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Ji Il-joo

Ji Il-joo

Actor · Born November 7, 1985 (40) · Seoul, South Korea

Ji Il-joo was born on 7 November 1985 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for Hotel King (2014), Gangnam Zombie (2023) and Age of Youth (2016).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
November 7, 1985 (40)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 43 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 27Up 42% in 30 days

What are Ji Il-joo's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Bonds
18%
Morality
17%
Ideas
16%
Power
10%
Survival
10%
Self-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Romantic
2
Warm
1
Dread
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet1
  • 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 Ji Il-joo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ji Il-joo'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

43 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Moon River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 14 episodes · Actor

  • Crash Course in Romance(2023)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jin I-sang

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Gangnam Zombie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Hyeon-suk

  • Double Patty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Handsome Man

  • Dragon Inn Part 2 : The Night of Salvation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Cheol-min

  • Dragon Inn Part 1 : The City of Sadness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Cheol-min

  • Once Again(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as Cha Young Hoon [Da Hee's boyfriend]

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Find Me in Your Memory(2020)

    Show 32 episodes · as Ji Hyun-keun

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Hello Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sang-woo

  • My Bossy Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Hwi-so

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

    as Seo-yeon's man

  • Crazy Romance(2019)

    as Dong-hwa

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer · as Park Hyun-woo

  • Kill It(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · as Yoon Jung-Woo

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Go Go Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kang Won-hyeong

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

    Director · Writer · as Yoo-han (segment "Ambivalently Yours")

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

    Show 12 episodes · as Kwon Min-gyu

  • We Are the One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Mongdol Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as 오진혁

  • Temperature of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 40 episodes · as Kim Joon-Ha

  • Sound of a Footstep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Seon-woo

  • Suspicious Partner(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Jun Seong Ho [Lee Na Eun's stalker]

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Individualist Ms. Ji Young (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Yeon-suk

  • Argon(2017)

    Show as Park Nam-gyu

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Tae-kwon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Age of Youth(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · as Ko Doo-young

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Bong Soon, a Cyborg in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · as Byun Jae Bum

  • The Royal Gambler(2016)

    Show 24 episodes · as Moo-myung

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Neighborhood’s Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jin-Woo

  • Make a Woman Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 40 episodes · as Hwang Gyeong-Tae

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

    Show 20 episodes · as Seo Joon-Seok

  • Hotel King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 32 episodes · as Jin Jung-Han

  • Basketball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 18 episodes · as Lee Hong-Ki

  • Miss Cherry's Love Puzzle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Samsaengi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 120 episodes · as Oh Ji-Sung

  • Golden Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 23 episodes · as Yoo Gang-Jin

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

    Show 1 episode · as 유시준

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

    as Oh Chul-jin

  • Blades of Blood(2010)

    as Confucian scholar (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Ja Myung Go(2009)

    Show 39 episodes · as Jum So-Yi

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Sunny(2008)

    as Jack of all trades soldier

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Women of the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 20 episodes · as Sang Gu

  • Soulbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 42 titles, 41 of them dated from 2008 to 2025; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

Crazy Romance (2019)

$21M worldwide

Highest rated

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

20082025

Peak 2023 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.

  • 2008Screen debut· Sunny
  • 2023First top-billed film· Gangnam Zombie

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting42 of 42: 40 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thDirecting2 of 42: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 42: 0 only writing, 2 with another role

By decade

2000s3 · acting2010s29 · 29 acting · 2 crew2020s9 · acting

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.

Who does Ji Il-joo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ji Il-joo's MovieCove titles; Kang Ki-young shares the most, 2.