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  • Ju Jihoon
  • Ju Jihoon 주지훈
    "The crown prince, who used to be wandering in the palace, has become the Great King who rules the global Kingdom. The era of Ju Jihoon has begun!"
Filmography
<Dark Figure of Crime> (2018)
<The Spy Gone North> (2018)
<Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days> (2018)
<Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds> (2017)
<Asura : The City of Madness> (2016)
<The Treacherous> (2015)
<Confession> (2014)
<Marriage Blue> (2013)
<I am the King> (2012)
<The Naked Kitchen> (2009)
<Antique> (2008)
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‘Lee Chang,’ a young king played by Ju Jihoon in the Netflix series Kingdom, which has brought about the K-Zombie craze, makes us admire the zombie-infested imaginary Joseon. The crown prince, who was wandering to the outskirts for fear of rotten power, awakens through the horribly abandoned people amid a bizarre plague. “I’m different. I will never abandon my people!” Lee Chang’s line shook the hearts of global audiences living in the era of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the king of the imaginary Joseon Dynasty became a ‘global wannabe king.’ Indeed, it is hard not to fall in love with cool Ju Jihoon in a beautiful ‘gat,’ shooting arrows flying the elegant ‘hanbok.’ Coincidentally, Ju Jihoon played a member of ‘Royal Family’ in his debut film. In 2006, he played the rebellious prince Lee Shin in the TV series Princess Hours, based on popular K-Comics. As soon as he debuted as a model at the age of 19, Ju Jihoon became one of the top models featuring on the covers of fashion magazines, but he had little acting experience. At first, he refused to play the role because he was the main character, but soon he awoke to the qualities of an actor in him. The role of the prince, who disguises the heat of his first love with cold eyes, was perfect for Ju Jihoon, and his charms made the series gain huge popularity in Asia as well as Korea. The TV series The Devil (2007), which later formed an enthusiastic fandom, is also a work that showed Ju Jihoon’s ambivalent aura to the fullest. Actor Ju made his screen debut with Antique (2008), directed by Min Kyudong based on the original Japanese cartoon. After gradually expanding his characters to trendy romance movies, historical dramas and comedies, Ju Jihoon washed away his sweet charms from Confession in 2014 and entered the world of Noir. Director Kim Sungsoo’s Asura: The City of Madness (2016) is the starting point of ‘Bitter Ju Jihoon.’ He played the process of a naive detective encroaching on violence. In the star-studded film with the representative actors in the Korean ....

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