Seo Wol-yeong
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 06, 1905
Deathday: February 26, 1973
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Destiny
1927-12-15
Destiny
Overview: The film touches on the tragic impact of the traditional marriage system on young people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1927-12-15
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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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The Unforgettable Song
1927-01-22
The Unforgettable Song
Overview: The main character, a wealthy family man, falls in love at first sight and leaves his wife. In the end, he squanders his fortune and, abandoned by his beloved, tries to return to his ex-wife, but she has already cut her hair in a nun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1927-01-22
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People Who Are Fighting against the Sea
1930-11-08
People Who Are Fighting against the Sea
Overview: The people of Murendo Island make their living by fishing. Once, strangers from the city came to this island and tried to deceive the islanders, taking away their right to free fishing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1930-11-08
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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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An Upstart
1961-07-13
An Upstart
Overview: A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-07-13
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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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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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푸른 언덕
1949-07-29
푸른 언덕
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Genres: Music
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1949-07-29
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Getting Better Life
1933-01-01
Getting Better Life
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Beautiful Devotion
1933-05-26
Beautiful Devotion
Overview: A melodramatic film about a fisherman who disappeared at sea. After many years, he returns and finds out that his wife has a different family. The fisherman does not disturb his beloved wife and secretly leaves his native place.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1933-05-26
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Sea, Talk to Me
1935-01-11
Sea, Talk to Me
Overview: Two fishermen living in a fishing village on the east coast had a son, Yeon-soo, and a daughter, Jung-soon, and they were in love with each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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Her Majesty Yeonghwa
1964-08-15
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Overview: At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-08-15
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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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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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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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Virgin
1939-01-01
Virgin
Overview: A young man who has come from Seoul to the province falls in love with the daughter of a local farmer who stubbornly opposes this love. But, young people love each other, and, in the end, the father is forced to agree to their marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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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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One-sided Love of Princess
1967-07-19
One-sided Love of Princess
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
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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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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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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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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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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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To Love and Swear
1945-07-26
To Love and Swear
Overview: After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-07-26
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A Ghost Story
1964-02-02
A Ghost Story
Overview: This is a horror movie in which a ghost, bearing a grudge, sleeps with a man in order to attain Buddha-hood.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-02
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The Story of Jang-hwa and Heung-ryeon
1956-06-17
The Story of Jang-hwa and Heung-ryeon
Overview: Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon, the daughters of Bae the official governor, die of their stepmother's unfair maltreatment. Jang-hwa's ghost appears in front of a district judge every night begging for clarification of their deaths. The district judge lets the stepmother confess the cause of Jang-hwa's death, and then punishes her. It clears all enmity.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-06-17
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The Martyrs
1965-06-17
The Martyrs
Overview: Out of fourteen ministers taken away by the communist troop, only two come back alive. The mystery behind their survival is at the issue here. Told through one of the survivor's testimony, depicts images of men troubled between the war and the religion. Although laden with anti-Communist notions from the 60's military regime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-06-17
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Lost People
1967-11-17
Lost People
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-11-17
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Lee Chadon
1962-02-05
Lee Chadon
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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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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The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
1964-10-16
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
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Genres: History Music Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-10-16
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The Virgin Star
1956-03-27
The Virgin Star
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-03-27
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The Wedding Day
1956-11-27
The Wedding Day
Overview: Master Maeng is very proud that an influential family will soon be his esteemed in-laws when his loving daughter, Mi-yeon, marries their son. A few days before the wedding Maeng hears a rumor that his future son-in-law has a cripple leg. Regretting that he can't give his lovely daughter to a cripple, he decides to marry his maid to him instead. Unexpectedly the future son-in-law shows up at the wedding hall and he is not a cripple, but a healthy and handsome youth. Feeling embarrassed, there is no way but to wed the maid to him. The Wedding Day is a recreation of A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng, a comical play by Oh Yeong Jin. The first Korean film to win an international film award, the Best Comedy Award at the 1957 edition of the Asian Film Festival (now Asia Pacific Film Festival).
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-11-27
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The Violator
1967-06-15
The Violator
Overview: Cinematized version of Lee Kwang-su's novel, which tells the story of the dream Josin had, a Buddhist monk at Naksan temple in the era of the Three Kingdoms. In his dream, Josin lives in anxiety and agonizes over a woman. In the process, he lives his whole life and becomes enlightened.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-06-15
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My Dear Friend
1928-12-23
My Dear Friend
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1928-12-23
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The Secret of Jina Street
1928-05-25
The Secret of Jina Street
Overview: A melodrama about a daredevil who frees a Korean girl from a village of prostitutes in northern China, Manchuria.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1928-05-25
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A Drifting Story
1960-12-17
A Drifting Story
Overview: This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-12-17
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Soil
1960-01-28
Soil
Overview: Heo Seung, who states that he was “born from soil, will live in soil, and die in soil”, becomes a lawyer in Seoul. However when villagers in his hometown are imprisoned for protesting against Japanese oppression, he decides to return to his village and rediscovers the true way to help his country.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-28
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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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Nameless Stars
1959-10-30
Nameless Stars
Overview: The son of a freedom fighter, Sang-hun is a member of an anti-Japanese resistance group called "Seongjinhoe," composed of students who share a dedication to the cause of liberation. Their spiritual guide is a teacher named Song Un-in. One day, Yeong-ae, whose brother is a detective in the Japanese police force charged with monitoring independence movements, joins their group. Following a series of sporadic incidents, the students gather one night to resolve on an uprising, but are discovered by the police. Young-ae is wrongfully accused of betraying their plans, but she risks her life in order to allow the group members to escape. The morning after, the students of Gwangju rise up against the Japanese government.
Genres: History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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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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Deaf Sam Yong
1964-11-13
Deaf Sam Yong
Overview: Deaf Sam-yong is a 1964 South Korean film directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok. It is based on the 1925 short story of the same title by Na Do-hyang and revolves around the story of a deaf farm hand who is in love with a landlord's daughter-in-law.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-11-13
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