Kim Seung-ho
Also Known As: 金勝鎬, 김승호, Kim Seung-ho, Kim Seung Ho, Kim Seungho, Seungho Kim , Ким Сын Хо, Ким Сын-хо, Ким Сынхо, Сын-хо Ким, Сынхо Ким
Biography: Kim Seung-ho (July 13, 1918 – December 1, 1968) was a Korean actor. Kim was a star of the 1950s and 1960s and regarded as one of the best actors in Korean film history. Kim started acting at the age of 20, but he took lead roles when he was over 40 years old. Kim is also the father of actor Kim Hee-ra. Wikipedia contributors. "Kim Seung-ho." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 Mar. 2021. Web. 29 May. 2021.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gangwon-do, South Korea
Adult: No
Birthday: July 13, 1918
Age: 106 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 01, 1968
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My Liberated Country
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1947-05-19
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The Beautiful Maid
Overview: A woman is in domestic service after going up to Seoul. She loves a university student of a rich family and gives birth to a baby. But his parents object to their marriage, so she becomes a butt for laugh. At length, the parents get impressed by her good nature and allow them to marry.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-05-15
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Six Daughters
Overview: An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as the seven children live throughout the country. During the nation-wide travel, they witness the modernization of Korea and feel satisfied with the children contributing to the national modernization directly or indirectly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-02-09
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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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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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The Sun of Night
Overview: A policy film aimed at eradicating smuggling, in which Detective Min-wan takes down a large-scale smuggling ring operating secretly using a cabaret as a hideout.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1948-07-01
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Five Marines
Overview: A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the Korean War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-10-20
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The Sea Knows
Overview: A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-10
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The First Snow
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-05-30
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A Soldier Speaks after Death
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Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-01-21
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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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The Regular Tardy Student
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-30
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The King and the Servant Boy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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Nilliri
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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I Am a King
Overview: Trainer Meng Doo-ho spots Young-chul in a bar fight and decides to turn him into a boxing champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-09-15
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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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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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A Petty Middle Manager
Overview: When his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-05-04
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Heungbu and Nolbu
Overview: The old Korean folktale, 'Heungbu and Nolbu' is brought alive on the screen in this film that shows the lead character as a marionette. Nolbu is the elder brother and he is slimy and greedy. In his greed, he throws his little brother, Heungbu, out of home to stake claim on all the money and belongings their father left for them. Heungbu is an idealist but pained by the events that have taken place. He helps Swallow by curing his broken leg and as a return favour, Swallow gives him a gourd seed. He plant the seeds and after sometime, gold, silver and gems start coming out of the plant, giving Heungbu everything he deserves. It does not go down well with Nolbu.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-05-20
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The Wanderer
Overview: Kim Byeong Yeon's grandfather Kim Ik Soon is the person who surrendered to Hong Gyeong Rae's birth. As a result, Byeong Yeon did not get a job title even though he had the Jangwon grade system. Frustrated, he puts on a hat and begins a wandering life. Wherever Kim Satgat goes, poems containing satire and ridicule about the world remain.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-07-18
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Romance Papa
Overview: A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own to help him save face.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-28
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The War and an Old Man
Overview: A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home.
Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-08-09
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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 College Woman's Confession
Overview: Choi So-young (Choi Eun-hee), a poor female law student is in trouble because her grandmother, who had been sending her tuition money, passes away. With the help of her friend Hee-suk, (Kim Suk-il) who dreams of becoming a writer, So-young fools Choi Rim (Kim Seung-ho), a lawmaker, into believing she is his daughter and moves in his house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-07-12
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The Coachman
Overview: A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete. The children are experiencing difficulties as well. The eldest son has flunked the bar exam twice and is not hopeful of passing it a third time to become a lawyer. The eldest daughter is mute and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to pose as a rich university student to move up in life. The youngest son has a penchant for petty theft.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-02-15
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The King with My Face
Overview: THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-07-04
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Revenge
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Genres: Action History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-10-24
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Lee Chadon
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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The Story of Bae Local Offcial
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Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-08-14
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The Goddess of Mercy
Overview: With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-03-21
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A Lady of Freedom
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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The Enemy of Woman
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-11-15
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Gobau
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-03-15
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The Moral of Youth
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-07-20
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A Bar without Address
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Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-04-27
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Entanglements
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Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-07-21
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Wonsullang
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Genres: Romance War History Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-18
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Nongae
