---
name: "Koo Ja-wan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/koo-ja-wan"
fi1m_id: "koo-ja-wan"
tmdb_id: 1915915
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 September 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:10:15.446030+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Koo Ja-wan

## Identity

Koo Ja-wan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/koo-ja-wan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** koo-ja-wan
- **TMDB ID:** 1915915
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1915915

Composer. Born 25 September 1982 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 September 1982, South Korea
- **Also known as:** 구자완, Ja wan Koo
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1915915

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Villainess*](https://film.one/film/the-villainess.md) (68)

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## Biography

Koo Ja-wan (also credited as Ja Wan Koo, Jawan Koo or 구자완) is a South Korean composer. He was born on 25 September 1982.

He composed the score for the action film *The Villainess* (2017). His other film and television credits include *Montage* (2013), *The Deal* (2015), *Cheese in the Trap* (2018), *The Divine Fury* (2019), *Goedam* (2020), *Carter* (2022), *The Killing Vote* (2023), *Officer Black Belt* (2024) and *Love in the Big City* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, genius.com, shazam.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Villainess* (2017), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-villainess.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nyepi* (2026), Music
- *Wrangler* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Time of Cinema* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *The Cursed: Insatiable Desires* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *I Kill U* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Love In The Big City* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Officer Black Belt* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *So Long, See You Tomorrow* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Body Parts* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Hail to Hell* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Killing Vote* (2023), series, Music
- *My Heart Puppy* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Next Door* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Carter* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Goedam* (2020), series, Music
- *The 12th Suspect* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Divine Fury* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *A Midday* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Romang* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Duck Town* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Seven Years of Night* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Cheese in the Trap* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Poet and the Boy* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Villainess* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-villainess.md)
- *Horror Stories 3* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Proof of Innocence* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Deal* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Montage* (2013), Original Music Composer

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