Mirror of the Witch
Mirror of the Witch, or also known as Secret Healer, is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Kim Sae-ron, Lee Sung-jae, Yum Jung-ah, and Kwak Si-yang which aired in 2016. Secret Healer took over the JTBC Friday and Saturday 20:30 time slot, previously occupied by My Horrible Boss and was followed by Hello, My Twenties! on July 22nd, 2016. Mirror of the Witch is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Jo Hyun Tak. The series is inspired by the Mirror of Eastern Medicine (Dongui Bogam), a book compiled by the royal physician Heo Jun and published during the Joseon Dynasty and considered a classic in the study of Korean traditional medicine.
Synopsis
When Queen Sim (Jang Hee-jin) is unable to conceive, she visits the shaman Hong Joo (Yum Jung-ah). Hong Joo’s powerful black magic helps the Queen give birth to a twin boy and girl, Soon Hwae (Yeo Hoe-hyun) and Seo Ri (Kim Sae-ron).
But the dark sorcery comes with a price when Seo Ri is cursed, causing her to be abandoned and left for dead by the Queen. Seo Ri is rescued by the father of Poong Yeon (Kwak Si-yang), who becomes her only friend as she grows up in hiding.
With Poong Yeon and her helper, Choi Hyun-seo (Lee Sung-jae), by her side, Seo Ri grows up as a witch, all the while trying to figure out how to lift the evil curse on her life. When Seo Ri meets the royal physician Heo Jun (Yoon Shi-yoon), will he help her change her fate and reclaim her rightful place?
Movies
Kim Sae-ron’s first acting role was in the 2009 film A Brand New Life, directed by the French-Korean filmmaker Ounie Lecomte and loosely based on her life. Kim Sae-ron played the main character, a nine-year-old girl named Jin-hee, who is abandoned by her father at an orphanage after he remarries, and is later adopted by a French couple. Kim attended the Cannes Film Festival when the film was shown there in a special screening, becoming the youngest actress to be invited to the festival. She then co-starred with Won Bin in The Man From Nowhere, which was the highest-grossing film in South Korea in 2010. She played Jung So-mi, the daughter of a heroin addict who is kidnapped by an organized crime ring.
She also starred in several popular films in South Korea, such as I am a Dad (2011), Barbie (2012), The Neighbor (2012), Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits (2014), A Girl at My Door (2014), Manhole (2014), The Great Actor (2016), Snowy Road (2017), and The Villagers (2018).
A Brand New Life
A Brand New Life is a South Korean movie which aired in 2009. The movie is the debut feature of the director Ounie Lecomte, who directed and wrote this movie. Loosely based on Lecomte’s own experience, A Brand New Life is set in Seoul in 1975, and is about a girl who is left in a Catholic orphanage by her father, and her struggle to adjust to her new life.
Synopsis
Jin-hee (Kim Sae-ron) is a 9-year-old girl whose father leaves her at an orphanage after remarrying. Before leaving her, her father buys her new clothes and a cake to convince her that she is going on a trip. This coincides with the Korean title, which literally means “traveler” or “tourist.” In the orphanage, she tries to come to grips with the abandonment by her father and insecurities about a possible adoption. She gradually makes friends, although she retains the belief that her father will return to take her back, and struggles (sometimes violently) not to adjust to her surroundings. In the end, Jin-hee is adopted by French parents who are eagerly waiting for her at the airport to meet their new child.
I Am a Dad
I Am a Dad, or also known as I Am Father, is a South Korean action drama film directed by Jeon Man-bae and Lee Se-yeong, and written by Yoon Hyeon-ho. This drama which was aired in 2011 stars Kim Seung-woo as a corrupt policeman who traps innocent people.
Synopsis
Han Jong-sik (Kim Seung-woo) is a corrupt cop. He also has a sick daughter named Han Min-ji (Kim Sae-ron). For Han Min-ji, Han Jong-sik frames innocent people and does favors for the mob. One day, organ transplant coordinator Soo-kyung (Choi Jung-yoon) locates a heart for Han Min-ji. But the guardian of the heart is magician Na Sang-man (Son Byung-ho). Na Sang-man is falsely accused of a crime by Jong-sik and sent to prison. Meanwhile, Han Jong-sik’s colleague Detective Kim (Lim Ha-ryong) has doubts about Na Sang-man’s case. Detective Kim then discovers evidence that reveals the real criminal.
Han Jong-sik knows by his own intuition that Na Sang-man will not let the organ transplant occur. Because of this, Jong-sik is about to hand Sang-man over to the mob. Na Sang-man is aware of Han Jong-sik’s plans and kidnaps Han Min-ji.
