Choi Dong-hoon

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Choi Dong-hoon (Korean: 최동훈; born 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He ranks as one of the most consistently successful directors working in contemporary Korean cinema, with all five of his films becoming commercial hits -- The Big Swindle attracted 2.12 million viewers, Tazza: The High Rollers at 6.84 million, Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard at 6.13 million, The Thieves at 12.9 million, and Assassination at 12.7 million.

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Filmography

Screenwriting

5 titles

Alienoid: Return to the Future

A group of escaped aliens at her tail, Lee Ahn searches for the divine sword that could open a time-travelling portal which would bring the in the past trapped Guard and the cyborg Thunder back to the year 2022. There is also the bounty hunter Mureuk, who has rescued Lee Ahn from many difficult situations, who begins to suspect that an alien presence has entered his body. When the group finally manages to cross over to the present, they find brutal devastation: The powerful alien Controller has released the extraterrestrial substance Haava and thousands have died. Lee Ahn, Thunder and Mureuk don’t have much time to hunt down the enormous number of hostile aliens and save humanity.

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Alienoid

The year is 2022, and Guard and Thunder are living on earth while managing alien criminals imprisoned in human bodies. One day, a mysterious spaceship appears above Seoul, and detective Moon Do-seok witnesses the strange occurrence. Meanwhile, in Goryeo 630 years ago, the hack of a guru Mureuk and the lightning-shooting woman Lee Ahn compete with each other while tracking a legendary sword for a bounty. The two spirits Heukseol and Chungwoon discover the secrets of the sword, and the masked Jajang also joins the race. Here, another spaceship rises from a river deep in the mountains.

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Assassination

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

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The Thieves

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.

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Woochi: The Demon Slayer

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

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Directing

5 titles

Alienoid: Return to the Future

A group of escaped aliens at her tail, Lee Ahn searches for the divine sword that could open a time-travelling portal which would bring the in the past trapped Guard and the cyborg Thunder back to the year 2022. There is also the bounty hunter Mureuk, who has rescued Lee Ahn from many difficult situations, who begins to suspect that an alien presence has entered his body. When the group finally manages to cross over to the present, they find brutal devastation: The powerful alien Controller has released the extraterrestrial substance Haava and thousands have died. Lee Ahn, Thunder and Mureuk don’t have much time to hunt down the enormous number of hostile aliens and save humanity.

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Alienoid

The year is 2022, and Guard and Thunder are living on earth while managing alien criminals imprisoned in human bodies. One day, a mysterious spaceship appears above Seoul, and detective Moon Do-seok witnesses the strange occurrence. Meanwhile, in Goryeo 630 years ago, the hack of a guru Mureuk and the lightning-shooting woman Lee Ahn compete with each other while tracking a legendary sword for a bounty. The two spirits Heukseol and Chungwoon discover the secrets of the sword, and the masked Jajang also joins the race. Here, another spaceship rises from a river deep in the mountains.

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Assassination

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

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The Thieves

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.

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Woochi: The Demon Slayer

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

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Alienoid

The year is 2022, and Guard and Thunder are living on earth while managing alien criminals imprisoned in human bodies. One day, a mysterious spaceship appears above Seoul, and detective Moon Do-seok witnesses the strange occurrence. Meanwhile, in Goryeo 630 years ago, the hack of a guru Mureuk and the lightning-shooting woman Lee Ahn compete with each other while tracking a legendary sword for a bounty. The two spirits Heukseol and Chungwoon discover the secrets of the sword, and the masked Jajang also joins the race. Here, another spaceship rises from a river deep in the mountains.

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Assassination

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

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Miscellaneous Crew

6 titles

Alienoid: Return to the Future

A group of escaped aliens at her tail, Lee Ahn searches for the divine sword that could open a time-travelling portal which would bring the in the past trapped Guard and the cyborg Thunder back to the year 2022. There is also the bounty hunter Mureuk, who has rescued Lee Ahn from many difficult situations, who begins to suspect that an alien presence has entered his body. When the group finally manages to cross over to the present, they find brutal devastation: The powerful alien Controller has released the extraterrestrial substance Haava and thousands have died. Lee Ahn, Thunder and Mureuk don’t have much time to hunt down the enormous number of hostile aliens and save humanity.

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Alienoid

The year is 2022, and Guard and Thunder are living on earth while managing alien criminals imprisoned in human bodies. One day, a mysterious spaceship appears above Seoul, and detective Moon Do-seok witnesses the strange occurrence. Meanwhile, in Goryeo 630 years ago, the hack of a guru Mureuk and the lightning-shooting woman Lee Ahn compete with each other while tracking a legendary sword for a bounty. The two spirits Heukseol and Chungwoon discover the secrets of the sword, and the masked Jajang also joins the race. Here, another spaceship rises from a river deep in the mountains.

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Assassination

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

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The Thieves

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.

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Woochi: The Demon Slayer

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

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A Good Lawyer's Wife

A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relationship with her neighbor, a teenage boy.

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