Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho (송강호) (born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Considered one of the best actors of the 21st century, he is most known for his collaborations with directors Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. He was part of the cast that won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Parasite (2019), was awarded Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Broker (2022), and has been named Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year four times.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.4003 |
| Birthday | 1967-01-17 |
| Place of Birth | Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Also Known As | 송강호, Song Kang Ho, Song Kangho, 宋康昊, ソン・ガンホ, Сон Кан Хо, Song Gang-ho, Сун Ган-ху, سونگ کانگ-هو, سونغ كانغ هو, Սոն Կան Հո, סונג קאנג-הו, सॉंग कांग-हो, ซง คังโฮ, సూంగ్ కాంగ్-హో, சாங் கேங்-ஹொ, ਸੌਂਗ ਕੰਗ-ਹੋ, সং কাং-হো, სონ კან ჰო, സോംഗ് കാങ്-ഹോ, سونگ کانگ هو, |
2006
The Host
6.975/3051
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting he...
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The Host
2000
Joint Security Area
7.8/800
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is t...
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Joint Security Area
1999
Shiri
6.42/182
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the...
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Shiri
2007
Secret Sunshine
7.226/226
Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t...
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Secret Sunshine
2002
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
7.459/1635
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situ...
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2003
Memories of Murder
8.054/4425
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly d...
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Memories of Murder
2009
Thirst
7.114/1052
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfu...
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Thirst
2023
Cobweb
6.56/108
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with inte...
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Cobweb
2008
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
7.168/789
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hun...
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2005
Antarctic Journal
6.017/59
Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a British te...
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Antarctic Journal
2010
Secret Reunion
6.37/138
Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a S...
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Secret Reunion
2000
The Foul King
6.844/90
A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only...
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The Foul King
1998
The Quiet Family
7.02/200
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the b...
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The Quiet Family
2007
The Show Must Go On
6.458/48
A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.
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The Show Must Go On
1996
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
6.31/58
The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans - a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simul...
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The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
1997
Green Fish
6.88/71
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
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Green Fish
2010
A Little Pond
6.3/13
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the...
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A Little Pond
1997
No. 3
6.196/27
Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhi...
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No. 3
2005
Making Memories of Murder
0/0
Made in 2004, this extensive documentary chronicles the production and release of Memories of Murder.
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Making Memories of Murder
2012
Day Trip
5.929/7
A master and his student visit a mountain to practice pansori (a musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer) after a music competition w...
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Day Trip
2011
Hindsight
6.43/71
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.
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Hindsight
2012
Howling
6.015/99
A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.
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Howling
2013
The Attorney
7.79/219
Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of hi...
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The Attorney
2013
The Face Reader
6.971/103
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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The Face Reader
2004
The President's Barber
7.026/38
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequ...
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The President's Barber
2018
Memories
0/0
The documentary gives a voice to all those who have experienced the crazy adventure of shooting Memories of Murder.
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Memories
2022
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
7.5/2
A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of h...
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Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
2013
Snowpiercer
6.908/10247
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that tr...
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Snowpiercer
2015
The Throne
7.106/99
Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king a...
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The Throne
2016
The Age of Shadows
7.198/364
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explos...
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The Age of Shadows
2005
Lady Vengeance
7.522/1874
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
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Lady Vengeance
1997
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
6.2/21
Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve...
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Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
2017
A Taxi Driver
8.028/1123
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreig...
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A Taxi Driver
2002
YMCA Baseball Team
6.143/14
Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As...
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YMCA Baseball Team
2019
Parasite
8.494/20182
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpe...
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Parasite
2018
The Drug King
6.327/156
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-...
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The Drug King
2017
Decades Apart
0/0
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived a...
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Decades Apart
2019
The King's Letters
7.25/16
In the 15th century, despite so many accomplishments he has made for the people, King Sejong, his biggest goal is still remaining; the invention of or...
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The King's Letters
2012
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
5.2/5
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2022
Emergency Declaration
7.471/419
While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flig...
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Emergency Declaration
2024
One Win
7/16
A former volleyball star, Woo-jin has been struggling to keep his children's volleyball school that's about to go out of business. Left without much c...
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One Win
2022
Broker
7.165/530
Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in t...
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Broker
2013
Where is my DVD?
9.5/2
Go Gi-hwan is the actor who was starred in a large number of short films. However, he couldn't get any dvd from the directors. He's decided to collect...
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Where is my DVD?
2004
The Power of Love
0/0
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Shaolin Women's Soccer
0/0
The Emei team participated in Asian Women's Champions League, and was not favored, but captain Shuangshuang were invincible after getting help from se...
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Shaolin Women's Soccer
Gardeners
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Gardeners
2010
Making of Thirst
0/0
90 minute making of doc
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Making of Thirst
2005
The Process of Mr. Vengeance
0/0
This making-of is made up of a series of short vignettes, starting with a piece on Shin Ha-Kyun and Bae Du-Na learning sign language for their roles,...
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The Process of Mr. Vengeance
Reunion
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