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Choi Jong-ryul

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Choi Jong-ryul

Born January 29, 1950 in South Korea20 films

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The Handmaiden posterFirst watchThe Handmaiden20168.2as 'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 21930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate…View film

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Filmography

20 films as actor
  1. 2023Riceboy SleepsGrandpa
  2. 2019Zombie for SaleElder #1
  3. 2017Romans 8:37
  4. 2017The FortressEunuch (uncredited)
  5. 2016The Handmaiden'The Golden Lotus' Reading Guest 2
  6. 2016Dongju: The Portrait of a PoetGrandfather
  7. 2015The HimalayasDoctor
  8. 2014The Avian KindHerb doctor
  9. 2014Tazza: The Hidden CardGhost House Professor
  10. 2010Fair LoveBrother
  11. 2009ThirstFather
  12. 2009Private EyeSoon-deok's Father-in-Law
  13. 2008The Truck
  14. 2007My LoveTraveler
  15. 2007My FatherFather Moon
  16. 2007The Show Must Go OnDumpling Restaurant Owner
  17. 2007HerbDoctor
  18. 2006Tazza: The High RollersProfessor of Korean Studies
  19. 2005Sad MovieDoctor
  20. 2003Memories of MurderKwang-ho's Father