Kim Il-hae
Biography: Kim Il-hae was a Korean actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 19, 1906
Deathday: July 11, 2004
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Known For
Spring in the Korean Peninsula
1941-11-07
Spring in the Korean Peninsula
Overview: Film producer Lee Yeong-il is introduced to Jeong-hee, his friend's little sister. Unable to find an appropriate slot for her in his movie, he gets her a job in a record company and watches out for her. In time, their love grows deeper. Meanwhile, director Heo Hoon, who is making the film 'The Story of Chun-hyang' with Yeong-il, fires the lead actress of the film, Anna, when she causes too much trouble. Instead, Jeong-hee is hired in her place. Just as Jeong-hee proves herself worthy of the casting and the film-making progresses smoothly, Yeong-il and Heo Hoon face financial difficulties. Yeong-il turns to embezzlement in desperation and is thrown in jail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1941-11-07
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Su-u
1948-08-09
Su-u
Overview: This is a promotional film for the police, in which an investigator calls on a priest to appoint a lawyer to free innocent Seo Yeon, who is accused of killing her smuggling husband, from custody.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1948-08-09
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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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The Sprinkler
1935-03-23
The Sprinkler
Overview: Every morning, after driving his street cleaning car around the city, Seong-chun visits Il-hae's noodle shop. One particular morning, Seong-chun helps Il-hae and his daughter drive away gangsters who were trying to extort money from the business. This earns the honest laborer the gangsters' wrath
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1935-03-23
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King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun
1959-04-10
King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun
Overview: At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men of ability at Samheung school, is deeply impressed by a speech made by An Chang-ho, and heads for Russia to volunteer the army fighting for independence of the country. As both a lieutenant general of the Korean militia and a commander of the Korean expeditionary force in Manchuria, he carries on the independence movement in defiance of Japanese coercion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-04-10
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Spring Wind
1935-11-30
Spring Wind
Overview: The daughter of the boarding house owner and the boarder fall in love with each other. The more their parents oppose, the deeper their love grows. As the opposition from both families grows stronger, they leave the house in search of happiness.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1935-11-30
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Oh Mong-nyeo
1937-01-20
Oh Mong-nyeo
Overview: This literary adaptation tells the story of Oh Mong-nyeo, a young woman living with her stepfather in a seaside village. When men in the village attempt to rape her, she escapes by boat with her boyfriend to seek a better life elsewhere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1937-01-20
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Straits of Pure Heart
1937-04-11
Straits of Pure Heart
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1937-04-11
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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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Heartlessness
1939-03-15
Heartlessness
Overview: Based on the novel of the same title by Kwang-Soo Lee (Yi Kwang-su), published in 'Maeil Shinbo' in 1917. The plot is based on the relationship of three young people - English teacher Hyeong-sik Lee, dancer Young-chae Park and Hyun-soo Kim, the daughter of a wealthy presbyter. Left an orphan in early childhood, Hyeong-sik was brought up in the house of Master Park. From childhood, Park predicted his daughter Young-chae as Hyeong-sik's wife. Master Park was a patriot, and when the Japanese invaders came to power, he was illegally convicted and imprisoned. His daughter Young-chae became a kisaeng to earn money to send packages to the prison. At this time, Hyeong-sik and Young-chae are moving away from each other, and Hyun-soo appears in the life of Hyeong-sik, whom he fell in love with and is going to marry her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-03-15
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New start in life
1939-10-30
New start in life
Overview: Young peasant Seong-bo and his wife, unable to bear the poverty, leave for their hometown. After 20 years of hard work, you will be able to enjoy a more leisurely life. They had two sons. The eldest son, Cheol-su, resembled his father and was a hard worker, but his younger son, Cheol-min, was a playboy. Her mother, who was struggling with her younger son, dies, and her family begins to decline. The father leaves a letter to his two sons and sets out on a hopeless journey. The two sons are shocked and weeping, vowing to make a fresh start.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-10-30
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Light of the Sea
1940-01-01
Light of the Sea
Overview: A pro-Japanese propaganda film designed to inspire Korean fishermen to cooperate with the occupying regime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-01-01
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Narcissus
1940-08-25
Narcissus
Overview: The heroine, a girl of marriageable age named Yu, married a thirteen-year-old fiancé, but he died three years later. Twenty years later, Yu adopts a child from a relative named Dong-gil. Dong-gil's siblings, wishing to inherit his legacy, spread rumors that Yu is having an affair with the village teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1940-08-25
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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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Rural Life
1942-01-01
Rural Life
Overview: An educational film, created with the support of the Governor General of Colonial Korea to encourage ginseng's cultivation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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Look Up at the Blue Sky
1943-04-05
Look Up at the Blue Sky
Overview: A pro-Japanese film showing the bravery of soldiers defending the country and promoting the power of the Japanese Air Force among Korean youth, which teaches students to acquire model aircraft skills to enhance their aviation spirit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-04-05
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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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A Fish Tale
1944-02-24
A Fish Tale
Overview: A whaling vessel hunts its quarry on the open sea while its crew undergoes many hardships. During the course of their journey, they dream of their wives and families and pray for the chance to provide for the loved ones and nation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1944-02-24
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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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There is No Tragedy
1959-08-15
There is No Tragedy
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Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-08-15
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The Tragedy of King Dan Jong
1956-02-12
The Tragedy of King Dan Jong
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-02-12
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Angels on the Street
1941-02-19
Angels on the Street
Overview: Myeong-ja, a flower vendor in Seoul, and her young brother Yong-pil, are orphans who have been taken in by some very bad people. Yong-pil finds refuge in a private orphanage and Myeong-ja takes her chances with a flower customer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1941-02-19
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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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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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