Shin Seong-il
Shin Seong-il was a Korean actor (1937-2018). Born in occupied Korea, as Kang Shin-yeong, he attended Geonguk University, majoring in Korean Literature. He made his film debut in director Shin Sang-ok's Romance Papa in 1960 and appeared in more than 500 movies. He won several awards for best actor or best supporting actor for films such as Private Tutor (1963) and Moonlight Hunter (1987). In 1979, he became the chairman of the Korean Actors League and held the position for several consecutive terms. After a long career as an actor and having directed and even produced, Shin Sung-il retired from the film industry in favour of pursuing a career in politics. He was elected to the National Assembly.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.189 |
| Birthday | 1937-05-08 |
| Place of Birth | Daegu, Korea |
| Also Known As | 신성일, Sung-il Shin, 申星一, 金牛座, 申圣日, Shen Xing-Yi, San Sing-Yat, Shin-Yeong Kang, 강신성일, |
1964
The Beautiful Maid
0/0
A woman is in domestic service after going up to Seoul. She loves a university student of a rich family and gives birth to a baby. But his parents obj...
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The Beautiful Maid
1968
A Young Zelkova
7/2
Suk-hee's mother is remarried to a man who has a son a year senior than Suk-hee. The two don't get along well first, but soon they grow intimate. Suk-...
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A Young Zelkova
1973
The Three-Day Reign
0/0
During the last days of the Yi dynasty, conflict arises between the China-leaning conservatives, and the Western-learning and Japan-leaning reformers...
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The Three-Day Reign
1992
General's Son 3
6.3/6
Following the final events of General's Son 2, Kim Du-han is forced to go on the lam but eventually returns to Jongro where he attempts to rebuild his...
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General's Son 3
2021
A Year-End Medley
7.1/141
A romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emro...
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A Year-End Medley
1983
A White Feathered Gull
5/1
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A White Feathered Gull
1966
A Hero without a Serial Number
0/0
In around the 1950s. A man in charge of a guerilla unit is hiding in the Masingryeong Mountains. On the other hand, his brother, a high government off...
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A Hero without a Serial Number
1969
Confess of Woman
0/0
When her husband goes away to America to study for three years, she gets lonely and begins to meet a young doctor. While troubled from guilty feeling,...
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Confess of Woman
1968
Living in the Sky
0/0
The film, which was shot to promote the Korean air force team, depicts the story of air force students who are assigned to their base after hard train...
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Living in the Sky
1961
Evergreen Tree
7/4
Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of the...
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Evergreen Tree
1979
Under an Umbrella
5/1
Dong Won is a down-and-out artist who suffers from despair and dissatisfaction and suicidal tendencies. During a trip to Sorak mountain, he tries to k...
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Under an Umbrella
1968
Chulsaegado
0/0
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Chulsaegado
1995
My Old Sweetheart
3.3/3
A 36-year old detective falls in love with a nihilistic 19-year old shop-lifter and wonders if the relationship which develops can last.
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My Old Sweetheart
1991
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
0/0
Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked...
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Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
1986
Dancing daughter
0/0
Su-hee, who grew up with a single father, decides to give up her studies due to the recurrence of heart disease in her younger sister Jeong-hee and th...
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Dancing daughter
1963
For My Husband
0/0
His own father had hated Crown Prince Sado. The king finally orders to kill him by locking him up in a rice-chest. After his death, his wife Hong goes...
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For My Husband
1964
The Result of the Ambition
0/0
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The Result of the Ambition
1966
I Am a King
4.8/4
Trainer Meng Doo-ho spots Young-chul in a bar fight and decides to turn him into a boxing champion.
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I Am a King
1968
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
9/1
King Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive the current Queen into exile.
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Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1972
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
0/0
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One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1973
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
0/0
A patriot Park No-Hun is dispatched by Shanghai Provisional Government for Independence to assassinate members of the House of Council. In this situat...
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Five Hostesses for the Resistance
1973
The Big Chase
0/0
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The Big Chase
1987
Ring of Hell
0/0
Ka-chi who spent a miserable childhood starts out looking for Eom-ji, who used to be at the orphanage with Ka-chi and was adopted by rich parents. Whe...
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Ring of Hell
1966
Special Agent X-7
0/0
The Korean Intelligence Agency receives information that a huge amount of gold is being smuggled by North Korean spies, who has a secret organization...
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Special Agent X-7
1966
Green Rain
6.2/5
Cheol, an auto mechanic, and Yeong-hui, a maid meet. Cheol lies and tells Yeong-hui that he is the son of a businessman. Cheol pretends to be the Fren...
