Jeon Gye-hyeon
Biography: Jeon Gye-hyeon (September 28, 1936 - December 20, 2019) was a South-Korean film actress.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 28, 1936
Deathday: December 20, 2019
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Known For
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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한양에서 온 성춘향
1963-10-26
한양에서 온 성춘향
Overview:
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-10-26
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Horizon
1961-01-01
Horizon
Overview:
Genres: Romance Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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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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Sinmungo
1963-09-28
Sinmungo
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-09-28
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964-04-09
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-09
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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
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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Green Rain
1966-06-10
Green Rain
Overview: 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 French ambassador's daughter. They meet only on rainy days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-06-10
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Lady Jang
1961-09-23
Lady Jang
Overview: King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds out what has been going on. He demotes Jang to Bin again and reinstates his Queen. Jang, now vindictive, conspires with her mother to kill the queen and reclaim her place. But the conspiracy is brought to light, and Jang is executed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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The Beautiful Maid
1964-05-15
The Beautiful Maid
Overview: 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 object to their marriage, so she becomes a butt for laugh. At length, the parents get impressed by her good nature and allow them to marry.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-05-15
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Farewell My Love
1970-01-01
Farewell My Love
Overview: Yeong-shin, the son of Shin-ho and Hye-yeong, cannot stop thinking about his mother who left him in his father's care while she went to work in Japan. Meanwhile, his father's business is failing and he finds it increasingly difficult to support his family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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A Regret
1967-08-12
A Regret
Overview: This film is a compilation of three short horror stories. They include a story of a wife ghost who was separated by death with her husband. She met him after praying for meeting a husband for 100 days. The wife ghost finally leads him to death. In the second story, a ghost of a dead wife who is jealousy of her husband's love of a barmaid sets them on fire. In the third, a male ghost tests a chaste woman's will not to be tempted by men.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-08-12
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Ghost Story
1968-05-23
Ghost Story
Overview: An omnibus of the story of three women. In the first, a ghost takes revenge on the man who killed her sister. In story two, a woman decides it's payback time for a sexual predator. The final story tells the tale of a woman's opium addiction leading to a gruesome death.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-23
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The Last Empress
1966-08-18
The Last Empress
Overview: Queen Yun reigned with King Sunjong since she was just 13 years old. She hid the royal seals needed to complete an agreement between Korea and Japan which would lead to Korea's annexation. However, her patriotic display wins her many enemies.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-08-18
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Yeraishang
1966-02-05
Yeraishang
Overview: 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 other. Meanwhile, he becomes a private tutor for a rich family, and his student falls madly in love with him. To convince him to marry their daughter, the rich family throws a party and invites his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-02-05
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The Seaside Village
1965-11-19
The Seaside Village
Overview: A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-11-19
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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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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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Love My Whole Body
1973-03-28
Love My Whole Body
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-03-28
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Lee Chadon
1962-02-05
Lee Chadon
Overview:
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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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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Love
1968-02-11
Love
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-02-11
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A Sad Story of Danjong
1963-01-25
A Sad Story of Danjong
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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Woman of Fire
1971-04-01
Woman of Fire
Overview: The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Homebound
1967-07-27
Homebound
Overview: A writer who was disabled during the Korean War is now contributing a serial to a newspaper. His wife, who once adored him, is tempted by a young man she happens to know. But he overlooks her affair thanking her for her utmost care up until that time. Then the young man asks her to leave with him for a faraway place.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-07-27
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Insect Woman
1972-10-06
Insect Woman
Overview: A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl an allowance.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-10-06
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Confession of an Actress
1967-02-09
Confession of an Actress
Overview: Confession of an Actress is about an actor who was once a famous star. He had a daughter with an actress who he loved when he was young. His daughter became a grownup and he sacrificed himself secretly to make his daughter a star.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-02-09
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Love Me Once Again
1968-07-20
Love Me Once Again
Overview: Hye-yeong had no idea that her lover, Shin-ho, was a married man until Shin-ho's wife and children arrive in town. She leaves him but reappears 8 years later asking him to take responsibilty for their child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-07-20
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Spring, Spring
1969-05-24
Spring, Spring
Overview: Chun-sam is working as a servant at Bong-pil's home to be his future son in-law. His daughter, Jeom-sun has grown enough to get wed. But her father thinks she is too young. But in reality he doesn't want to set her daughter with Chun-sam to begin with. Jeom-sun finds out, and picks up a fight with her father. When Chun-sam decides to play hard on his master, Jeom-sun takes Chun-sam's side.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-05-24
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One-sided Love of Princess
1967-07-19
One-sided Love of Princess
Overview: Sook-kyung, the youngest tomboy princess, loves playing hide and seek with her same-aged court ladies and is extremely curious about the life outside the palace. An opportunity comes for her on queen mother’s birthday celebration. Princess Sook-kyung gets to explore the outside world with the help of her older sister princesses and falls in love with a Seonggyungwan scholar she meets coincidentally. The variety of character twists in this film which is reminiscent of romantic comedies such as Roman Holiday and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The queen mother with a fancy royal costume but wears glasses because of her poor vision, and the court ladies who protect the princess day and night are usually slow and doze off but have the strength to push against male henchmen. The princes outside the palace walls seem like that of a naïve country girl who eats a rice cake at the marketplace because she thinks it’s free.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-07-19
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Nameless Stars
1959-10-30
Nameless Stars
Overview: The son of a freedom fighter, Sang-hun is a member of an anti-Japanese resistance group called "Seongjinhoe," composed of students who share a dedication to the cause of liberation. Their spiritual guide is a teacher named Song Un-in. One day, Yeong-ae, whose brother is a detective in the Japanese police force charged with monitoring independence movements, joins their group. Following a series of sporadic incidents, the students gather one night to resolve on an uprising, but are discovered by the police. Young-ae is wrongfully accused of betraying their plans, but she risks her life in order to allow the group members to escape. The morning after, the students of Gwangju rise up against the Japanese government.
Genres: History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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