Lee Gi-hong
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1916
Deathday: N/A
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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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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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Seong Chun-hyang
1961-01-28
Seong Chun-hyang
Overview: Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul with his father who's an aristocrat, and the new governor, Byeon Hakdo, covets Chun-hyang because she is the most beautiful girl in town. When Chun-hyang rejects his order to serve him at night, Governor Byeon sends her to jail. In the mean time, Lee passes the state exam and becomes a special undercover agent of the king. He comes back to where Chun-hyang lives to save her and punishes Governor Byeon
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-01-28
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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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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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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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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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Three Generations of Men
1969-12-23
Three Generations of Men
Overview:
Genres: Action Romance Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
1965-09-10
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
Overview: Choi Eun-hee’s directorial debut The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-In-Law is the story of ups and downs of a future daughter-in-law who, due to poverty, married an infant rich groom. A ruined widow’s daughter Jum-soon has no time to rest, as her mother-in-law treats her like a maid, leaving her with all the kitchen chores, house cleaning, grinding grain, and sewing, while the mother-in-law smokes a pipe and nitpicks on her. What allows Jum-soon to endure is her ‘duty as a woman’ taught to her since young and her child husband’s lovable yammering.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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A Returned Man
1960-10-14
A Returned Man
Overview: Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui, in a house filled with beautiful white roses. Not long after hearing the wonderful news that his wife is pregnant, Park Nam-ho is drafted into the war in the Pacific. Posted in the Gwandong army, he survives the battle, though his face is burned. Back home, Gyeong-hui receives a telegram stating that her husband is dead. When she gives birth to their son, Cheol-soo, she goes to live in Seoul. When Nam-woo comes back to the country, he doesn't go to his wife, but rather goes to live in his hometown. On his way home, he encounters a child whose mother is dead, and takes her in as his own daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-10-14
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The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1965-01-01
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
Overview: Queen Min makes regent Prince Daewon withdraw from ruling with the help of the Min Seung-ho Party.
Genres: History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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A Widow
1960-11-05
A Widow
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-11-05
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Princess Ok-ran and Hwalbindang
1960-12-02
Princess Ok-ran and Hwalbindang
Overview:
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-12-02
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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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There is No Tragedy
1959-08-15
There is No Tragedy
Overview:
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-08-15
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Wonsullang
1961-11-18
Wonsullang
Overview:
Genres: Romance War History Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-18
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A Star
1961-04-05
A Star
Overview:
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-04-05
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Heartlessness
1962-12-29
Heartlessness
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-12-29
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Yangsan Province
1955-10-13
Yangsan Province
Overview: The film is a historical melodrama about a high government official who wants to marry a woman who is engaged to marry another man.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1955-10-13
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The Shadowless Pagoda
1957-01-31
The Shadowless Pagoda
Overview: On the eighth of April of King Gyoeng-deok's 10th year of the reign of the Unified Silla Period, Guseulagi, a daughter of Yu Jong, joins the king's parade to Bulguksa Temple, where she meets a stonemason named Asadal from Buyeo. Having a crush on him, she visits Sakyamuni Pagoda, a masonic site; only to find that Asadal had broken down from exhaustion. While she takes care of him, her love for him grows. But Asadal misses his wife who is waiting for him in Buyeo. Meanwhile, Geum Seong who has a crush on Guseulagi, asks his father, Geum Ji, to propose on behalf of him. But Yu Jong is so dissatisfied with Geum Ji because he is a treacherous subject, that he turns down the proposal, instead of hurrying up his daughter's marriage with Gyeongsin, a faithful subject. Asanyeo who has been waiting for her husband Asadal in Buyeo goes to Bulguksa Temple after her father-in-law had died.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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The Bell Tower
1958-08-30
The Bell Tower
Overview: An elderly bell maker reminisces about his life filled with tragedy.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-08-30
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To the Last Day
1960-07-01
To the Last Day
Overview: Captain Kim is grievously wounded in the first days of the war. When the northern troops continue their advance, his wife and small daughters flee south to Taegu, dragging him along in a two-wheel handcart. His wife struggles to keep herself and their surviving daughter alive. Working as a market trader, she meets a kind young man -- who happens to be tall, dark and handsome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-07-01
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Madam White Snake
1960-10-02
Madam White Snake
Overview: A thousand-year-old snake that has transformed itself into a human, Madame White Snake (Choe Eun-hui), falls in love with a young pharmacist named Heo-Seon. Although they encounter difficulties, they are wed, and their love for each other does not change. However, Beophaeseonsa (a Zen priest) and Gwaneumbosal (the Buddhist goddess of mercy) order Madame White Snake, who had transformed into human without being granted permission to do so, to return back to the world of the gods before July 7. Grieving, she prepares to say goodbye to her beloved husband. But before she can return to the world of the gods in time, she falls into a trap set by Dae-yun (Choe Sam), who is attracted to her. Because of the trap, she is not able to keep the promised deadline, and ends up risking her life to save her husband.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-10-02
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