Kim Han-min (김한민) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter, best known for his films The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) and War of the Arrows (2011), the former of which is the #1 ticket-seller in Korean film history.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 5, 1969 (56)
- Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea
- Director, writer and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Kim Han-min's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 5
Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
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 Kim Han-min's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kim Han-min'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
12 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Noryang: Deadly Sea(2023)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Hansan: Rising Dragon(2022)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Oh! My Gran(2020)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Steel Rain(2017)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Hunt(2016)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
War of the Arrows(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Handphone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Paradise Murdered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Sword: Rebirth of the Red Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2007 to 2023.
Biggest box office
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
Highest rated
War of the Arrows (2011)
Most popular right now
Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023)
Film career
- 2017Screen debut· Steel Rain
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 Kim Han-min's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 6 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 Kim Han-min work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kim Han-min's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Tae-seong shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Cheon Jin-wooShared titles: The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019), The Hunt (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Cheon Jin-woo
Actors
- Ahn Sung-kiShared titles: Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), The Hunt (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ahn Sung-ki
- Park Hae-ilShared titles: Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), War of the Arrows (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Park Hae-il
- Park Ji-hwanShared titles: Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Park Ji-hwan
- Son Hyeon-juShared titles: Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), The Hunt (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Son Hyeon-ju
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Kim Tae-seongShared titles: Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023), Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), War of the Arrows (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Kim Tae-seong
- Kim Tae-sungShared titles: Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023), Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), War of the Arrows (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Kim Tae-sung
- Hyun-Gun AhnShared titles: Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023), Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), Oh! My Gran (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Hyun-Gun Ahn
- Kim Chang-juShared titles: The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), War of the Arrows (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Chang-ju
Producers
- Jang Won-seokShared titles: The Hunt (2016), War of the Arrows (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jang Won-seok
- Bang Ok KyungShared titles: The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), War of the Arrows (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Bang Ok Kyung