Kim Seok-hun
Biography: Kim Seok-hun (김석훈) is a South Korean film actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 08, 1929
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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Legend of Ssarigol
1967-11-23
Legend of Ssarigol
Overview: During the Korean War (1950~1953) Second Lieutenant Kim asks an old citizen Gang of Ssarigol village to hide seven stranglers of his unit, and then he leaves to follow his ranks. An armed force official from the North side, who used to be a farm servant of the town, enters the town with armed forces and threatens the town members to hand the hidden soldiers of the South side over to them. The seven South Korean soldiers cannot but to start a combat with the North Korean soldiers. By the time, Second Lieutenant Kim's unit arrives at the town to help them to defeat the enemy. Ssarigol restores peace as usual.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-11-23
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Chun Hui
1959-05-01
Chun Hui
Overview: A young man is in love with a waitress, but his father opposes their relationship. The father approaches the waitress telling her that if she truly loved his son, she would abandon him. She submits to the father's wish, though she is dying from tuberculosis.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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A Wanted Man
1961-06-23
A Wanted Man
Overview: In order to gain revenge on the killers of his parents, a man joins an organized crime ring as a hit man. The brutality of his slayings in his quest for vengeance makes him a man that the police desperately want to collar. ※ Only the first 32 minutes of the film currently exist today. The plot summary has been added in the form of title cards to aid the viewing experience.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-06-23
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The Sea Knows
1961-11-10
The Sea Knows
Overview: A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-10
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Fighting Lions
1962-10-11
Fighting Lions
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Genres: Action War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-10-11
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Horizon
1961-01-01
Horizon
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Genres: Romance Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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A Sad Pastorale
1960-01-01
A Sad Pastorale
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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The Regular Tardy Student
1964-04-30
The Regular Tardy Student
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-30
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Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966-06-13
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Overview: After her father, failed at stock investment and was shocked to death, a girl enters a textile factory and supports her family. But living on her small salary and repaying her father's debt is too difficult for her. In the end, she tries to kill herself together with her young brother. But only her brother dies, and she, who survives, stands at the bar guilty of patricide. She deserves the death penalty, but the court takes into consideration her circumstances and is generous enough to open up a new road for her to start again. A real-life story.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-06-13
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Secret Executioners
1982-03-18
Secret Executioners
Overview: The story centres around various gang related tribulations plus a long running feud between a scruffy looking detective who spends the entire film shivering as though suffering from Heroin withdrawal symptoms(!) and Hwang who plays his old friend who has clearly landed on the wrong side of the tracks as it were and is now head of a gang called the Yellow Tigers. Throw into this mix a sub plot involving the lucrative ownership of a night club, a woman searching for her missing sister and of course the newly edited in footage which details the hired goons fighting on behalf of the gangs
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1982-03-18
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Prosecutor Min and a Female Teacher
1966-01-01
Prosecutor Min and a Female Teacher
Overview: Jangson, a devoted student to Teacher Park, overcomes hardship to support his ailing grandmother. Teacher Park's life takes a tragic turn due to rumors of an affair and an accidental death. In a powerful twist, Jangson quits his prosecutor job to become her defense lawyer, ultimately clearing her of the murder charge. The film conveys a message of mutual support and the power of warmth in challenging times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Grudge
1968-01-30
Grudge
Overview: The film deals with three different episodes. The first one deals with a story of an artist and a daughter of a noble scholar; the second about the life of a talented flutist and his love; the third about the story of love between a ceramicist who was commissioned to make a ceramic for the royal family and his wife.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-30
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Regret
1969-10-08
Regret
Overview: Dr. Go, an authority in botany, lives in Buldang Village. His house is haunted by the ghost of Ok-nyeo, who has loved his friend, Choe Seong-ho. She has been killed unjustly, and the ghost comes to Dr. Go every night, asking for fresh blood from young women. One day, Jeong-ju, the daughter of Choe Seong-ho and a student of botany, comes to the region with boyfriend Chang-il to collect samples. Dr. Go is possessed by Ok-nyeo and tries to kill Jeong-ju, but Chang-il saves her. When Dr. Go comes back to his mind, everything turns out to be his dream.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-10-08
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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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A Girl of White Hair
1967-01-01
A Girl of White Hair
Overview: A villa keeper maid is defiled her chastity by her master, a rich man who owns a big company, and even gets killed. Her departed soul does not leave this world and takes a revenge on his family members by tormenting them one by one into death. The vendetta ends when her mother kills the master.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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The Devil and the Beauty
1969-10-28
The Devil and the Beauty
Overview: When a doctor's beloved wife passes away, he puts her in a glass tub and revives her by injecting fresh blood to her every night. In return, he has to kill a number of other lives, including one of his friends. The victim's daughter suspects the death of her father and gets a job as a nurse at the doctor's office. She discovers the terrible secret and takes revenge for her father.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-10-28
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Woman's Cry at Snowy Night
1972-05-19
Woman's Cry at Snowy Night
Overview: A woman evil appears to a Japanese feudal lord Mori and kills his son and kidnaps his daughter. He follows the evil but the evil's trick leads his daughter to be killed. Wounded Mori meets a monk who saves him. During Toyotomi invasion long time ago, Mori turned down his staff's advice to attack Korean commanders and woman evil. His men and villagers leave town to avoid the evil. Mori kills his wife by mistake while he runs after that evil. As the monk who knows everything comes to him, Mori admits regretting his faults and leaves for Korea to make sacrifice.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-05-19
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Farewell to the Duman River
1962-04-02
Farewell to the Duman River
Overview: Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River.
