Choi Woon-bong
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 05, 1915
Deathday: July 07, 1980
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Known For
The Miss of Guerrillas
1954-01-01
The Miss of Guerrillas
Overview: Against the backdrop of the time when North Korea was fighting the war for the liberation of the Korean peninsula (1950-1953), the main character, Ok-khi Cho, participates in a guerrilla war in a village occupied by the American military.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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A Hometown in Heart
1949-02-09
A Hometown in Heart
Overview: An orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives there to mourn her recently deceased son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1949-02-09
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The Han River
1938-05-06
The Han River
Overview: The film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son. Park No-in (Yoon Bong-chun) is a boatman who believes in his profession. He intends to pass the ferry he inherited from his ancestors to his son (Lee Geum-ryong). But he doesn't want to be a boatman. When his father's compulsion grows stronger, one night he goes out alone to the riverside, caresses the oar stained by his father's hands, and then abruptly leaves.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1938-05-06
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The Story of Chun-hyang
1935-10-04
The Story of Chun-hyang
Overview: Chun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father, Byeon Hak-do, the newly appointed magistrate, attempts to take Chun-hyang. Chun-hyang rejects his pleas for her to come serve him and he throws her in jail. Meanwhile, Lee Mong-ryong becomes an undercover detective after placing first on his national exam and goes to Namwon to arrest Byeon Hak-do and rescue Chun-hyang.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Tuition
1940-04-29
Tuition
Overview: A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-04-29
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Dawn of the Mountain Village
1940-11-08
Dawn of the Mountain Village
Overview: An educational film about how a backward impoverished village was able to prosper thanks to the initiative of the village youth who began to grow tobacco.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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The Road of Happiness
1956-12-31
The Road of Happiness
Overview: The film tells about the life and struggle of the Korean peasants living on the Phundekber plain, near the 38th parallel, against the Americans and the Lisinman people. The film is set in 1950.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-12-31
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Impressive Diary
1945-01-01
Impressive Diary
Overview: A pro-Japanese film showing documentary footage of a dance troupe made up of Koreans comforting Koreans and their families during conscription on the Japanese mainland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Alter for a Tutelary Deity
1939-09-25
Alter for a Tutelary Deity
Overview: A couple lived in the mountains of Dume who were grilling charcoal. Although it was a poor life, Hyun-bo (Choi Woon-bong) was happy whenever he saw his wife (Hyun Soon-young). Her wife had a small dream to try on a pair of white rubber shoes. Her husband buys her rubber shoes by selling charcoal to the marketplace to please her wife. At that time, the forest supervisor (Jeon Taek-i) sees her beautiful Hyun Soon-young and tries to rape her. Hyeon-bo, who witnessed the scene, kills the forest supervisor with an axe. Looking at her husband's back as she was being dragged away by the police, Soon-young's long-awaited white rubber shoes were in her hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-09-25
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I Will Die Under My Flag
1939-09-09
I Will Die Under My Flag
Overview: Pro-Japanese propaganda film to educate the people in Korea. The old man, convinced that "the expansion of production is the duty of the entire population," faints while alone carrying water to the family's rice field. At the request of the old man to spare no effort to expand production to help the emperor, the women gather together to carry water to the old man's field.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-09-09
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君と僕
1941-11-15
君と僕
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-11-15
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At Nine O'Clock
1958-01-01
At Nine O'Clock
Overview: About how spies made their way to the plant where Geum Sam works and how they, using some facts from his biography, want to force this person to help them in their criminal activities.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Scouts
1953-01-01
Scouts
Overview: The film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee, deputy chief of the reconnaissance division, which went behind enemy lines.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Goodbye
1958-06-30
Goodbye
Overview: Based on the story of the same name by Han Sorya, which tells one of the pages of the life of South Korean youth - her struggle against external interference and for the unification of the peoples of South and North Korea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-06-30
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I can see the Big Dipper
1959-05-01
I can see the Big Dipper
Overview: About the plight of poor man Dek Sam and his daughter Bok Sir, expelled from the north of Korea by supporters of the South Korean regime of Singman Ri, who, like thousands of other unemployed, are doomed to terrible hardships and poverty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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Village People
1957-07-12
Village People
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-07-12
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The Newlyweds
1955-08-02
The Newlyweds
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1955-08-02
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Brothers
1957-08-23
Brothers
Overview: Story of two brothers, stayed in different parts of Korea. Elder one works on recovery of electric plant. Younger brother comes back to native town with sabotage task.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1957-08-23
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Mt. Baekdu can be seen everywhere
1956-12-27
Mt. Baekdu can be seen everywhere
Overview: A screen adaptation of the novel by North Korean writer Yong Song. On the anti-Japanese partisan struggle of the Korean partisans in the 1930s.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-12-27
