Do Kum-bong
Biography: Do Kum-bong (도금봉) was a South Korean actress whose fame peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. She starred in more than 283 films.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 27, 1930
Deathday: June 03, 2009
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Known For
Where Is Miss Yang?
1976-01-01
Where Is Miss Yang?
Overview: Nan-Hyang runs away from home because she can't bear her inharmonious family where her father is a doctor and her mother is the president of a third rate publishing company. Nan-Hyang meets Jin-Ho and his friend Min-Su and has mutual understandings. Jin-Ho stopped studying temporarily. With them, Nan-Hyang lives at her own way and sometimes deviates from the right path. But, Min-Su's success in exam, who makes efforts in everything, makes her realize self-consciousness. Jin-Ho also returns to the college.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
1961-05-11
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Overview: Iljimae's parents were killed due to a conspiracy when he was young. Many years later he became a chivalrous robber, robbing corrupt officials and helping the poor. He eventually manages in taking revenge for his parents' deaths. But the police start to chase him, and he hides himself at a gisaeng's house. The gisaeng was his ex-fiancee. She also lost her parents to a conspiracy. She begs Iljimae to stay with her, but he leaves to do what he has to.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-05-11
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A Country Girl
1958-10-31
A Country Girl
Overview: Jang Gyeong Ho visits fellow student Kim Dong Hwan's hometown, and falls in love with his sister, Kim Ok Gyeong. Despite Dong Hwan's objections, Ok Gyeong follows Gyeong Ho to Seoul. With his help she finds a job at Dong Il where she works as a secretary for the president, Mr. Oh.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-10-31
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Evergreen Tree
1961-09-20
Evergreen Tree
Overview: 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 their hometown. When they arrive, the pair immediately get to work, Dong-hyuk builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the initiative and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-09-20
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Female Power
1967-06-28
Female Power
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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For My Husband
1963-06-01
For My Husband
Overview: 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 with her son to her parents' house to live there. Some high officials in the court constantly try to harm Sado's son because they don't want him to become king. But Hong's wisdom saved her son, who grows up to become the 22nd king of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-06-01
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964-04-09
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-09
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Her Majesty Yeonghwa
1964-08-15
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Overview: At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-08-15
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The Heartbreaking Story
1964-01-04
The Heartbreaking Story
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-01-04
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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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Escaping Shanghai
1969-05-31
Escaping Shanghai
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Genres: Romance Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-05-31
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Sorry to Give You Trouble
1969-11-28
Sorry to Give You Trouble
Overview: Gu Bong-seo and Kim Hui-gab are good buddies. Bong-seo has no where to go, so he lives at Hui-gab's place. Naturally, Hui-gab often gets into quarrels with his wife, and Bong-seo gets involved to help them reconcile. One day, Bong-seo wins a lottery. He saves Hui-gab from the financial trouble and returns to his hometown with the rest of the money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-11-28
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The Promise
1975-10-03
The Promise
Overview: A scandal from the past of two friends haunts them to the present and may result in the loss of any future happiness
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-10-03
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Have I Come to Cry?
1960-09-11
Have I Come to Cry?
