Lee Ki-young
Also Known As: 이기영, Lee Ki-yeong, Lee Gi-yeong, Lee Gi-young, 李基英
Biography: Lee Ki-young (이기영) is a South Korean actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Adult: No
Birthday: August 26, 1963
Age: 61 years old
Gender: Male
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Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Overview: Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked on a deserted road as she was enjoying a secret redez-vous with Park In-gyu, the presidential candidate of the opposition party. She barely escapes being killed herself. The country is thrown in turmoil with the news of Jung Yong-wook's alleged suicide, and Park In-gyu urges Ji-won to keep quiet.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1991-04-05
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A Bittersweet Life
Overview: Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-04-01
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The Box
Overview: A drama about a young man aspiring to become a singer and a washed-up former hit producer. The two men head off on a road trip filled with music and jamming sessions.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2021-03-24
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BA:BO - Miracle of Giving Fool
Overview: Seung-ryong owns a small toast shop, who is sick from taking in briquette gas in the past after his parents died. One day, his first love comes back to Korea, and they become close. However, he finds out that his little sister is sick.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-02-28
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Marathon
Overview: Cho-won is an autistic but happy young man who loves to draw zebras and run. His mother wants him to feel normal by accomplishing a feat that no one thought his son could achieve. With the help of a coach in exile, she trains him to become a marathon runner.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-01-27
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Bank of Seoul
Overview: Seong Jae works at a major firm, but always works late due to the workload. Once, he falls asleep while working overtime and reaches the Sleep Bank, where he takes a sleep loan from the branch manager. Seong Jae returns to the sleep bank after continuous nights of overtime and extends his sleep loan. Seong Jae manages to reach his target achievement thanks to the sleep loan, but the interest has built up, and the time when he has to pay it all back has come.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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The Foul King
Overview: A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only cause more bad situations. But he has an explosive energy that nobody knows about. One day, after yet another day of suffering at work, he goes to a wrestling gym to persuade its owner to become his bank’s client. And, by accident, he starts to learn how to wrestle. From then, he starts to live a new life. And his personality starts to change…
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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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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The Plan
Overview: Se-hee is the most cold-blooded money-lender there is. She takes back her money from those who have borrowed it in the most evil of ways; she seduces a man for money and leaves him and his family in ashes. If someone has a better collateral than the money borrowed, she finds all means to stop that person from returning her the money and making it hers. There are two men next to her. In-ho is her money-line and business background and Yeon-woo is a regular guy who is adored by Se-hee. However, her right-hand man Min-yeong takes them away from her and she realizes everything in the world has a cost...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2014-09-18
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Fly High, Run Far
Overview: In mid-19th Century Korea, the people of Joseon Dynasty embrace the new religion Donghak. After the founder is executed, Choi Si-hyeong becomes Donghak’s second-generation leader and successfully propagates the religion, but in doing so becomes the object of oppression by the royal court.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1991-09-21
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Marrying the Mafia
Overview: An up-and-coming lawyer wakes up next to a beautiful woman with mafia connections, but neither remembers how they got there. That's a problem.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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The Childe
Overview: Han, a Filipino-Korean boxer hits the final punch against his opponent at an illegal game and returns home with a few dollars to pay for his mother's surgery.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-06-21
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Soo
Overview: Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae-Jin gets killed. Tae-Soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-03-22
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The Last Witness
Overview: Based on a true story and a legendary Korean novel, this movie follows Detective Oh (superstar Lee Jung Jae) and his investigation into the mysterious murder of a North Korean. His investigation leads him to a diary, which was written by a nun who - along with her boyfriend - helped lead the escape of North Korean POWs held captive during the Korean War. Detective Oh eventually becomes emotionally involved with the case and pursues the writer of the diary and her long-lost boyfriend, hoping to crack the case and learn more about the story of the POWs.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2001-11-16
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Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Overview: Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad. When investigators catch up with the two in Bahrain, they take suicide pills but Ma Yumi is revived and forced to stand trial for her crimes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1990-06-09
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Circle of Crime
Overview: One man's desperation to save his dying wife sparks a chain of tragedies in the dark crime thriller Circle of Crime. The film offers a complex story that first depicts several seemingly unconnected incidents: the escape of a serial killer, a man being chased by loan sharks after taking the money to save his wife's life, a taxi driver's hit-and-run and a woman's suicide attempt. As the plot unfolds, the connection between these incidents begins to become clear.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-10-25
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Once Upon a Time in Seoul
Overview: 1953, the Korean war has ended, but the fight for survival has just begun. Two 18 year old boys, Tae-ho and Jong-du, live in a camp for orphaned boys, which is more of a concentration camp where everyone suffers from hunger, inhumane treatment and unbearable work conditions. But these two have a dream of a better tomorrow. Tae-ho is the one with wits and brains and Jong-du is the tough street fighter. Together they scheme to steal US Army supplies and recruit other boys to grow their business. But when they start to take business away from the local gangsters, their fight fur survival turns into a war…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-11-06
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The Martialmates
Overview: Keo-Am wants to learn martial arts from Park Sang-bong but doesn't get the permission as he is a lover of Park's daughter but is ousted from there. He learns martial arts from Japanese and helps Japan to invade Korea. Sang-Bong suffers from this news. Keo-Am is a son of Park's friend and Park wants him to be a farmer and that's why Park didn't teach the martial arts to him. Park's daughter, Ok-Nyeo and Il-Jae, Park's disciple, tell the truth to Keo-Am, who accepts the fact that he is Korean. Keo-Am lures and kills Japanese, but is wounded in his hands. After all, on the way to return, Keo-Am dies due to accidental fights.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-07-17
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Beautiful Sunday
Overview: Detective Kang gets involved with a drug business to pay the medical bill of his comatose wife. Min-woo confesses to Kang that he has killed his wife, who knows his past. Slowly, Kang realizes his wife's incident and Min-woo are connected.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-03-29
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The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
Overview: Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.
Genres: Action Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2018-06-27
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Night in Paradise
Overview: An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2020-09-03
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The Quiet Family
Overview: A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-04-25
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What You Cherish Can Never Be Forgotten
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-06-05
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The Terrorist
Overview: A tough cop goes vigilante to rid the streets of a vicious gang boss after his friend is murdered. But along the way he discovers that his brother may also be mixed up in the hooliganry.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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The Soul Guardians
Overview: When the police raid the compound of a religious cult, they discover that almost all of the members have committed suicide. The only survivor, laying on an altar in the middle of the room, is a very pregnant woman who goes into labor as the raid begins. The woman dies in the hospital, but her child survives. 20 years later, strange things are starting to happen around the child, now a grown woman. A group of religious warriors from a mix of faiths join together to try and protect her from whatever supernatural horrors are seeking her out.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-08-15
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