Han Jaerim

I. Introduction

Han Jae-rim is a South Korean film director.

II. Career

Han Jae-rim graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts in 1998. He began his filmmaking career in 2003 as an assistant director and script editor for Min Byung-chun's Natural City.

Han was the runner-up for Best Screenplay at the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Screenplay Contest in 2003 with To Do or Not to Do, which he had co-written with Go Yoon-hee. Retitled Rules of Dating, it became his directorial debut in 2005.

In 2007, he wrote and directed his second film, The Show Must Go On. Starring Korea's top actor Song Kang-ho as a mid-level gangster dealing with family and work troubles, Han injected off-kilter comedy and pathos into the Korean film noir genre.

Han entered pre-production for his purported third film, Trace in 2009. Based on the webtoon of the same title, it follows a young man who wakes up from a coma with superpowers after an assault that took his father's life.

Six years after his last completed film, Han returned to the big screen in 2013 with period drama The Face Reader. The film delved into the philosophical question whether character determines fate or vice versa, in a story about a Joseon fortuneteller skilled in physiognomy who becomes swept up in court intrigues and power struggles.

In 2021, he made his comeback with the movie Emergency Declaration.

III. Filmography

Year	Poster	Title
2003		Natural City
2005		Rules of Dating
2007		The Show Must Go On
2013		Very Ordinary Couple
2013		The Face Reader
2017		The King
2021		Emergency Declaration

IV. Awards