Overview: Tae Hyun, an orphan who grew up in South Korea after his father was killed in North Korea, forms a close bond with Yoon Sik. Tae Hyun falls in love with Yoon Sik's sister, Seong Sil, but they break up for his future. Yoon Sa Jang mentors Tae Hyun in business, and Tae Hyun eventually falls for Yoon Sa Jang's daughter, Ok Kyung. Seong Sil later reunites Tae Hyun with his long-lost mother at his wedding.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-09-11
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A Flower of Evil
1961-03-30
A Flower of Evil
Overview: A doctor of biology succeeds in making a flower of evil. He has dedicated long years to the research for revenge. When he orders, the flower drinks human blood and resumes its shape as a flower. He uses the flower to take his revenge.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-03-30
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Bride from the Grave
1963-06-22
Bride from the Grave
Overview: A new groom becomes suspicious of his bride on the first night of their marriage. Seeing her go out of the room in the middle of the night, he follows her. The bride goes to a cemetery and drinks blood from a body she has exhumed. The bridegroom is so shocked that he dies of heart failure. His friends watch the bride's every move to find out the cause of his death. And they realize that she is a sleepwalker.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-22
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Sell Your Life
1966-07-12
Sell Your Life
Overview: A female zoology student saves a man whose life was so miserable as to choose to die and puts him on her test bed to make him a monster. She makes the monster take his father's revenge one by one. She is crushed to death under a huge building tore down by the monster.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-07-12
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A Neckless Beauty
1966-06-01
A Neckless Beauty
Overview: Right after Korea's liberation, O Yun accidently finds out through Choe Sang-bae about a large amount of gold nuggets Japanese soldiers left behind, O kills many of his colleagues to take all the gold to himself. In the end, a neckless beauty among the dead shows up and takes her revenge on him.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-06-01
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Why a Cuckoo Cries
1967-07-28
Why a Cuckoo Cries
Overview: 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 daughter of a former gisaeng as his daughter-in-law. He matches him instead with the only daughter of another official. Soon, Ok-hwa dies of lovesickness missing Yun so much. The ghost of her appears to Yun, who betrayed her and married another woman, to make him repent for his fault.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-07-28
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The Magical Sword of Skeletal Spirit
1969-01-01
The Magical Sword of Skeletal Spirit
Overview: A man who left his wife to study for a government exam happens to see a drowning woman in a mountain and rescues her. To thank him she takes him home deep in the mountain. He ends up staying with her for years, putting his study behind. But she learns that the woman he saved from the drowning sea was a vampire. Meanwhile his wife finds where her husband is with the Buddha's revelation, kills the vampire and brings him back safely to their home.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Revenge of a Mother
1970-01-01
Revenge of a Mother
Overview: Bong-sam abandons his sick wife Sun-im and young son Gwi-dong for a rich widow named Yeon-wol. Sun-im dies and Gwi-dong is raised by Yeon-wol, who severely abuses young Gwi-dong. Sun-im's soul, which cannot leave this world, stays to protect her son. She asks Yeon-wol to be a good mother to Gwi-dong but Yeon-wol takes no heed, and her abuse continues. Sun-im kills Yeon-wol and asks a wandering monk to take in her son, then leaves for the other world.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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My Sister's Regrets
1971-07-29
My Sister's Regrets
Overview: Dal-Rae's father gets killed by his concubine Seo-Mo, who later entraps Dal-Rae into death, also. But Do-Wun, Dal-Rae's younger brother, continues to study for the state examination in some temple, not knowing his father and sister's death. Dal-Rae's ghost tries to protect her youngest brother Do-Seon from Seo-Mo's intrigue. When Do-Seon was on the verge of being killed, Do-Wun who won the first place in the state examination saves his brother. While Seo-Mo and her evil group gets killed accused of their horrible atrocities, Do-Wun goes to Han Yang with his brother, asking Cheong-Am, his teacher and a great Buddhist monk, to pray for Dal-Rae's soul.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-07-29
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Wanderer
1978-11-17
Wanderer
Overview: One snowy day, a strange woman passes out at Duk-dol's doorsteps. Duk-dol takes care of her and lives with her like a family. It turns out that she hid her husband at the mill and has been bringing him food every night. Her husband is Gwak Pa-ram, the daegeum(flute) master. Duk-dol comes to love the woman but she goes off to her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-11-17
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Flame in Valley
1967-04-22
Flame in Valley
Overview: During the Korean War, a widow living in a village in a mountainous region in the South of the Korean Peninsula that has lost most of its men to the war finds a Communist guerilla gone AWOL hiding in a bamboo grove and develops a relationship with him.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-04-22
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Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
1978-11-16
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
Overview: Heavenly Homecoming of the Stars 2
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-11-16
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A Salt Peddler
1966-06-11
A Salt Peddler
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-06-11
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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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Princess Ok-ran and Hwalbindang
1960-12-02
Princess Ok-ran and Hwalbindang
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Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-12-02
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It Rained Yesterday
1975-01-01
It Rained Yesterday
Overview: Young-Hu and Young-Wuk are half brothers and felt uncertain intimacy even though their personalities are totally different. At the first moment he saw Min-Jeong, Young-Wuk's girl friend, Young-Hu fell in love. He avoided her intentionally but the day his biological mother remarried, he happened to spend a night with her in a complicated feeling. After that Young-Hu got the blues due to sense of guilty and Young-Wuk was despair as Min-Jeong confessed him she loves Young-Hu. As he found Min-Jeong's pregnancy, Young-Hu hated shady new life and made fun of Min-Jeong and himself. Thus enraged Young-Wuk madly drove his car to the running train with Min-Jeong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Story of Chunhyang
1971-01-27
The Story of Chunhyang
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-01-27
