Youn Yuh-jung

Youn Yuh-jung

1947-06-19 Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea 38 Credits

Biography

Youn Yuh-jung (born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. In a film and television career spanning nearly 40 years, Youn is best known for starring in Kim Ki-young's Woman of Fire (1971), Im Sang-soo's The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), and Minari (2020) for which she gained international fame along with numerous awards from this performance, winning an award each from Critics Choice, SAG, BAFTA, and Academy Awards for her supporting performance.

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The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

2025

as Ja-Young

7.5
Acting

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in...

Earl.

Earl.

2024

as Self

Acting

Earl. profiles the inspiring and complex life of an unknown, brilliant American composer. Earl's story crosses boundaries from classical music to poli...

Dog Days

Dog Days

2024

as Yuh-jung

7.6
Acting

Min-sang, a meticulous planner and tidy single man, is frustrated daily by his tenant, Jin-young, a veterinarian who turns his newly mortgaged buildin...

Heaven: To The Land of Happiness

Heaven: To The Land of Happiness

2021

as Ms. Yoon

7.0
Acting

Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness.

Minari

Minari

2021

as Soonja

7.3
Acting

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugg...

Lucky Chan-sil

Lucky Chan-sil

2020

as Grandmother

6.7
Acting

With the death of her long-time director, Chan-sil, a film producer, is now unemployed. While working as a cleaning lady at an actress' house, she mee...

Beasts Clawing at Straws

Beasts Clawing at Straws

2020

as Soon-ja

7.1
Acting

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girl...

Keys to the Heart

Keys to the Heart

2018

as In-sook

7.9
Acting

An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disability. The brothers make up through their mother who...

Ladies Of The Forest

Ladies Of The Forest

2017

as Soon-shim

6.5
Acting

Soon-shim, a spinster from an unknown planet, comes to the Earth to find her husband. However, no man is in sight. Soon-shim encounters Dal-rae, who w...

The Bacchus Lady

The Bacchus Lady

2016

as So-young

6.8
Acting

So-young, an elderly prostitute working in Seoul, tries to take care of a young Korean-Filipino child she meets in a hospital and make ends meet. So-y...

Canola

Canola

2016

as Gye-choon

7.9
Acting

A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.

Right Now, Wrong Then

Right Now, Wrong Then

2015

as Kang Deok-soo

7.0
Acting

Chun-su arrives in Suwon one day earlier than scheduled. He has a special lecture to give the next day. Chun-su decides to visit a palace and meets He...

Intimate Enemies

Intimate Enemies

2015

as Yuh-jung

5.2
Acting

At a car accident site, Ji-Noo (Ryoo Seung-Bum), Na-Mi (Koh Joon-Hee), Jung-Sook (Ryoo Hyoun-Kyoung) and Yakuboo (Samuel Okyere) find a bag filled wit...

Salut d'Amour

Salut d'Amour

2015

as Geum-nim

7.8
Acting

Sung-chil works at the Jang-soo Store which is owned by Jang-soo. Sung-chil is stubborn and has a bad temper, but he changes after meeting Geum-nim. G...

Hill of Freedom

Hill of Freedom

2014

as Innkeeper

6.6
Acting

Kwon, a language school instructor, stops by her old workplace and receives a thick envelope addressed to her. A Japanese instructor named Mori had pr...

Boomerang Family

Boomerang Family

2013

as Mother

7.0
Acting

Based on an original written by Cheon Myeong-gwan, a 48 year-old movie director moves into the house where his mother and 50 year-old brother lives un...

Behind the Camera

Behind the Camera

2013

as Self

5.7
Acting

An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the direct...

In Another Country

In Another Country

2012

as Park Sook

6.2
Acting

A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short...

The Taste of Money

The Taste of Money

2012

as Baek Geum-ok

5.6
Acting

The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could thr...

List

List

2011

as Mi-hye's Mother

4.5
Acting

While waiting at a seaside town with her mother for a relative, a young woman creates a list of things she wants to do during her time there.

Hindsight

Hindsight

2011

as Madame Kang

6.5
Acting

A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.

The Housemaid

The Housemaid

2010

as Byeong-sik

6.4
Acting

Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to ...

Ha Ha Ha

Ha Ha Ha

2010

as Moon-kyung's Mother

6.3
Acting

Over drinks, two friends agree to swap fond memories of their recent trips to the same seaside town. As the stories unfold in flashback, it becomes ev...

The Actresses

The Actresses

2009

as Youn Yuh-jung

6.9
Acting

When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where...

The Actresses

The Actresses

2009

Co-Writer

6.9
Writing

When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where...

A Tale of Legendary Libido

A Tale of Legendary Libido

2008

as Old Woman

5.8
Acting

A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out.

Hwang Jin Yi

Hwang Jin Yi

2007

as Old Woman

6.6
Acting

Although born a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jin-yi discovers the secret behind her birth and enters into a life in a brothel as a gisaeng.

The Old Garden

The Old Garden

2006

as Hyun-woo's Mother

6.4
Acting

Activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the ...

Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday

2006

as Sister Monica

7.0
Acting

Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two qui...

The President's Last Bang

The President's Last Bang

2005

as Mother

6.6
Acting

On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depict...

Springtime

Springtime

2004

as Mother

7.6
Acting

A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town.

A Good Lawyer's Wife

A Good Lawyer's Wife

2003

as Hong Byeong-han

5.8
Acting

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

Be a Wicked Woman

Be a Wicked Woman

1990

as Ms. Choi

4.0
Acting

Two housewives, wounded by their husbands' betrayals, meet by chance. They decide to carry out "exchange murders" and work towards the perfect alibis....

Woman Requiem

Woman Requiem

1985

as Ms. Hong

Acting

After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible.

The Day and Night of a Korean-American

The Day and Night of a Korean-American

1978

as Mrs. Hyun

Acting
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl

Tto Sun Yi, a college girl

1973

as Bok-nyeo

Acting
Insect Woman

Insect Woman

1972

as Myung-ja

5.2
Acting

A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his co...

Woman of Fire

Woman of Fire

1971

as Myeong-ja

5.4
Acting

The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.