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Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-11-05
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The Virgin Star
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-03-27
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A Revival
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang
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Genres: Romance History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-06-13
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A Story of a Nobleman
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-12-11
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Heartlessness
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-12-29
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King Dongmyeong
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Genres: History Action Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Forever with You
Overview: Gwang-pil (Lee Ryong), Dal-su (Choi Bong) and Sang-mun (Choi Myeong-su) are gangster boys who pick pockets. Ae-ran (Do Geum-bong), who works at a bakery, and Gwang-pil have known each other from childhood and are lovers. The three gangster boys rob a US army warehouse, but only Gwang-pil is caught and placed in a juvenile reformatory. Hearing that Ae-ran works as a barmaid, Gwang-pil escapes from the reformatory to see her. While Gwang-pil meets her, he is caught by a cop who has been chasing him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Mother's Power
Overview: Seoul, under a drizzling spring rain; Korea is under the rule of Japan. A gisaeng(Korean geisha) named Jeong-ok (Ju Jeung-nyeo) and Myeong-gyu (Lee Min), the son of a bank president, fall in love. However, the bank president, Lee Eun-jik (Kim Seung-ho), placing importance on family background, objects to his son's relationship because of Jeong-ok's occupation. However, Myung-gyu leaves home and sets up a home with Jeong-ok. When Myung-gyu dies, Jeong-ok has his baby, named Yeong-gu (Park Geum-hui). When Eun-jik brings Yeong-gu home to raise him as the family's successor, he becomes impressed with the close relationship between mother and son, finally bringing Jeong-ok into his household and accepting her as his daughter-in-law.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-03-03
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A Dream of Fortune
Overview: Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's paying off a monthly mortgage for his welfare housing facility sold by the government. One day, Mr. Son and his wife make the acquaintance of a U.S. immigrant Charlie Hong (Heo Chang-kang) who is engaged in the smuggling business.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-06-17
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The Love Marriage
Overview: A medical doctor, Ko, has three daughters. The first daughter, Suk-hee, confesses her past when her husband asks her to forgive his past, on the first night of their honeymoon. When he breaks off the marriage and goes to America, Suk-hee confines herself to her home for three years.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-10-14
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Kinship
Overview: The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Deok-sam nags his son Geo-buk to join the American army. Ok-Mae who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a gisaeng.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-10-03
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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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A Sunflower Family
Overview: A middle-aged man is so crazy about his mistress that he doesn't care about what happens to his family. The feud between his children by his wife and by the mistress gets worse until the family almost breaks apart.
Genres: Romance Family Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-04-13
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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 General's Mustache
Overview: The movie begins with the mysterious death of a journalistic photographer named Kim Cheol-hun. Veteran police detective Park (Kim Seung-ho) teams up with a young, intellectual detective (Kim Seong-ok) to investigate the people surrounding Kim.
Genres: Drama Crime Adventure
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-09-14
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When Night Falls at Myeongdong
Overview: A beautiful nightclub owner finds herself desired by many men, but she is saving herself for the one man she cannot have .
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-10-15
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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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Full Ship
Overview: A film picturing the lives and adversities of fishermen who live and die in the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-01-20
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A Sister's Garden
Overview: Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter named Dong-su (Nam Gung-won). Jeong-hui is at risk of losing her house due to her father's debt, and a young physician Sun-cheol (Kim Seok-hun) who received his college education with the financial support of Dr. Nam, helps her by selling his own house. Despite his love for her, Sun-cheol cannot express his feelings because he knows of the request in her father's will. When Jeong-hui looks for a job to support her family, Bang, whom Dr. Nam once cured, offers her a position of saloon madam. Meanwhile, her younger sister Myeong-hui (Choe Ji-hui) promises Dong-su her hand in marriage. Jeong-hui, now running the saloon, wishes them happiness. It is only when she gets a proposal from Bang and decides to accept it that Sun-cheol confesses his love for her. Moved by Sun-cheol's true affection for her, Bang gives her up, and Sun-cheol and Jeong-hui exchange vows of marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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Queen Dowager Inmok
Overview: After Seonjo passes away, Prince Gwanghae ascends to the throne. But he indulges himself in dissolute orgies, neglecting his duties as the king. Queen Dowager Inmok begs him to behave like a king. But Prince Gwanghae torments her, arguing that she's playing a regent. Queen Dowager cannot help but enduring the king's outrageousness.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-09-13
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The Great Hero Yi Sun Shin
Overview: Movie despicting the life and accomplishments of Korean Admiral Yi Sun Shin.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-04-14
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My Sister is a Tomboy
Overview: The master of a Judo dojo turns his daughter into a master of the martial art as she is growing up. But now that she has reached marrying age, he finds it difficult to find her a husband that can accept her tomboy ways.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-10-27
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Palace of Ambition
Overview: A nobleman bribes a maidservant to gain access to the palace and poison the crown prince. Another noble, loyal to the royal family, learns the of the plot and must learn the identity of the would-be assassin before he can succeed in throwing the country into chaos.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-12-18
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A Woman Judge
Overview: The newly-restored film by one of Korea's first female director follows a female judge's struggles in balancing her duties as a mother and a public official.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Way of the Body
Overview: A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is unable to return to his family and home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-08-19
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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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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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Love Affair
Overview: When two wives realize that their wealthy and otherwise upstanding husbands have mistresses, they invite the 'other women' to stay in their houses for awhile. Realizing that they are breaking up happy families, the girls eventually agree to give up the married men.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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The Country Left Behind
Overview: Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom.