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Garden of Victory
1940-11-15
Garden of Victory
Overview: A propaganda film used by the Japanese military to recruit young Korean men as soldiers to defend the northwest border from possible Chinese attacks during World War II
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-11-15
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Son of the Motherland
1956-01-01
Son of the Motherland
Overview: The story of a Korean who, since childhood, lived under the rule of Japanese invaders. During the Korean War, the hero devotes all his strength to the fight against the aggressors, worthily serving the homeland he loves.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Frontier
1939-05-20
Frontier
Overview: The border smuggler leader Lee Geum-ryong had a sweetheart Kim So-young, who was only looking for a chance to escape. Geum-ryong's subordinate, Jeon Taek-i, is in love with So-yeong, but helps So-yeong to escape from the smuggling lair. Geumryong's gang pursues and a fight breaks out, and Jeon-taek uses all his might to defeat the gang and crosses the border with So-yeong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-05-20
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Return Spot
1939-01-01
Return Spot
Overview: Simple school teachers Koh Young-woo and Choi Il-yeop love each other and do their best to teach the illiterate. However, he is despised by the village elders. Seeing that their will does not waver at all, the village elders understand and cooperate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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Obituary
1938-09-20
Obituary
Overview: Seong-jae, a maid of Yeong-dal's house, lives with her daughter Soon-i. Her neighboring village, Seok-ju, loves Soon-i. However, as Yeong-dal's scheme makes it difficult to make a living for sewing, Soon-i becomes Yeong-dal's concubine. Sewing, who saved her foundation thanks to her daughter, opened the tavern she had always dreamed of. However, Soon-i leaves a letter without saying a word and she leaves for Pyongyang. After a while, a large sum of 150 won was remitted from her Soon-i. There she became a whore. When Seong-bong learns of her, he takes her Seok-ju and goes to find her. However, the way to pay off her 500 won debt was vague. On a rainy night, Seong-joo robs her pawnshop and gives Seok-joo a bundle of stolen money and collapses. But it was a piece of her newspaper and she felt relieved that she was freed from sin. In front of Se-bong, the happy wedding scene between Seok-ju and Soon-i comes to mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1938-09-20
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My University Is a Factory
1961-06-01
My University Is a Factory
Overview: After graduating from school, the young man came to work at the factory, although he wanted to become a writer. He understood the importance of industrial studies and began to write good essays about factory comrades.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-06-01
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I Will Go
1942-01-01
I Will Go
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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A Song in the Year of Abundance
1942-01-14
A Song in the Year of Abundance
Overview: In the previous year, the harvest had been very poor and many farmers starved durng the winter. With the new growing season, it looks as if the harvest will again be bad because of a lack of rain. Young, idealistic farmer Eun-gi asks rich Kim Han to share his bounty, but the request is refused. Eun-gi's rightous fury is turned to rain by the heavens, giving the poor farmers a cause to celebrate
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1942-01-14
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Wakaki sugata
1943-12-01
Wakaki sugata
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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Children of the Sun
1944-11-04
Children of the Sun
Overview: A pro-Japanese film in which a teacher at a school in an island village gives her students a comprehensive education, encouraging them to also volunteer to enlist in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1944-11-04
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Straits of Chosun
1943-06-06
Straits of Chosun
Overview: A Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1943-06-06
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Dear Soldier
1944-06-16
Dear Soldier
Overview: Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1944-06-16
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我れらの戰爭
1945-01-01
我れらの戰爭
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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A New Oath
1947-06-28
A New Oath
Overview: Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the injustice and corrupt customs and rebuild the devastated village with the help of the village girls.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1947-06-28
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The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946-09-07
The Adventure of Ttolttori
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1946-09-07
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Volunteer
1941-02-08
Volunteer
Overview: A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1941-02-08
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My Daughter-in-law, My Son-in-law
1958-04-30
My Daughter-in-law, My Son-in-law
Overview: The film tells a funny story about how two old men, wanting to meet their son-in-law and daughter-in-law, travel from the village to Pyongyang and find themselves in a funny and confusing situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-04-30
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Young Captain
1958-07-01
Young Captain
Overview: How schoolboy Yoon Ho and his friend Seung Mo are looking for the grave of his brother who died during the struggle of the Korean people for their independence. The film tells about the guys' adventures during these searches.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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Defenders of the native land
1952-01-01
Defenders of the native land
Overview: The plot revolves around a pair of hunters, Moonil Lee and Sun-deok Kim, who wage an armed struggle to defend their homeland during the war on the Korean Peninsula (1950-1953).
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Pioneer honor
1959-02-01
Pioneer honor
Overview: The story of how the pioneers helped to hide the equipment of the mine where gold was mined from the enemy, and thereby disrupted the restoration of the work.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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