Shin Young-kyun
Biography: Shin Young-kyun (born November 6, 1928) is a South Korean actor, film producer, and politician. Shin Young-kyun was born in Pyongsan, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea) in 1928. When he was 10 years old, Shin went to Seoul. While studying dentistry at Seoul National University, he participated in a drama club where he got to know Park Am, Gil Yok-yun, and Lee Nak-hoon, who later became actors and composer. Wikipedia contributors. "Shin Young-kyun." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Nov. 2020. Web. 28 Oct. 2021.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 07, 1928
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
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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Rice
1963-11-16
Rice
Overview: The poor farmers of Muju in Cheonbuk Province cannot get enough water to irrigate their rice. They attempt many times to build a canal to the Geum River, but fail each time. After the military coup of 1962 however, the government gives its full support and helps the villagers succeed
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-11-16
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The Way of Hwarang
1962-09-13
The Way of Hwarang
Overview: His parents captured by the Baekje armies, prince Eo-jin infiltrates the enemy castle alone to seek revenge. His plot is ruined when he falls in love with a princess there and is forced to choose between betraying his parents and nation or the woman he loves.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-09-13
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Azaleas Of My Hometown
1973-09-08
Azaleas Of My Hometown
Overview: Yong-cheol's plans to mary Ok-rim are destroyed by her parents who marry her off to Cheol-ju. Yong-cheol becomes powerful in the business world during the following years and he does his best to make life miserable for Cheol-ju and Ok-rim.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-09-08
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The Eunuch 2
1969-11-15
The Eunuch 2
Overview: After Queen Shin is dethroned, a power struggle erupts among King Jung-jong's concubines who hope to take the queen's place. Song Min-dol, a eunuch who despises the way the court treats him, introduces his sister to the king in the hopes that she can claim the throne. However, he is unaware that by doing so, he has signed her death warrent and unintentionally causes the deaths of everyone he cares about
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-11-15
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Nameless Grass
1966-08-19
Nameless Grass
Overview: A generous businessman is betrayed by a jealous office worker when he marries another woman. The employee takes the company's secrets and sells them to the competition in an effort to destroy his happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-08-19
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The War and an Old Man
1962-08-09
The War and an Old Man
Overview: A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home.
Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-08-09
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Tiger of the Plains
1965-01-16
Tiger of the Plains
Overview: A man called 'Tiger' slips into a Japanese camp to rescue the POW's. While escaping, the group discovers a bridge that is a weak link in the Japanese supply routes. Heedless of their own safety, they set about devising a plot to destroy it.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-01-16
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Wang-geon, the Great
1970-02-06
Wang-geon, the Great
Overview: General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-02-06
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The Three-Day Reign
1973-02-15
The Three-Day Reign
Overview: During the last days of the Yi dynasty, conflict arises between the China-leaning conservatives, and the Western-learning and Japan-leaning reformers over how to rule Korea in the future. The reformer Kim Okgyun helps persuade the king to announce Korea's independence, breaking with China. When a conservative agent informs China, Chinese troops enter Korea and end the reign of independence after three days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-02-15
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Six Daughters
1967-02-09
Six Daughters
Overview: An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as the seven children live throughout the country. During the nation-wide travel, they witness the modernization of Korea and feel satisfied with the children contributing to the national modernization directly or indirectly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-02-09
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A Hero without a Serial Number
1966-03-23
A Hero without a Serial Number
Overview: In around the 1950s. A man in charge of a guerilla unit is hiding in the Masingryeong Mountains. On the other hand, his brother, a high government official in the North Korean Ministry of Defense has his father killed blaming him a reactionary. He suffers greatly from the guilt of killing his father and finally decides to give himself up to his brother's guerilla unit. Tragically, however, he is shot to death on his way to the unit to surrender. At his last breath, in his brothers arms, he gives his brother the logistics secrets of the North Korean army.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-03-23
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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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The Last Flight to Pyongyang
1972-01-01
The Last Flight to Pyongyang
Overview: Major Jo Jin-hyang is assigned to training the air force cadets for dangerous bombing runs to Pyeongyang. His sister, a communication officer, falls in love with one of the cadets despite Jin-hyang's warnings that her lover may not survive even his first mission.
Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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한양에서 온 성춘향
1963-10-26
한양에서 온 성춘향
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Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-10-26
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Five Marines
1961-10-20
Five Marines
Overview: A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the Korean War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-10-20
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A Soldier Speaks after Death
1966-01-21
A Soldier Speaks after Death
Overview:
Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-01-21
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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 Heartbreaking Story
1964-01-04
The Heartbreaking Story
Overview:
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-01-04
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Fading in the Rain
1965-03-11
Fading in the Rain
Overview:
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-03-11
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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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A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
1967-07-01
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Nostalgia
1967-12-08
Nostalgia
Overview:
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-08
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A Man Like the Wind
1968-06-06
A Man Like the Wind
Overview:
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-06-06
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Buddha
1964-02-13
Buddha
Overview: A prince in India learns that his birth was responsible for his mother's death. He makes up his mind to relieve the suffering of his people and begins studying to become a Buddhist priest
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-02-13
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Kinship
1963-10-03
Kinship
Overview: The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Deok-sam nags his son Geo-buk to join the American army. Ok-Mae who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a gisaeng.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-10-03
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Mountain
1967-12-20
Mountain
Overview: A man dedicated to exploring a mining region in the foothills of Mountain Taebaek goes to Seoul to secure investment. On train for Seoul he meets an owner of a cafe. The lady lends her life savings to the man charmed by the strong-willed man. He returns to the mountains, at last finds the mining vein and succeeds in developing one of Korea's biggest mines.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-20
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Naked Love
1970-01-31
Naked Love
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-01-31
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Full Ship
1967-01-20
Full Ship
Overview: A film picturing the lives and adversities of fishermen who live and die in the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-01-20
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The Tiger Moth
1965-11-27
The Tiger Moth
Overview: A young bride becomes the prime suspect in a series of grisly murders. However, her dashing young lawyer decides to come to her rescue and begins his own investigation into the crimes in an effort to clear his client's name.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-11-27
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Herb of Desire
1968-11-23
Herb of Desire
Overview: Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic herb which can save her father's life. In the second story, even death cannot prevent a devoted wife from helping in her husband's success.
Genres: Romance Drama Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-11-23
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The Crying Bird
1971-06-11
The Crying Bird
Overview: Seok-Bong, a lowly man, goes to Seoul to study, but in the end gives up his study. On his way back to his hometown he gets to know Ok-Yeo and makes love to her. Ok-Yeo gets disappointed to know her future spouse is Hwang Seok-Bong, a noble man, not that Seok-Bong she made love to. Hwang drives Seok-Bong away, getting to know Ok-Yeo's relationship with him. Seok-Bong dies on Ok-Yeo's wedding day. On her first night of marriage Ok-Yeo hears Seok-Bong's voice that says she should kill Hwang. Ok-Yeo, stabbing Hwang with a knife, falls over the precipice. Seok-Bong mother Hyeon was laughing crazily there.
Genres: Romance Drama Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-06-11
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Horror in the Underworld
1971-06-25
Horror in the Underworld
Overview: Mi-Hye and Mi-Ran sisters get to inherit 100,000 dollars from their long lost father. The next day Mi-Hye's lover Baek Seung-Ji finds that Mi-Ran got killed, which makes him a suspect of the crime. To prove he is innocent, Seung-Ji investigates the murder. Soon it turns out that a band of North Korean agents including Dr. Kim, Mi-Ran and Mi-Hye planned to kidnap Seung-Ji who worked as a cipher officer in the military. The police arrest all the North Korean agents who were on the verge of kidnapping Seung-Ji.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-06-25
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Though There was No Vow
Though There was No Vow
Overview: To save her father's bankrupt business, Eun-hui leaves her lover Ji-hun and marries Yu, a rich businessman. However, their marriage is working well. Ji-hun pleads and begs Eun-hui to come back to him and even threatens Yu to let her go. Yu fires a shotgun to Ji-hun, injuring him. As Eun-hui's distressed father has a serious car accident she returns to her husband, following her father's wish.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
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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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The King with My Face
1967-07-04
The King with My Face
Overview: THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-07-04
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Pagoda of No Shadow
1970-04-23
Pagoda of No Shadow
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-04-23
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A Widow
1960-11-05
A Widow
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-11-05
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Revenge
1962-10-24
Revenge
Overview:
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-10-24
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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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The Last Woman of Shang
1964-09-12
The Last Woman of Shang
Overview: In order to exact revenge upon him, a young woman (Lin Dai) marries the Emperor Chou (Shin Young-kyun), who killed her father.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-09-12
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Saint and Witch
1969-05-10
Saint and Witch
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-05-10
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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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King Dongmyeong
1962-11-03
King Dongmyeong
Overview:
Genres: History Action Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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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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Great King Sejo
1970-12-15
Great King Sejo
Overview:
Genres: History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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Prince Daewon
1968-04-12
Prince Daewon
Overview: When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-04-12
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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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Ah! Baekbeom Kim Ku
1960-05-24
Ah! Baekbeom Kim Ku
