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Choi Joon-Young

Choi Joon-Young

Actor · Born March 9, 1988 (38) · South Korea

Choi Joon-Young was born on 9 March 1988 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for Saem (2017), Tune in for Love (2019) and The Merciless (2017).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
March 9, 1988 (38)
From
South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 14 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 63 days to Oct 26Down 11% in 30 days

What are Choi Joon-Young's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Bonds
25%
Self
22%
Survival
13%
Society
8%
Ideas
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

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

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Bittersweet
3
Tense
1
Thrilling
1
Cathartic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Choi Joon-Young's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Choi Joon-Young'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

14 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • Pachinko(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · as Pastor Hu

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • D.P.(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Heo Chi-do

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Light for the Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Myeong-ho

  • The School Nurse Files(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Kim Kang-sun

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • My Punch-Drunk Boxer(2019)

    as Gyo-seok

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Tune in for Love(2019)

    as Tae-sung

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

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

    as Du-sang

  • Default(2018)

    as Hyun-soo

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Our Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Min-ho

  • The Merciless(2017)

    as Yong-chan

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • A Single Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as JB

  • AV Humanities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Master Kim

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

    Actor

  • Glory Day(2015)

    as Detective Choi

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 2016 to 2022.

Biggest box office

Tune in for Love (2019)

$8.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Tune in for Love (2019)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The School Nurse Files (2020)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting14 of 14: 14 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

By decade

2010s10 · acting2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

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.

How do Choi Joon-Young's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

My Punch-Drunk Boxer (2019)

63rd percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Pachinko (2022)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 83/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 80. 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.