Han Jae-rim (born July 14, 1975) is a South Korean film director. He directed Rules of Dating (2005), The Show Must Go On (2007), The Face Reader (2013), The King (2017), and Emergency Declaration (2021). Born in 1975, Han Jae-rim graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts in 1998. He began his filmmaking career in 2003 as an assistant director and script editor for Min Byung-chun's Natural City. The Face Reader scored 9.1 million admissions at the local box office, making it the 13th highest grossing Korean film of all time. It won six trophies at the 50th Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Han.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 14, 1975 (51)
- Jeju Province, South Korea
- Director, writer, producer and editor
- 7 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Han Jae-rim's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
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
A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- 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 Han Jae-rim's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Han Jae-rim'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
8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The 8 Show(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Emergency Declaration(2021)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The King(2017)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Journalist(2015)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Face Reader(2013)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Very Ordinary Couple(2013)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Show Must Go On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Rules of Dating(2005)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 2005 to 2024.
Biggest box office
The Face Reader (2013)
Highest rated
Emergency Declaration (2021)
Most popular right now
The 8 Show (2024)
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.
How do Han Jae-rim's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Han Jae-rim work with?
People who share at least 2 of Han Jae-rim's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bae Sung-woo shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Bae Sung-wooShared titles: The 8 Show (2024), The King (2017), Journalist (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Bae Sung-woo
- Park Hae-joonShared titles: The 8 Show (2024), Emergency Declaration (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Park Hae-joon
- Ryu Jun-yeolShared titles: The 8 Show (2024), The King (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ryu Jun-yeol
- Song Kang-hoShared titles: Emergency Declaration (2021), The Face Reader (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Song Kang-ho
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Byung-woo LeeShared titles: Emergency Declaration (2021), The Face Reader (2013), Rules of Dating (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Byung-woo Lee
- Kim Chang-juShared titles: Journalist (2015), The Face Reader (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Chang-ju
- Yong-soo ParkShared titles: Journalist (2015), Rules of Dating (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Yong-soo Park