Overview: Kim Chang-su, who participated in the Donghak Movement, escapes to Manchuria after being chased by the Japanese army, finally making his way home. Angered by the assassination of Empress Myeong-seong, he murders a Japanese lieutenant and is sent to jail. He escapes from prison turns his focus on the democratic movement by teaching civilians and organizing Sinminheo (a democratic organization), even changing his name to 'Kim Gu.' After he is imprisoned again, he gets out on parole and goes to China, where he participates in establishing a provisional government from which he can direct the anti-Japanese struggle. Kim Gu goes on to play a part in Yun Bong-gil's deeds in Shanghai, the events at Hongkou Park, the encounter with Jiang Jish, and the establishment of the Korean National Army, and leads the struggle for Korea's independence with warm fraternal love and clear national spirit. When Korea is liberated in August 15, 1945, he returns back to his native land.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-05-24
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Temptatio
1969-12-06
Temptatio
Overview: Yeong-mi swears that she will revenge herself against Ku Yeon-su after he ruins her family. First she gains his trust and eventually moves in with him. Then she sets her plans of his destruction in motion.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-12-06
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A Water Mill
1966-11-10
A Water Mill
Overview: There is a poor farmer couple. The landowner, an old man, covetous of the tenant's wife, tries to seduce her and sometimes threatens her. The wife spends every night with the old man at the water mill. Her husband, hearing the news, runs to the water mill and witnesses them together. He picks up the sickle that was placed near and kills his wife. The landowner escapes and the farmer gets arrested by a Japanese policeman.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-11-10
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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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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 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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When Acacias Bloom
1962-06-06
When Acacias Bloom
Overview: A man assists a woman in danger, but through her actions, she unintentionally causes his death. Everyone in the village knows that she visits his tomb every spring, but no one knows the details of her story.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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Bound by Chastity Rule
1962-12-13
Bound by Chastity Rule
Overview: The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-12-13
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Red Scarf
1964-03-26
Red Scarf
Overview: South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Genres: Action War Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-03-26
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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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The Coachman
1961-02-15
The Coachman
Overview: A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete. The children are experiencing difficulties as well. The eldest son has flunked the bar exam twice and is not hopeful of passing it a third time to become a lawyer. The eldest daughter is mute and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to pose as a rich university student to move up in life. The youngest son has a penchant for petty theft.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-02-15
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Love Affair
1963-01-25
Love Affair
Overview: When two wives realize that their wealthy and otherwise upstanding husbands have mistresses, they invite the 'other women' to stay in their houses for awhile. Realizing that they are breaking up happy families, the girls eventually agree to give up the married men.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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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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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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Conqueror
1963-09-28
Conqueror
Overview: Korean guerrillas fight against the Japanese as the latter try to invade China through Manchuria.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-09-28
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The Homeless Wanderer
1968-06-27
The Homeless Wanderer
Overview: A Manchurian Action movie modeled on George Stevens' "Shane."
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-06-27
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The Violator
1967-06-15
The Violator
Overview: Cinematized version of Lee Kwang-su's novel, which tells the story of the dream Josin had, a Buddhist monk at Naksan temple in the era of the Three Kingdoms. In his dream, Josin lives in anxiety and agonizes over a woman. In the process, he lives his whole life and becomes enlightened.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-06-15
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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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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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Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
1965-05-05
Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
Overview: Lee, Yun-bok in his fourth grade lives in a poor family. His father is indulged in gambling, and his mother, who can no longer tolerate the cruelty of her husband, leaves home. Yet, Yun-bok comforts his younger brothers, makes a poor living by shining shoes, and keeps his journal everyday.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-05-05
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Leaving in the rain
1971-11-27
Leaving in the rain
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-11-27
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Mi-ae
1970-02-21
Mi-ae
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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Glory of Barefoot
1968-05-08
Glory of Barefoot
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-05-08
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Love Me Once Again 2
1969-03-21
Love Me Once Again 2
Overview: Hye-yeong reclaims her son from the boy's father and moves back to Seoul where she starts a business with money that she believes came from her brother. It is, in fact, from Shin-ho--her ex-lover. Shin-ho is driven to backruptcy because of his generousity and his wife pleads with Hye-yeong to leave Seoul for the sake of her husband's piece of mind.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-03-21
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Market
1965-12-16
Market
Overview: Bok-nyeo, a mentally handicapped woman, supports her lazy husband by selling apples at the public marketplace. When her husband abandons her for another woman, another man who sympathizes with Bok-nyeo, kills him
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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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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Once More, for Love
1971-02-06
Once More, for Love
Overview: Hye-yeong, now a financial success, returns from Germany to visit Shin-ho and his wife. She finds them in anguish over their son, Yeong-gyu, who was crippled in a recent fall. Hye-yeong pleads with the stubborn parents to allow her to take the boy to Germany for surgery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-02-06
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North and South
1965-01-01
North and South
Overview: Based on a radio drama, this wartime melodrama revolves around a woman caught between two men: her husband, a South Korean lieutenant, and her former lover, a North Korean officer who defects to come find her. The film portrays not only their tragic love triangle but also the empathetic bond that develops between the two men.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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A Public Prosecutor and a Teacher
1948-06-05
A Public Prosecutor and a Teacher
Overview: A female teacher gives shelter to an escaped convict, but her husband, misconstruing her intentions, reacts violently and accidentally stabs himself to death in the process. The teacher is charged with her husband's murder, but fortunately the prosecutor on the case is a former student of hers, of whom she had taken painstaking care when she was working at an elementary school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1948-06-05
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