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Miss Yang's Adventure
1978-06-03
Miss Yang's Adventure
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-06-03
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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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The Romantic Train
1959-01-01
The Romantic Train
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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The Moral of Youth
1960-07-20
The Moral of Youth
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-07-20
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A Bar without Address
1961-04-27
A Bar without Address
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-04-27
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The Earth
1974-11-23
The Earth
Overview: Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su's family is a grand land lord of the region from generation to generation. His mother Mrs. Yoon gives birth to another son Hwan after she was raped by Kim Gae-Ju when he is 10 years old. Later Hwan becomes a servant of Choi family but he falls in love with Chi-Su's wife and they flee by night. Meanwhile after a reign of 40 years of King Ko Jong, cholera prevails all over the country and years of famine follows it. While people suffer from natural disasters and diseases, one of Chi-Su's maternal relative Cho Jun-Ku and his wife make a plot to take Choi family's enormous wealth and strengthen the foundation for his status. In this chaos some villagers and Seo-Hee, Chi-Su's daughter leave their village for Buk Kan Do.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-11-23
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Heartlessness
1962-12-29
Heartlessness
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-12-29
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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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Seong Chun-hyang
1961-01-28
Seong Chun-hyang
Overview: Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul with his father who's an aristocrat, and the new governor, Byeon Hakdo, covets Chun-hyang because she is the most beautiful girl in town. When Chun-hyang rejects his order to serve him at night, Governor Byeon sends her to jail. In the mean time, Lee passes the state exam and becomes a special undercover agent of the king. He comes back to where Chun-hyang lives to save her and punishes Governor Byeon
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-01-28
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A Petty Middle Manager
1961-05-04
A Petty Middle Manager
Overview: When his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-05-04
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The Public Cemetery Under the Moon
1967-08-25
The Public Cemetery Under the Moon
Overview: Kisaeng Wol-ha marries Kim Han-su, but soon dies because of a false accusation made up by her mother-in-law and very own servant. Now, the ghost of Wol-ha wants revenge!
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-08-25
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A Bloodthirsty Killer
1965-08-12
A Bloodthirsty Killer
Overview: A man happens upon a painting of his long deceased ex-wife, and soon he and his family find themselves reacquainted with her bloodthirsty ghost.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-08-12
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Yeong-ja’s Heydays
1975-02-11
Yeong-ja’s Heydays
Overview: Chang-su recalls the girl whom he loved before he entered the military. At that time she had been working as a housemaid. They meet again years later at a police station and the girl, Yeong-ja reveals that she quit her job after being raped by the son of her employer. Her life got steadily worse until finally she lost an arm in a car accident and had to work as a prostitute to pay for an artificial limb.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-02-11
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Potato
1968-11-15
Potato
Overview: Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocrat and lives a hard life to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-11-15
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Hurricane Sword
1969-11-08
Hurricane Sword
Overview: In director Won-shik Lim's rousing martial arts adventure, sightless orphan Elaine (Mi-ja Sa) embarks on an impassioned journey when she learns that her mother -- who abandoned Elaine years earlier -- may still be alive. On her quest, Elaine, who is a skilled swordswoman, unexpectedly finds herself pitted against a cathouse madam and a brutal crime lord.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-11-08
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The Great Escape from Women's Prison
1976-06-19
The Great Escape from Women's Prison
Overview: Yeong-rim and her mother are imprisoned when she refuses the advances of the village's communist supporter, Bong-ju. Bong-ju gets himself appointed the position of warden where the two are secured and becomes increasingly threatening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-06-19
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An Upstart
1961-07-13
An Upstart
Overview: A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-07-13
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Prince Yeonsan
1961-12-31
Prince Yeonsan
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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Mother and a Guest
1961-08-26
Mother and a Guest
Overview: Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love, but is her support enough to guard their love?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-08-26
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Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969-05-02
Women of Yi-Dynasty
Overview: Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: 'A Daughter-In-Law Is No Better Than A Stranger'--A woman thinks that her daughter-in-law has turned her son against her so she tries to kill the younger woman. Story 3: '7 Grounds For Divorce'--A wife begins an affair with her servant because of her husband's impotency Story 4: 'Prohibit Sex In Court'--A concubine's life is at risk when it is revealed that her infant child is not the king's.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-05-02
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Twilight Train
1957-10-31
Twilight Train
Overview: The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-10-31
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Under the Sky in Seoul
1961-12-15
Under the Sky in Seoul
Overview: 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 by being nasty to his wife and his children. Kim Hyeon-ok, a daughter of a young widow who runs Nahana Beauty Shop, is in love with Choi Du-yeol, an obstetrician across the street. Kim Hak-gyu has great distaste for western medicine, and at the same time, is jealous of the obstetrician. He always gets in the way of Choi Du-yeol. Kim's son, Hyeon-gu, dates Jeom-ryae, a daughter of a bar owner.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-12-15
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Tyrant Yeonsan
1962-02-05
Tyrant Yeonsan
Overview: 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 the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.
