Kang Kye-shik
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 21, 1917
Deathday: January 13, 2000
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Known For
The Power for Ten Years
1964-08-06
The Power for Ten Years
Overview: During the reign of King Yeongjo in the Joseon Dynasty (1302-1910), the villainous retainer party led by Jang Ji-hang gains power after cutting the head off a royalist Hong seong-won. His son Hong Guk-yeong passes a state exam and tries to assist the king in ruling well, but he is also put to death by Jang's false incrimination. But he is called a faithful politician in history.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-08-06
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The King and the Servant Boy
1965-09-10
The King and the Servant Boy
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1968-01-27
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Overview: King Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive the current Queen into exile.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-01-27
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The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
1971-03-13
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
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Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-03-13
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A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
1962-03-08
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
Overview: Jinsa Maeng's daughter is contracted to marry a nobleman's son, however, Jinsa Maeng is upset when he hears about a rumor that the fiance of his daughter is lame. Finally, he decides to take on the idea of arranging his maid to take his daughter's place in the wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-03-08
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Echo of the Lake
1978-04-29
Echo of the Lake
Overview: Rare Korean Film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-04-29
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A Thousand Year-Old Fox
1969-03-08
A Thousand Year-Old Fox
Overview: Once upon a time, under the reign of the three kingdoms, there was a woman who tempts a Buddhist priest named Cho. She is a one-thousand-year-old fox who intends to reincarnate as a human being. Not knowing this, Cho lives with the fox. But in the end, they get separated harboring sadness of unfulfilled love in this world.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-03-08
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Body is Sad
1962-01-01
Body is Sad
Overview:
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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A Traveler with Love
1977-08-18
A Traveler with Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1977-08-18
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Hong Gil-dong
1969-08-22
Hong Gil-dong
Overview:
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-08-22
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Hwalbindang
1965-01-29
Hwalbindang
Overview:
Genres: Adventure Action History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-01-29
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The Evergreen Tree
1978-05-04
The Evergreen Tree
Overview: Two Korean college graduates arouse the suspicions of Japanese authorities after modernizing a rural community with a school and a youth hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-05-04
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Sound of Magpies
1967-11-26
Sound of Magpies
Overview: 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 fiancée, Jeong-sun, has already married another man, Sang-ho. Bong-su tries to persuade Jeong-sun to forget about Sang-ho and return to him, but she tells him that it's something that cannot be undone. Tormented by his pain, Bong-su begins to show signs of delusional behavior and ends up strangling Jeong-im, Sang-ho's younger sister, who had a crush on him. Later, it is revealed that the death notice for Bong-su was a fake, created by Sang-ho so he could marry Jeong-sun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-11-26
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When the Night Comes Again
1958-07-22
When the Night Comes Again
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-07-22
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A Wild Chrysanthemum
1957-04-20
A Wild Chrysanthemum
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-04-20
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Wild Flowers
1966-12-16
Wild Flowers
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-12-16
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A Star
1961-04-05
A Star
Overview:
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-04-05
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The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
1964-10-16
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
Overview:
Genres: History Music Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-10-16
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Praise of Death
1991-09-21
Praise of Death
Overview: The life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1991-09-21
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Soil
1967-05-18
Soil
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-05-18
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Great King Sejo
1970-12-15
Great King Sejo
Overview:
Genres: History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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Soil
1978-03-25
Soil
Overview: While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-03-25
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Long Live the Island Frogs
1972-04-18
Long Live the Island Frogs
Overview: A husband-wife teaching team arrive on isolated Sachi Island. They try to start a school against the opposition of the islanders. To attract students, they organize athletic teams from the island children and promise that they will win the national competitions... a promise they may not be able to keep.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-04-18
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The Youth
1955-11-30
The Youth
Overview: In the latter years of the Korean Empire, Lee In Hwa, disguises herself as a man so she can join a group of young men determined to overthrow the colonial government. They fight together with young national activists presided by Hwal Min and supported by Daewon-gun, the Prince Regent, against Min Gyeom Ho and his peers. But Min and his team perform a surprise attack on Hwal Min and his peers.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1955-11-30
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The Shadowless Pagoda
1957-01-31
The Shadowless Pagoda
Overview: On the eighth of April of King Gyoeng-deok's 10th year of the reign of the Unified Silla Period, Guseulagi, a daughter of Yu Jong, joins the king's parade to Bulguksa Temple, where she meets a stonemason named Asadal from Buyeo. Having a crush on him, she visits Sakyamuni Pagoda, a masonic site; only to find that Asadal had broken down from exhaustion. While she takes care of him, her love for him grows. But Asadal misses his wife who is waiting for him in Buyeo. Meanwhile, Geum Seong who has a crush on Guseulagi, asks his father, Geum Ji, to propose on behalf of him. But Yu Jong is so dissatisfied with Geum Ji because he is a treacherous subject, that he turns down the proposal, instead of hurrying up his daughter's marriage with Gyeongsin, a faithful subject. Asanyeo who has been waiting for her husband Asadal in Buyeo goes to Bulguksa Temple after her father-in-law had died.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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An Idiot Adada
1956-05-20
An Idiot Adada
Overview: Adada's poor husband suddenly strikes it rich. He changes his hovel for a beautiful home, but his character changes as well. He becomes overly proud and shows off his wealth. Adada, despising the money and what it has done to her husband, throws their savings into the river
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-05-20
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King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun
1959-04-10
King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun
Overview: At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men of ability at Samheung school, is deeply impressed by a speech made by An Chang-ho, and heads for Russia to volunteer the army fighting for independence of the country. As both a lieutenant general of the Korean militia and a commander of the Korean expeditionary force in Manchuria, he carries on the independence movement in defiance of Japanese coercion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-04-10
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Touch-Me-Not
1956-11-10
Touch-Me-Not
Overview: A historical melodrama about a love triangle within a group of bandits.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-11-10
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Forever with You
1958-01-15
Forever with You
Overview: Gwang-pil (Lee Ryong), Dal-su (Choi Bong) and Sang-mun (Choi Myeong-su) are gangster boys who pick pockets. Ae-ran (Do Geum-bong), who works at a bakery, and Gwang-pil have known each other from childhood and are lovers. The three gangster boys rob a US army warehouse, but only Gwang-pil is caught and placed in a juvenile reformatory. Hearing that Ae-ran works as a barmaid, Gwang-pil escapes from the reformatory to see her. While Gwang-pil meets her, he is caught by a cop who has been chasing him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Hurrah! For Freedom
1946-10-22
Hurrah! For Freedom
Overview: Hurrah! For Freedom (aka Viva Freedom) is a 1946 Korean film directed by Choi In-kyu. It was the first film made in the country after achieving independence from Japan. During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1946-10-22
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Yu Gwan-Sun
1959-05-21
Yu Gwan-Sun
Overview: This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese authorities order schools closed temporarily. Yu Gwan-sun (Do Geum-bong) persuades her neighbors to join the national movement, and continues her aggressive struggle against Japanese rule. An independent campaign at Aunae, a market site, is successful with the passionate participation of many people. She is arrested by the Japanese police for leading the campaign and has to endure horrible tortures. But she never gives up her fight, encouraging her cell mates to participate in the movement. She is finally taken to an underground room by the Japanese police and murdered.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-05-21
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A Ghost Story
1964-02-02
A Ghost Story
Overview: This is a horror movie in which a ghost, bearing a grudge, sleeps with a man in order to attain Buddha-hood.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-02
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