31 acting · 2 crew2020s15 · 15 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 7% of 14 roles
9914

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 Yoo Joon-sang's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

My Name (2026)

79th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Alchemy of Souls (2022)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 39. 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 Yoo Joon-sang work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yoo Joon-sang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hong Sang-soo shares the most, 6.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers