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Kim Jae-hwa

Kim Jae-hwa

Actor · Born September 1, 1980 (46) · Seoul, South Korea

Kim Jae-hwa is a South Korean actress.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 1, 1980 (46)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 75 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 28Up 19% in 30 days

What are Kim Jae-hwa's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
29%
Morality
23%
Survival
19%
Self
16%
Power
6%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Survival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 6

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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 7 · Full focus 3

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 6

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Dread
6
Melancholic
7
Warm
5
Hopeful
5
Other
14

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

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 Jae-hwa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kim Jae-hwa'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

75 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Fifties Professionals(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Ms. Incognito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Housekeeper Choi

  • Crushology 101(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Kim Hyeon-kyung

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Typhoon Family(2025)

    Show as Cha Seon-taek

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Tale of Lady Ok(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · as Mak-Sim

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Judge from Hell(2024)

    Show 14 episodes · as Jung Myeong-suk

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • I, the Executioner(2024)

    as Madam

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Blesser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Sang-yeon

  • Miss Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Kumiko

  • Smugglers(2023)

    as Pig Mom

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Extreme Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Hye-soo

  • Kill Boksoon(2023)

    as Cheol-woo's Mother

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The King of the Desert(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Hyeon-sook

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Honest Candidate 2(2022)

    as Rim Seon-hee

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Strange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Mrs. Hwa-cheon

  • Missing Yoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Baek Du-ri

  • Cleaning Up(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Maeng Su-ja

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Why Her(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Cho Kang-ja

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Kiss Sixth Sense(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · as Jo Sun-hee

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Replacement Driver VLOG (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as So-jung's younger sister

  • Kingmaker(2022)

    as MC

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Ssanahee Sunjung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Nothing Serious(2021)

    as Editor-in-Chief

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Another Self (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Aunt

  • Sinkhole(2021)

    as Kyung-mi

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Escape from Mogadishu(2021)

    as Clerk Jo Soo-jin

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • ActionHero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Professor Cha

  • Ghost Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Minister

  • Ghost Mansion(2021)

    as High School Girl's Mother

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • So Not Worth It(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Creditor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Shooting Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 274 episodes · Actor

  • Wasteland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Hwacheon

  • 산부인과로 가는길 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • True Beauty(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as [Music teacher]

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Farewell Trip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Se-young

  • Pawn(2020)

    as Madam Jeong

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • DESEX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Hye-soo

  • Oh My Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Shin Jung Hwa

  • Second Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Ms. Kim

  • Idol(2019)

    as Soo-ryeon

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The First Issue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Hye-soo (segment "Let's Get Divorced")

  • My Strange Hero(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · as Kang So-Jung

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Door Lock(2018)

    as Assistant Manager Park

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Room No. 9(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kam Mi-Ran

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Secret Mother(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · as Myung Hwa-Sook

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Microhabitat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Jung-mi

  • Drama Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Witch's Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · as Son Mi-Young

  • Girls' Generation 1979 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Drill Instructor

  • Good Manager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 20 episodes · as Na Hee-young

  • Fantastic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jo Mi Sun

  • Uncontrollably Fond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Kim Bong-sook

  • Love Guide for Dumpees(2015)

    as Dol-sook

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Summer Snow(2015)

    as Mi-yeon

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • D-Day(2015)

    Show 20 episodes · as Kim Hyun Sook

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Sense8(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Correctional Officer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Salut d'Amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Madame Wang

  • Shoot Me in the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Princess Buckingham

  • Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Nurse

  • How to Steal a Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Teacher

  • Set Me Free(2014)

    as Yeong-jae's Mother

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Manhole(2014)

    as Social Worker

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Mourning Grave(2014)

    as Ghost

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Apostle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Bohui

  • Entangled(2014)

    as Myeong-ja

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fasten Your Seatbelt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Flight attendant Kim Hwal-ran

  • Traffickers(2012)

    as Chun-ja

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • As One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Deong-ya-ryeong

  • Love Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Ji-won

  • Love Fiction(2012)

    as Joo-hee

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

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

    as Mom-bbae

  • Quick(2011)

    as Bike Enthusiast

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Yellow Sea(2010)

    as Do-man Hotel Bathrobe Woman

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Harmony(2010)

    as Kwon Dal-nyeo

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

Harmony (2010)

$107M worldwide

Highest rated

Harmony (2010)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Typhoon Family (2025)

Film career

20102026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. 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.

  • 2010Screen debut· Harmony
  • 2020Career best· Pawn

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting73 of 73: 73 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score65th

By decade

2010s36 · acting2020s37 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 19 roles
1015

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 Kim Jae-hwa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th11

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Entangled (2014)

75th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Pawn (2020)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 47. 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 Kim Jae-hwa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kim Jae-hwa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Young-ok shares the most, 2.

Actors

Editors