Genres: History Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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The Eunuch
1968-12-10
The Eunuch
Overview: 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 palace disguised as a eunuch. They continue to meet in secret until discovered and sentenced to death.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-12-10
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Dongsimcho
1959-07-09
Dongsimcho
Overview: Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-07-09
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Cuckoo's Dolls
1976-05-15
Cuckoo's Dolls
Overview: Keun-Ok, a barmaid, has been brought up in an orphanage after losing her parents in her early childhood. One day, Cho Yong-Jin, the teacher in charge of the bar owner's son, visits the bar to see his pupil. Seeing him Keun-Ok feels love for him and begins to seek his attention. He doesn't dislike her but keeps away from her for several reasons. In the long run, he quits the school and makes every effort to change her life for better one. In the meantime, he finds her working in a hotel as a cleaner. Yong-Jun hugs her tight and decides to marry her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-05-15
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The Extra Mortals
1964-04-11
The Extra Mortals
Overview: In a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people. Cheon was wounded in the war and has fallen into despair. Then there's the dentist, run ragged by his hectic life. They commiserate over each man's lot in life and exchange stories about their love affairs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-11
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When the Buckwheat Blooms
1967-12-15
When the Buckwheat Blooms
Overview: Heo, an itinerary market dealer, had a short and passionate love with a girl called Bun when he was young and still cherishes that memory in his heart. One day, he happens to meet a young market dealer who is left-handed like him. While talking to him, he finds out that the man is actually his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-15
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The Story of Sim Cheong
1962-09-13
The Story of Sim Cheong
Overview: Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
Genres: Fantasy History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-09-13
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A Male Housekeeper
1968-05-01
A Male Housekeeper
Overview: A woman hires a male cook, being afraid that her lewd husband may have an affair with a female cook. Hyeong-gu who thinks about how to collect money for his brother's research starts working in her house. While he serves as a cook there, a lot of funny episodes happen. Finally, his brother finishes his research successfully and he gets out of the house to work for his brother's company as a managing director. He also gets married to a cook maid of the neighbor at the next door. It turns out that the maid is the daughter of the land lore, not a hired servant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-05-01
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Do You Know Kotsuni?
1979-05-25
Do You Know Kotsuni?
Overview: A naive country girl accepts a position in Seoul unaware of how ill-prepared she is in the ways of the world and the free-thinking ways of the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-05-25
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Kongjwi and Patjwi
1967-12-24
Kongjwi and Patjwi
Overview: The traditional Korean story of a Cinderella-like little girl. Kongjwi is a good, hard working girl who lives together with her cruel stepmother and the lazy Patjwi. Eventually kindly spirits arrive and assist Kongjwi escape her miserable home life.
