Biography: Born on July 28, 1937, he acted while attending Hanyang University. His film acting began in 1967 with supporting and minor roles in Soil and The Horseman. Afterwards, he appeared in melodramas and historical dramas such as The Princess's Unrequited Love (1967), Longing in Every Heart(1967), To the End of My Life (1968), and Angry Earth (1968). He also tried his hand at film production and produced several films, including the historical drama Rang (1968), but suffered a lot of losses due to poor box office performance. As a Buddhist, he delivers impressive performances in Buddhist films such as Apostasy (1974) and Lotus (1974). Since the 1990s, he has appeared in many TV historical dramas, playing Prince Yangnyeong in Han Myeong-hoe (1994), Ambassador Muhak in Tears of the Dragon (1996), and Jo Young-in in The Age of the Unmanned (2003).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 28, 1937
Deathday: N/A
Popularity:
1969-06-05
Overview:
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-06-05
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1975-03-08
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-03-08
Popularity:
1975-03-08
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-03-08
Popularity:
1967-07-19
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
Popularity:
2022-10-26
Overview: Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2022-10-26
Popularity:
1986-05-15
Overview: 'Nirvana' is a special drama on Buddha's Birthday that aired on KBS 1TV on May 15, 1986. It is a drama that tells the story of a seeker's life of perseverance and the nobility of his spirit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1986-05-15
Popularity:
1986-01-25
Overview: This film seeks to discover the essence of the spirit of seeking salvation through the story of the desperate and lonely pain of a monk wandering for enlightenment and fundamental human problems in his wandering life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1986-01-25
Popularity:
1967-05-18
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-05-18
Popularity:
1968-02-11
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-02-11
Popularity:
1969-11-20
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-11-20
Popularity:
1974-11-09
Overview: Chim-Ae, an orphan, is saved by an old monk of Seo San Temple, Mu Bul Dang while he is wandering in war fires. Then he enters the priesthood and trains himself a mountaineering asceticism. When he becomes an eminent young priest, the last trial to receive the mantle of the preceding abbot applies on him. The old monk sends the fairest of the fair, Myo-Hyang of cottage Ni Am to Chim-Ae to form a connection with her. But Chim-Ae quickly removes his earthly desires towards woman and goes through this hardship by fasting meditation. However the old monk recognizes that love sprouted between two youngsters and shows Chim-Ae the face of transgression which he mentally violated without hesitation to make Chim-Ae and Myo-Hyang go back to mundane existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-11-09
Popularity:
1976-05-15
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
Popularity:
1967-07-20
Overview: An old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter Gye-yeon at a tavern of Hwagye Market, a traditional market located in Gurye, Jeollanam-do. Son of the tavern owner Seong-gi and Gye-yeon love each other, but the madam owner tries to separate them by sending Seon-gi to a temple. The old man comes back to take Gye-yeon and disclose a secret that the tavern owner is in fact his daughter, therefore Seong-gi is his grand son. Frustrated to hear that he cannot love Gye-yeon, Seong-gi goes for a long journey without destination as his ancestors of Namsadang have done.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-07-20
Popularity:
1979-12-07
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-12-07
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