Geum-ryong Lee
Biography: Lee Geum-ryong was a Korean actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 14, 1906
Deathday: April 03, 1955
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Known For
Sweet Dream
1936-10-25
Sweet Dream
Overview: Middle-class housewife Ae-soon is excessively vain and neglectful of her duties as a homemaker. Unable to tolerate her any longer, Ae-soon’s husband kicks her out, and she leaves him and their daughter Jeong-hee to take up with her lover in a hotel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1936-10-25
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The Consolatory Song
1930-09-04
The Consolatory Song
Overview: Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1930-09-04
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The Story of the Royal Inspector, Park Mun-su
1930-11-15
The Story of the Royal Inspector, Park Mun-su
Overview: Screen adaptation of the ancient legend 'The Story of Pak Mun-su'.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1930-11-15
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The Male
1928-09-19
The Male
Overview: The story of the miners who dealt with the cruel master of the quarry.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1928-09-19
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The Dawn
1948-10-09
The Dawn
Overview: An instructive film on the topic of the eradication of smuggling and democratic police.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1948-10-09
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Su-u
1948-08-09
Su-u
Overview: This is a promotional film for the police, in which an investigator calls on a priest to appoint a lawyer to free innocent Seo Yeon, who is accused of killing her smuggling husband, from custody.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1948-08-09
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Dear Soldier
1944-06-16
Dear Soldier
Overview: Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-06-16
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Counterattack
1936-02-18
Counterattack
Overview: A kind of method film sponsored by the Prosecutor's Office of the Government-General of Korea, adapted and directed by Ahn Jong-hwa from the original draft of Ogata (緖方), who served as the chief of the censorship at the Gyeonggi-do Police Department. Geum-ryong Lee, a rubber factory worker, inevitably commits murder and sentences to prison to finance his younger brother's tuition. His wife, Bok Hye-suk, abandons her daughter and leaves her house. Geum-ryong, who is released from prison, goes to find his wife, but his wife is cold. Geum-ryong then goes to visit his younger brother, Lee Gyeong-sun. His younger brother becomes a successful doctor, but he brutally beats his daughter. Geum-ryong and his daughter regret his past and set out on a path without a destination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1936-02-18
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The Han River
1938-05-06
The Han River
Overview: The film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son. Park No-in (Yoon Bong-chun) is a boatman who believes in his profession. He intends to pass the ferry he inherited from his ancestors to his son (Lee Geum-ryong). But he doesn't want to be a boatman. When his father's compulsion grows stronger, one night he goes out alone to the riverside, caresses the oar stained by his father's hands, and then abruptly leaves.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1938-05-06
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Heartlessness
1939-03-15
Heartlessness
Overview: Based on the novel of the same title by Kwang-Soo Lee (Yi Kwang-su), published in 'Maeil Shinbo' in 1917. The plot is based on the relationship of three young people - English teacher Hyeong-sik Lee, dancer Young-chae Park and Hyun-soo Kim, the daughter of a wealthy presbyter. Left an orphan in early childhood, Hyeong-sik was brought up in the house of Master Park. From childhood, Park predicted his daughter Young-chae as Hyeong-sik's wife. Master Park was a patriot, and when the Japanese invaders came to power, he was illegally convicted and imprisoned. His daughter Young-chae became a kisaeng to earn money to send packages to the prison. At this time, Hyeong-sik and Young-chae are moving away from each other, and Hyun-soo appears in the life of Hyeong-sik, whom he fell in love with and is going to marry her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-03-15
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Light of the Sea
1940-01-01
Light of the Sea
Overview: A pro-Japanese propaganda film designed to inspire Korean fishermen to cooperate with the occupying regime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-01-01
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Narcissus
1940-08-25
Narcissus
Overview: The heroine, a girl of marriageable age named Yu, married a thirteen-year-old fiancé, but he died three years later. Twenty years later, Yu adopts a child from a relative named Dong-gil. Dong-gil's siblings, wishing to inherit his legacy, spread rumors that Yu is having an affair with the village teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-08-25
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Frontier
1939-05-20
Frontier
Overview: The border smuggler leader Lee Geum-ryong had a sweetheart Kim So-young, who was only looking for a chance to escape. Geum-ryong's subordinate, Jeon Taek-i, is in love with So-yeong, but helps So-yeong to escape from the smuggling lair. Geumryong's gang pursues and a fight breaks out, and Jeon-taek uses all his might to defeat the gang and crosses the border with So-yeong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-05-20
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Dawn of the Mountain Village
1940-11-08
Dawn of the Mountain Village
Overview: An educational film about how a backward impoverished village was able to prosper thanks to the initiative of the village youth who began to grow tobacco.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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君と僕
1941-11-15
君と僕
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-11-15
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Frontier
1942-01-10
Frontier
Overview: One spring day when it rained. While watering the paddy fields, Geumryong gets into a fight with the neighboring young man Kokibong, but accidentally kills him. Geum-ryong is sentenced to three years in prison. Meanwhile, Go Young-ran, who is engaged to Geum-ryong, runs away from home because her parents force her to marry someone else. Geum-ryong, who has been released from prison, finds Yeong-ran, but she has become a bar clerk. However, she sees Young-ran, who is still guarding Jeongjo, and she starts anew with Young-ran.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1942-01-10
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A Song in the Year of Abundance
1942-01-14
A Song in the Year of Abundance
Overview: In the previous year, the harvest had been very poor and many farmers starved durng the winter. With the new growing season, it looks as if the harvest will again be bad because of a lack of rain. Young, idealistic farmer Eun-gi asks rich Kim Han to share his bounty, but the request is refused. Eun-gi's rightous fury is turned to rain by the heavens, giving the poor farmers a cause to celebrate
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1942-01-14
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Wakaki sugata
1943-12-01
Wakaki sugata
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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Straits of Chosun
1943-06-06
Straits of Chosun
Overview: A Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1943-06-06
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A Fish Tale
1944-02-24
A Fish Tale
Overview: A whaling vessel hunts its quarry on the open sea while its crew undergoes many hardships. During the course of their journey, they dream of their wives and families and pray for the chance to provide for the loved ones and nation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1944-02-24
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To Love and Swear
1945-07-26
To Love and Swear
Overview: After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-07-26
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A New Oath
1947-06-28
A New Oath
Overview: Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the injustice and corrupt customs and rebuild the devastated village with the help of the village girls.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1947-06-28
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The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946-09-07
The Adventure of Ttolttori
Overview:
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1946-09-07
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Volunteer
1941-02-08
Volunteer
Overview: A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1941-02-08
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Spring in the Korean Peninsula
1941-11-07
Spring in the Korean Peninsula
Overview: Film producer Lee Yeong-il is introduced to Jeong-hee, his friend's little sister. Unable to find an appropriate slot for her in his movie, he gets her a job in a record company and watches out for her. In time, their love grows deeper. Meanwhile, director Heo Hoon, who is making the film 'The Story of Chun-hyang' with Yeong-il, fires the lead actress of the film, Anna, when she causes too much trouble. Instead, Jeong-hee is hired in her place. Just as Jeong-hee proves herself worthy of the casting and the film-making progresses smoothly, Yeong-il and Heo Hoon face financial difficulties. Yeong-il turns to embezzlement in desperation and is thrown in jail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1941-11-07
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Farewell
1927-11-05
Farewell
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1927-11-05
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In Search of Love
1928-04-10
In Search of Love
Overview: The hero leaves Korea. But the village where Korean immigrants live is attacked by Chinese bandits. The hero and his friends want to return to Korea. Japanese police officers fire shots at border trespassers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1928-04-10
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