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Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20002003

Born 30 May 1974 · Seoul, South Korea

Shin Ha-kyun (신하균) is a South Korean actor. Born on May 30 1974, he first trained as a stage actor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, before transitioning to film and gaining national fame with his role as a North Korean soldier in Joint Security Area (JSA, 2000). The film was a major blockbuster with 5 million admissions domestically. And it earned him the prestigious Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actor award.

After the success of JSA, Shin has appeared in many critically and popularly acclaimed roles, including in Guns & Talks (2001), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), and Save the Green Planet! (2003).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20002003

  • Baeksang Arts Awards2021
  • Blue Dragon Film Awards2000

How their films are shot

Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Shin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 42% natural — the look of the work Shin takes.

Time of day

Day48%
Night44%
Interior5%

Lighting

Natural42%
Low key40%
High key10%
Silhouette6%

Shot size

Medium37%
Wide31%
Closeup23%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level72%
High angle14%
Low angle11%

Mood

Neutral53%
Tense25%
Lonely9%
Ominous8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 195 frames from Shin Ha-kyun's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.