Hellbound: Best of the Cast’s Shows and Movies to Watch – Den of Geek

Kim Hyun-joo as Min Hye-jin

Hellbound character: Kim Hyun-joo plays Min Hye-jin in Hellbound. A lawyer who has been investigation the Arrowhead and the New Truth Society, Min also takes care of her mother, who is living with cancer.

What to watch next: Kim is a 44-year-old actress who is best known for her TV work. She became famous in Korea for her starring role in 2002’s Glass Slippers, in which she plays one of two orphan sisters. More recently, she starred in a Korean adaptation of the BBC drama Undercover. The K-drama, which is also called Undercover, stars Kim as a human rights lawyer who doesn’t know her husband is an undercover cop.

Yang Ik-june as Jin Kyeong-hoon

Hellbound character: Yang Ik-june stars as Jin Kyeong-hoon, a detective who has lost the verve for his job following the murder of his wife six years prior. Detective Jin is one of the few characters who is suspicious of Chairman Jeong, especially after the cult leader pulls Jin’s teenaged daughter into his machinations.

What to watch next: Yang Ik-june is a Korean actor and director who is perhaps best known for his 2008 feature film Breathless, which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in. Breathless follows a debt collector named Sang-Hoon who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a schoolgirl named Yeon-Hee, who is also a survivor of domestic abuse.

Yang also notably voiced the main character in The King of Pigs, Hellbound creator Yeon Sang-ho’s 2011 animated feature. The film is available to rent via Apple or to watch on The Criterion Channel.

Park Jeong-min as Bae Young-jae

Hellbound character: Following the series’ time jump, Bae Youngjae is our main audience surrogate. The sarcastic and honestly kind of over-it TV broadcast station producer is introduced as he is making a documentary for the New Truth Society. He is also a new father, and husband to Sohyun.