Genres: Family Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-24
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Chang-Su's Heydays
1975-11-28
Chang-Su's Heydays
Overview: A sequel to Yeong-ja's Heydays follows the career of Yeong-ja’s first love, Chang-su, and his faithful love for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-11-28
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A Reluctant Prince
1963-06-01
A Reluctant Prince
Overview: When King Heon-kong falls ill, a power struggle erupts over who will inherit the throne. Tired of all the infighting, the ministers arrange for a branch of the king's family, which had lost all its wealth and was living on remote Ganghwa Island, to inherit. But the heir to the throne is reluctant to leave his island home.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-06-01
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Lady of the Court
1972-07-13
Lady of the Court
Overview: When King Myeong-jong dies, his son takes the throne and the old king's concubines are expelled. One of the concubines becomes pregnant. Believing that only she knows the true father, she claims the unborn child is the former kings and has a claim to the throne. The enemies of the new king, ignoring facts, decide to support her claim and threaten to start a civil war.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-07-13
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The Little Bridegroom's Return
1970-01-01
The Little Bridegroom's Return
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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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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The Ascension of Han-ne
1977-01-01
The Ascension of Han-ne
Overview: In 19th century Korea, a woman is saved from a suicide attempt and brought back to the village of her rescuer. Here, she is regarded with fear and suspicion, with many believing she will bring them bad luck owing to the pronouncements of a corrupt shaman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Lost Sun
1964-09-03
The Lost Sun
Overview: A bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-09-03
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Deaf Sam Yong
1964-11-13
Deaf Sam Yong
Overview: Deaf Sam-yong is a 1964 South Korean film directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok. It is based on the 1925 short story of the same title by Na Do-hyang and revolves around the story of a deaf farm hand who is in love with a landlord's daughter-in-law.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-11-13
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Miss Chicken
1970-01-16
Miss Chicken
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-01-16
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The Twelve Boarders
1979-01-16
The Twelve Boarders
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-01-16
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Love In The Rain
1975-12-13
Love In The Rain
Overview: One rainy day, a young auto-repair shop worker, Cheol, falls in love with the housemaid of a rich family, Young-Hee. Cheol lies to her that he is a college student, and she also conceals what she does. They meet on rainy days only because she has a chance to have a a French-made raincoat. They rendezvous continue, but both of them can hardly find a chance to confess the truth about each other. So they are to split up, but still, they confess the truth to each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-12-13
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Salt Pond
1968-10-19
Salt Pond
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-10-19
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The General in Red Robes
1973-10-13
The General in Red Robes
Overview: General Kwak, despite having retired from military service, organizes a small army to resist the onslaught of an invasion from Japan in the early Chosun Dynasty
Genres: History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-10-13
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Sound of Laughing
1978-10-05
Sound of Laughing
Overview: The hostess Oh Hak-ja has not experienced true love yet. Though outwardly, Hak-ja seems to distrust men, she earnestly thirsts for love. Hak-ja tries to find true love with a young man named Ji Suk-wu but he betrays her. Promising to meet again, Suk-wu goes abroad but Hak-ja falls into despair when he doesn't return.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-10-05
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A Man And a Gisaeng
1969-01-01
A Man And a Gisaeng
Overview: A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his male clients including his former boss, Heo. He earns enough money to clear his gisaeng life and opens his own business with his friend Jeong-hui. Meanwhile his sister tells him that she is getting married. Later he finds out that her future brother in-law is the son of Heo. He doesn't know how to react. But Heo takes the man back to his company.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Trio
1997-05-24
Trio
Overview: Han is a suicidal saxophonist, Mun is a violent simpleton with an I.Q. of 80, and Maria is a single mother with dreams of becoming a nun. Han has tried numerous times to kill himself, but nothing ever works. After witnessing his wife's infidelity, it's the last straw.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1997-05-24
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Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
1963-02-08
Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Overview: Ttosun, a young hard-working woman with a good heart, falls in love with a driver but her father disapproves of the match.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-08
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Romance Papa
1960-01-28
Romance Papa
Overview: 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 to help him save face.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-28
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Even the Clouds Are Drifting
1959-11-05
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Overview: A 10-year old girl in a mining town, separated from her family, keeps a diary which becomes a best-seller.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-11-05
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A Bride on the Second Floor
1968-12-29
A Bride on the Second Floor
Overview: A young bride moves into her husband's family and tries to modernize their lifestyle. Her plans, though, often get discouraged by her mother-in-law, a conservative lady who stresses traditional values. But the bride's father-in-law who understands the charms of her daughter-in-law's modern lifestyle, helps her to get what she wants. Eventually, they become one happy family living a modern lifestyle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-12-29
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A Drifting Story
1960-12-17
A Drifting Story
Overview: This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-12-17
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마포사는 황부자
1965-09-10
마포사는 황부자
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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눈물의 박달재
1970-09-03
눈물의 박달재
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-09-03
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