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Green Rain
1968
Vega
0/0
As the daughter-in-law of a prestigious family, she had to live in a tearful marriage with strict mother-in-law and a young husband. Her husband, who...
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Vega
2013
Door to the Night
4.3/10
After the death of his wife, Jong-Sub (Kang Shin Sung Il) raised his son alone. He lost his son in a car accident. Since the death of his son, Jong-Su...
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Door to the Night
1971
Is Your Husband Like This Too?
0/0
Minsu and Insuk are a happily married couple until Minsu's chance encounter with a woman named Younghee changes everything.
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Is Your Husband Like This Too?
1965
Wind, Please Tell Me
0/0
Wanho and Kyunghui go camping, but Gwisun secretly loves Wanho. After an accident, Wanho and Gwisun fall in love. When they return to Seoul, Gwisun's...
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Wind, Please Tell Me
1965
The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
0/0
This film portrays the construction of Seokguram Grotto during King Gyeongdeok's reign in Silla. It underscores the importance of national unity to ov...
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The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
1987
A Woman on the Verge
0/0
Ha Kook-jin, a physician, meets Noh Ae-ri and his group who came to broadcast at the ski resort where he went with his wife's life. With this opportun...
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A Woman on the Verge
1988
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
0/0
Dong-hoon, a CF director, decides to marry Su-hee, a young lady, with the introduction of Jun-seok, a neuropsychiatrist. Dong-hoon, whose women's rela...
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A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
1991
Beyond the Mountain
0/0
In a quite mountain temple Chim-hae follows a path of asceticism under the instruction of the High Priest, Pop-yon. One day, the high priest sends him...
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Beyond the Mountain
1976
Yes, Goodbye for Today
0/0
A boxer, recently released from prison after serving sentences for throwing a fight and assault, finds his girlfriend dying from a brain tumor.
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Yes, Goodbye for Today
1990
Korean Connection
5/1
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Korean Connection
1960
Madam White Snake
7.2/3
A thousand-year-old snake that has transformed itself into a human, Madame White Snake (Choe Eun-hui), falls in love with a young pharmacist named Heo...
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Madam White Snake
1967
Why a Cuckoo Cries
0/0
The only son of a government official Yun loves Ok-hwa, the daughter of former gisaeng Gye-seon. But his father doesn't feel good about having a daugh...
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Why a Cuckoo Cries
1975
You Become a Star, Too
0/0
A butterfly flies from the mountain to the city. Sang-Kyu, who works in a company, buys a house in the suburbs and lives with his wife and daughter, Y...
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You Become a Star, Too
1968
Herb of Desire
0/0
Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic he...
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Herb of Desire
1968
Legends
0/0
Three traditional Korean folktales. Story 1: The kindness and good deeds of a poor couple earns them a bag of gold from heaven. Story 2: A brave man b...
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Legends
1972
Gate of Woman
6/1
In 1900, there lived two widows in a village : Mrs. Seo and her daughter-in-law Ok-Nyeo. Water carriers, new job in those days, decide not to deliver...
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Gate of Woman
1969
Temporary Government in Shanghai
5/1
The story deals with the life of Kim Gu, who dedicated his life for the good of his country and people.
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Temporary Government in Shanghai
1963
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
5.3/3
After an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he is forced to go on the run. The son he leaves behind...
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The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
1974
A Seagull's Dream
0/0
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A Seagull's Dream
1968
The Wings of Lee Sang
0/0
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The Wings of Lee Sang
1971
The Story of Chunhyang
0/0
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The Story of Chunhyang
1978
Miss Yang's Adventure
0/0
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Miss Yang's Adventure
1966
A Coral Door
0/0
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A Coral Door
1969
A Barren Woman
0/0
Ji-won, a playwright, tries to make her promiscuous husband, to drop his bad habits. But he continues to have affair with a widow named Eun-gyeong. M...
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A Barren Woman
1965
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
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The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
1964
My Mind Is Like a Lake
0/0
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My Mind Is Like a Lake
1965
The Woman Coming in Fall
0/0
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The Woman Coming in Fall
1964
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
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The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
1969
Rebirth
0/0
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Rebirth
1968
A Day Off
6.2/13
One Sunday, a penniless unmarried young South Korean couple meet, as they do every Sunday; while the pregnant young woman believes they are not ready...
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A Day Off
1971
The Midnight Sun
5/1
Jang Jung-Han is a commander of 330 unit who is with his wife and son Kyu-Shik. By chance Kyu-Shik meets a country boy In-Dol who asks him to find out...
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The Midnight Sun
1966
A Student Boarder
0/0
A melodrama about a man whose girlfriend leaves him for another man after his face is disfigured. The man gets plastic surgery, then tracks down his o...
