Jang Dong-hwi
Also Known As: 장동휘, 張東輝, Jang Dong-hee, Jang Dong-he
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Incheon, South Korea
Adult: No
Birthday: June 22, 1920
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 02, 2005
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Bonanza
Overview: A young sailor arrives in Busan Harbour; an outrageous-looking, woolly bear of a man appears in downtown Busan with a shotgun over one shoulder, a heavy knapsack thrown over the other; a tough-looking young woman joins her friend in robbing a naïve fat man in a suit. The strands of character and story will slowly converge, well after the audience, tuned to the coincidences and mistaken identities of melodrama, has recognised that these three have a shared history and are fated to meet and reconcile.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-06-01
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Living in the Sky
Overview: The film, which was shot to promote the Korean air force team, depicts the story of air force students who are assigned to their base after hard training.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-10-02
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Soldiers of YMS504
Overview: YMS 504 was one of the best light war vessels of South Korean navy at the time of the Korean War (1950-1953). When the war breaks out, the ship ventures over the enemy's line and blows up an enemy fortress. And on its way back, it also sinks a boat of the enemy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-09-02
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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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Fighting Lions
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Genres: Action War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-10-11
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Horizon
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Genres: Romance Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Man Is Not Popular
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-04-25
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The Result of the Ambition
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Genres: Romance Crime Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-03-07
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-09
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Sinmungo
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Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-09-28
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The Heartbreaking Story
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-01-04
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Marine Battleground
Overview: A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-04-11
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Eagle of Wild Field
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Genres: Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Snowing on Grudge Street
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-01-27
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Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-04-21
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Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Overview: An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-06-04
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Weeds
Overview: A depiction of the life and fate of a physically weak woman who has strong maternal love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-11-21
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Three Generations of Men
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Genres: Action Romance Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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A Woman Pursued
Overview: At the death of her father, A-mi returns to Korea and realises he was implicated in the theft of a chest full of gold bars. She then becomes the target of a criminal organisation.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-07-26
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Rain Outside the Porthole
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-10-02
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Lady Jang
Overview: King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds out what has been going on. He demotes Jang to Bin again and reinstates his Queen. Jang, now vindictive, conspires with her mother to kill the queen and reclaim her place. But the conspiracy is brought to light, and Jang is executed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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Break Up The Chain
Overview: Cheol-Su, an assassin disguised as a patriot, Tae-Ho, a gangster, and Dal-Gun, a spy, are kind of people who can turn their backs from each other for the sake of their own interests. Now they are cooperating to find a golden Buddhist statue. They gets to think about the nation's wellbeing during their search for the statue, and decide to fight for their mother land, returning the statue to Lance.
Genres: Action Western War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-11-25
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School Excursion
Overview: A school teacher on a remote island has to convince skeptical parents to allow him to take his class of young children to Seoul to experience modern, urban civilization for the first time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-01-23
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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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Descendants of Cain
Overview: Shortly after Korea gained independence from Japan (1945), North Koreans decide to extort civilians' property in the name of revolutionalizing its land and settle class struggles for proletariats. The film depicts an anti North-Korean concept, detailing the country's situation after the independence. South Korea's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-06-01
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선배
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-03-15
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Assassin
Overview: Infighting breaks out between factions of the Communist Party over whether to back the U.N. Trusteeship under which the Korean Peninsula is to be divided between U.S. and Soviet control. One faction hires a hit man to kill the leader of the opposing faction. The hit man is known as the best in his field, yet is also known for having a heart.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-01-16
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Three Women Under the Umbrella
Overview: Yu Mi-young, an ordinary housewife, loses her husband in a car accident. Two women come to his funeral and she is raged with his betrayal. She finds out in his diary that it wasn't an accident and plans a revenge against the two women, Sin-ae and Su-mi.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1980-03-08
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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 Woman Coming in Fall
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Genres: Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-22
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A Revival
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Rebirth
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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Betrayal
Overview: To prevent an investigation into a fraudulent bidding case, Woorim Engineering & Construction drives accounting manager Park Sun-dal to commit suicide under the condition that 30 million won be given to the bereaved families. Seong-Hoon (Shin Seong-Il), an employee at Woorim Construction who went to Busan to confirm Manager Park's suicide, meets a woman named Ji-Won (Eom Aing-Ran) on his way to Seoul. When Seong-hoon finds out that Ji-won is the mistress of Hong Man-seok (Jang Dong-hwi), the president of Woorim Engineering & Construction, who is also his benefactor, he tries to give up the relationship, but the more he tries, the deeper the relationship between them becomes. Knowing this, President Hong tries to separate the two, but eventually gives up due to their love that transcends death.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-01-25
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Two Flags
Overview: Based on Oh Yu-kwon's novel, A Mountain Hut In No-Man's Land, in which a woman helps two men who seek refuge in her humble mountain home at the start of the Korean War. However, her generosity and kindness leads to her losing her family, house and land.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1994-10-22
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When Acacias Bloom
Overview: A man assists a woman in danger, but through her actions, she unintentionally causes his death. Everyone in the village knows that she visits his tomb every spring, but no one knows the details of her story.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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View from an Alley
Overview: One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-06-28
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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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A War Diary
Overview: Admiral Lee Sun-shin designs and builds the 'Turtle Ships' in preparation of the Japanese invasion during the Injin War. He is promoted after his victories, but due to his expanding influence and increased popularity in military circles, the king comes to fear him and has him imprisoned. A year later, the Japanese navy attempts another invasion and the king is required to enter the prison and beg the admiral's assistance.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1978-01-21
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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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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
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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Three Gangsters of Songhwa River
Overview: During the 1920's, because the colonization of Korea by Japan, there was an exodus of the Korean population to Manchuria. Three freedom fighters disguise themselves as migrants in order to contact the Independence Army at the Songhwa River and organize the citizens to stop the Japanese advance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-11-20
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Asphalt
Overview: In the process of arresting a smuggler, the criminal's wife is killed. Twenty years later, the smuggler is released from prison and vows to murder the wife of the policeman who killed his spouse.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-10
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The Lost Sun
Overview: A bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-09-03
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I Want to Be Human
Overview: Natasha, an officer at the Soviet Embassy in North Korea, is in love with Seok-bong. But Seok-bong has already planned his wedding with Bok-hui. Natasha grows jealous and threatens Bok-hui to leave somewhere else. Meanwhile Bok-hui's brother, Tae-yeong, is executed after participating in an anti-communist march. Seok-bong is accused of taking a part in the march. Seok-bong starts to feel pessimistic about his communist belief. He tries an escape to the South, but he is captured by the authority and executed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-09-16
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The Continent in Flames
Overview: The activities of a group of Korean independence fighters in Mongolia, who try to steal a valuable item from the Japanese Army.
Genres: Action War Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-11-13
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Black Hair
Overview: Yeon-shil is the lover of crime boss Dong-il. She pays off one of the boss's henchmen, Man-ho, with whom she once had an affair; Man-ho is an opium addict, and he has been blackmailing Yeon-shil by threatening to disclose their past relations.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-07-31
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Forlorn Hope
Overview: A man's brother is killed by rogue troops following the end of World War II. He joins up with the roving band, intent on slaying them in vengeance from within their ranks
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-11-19
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명동에 흐르는 세월
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-08-26
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Sequel of Gallant Man
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-09-18
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