Chu Seok-yang
Also Known As: 추석양, Qiu Xi-Yang, 秋夕陽, Seok-yang Chu
Biography: Chu Seok-yang (June 12, 1923 - May 22, 2000) was a South-Korean actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jongno, Seoul, South Korea
Birthday: June 12, 1923
Deathday: May 22, 2000
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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An Old Potter
Overview: A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-03-04
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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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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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A Shoeshine Boy
Overview: Following the death of his parents, Yeong-cheol shines shoes in the streets, struggling to care for his sick younger sister Yeong-hui and make ends meet. Despite the persuasive efforts of low-life criminal boss Wang-cho, pickpocket Jjang-gu, and prostitute Mi-hwa, Yeong-cheol vows to lead an honest life by looking after Yeong-hui with cigarette salesgirl Myeong-sun and helping newly arrived shoeshine boy Dong-seok settle in. However, a tragic accident forces Yeong-cheol to make an important decision that may change his life. ※ Sharing the same Korean title with Vittorio De Sica’s classic Shoeshine (1946), this film was noted at the time of release for its strong neorealistic approach. All of the picture elements have been lost and only 4 original sound negative reels (around 40 minutes) survive today. The plot summary and scene descriptions have been added in the form of title cards as well as a selection of production stills to aid the viewing experience.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Man Is Not Popular
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-04-25
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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 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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Nostalgia
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Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-12-08
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A Man Like the Wind
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-06-06
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Returned Left-handed Man
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Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-11-30
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A Bout in 30 Years
Overview: Best friends Dae-gyu and Dal-su fight over Ok-hi. When Ok-hui marries and goes to Seoul the fight ends. After many years, Ok-hi is widowed and brings her daughter Ji-hyang to her home village, and the fight between Dae-gyu and Dal-su begins again. Ok-hui borrows some money from Dal-su when she is short of money while building a reservoir for the village. Dal-su lends money on the condition that she marry him if she cannot pay him back until the ground-breaking ceremony. And Dal-su's wife leaves. As Ok-hui fails to return the money, she tries to run away with Dae-gyu, but they run into Min, Dal-su's son, who demands them to pay back his father's money. Finally Dae-gyu and Dal-su meet and have a fight, but at last Dal-su sends him to Ok-hi, and he is happy to do so.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-02-27
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I Won't Cry
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Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-09-28
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Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-10-08
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A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-05-22
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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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The Continental Spy
Overview: During the Chinese-Japanese War (1937-1945) a nightclub dancer is given a dangerous mission by her dying brother. According to her brother's will, she goes on a journey with encoded papers of the Independence Army operations. She soon becomes a most wanted criminal by the Japanese Army and must cross the continent on her own.
Genres: War History Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-05-22
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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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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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Witch Castle
Overview: A scamp Sang-hyeon who has crush on Hui-jeong shadows her to her house. He sneaks into her home and is surprised by a ghost. He stabbs the ghost who turns out Hui-jeong's mother. Hui-jeong gets married to Yeong-min and lives together with her father who has nobody to turn to. But Yeong-min's mother hates her daughter-in-law and mistreats her. She in the end kills Hui-jeong's father and attempts to kill Hui-jeong. Her dead mother appears to save Hui-jeong from the wicked mother-in-law.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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My Sister's Regrets
Overview: Dal-Rae's father gets killed by his concubine Seo-Mo, who later entraps Dal-Rae into death, also. But Do-Wun, Dal-Rae's younger brother, continues to study for the state examination in some temple, not knowing his father and sister's death. Dal-Rae's ghost tries to protect her youngest brother Do-Seon from Seo-Mo's intrigue. When Do-Seon was on the verge of being killed, Do-Wun who won the first place in the state examination saves his brother. While Seo-Mo and her evil group gets killed accused of their horrible atrocities, Do-Wun goes to Han Yang with his brother, asking Cheong-Am, his teacher and a great Buddhist monk, to pray for Dal-Rae's soul.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-07-29
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A Widow
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-11-05
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Body is Sad
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Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Jagko
Overview: In 1980s South Korea, a former cop, now in destitution, is placed in a rehabilitation center, where, by chance, he finds the Communist guerilla who had eluded his capture more than 30 years ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1980-09-25
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Hong Kil-Dong
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Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-09-08
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The Woman Who Stole the Sun
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1979-11-17
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Children Of Darkness Part 1, Young-ae the Songstress
Overview: Young-ae is a prostitute who obsesses over money after losing her daughter to illness. Her co-workers are jealous of her. When a prostitute named Mrs. Kangwon dies after giving a birth, Young-ae takes the baby under her care and leaves the brothel district. Although she struggles to make ends meet and provide a home for the child, the child is taken away by the authorities because she is single. She decides that her old life is the only ground for living she has and returns to it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-08-07
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Gobau
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-03-15
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When the Night Comes Again
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1958-07-22
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A Cross of Love
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-07-30
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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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WANTED : GIRL
Overview: A country-bred simple young man wants to marry a city-bred modern girl. As he meets some city-bred girls, he changes his mind little by little. He thinks they are not suitable to his him. Realizing that a country-bred girl who understands his character and background is suitable to him, he changes his mind.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-03-19
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Until Heaven Calls
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1980-09-12
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Entanglements
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Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-07-21
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Cattle
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-12-05
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Life of the Woman
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Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-05-12
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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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Great King Sejo
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Genres: History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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Watercolors in Rain 2
Overview: Ji-su is finally released from jail and reunites with his stepsister Ji-hyeon. However his father had dark secret that neither of them knew before; both Ji-su and Ji-hyeon are half-siblings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1993-09-25
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Woman of Fire
Overview: The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Love Of Blood Relations
Overview: North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-10-05
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Fury in Shaolin Temple
Overview: When a young boy finds himself alone in the world when his adoptive father disappears after a fight, his first thought is to go to Shaolin.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-06-11
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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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Grotesque Master
Overview: Korean martial arts movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-06-05
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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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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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A Female Boss
Overview: Would-be feminist Yoanna, running her own company, is insulted in a phone booth by a stranger named Yong-ho. While searching for a job, Yong-ho applies to a magazine named 'The Modern Woman,' not knowing that the company's boss is in fact Yoanna. She hires him with the intention of paying back the humiliation she received. But his masculine attitude captivates her and she ends up marrying him. She resigns her post and becomes a housekeeper, handing over the company to her husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-12-16
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In So Long
Overview: "A Long Goodbye" - Taken in by an elderly woman and raised as her own, a boy spends all his days dreaming of the time when he can be reunited with his lost parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-05-06
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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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