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A Student Boarder
1965
An Empty Dream
9/1
While under the effects of anasthesia in a dentist's office, a young man and woman fantasize a romantic triangle between themselves and the dentist.
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An Empty Dream
1976
My Hometown
6/2
After fourteen years in Japan a small-time crook returns to his hometown.
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My Hometown
1960
Romance Papa
5.2/4
A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own...
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Romance Papa
1964
Betrayal
0/0
To prevent an investigation into a fraudulent bidding case, Woorim Engineering & Construction drives accounting manager Park Sun-dal to commit suicide...
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Betrayal
1967
The Starting Point
0/0
Crime ring leader Lee hires prostitute Seon to kill his subordinate Seok-gu who has threatened to take his place. Seon tempts Seok-gu to go to Mountai...
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The Starting Point
1963
Kinship
5.8/4
The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a liv...
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Kinship
1968
The General's Mustache
5.7/3
The movie begins with the mysterious death of a journalistic photographer named Kim Cheol-hun. Veteran police detective Park (Kim Seung-ho) teams up w...
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The General's Mustache
1964
The Barefooted Young
6.4/5
Jo Doo-soo, a member of a gang, comes across and helps Joanna, a college student who is about to have her handbag robbed by the bullies on her way hom...
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The Barefooted Young
1966
Horse-year Bride
5/1
It is the year of the white horse that arrives every sixty years. Three women avoid sleeping with their husbands so they won't conceive girls on the y...
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Horse-year Bride
1985
The Oldest Son
7/3
Forced to leave their home because of the construction of a new dam which will flood their village, the eldest son in the family prepares land and mon...
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The Oldest Son
1968
The Eunuch
9/1
A nobleman sends his daughter to the king as a concubine in order to gain personal power and favors from the monarch. Her lover follows her into the p...
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The Eunuch
1990
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
5/0
Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad....
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Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990
Watercolors in Rain
5/1
The story of Ji-su who life was torn by two women in his life. One of them is his step-sister and the other is a barroom dancer named Kyung-ja.
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Watercolors in Rain
1982
Come Down to a Lower Place
0/0
Yo-han is the son of a Christian minister. Following his father's career, he joins the seminary without much enthusiasm, then drops out. After doing h...
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Come Down to a Lower Place
1974
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
7/7
A man and a woman fall for one another, but she is haunted by her troubled history with men.
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Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
1977
Night Journey
5.3/3
A bank employee dissatisfied with the casualness and secrecy of her relationship with her boyfriend, a superior at work, is suddenly given a few days...
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Night Journey
1967
Mist
6.167/6
Yun Gi-jun has become the executive director of a pharmaceutical company by marrying the widowed daughter of the company CEO. With the general shareho...
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Mist
1967
A Misty Grassland
0/0
A woman attempts to seduce a rich man so she can convince him to help him pay for her dying sister's hospital bill.
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A Misty Grassland
1971
Two Sons
0/0
Recently released from prison, Cheol-ho is expelled from his brother's house after he beats his sister-in-law. His brother decides that the family wou...
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Two Sons
1973
Lost Love
0/0
Su-il goes overseas to study with his future father-in-law's financial assistence. Over time he falls out of touch with the family because of his stud...
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Lost Love
1977
Winter Woman
4.8/5
Based on a serial novel by Cho Hae-il, "Winter Woman" deals with the sexual awakening of Yi-hwa, the daughter of a prosperous Christian preacher who h...
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Winter Woman
1982
Temptation
0/0
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Temptation
1981
Ban Geum-ryeon
0/0
Seo Mun-kyung, a merchant in ancient China where polygamy is legal, monopolizes the salt sales business. The magistrate of the province collapse famil...
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Ban Geum-ryeon
1976
Ascetic
0/0
How big is the gap between friendship and love between women? Can one separate the moral principles of caring for another from the desire to possess t...
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Ascetic
1961
Under the Sky in Seoul
6.8/5
An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small village in Seoul. He often causes domestic trouble...
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Under the Sky in Seoul
1961
Prince Yeonsan
8.2/4
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.
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Prince Yeonsan
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan
6/3
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised...
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Tyrant Yeonsan
1991
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
0/0
Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked...
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Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
1967
Stroller
0/0
An old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter Gye-yeon at a tavern of Hwagye Market, a traditional...
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Stroller
1968
Desire
0/0
A doctor is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had formerly been the mistress of a married man.
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Desire
2005
Typhoon
5.9/42
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer i...
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Typhoon
1966
Late Autumn
0/0
A well behaved female prisoner, on parole, is set to return to prison. On the train ride back to prison she encounters a man who is actually a fugitiv...