Genres: Action War Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-04-02
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Happy Solitude
1963-01-01
Happy Solitude
Overview: The film is based on the true story of a Japanese woman who married a Korean man against the opposition of her natal family. She leaves Japan in pursuit of love and settles in Korea with her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Body is Sad
1962-01-01
Body is Sad
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Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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A Traveler with Love
1977-08-18
A Traveler with Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1977-08-18
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A Cross of Love
1959-07-30
A Cross of Love
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-07-30
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The River of Temptation
1958-10-30
The River of Temptation
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-10-30
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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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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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A Sister's Garden
1959-10-01
A Sister's Garden
Overview: Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter named Dong-su (Nam Gung-won). Jeong-hui is at risk of losing her house due to her father's debt, and a young physician Sun-cheol (Kim Seok-hun) who received his college education with the financial support of Dr. Nam, helps her by selling his own house. Despite his love for her, Sun-cheol cannot express his feelings because he knows of the request in her father's will. When Jeong-hui looks for a job to support her family, Bang, whom Dr. Nam once cured, offers her a position of saloon madam. Meanwhile, her younger sister Myeong-hui (Choe Ji-hui) promises Dong-su her hand in marriage. Jeong-hui, now running the saloon, wishes them happiness. It is only when she gets a proposal from Bang and decides to accept it that Sun-cheol confesses his love for her. Moved by Sun-cheol's true affection for her, Bang gives her up, and Sun-cheol and Jeong-hui exchange vows of marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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The Green Pine Tree
1983-08-27
The Green Pine Tree
Overview: In 1910, Korea suffers the humiliation of being annexed by Japan. Young patriots form an independence group called Bukrogun Jeongseo. General Kim Jwa-jin as well as freedom fighters such as Lee Bum-suk, Na Jung-jo are burning with nationalistic spirit. Japan takes over Manchuria. In order to destroy the freedom fighters, Japan employs the Manchurian bandit, Jang Jak-rim, and starts plotting their destruction. Risking their lives, the freedom fighters engage in a bloody battle at Chungsan-ri under the extraordinary leadership and burning patriotism of General Kim Jwa-jin. Despite being greatly outnumbered, the freedom fighters are triumphant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1983-08-27
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A Woman Judge
1962-11-03
A Woman Judge
Overview: The newly-restored film by one of Korea's first female director follows a female judge's struggles in balancing her duties as a mother and a public official.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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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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Wife's Confession
1964-10-29
Wife's Confession
Overview: The professors' wife lives as abused mentally by her husband. One day the couple goes climbing with a young man, who works for a pharmaceutical company and often visits them on business. While they scales a cliff holding a rope, her husband under them loses his footing and falls down. When they all are about to fall, she cut the rope, so the husband died in a fall. She stands at the bar, but the court decides the case is an emergency evacuation. So she obtains an acquittal, but murderous intent in her mind must work on her.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-10-29
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Woman Who Lives On Nights
1985-09-07
Woman Who Lives On Nights
Overview: Due to his burning ambitions, Wang Ju-ho, CEO of a construction firm, uses corrupt means to pursue a redevelopment construction deal. His friend Im Seon-hak and daughter Mi-suk live on the construction site. Ju-ho's daughter, Hye-young, runs away from a marriage her father arranged to expand his business. With the help of her friend Mi-suk, Hye-young is also living with them. In a desperate effort for business profit, Ju-ho's henchman sets Seon-hak's house on fire. Hye-young is severely burned in the fire. To cover up his crime, Ju-ho's henchman tries to rape Mi-suk. But he gets caught in the process and confesses everything. Ju-ho gets a lawyer and tries to avoid punishment. But when he finds out about what has happened to his only daughter, Ju-ho willingly takes responsibility for his crimes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1985-09-07
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Rulers of the Land
1963-01-25
Rulers of the Land
Overview: In Manchuria, some a group of Korean guerrillas joins forces with the Chinese Nationalist Army to free some prisoners of war from the Japanese Imperialist Army.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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The Great Plain
1963-08-15
The Great Plain
Overview: During the colonial period, some Korean students give up their studies to fight the Japanese in Manchuria.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-08-15
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The Soviet-Manchurian Border
1964-12-05
The Soviet-Manchurian Border
Overview: Clashes between Korean Independence fighters, the retreating Japanese military, the Soviet Army, and bandits at the end of WWII.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-12-05
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Genealogy
1979-09-14
Genealogy
Overview: During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-09-14
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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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Bumpkin Oh-bok
1961-11-11
Bumpkin Oh-bok
Overview: Kind-hearted country bumpkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-11
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팔도가시나이
1970-05-07
팔도가시나이
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-05-07
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연합전선
1967-12-31
연합전선
Overview:
Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-31
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