Genres: War Drama History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-03-01
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Wife's Confession
Overview: The professors' wife lives as abused mentally by her husband. One day the couple goes climbing with a young man, who works for a pharmaceutical company and often visits them on business. While they scales a cliff holding a rope, her husband under them loses his footing and falls down. When they all are about to fall, she cut the rope, so the husband died in a fall. She stands at the bar, but the court decides the case is an emergency evacuation. So she obtains an acquittal, but murderous intent in her mind must work on her.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-10-29
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Stroller
Overview: An old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter Gye-yeon at a tavern of Hwagye Market, a traditional market located in Gurye, Jeollanam-do. Son of the tavern owner Seong-gi and Gye-yeon love each other, but the madam owner tries to separate them by sending Seon-gi to a temple. The old man comes back to take Gye-yeon and disclose a secret that the tavern owner is in fact his daughter, therefore Seong-gi is his grand son. Frustrated to hear that he cannot love Gye-yeon, Seong-gi goes for a long journey without destination as his ancestors of Namsadang have done.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-07-20
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A Reluctant Prince
Overview: When King Heon-kong falls ill, a power struggle erupts over who will inherit the throne. Tired of all the infighting, the ministers arrange for a branch of the king's family, which had lost all its wealth and was living on remote Ganghwa Island, to inherit. But the heir to the throne is reluctant to leave his island home.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-06-01
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Mr. Park
Overview: Mr. Park raises his children by repairing charcoal pits. Although ignorant and stubborn, Mr. Park has a good heart. He is displeased, however, with his eldest daughter, Yong-sun (Jo Mi-ryeong), because of her close relationship with Jae-cheon (Hwang hae), who is a scamp in his eyes. He is also unsatisfied with his second daughter, Myeong-sun (Eom Aeng-ran), for liking Ju-sik (Bang Su-il). Only his eldest son, Yong-beom (Kim Jin-gyu), is the apple of his eye, as he approves of his son's wife, Jeom-rye (Kim Hye-jeong). When Yong-beom is sent to a foreign branch office, Mr. Park is against it at first but approves of it, as he knows what it means for his son's future. Eventually, too, he begins to approve of his two daughters' relationships.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-10-05
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The Last Woman of Shang
Overview: In order to exact revenge upon him, a young woman (Lin Dai) marries the Emperor Chou (Shin Young-kyun), who killed her father.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-09-12
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Private Tutor
Overview: Two half brothers love a private tutor hired by their parents. She is more fond of the younger brother who's jovial and honest than the older brother who's unmanly and timid. But she cannot choose any of them because she's afraid that she would cause more trouble between the brothers who already hate each other. She tries first to make the brothers come to terms with each other.
Genres: Romance Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-03-07
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A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
Overview: Jinsa Maeng's daughter is contracted to marry a nobleman's son, however, Jinsa Maeng is upset when he hears about a rumor that the fiance of his daughter is lame. Finally, he decides to take on the idea of arranging his maid to take his daughter's place in the wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-03-08
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Chun-Hui
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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Nostalgia
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-07-02
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The Heir
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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Market
Overview: Bok-nyeo, a mentally handicapped woman, supports her lazy husband by selling apples at the public marketplace. When her husband abandons her for another woman, another man who sympathizes with Bok-nyeo, kills him
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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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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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 Money
Overview: The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam Hyun), Bong Su (Kim Seung Ho) sells his cows to start a business but he loses everything to a conman (No Kyung Hee). Bong Su accidentally kills Eok Jo in a fight and takes his money, and the police trace the crime back to Bong Su's son.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-03-09
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A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
Overview: A Skinny and a Fatty go to Nonsan army training camp, but they soon find camp life is too hard for them. A nonsensical comedy filled with funny episodes that will make you smile broadly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-02-06
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Hurrah! For Freedom
Overview: Hurrah! For Freedom (aka Viva Freedom) is a 1946 Korean film directed by Choi In-kyu. It was the first film made in the country after achieving independence from Japan. During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1946-10-22
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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.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-04-10
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Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Overview: A 10-year old girl in a mining town, separated from her family, keeps a diary which becomes a best-seller.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-11-05
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Bumpkin Oh-bok
Overview: Kind-hearted country bumpkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-11
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Hwang, Man of Wealth at Mapo
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-09-10
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United Front
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Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-31
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