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Late Autumn
1964
The Continental Spy
0/0
During the Chinese-Japanese War (1937-1945) a nightclub dancer is given a dangerous mission by her dying brother. According to her brother's will, she...
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The Continental Spy
1982
Free Woman
0/0
A Korean woman raised in Spain with European values towards life and romance finds living in her ancestral land stifling and it eats away at her vital...
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Free Woman
1968
Woman
0/0
A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells...
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Woman
1979
Under an Umbrella
0/0
Dong-won is a down-and-out artist who suffers from despair and dissatisfaction and suicidal tendencies. During a trip to Sorak mountain, he tries to k...
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Under an Umbrella
1966
Dangerous Youth
0/0
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Dangerous Youth
1973
Farewell
0/0
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Farewell
1963
The Classroom of Youth
0/0
While the students, full of vigor in their twenties, make a stand against their parents who regard dating as a sin, they enjoy their springtime of lif...
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The Classroom of Youth
1981
A Man Who Died Daily
0/0
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A Man Who Died Daily
1978
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
0/0
Heavenly Homecoming of the Stars 2
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Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
1975
Bird of Paradise
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Bird of Paradise
1967
A Full Danger
0/0
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A Full Danger
1979
Love's Condition
0/0
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Love's Condition
1963
Private Tutor
0/0
Two half brothers love a private tutor hired by their parents. She is more fond of the younger brother who's jovial and honest than the older brother...
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Private Tutor
1964
The Lost Sun
0/0
A bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers.
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The Lost Sun
1966
Gunsmoke
7/1
O Jin-u of a rich family and a female private tutor at his house are in love, but his family are against their marriage and send him to America. Befor...
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Gunsmoke
1976
Blood Relations
0/0
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Blood Relations
1967
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
0/0
A grandfather, his son, and grandson are all henpecked husbands. A comedy picturing these three henpecked men's lives at one family.
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The Three Hen-pecked Generations
1977
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
0/0
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Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
1967
The White Crow
0/0
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The White Crow
1969
Starting Point
7.5/2
Sang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for another man, and he draws her portrait everyday. Yeon...
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Starting Point
1969
Empty Heart
0/0
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Empty Heart
1969
Until That Day
0/0
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Until That Day
1967
Sound of Magpies
0/0
Bong-su, who has been missing since the Korean War, returns to his hometown. A death notice for him has already been sent to his hometown, and his fia...
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Sound of Magpies
1965
The Heir
0/0
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The Heir
1968
Correspondent in Tokyo
0/0
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Correspondent in Tokyo
1970
Mi-ae
8/1
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Mi-ae
1974
Wildflowers on the Battleground
5/3
A look at the Korean War through the eyes of a mute boy who was kept as a mascot by a regiment of soldiers near the front lines.
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Wildflowers on the Battleground
1987
Moonlight Hunter
5/1
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Moonlight Hunter
1988
Holy Night
0/0
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Holy Night
1982
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
0/0
The spy Im Su-myung refuses to speak. Kang Sin-jung is the lawyer appointed for Su-myung's defense. Sin-jung's interest is peaked. Su-myung was the yo...
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The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
1986
Gilsodom
6.4/7
A middle-aged woman in Busan searches for the son she lost in Gilsodom during the Korean War.
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Gilsodom
1979
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
6/2
College girl Jang-mi, has trouble coping after her break up with with Kyu-sik. She suffers from the relationship with her emotionally distant father a...
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The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
1985
Woman Requiem
0/0
After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible.
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Woman Requiem
1973
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
0/0
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Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
1969
The Eunuch 2
0/0
After Queen Shin is dethroned, a power struggle erupts among King Jung-jong's concubines who hope to take the queen's place. Song Min-dol, a eunuch wh...
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The Eunuch 2
1966
Yeraishang
0/0
A self-supporting student injured during the 4.19 Student Uprising gets help from an older woman, a madam at a nightclub. They fall in love with each...
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Yeraishang
1972
A Second Mother
0/0
Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam-Ok are concerned about frequent quarrels between...
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A Second Mother
1960
To the Last Day
6.3/3
Captain Kim is grievously wounded in the first days of the war. When the northern troops continue their advance, his wife and small daughters flee sou...
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To the Last Day
1977
Hedgehog of the Third Dock
0/0
The famous detective called 'the Hedgehog' finds himself the reluctant pawn of a North Korean spy who is trying to gain control of the Busan smuggling...
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Hedgehog of the Third Dock
1987
레테의 연가
0/0
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레테의 연가
1971
내일의 팔도강산 3편
0/0
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