Chang Hyeok
Also Known As: 장혁, Hyeok Jang, Jang Hyeok
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 03, 1924
Deathday: October 21, 1991
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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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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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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Tiger of the Plains
Overview: A man called 'Tiger' slips into a Japanese camp to rescue the POW's. While escaping, the group discovers a bridge that is a weak link in the Japanese supply routes. Heedless of their own safety, they set about devising a plot to destroy it.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-01-16
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The Devil's Stairway
Overview: A chief surgeon kills the nurse with whom he is having an affair after he becomes engaged to be married to the hospital director's daughter. He becomes tormented by her spirit.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-07-11
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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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A White Feathered Gull
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1983-01-29
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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 Teacher with Ten Daughters
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-09
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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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A Man Like the Wind
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-06-06
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A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
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Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-08-28
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One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-09-01
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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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Seize the Precious Sword
Overview: After the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, Iljimae, a master of the interlaced sword method, heads to Japan to find the national treasure, the Cheonryongsword, which was robbed by the Japanese pirate Kuroda. Around this time, there were two more men looking for Kuroda, one of them was Ma-cheol, a one-armed swordsman who lost his left arm due to Kuroda's trick, and the other was Kuroda's henchman Okamodo, who lost his newlywed wife and even lost his own eyes. This is Yoshiyama, the swordsman who lost his mind. At first, the three knights, who met by chance, were wary of each other for their own goals, but were captured by Kuroda's persistent pursuit. In the end, after a bloody fight, they succeed in revenge, and Iljimae returns home with the recovered Cheonryongsword.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-09-22
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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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The Big Chase
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Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-05-26
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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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Woman with Long Eyelashes
Overview: Suk-jin, a naive Young woman lives on her own in Seoul. When her brother dies following a car accident, she finds out he had been having an affair with the wife of a businessman.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-11-21
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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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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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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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Naked Love
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-01-31
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The Legend of Departed Soul
Overview: A devoted son hears that, he must pay one thousand 'nyang' (old Korean currency) to save his father who is in jail for unknown reason. At that time, a low-grade official seeks for a man who could spend one night to mourn for the spirit of their DEAD daughter. The devoted son spends the night with the dead woman...
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Invited Heroes
Overview: With the introduction of Catholicism to Korea in 1784 came social upheaval. People who practiced the new religion were tortured into renouncing it or executed. However, these conditions do not deter Seung-hun and her brother from attempting to spread the religion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1981-10-24
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Hunting of Fools
Overview: Seok-ho is unable to overcome his fear that he will not graduate from college for only a limited number of the class will get their diplomas. Seok-ho tries to kill himself and ends up in a mental institution. Then he persuades his fellow patient, Hong-ik, to escape with him. After dealing with several incidents, they become miners. They meet a simple young woman. In order to construct an ideal land, they head for a deserted island in the South Sea. However, just before they're about to leave for the island, Seok-ho realizes that the island is a fantasy of an insane man so he runs off with the woman. Left behind, Hong-ik is disheartened but he gets together with the elderly innkeeper couple whose own son died of a mental illness. They head for the deserted island on a boat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1984-12-01
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Pagoda of No Shadow
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Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-04-23
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Lost People
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-11-17
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Potato
Overview: Innocent Bok-nyeo is sold at 18 years old to an elderly widower who sends her to work in the salt mines. There she is raped by the supervisor. Becoming very cynical about life, Bok-nyeo becomes the mistress of a couple of rich men, Choi and Wang. In this way, she becomes accustomed to the high life. However she panics and takes desperate steps when one of her sources of income is about to cut her off.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1987-03-01
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Bird of Paradise
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Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-07-05
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Soil
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-05-18
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Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Overview: Nan-hee is slowly coerced into a life of crime by her boyfriend, Park. She is trained in assassination techniques and sent to assassinate the head of the Special Investigation Unit. However she cannot complete her mission because she suffers from pangs of conscience and a deep attraction to the investigator.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1973-11-03
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Long Live the Island Frogs
Overview: A husband-wife teaching team arrive on isolated Sachi Island. They try to start a school against the opposition of the islanders. To attract students, they organize athletic teams from the island children and promise that they will win the national competitions... a promise they may not be able to keep.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1972-04-18
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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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The Little Boy Swordsman
Overview: Just after the Japanese attack on Joseon in the late 16th century, Bak Seong-dal, a magistrate of the Dong-nae, Busan conspires with a Japanese spy and kills his political rivals Lee Won-guk and Yoo Cheong. Ten years later, Cheong-myeong, 12 year-old son of Lee Won-guk who survived the killing, seeks revenge on Seong-dal. Jeong-a, daughter of Yu Cheong who also survived, trains in martial arts and sets out to find her enemy, too. Cheong-myeong and Jeong-a, who were betrothed when they are children, join together to kill Bak Seong-dal.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-04-12
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Battle with Top-Class Samuri
Overview: In an effort to take advantage of the political chaos during the reign of King Ko-jong, the emporer of Japan sends several warriors to infiltrate Korea. The son of the nation's top martial arts teacher, who has been studying dance and Buddhism, proves that he is a warrior as well as an artist by fighting off the invaders with Taekwondo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1980-06-08
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Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Overview: A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-09-15
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Byun Kang-swoi
Overview: Kang-soe and his wife Ong-nyeo settle down in a new village but tragedy strikes when Kang-soe dies while chopping wood. Ong-nyeo announces that she will marry any man who can successfully bury her husband. Many men try to accomplish the task, but die in the process. Ong-nyeo is in despair over not being able to complete the funeral preparations when her husband appears before her apparently alive again
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1986-05-03
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The Ascension of Han-ne
Overview: In 19th century Korea, a woman is saved from a suicide attempt and brought back to the village of her rescuer. Here, she is regarded with fear and suspicion, with many believing she will bring them bad luck owing to the pronouncements of a corrupt shaman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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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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Commando on the Nakdong River
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-10-23
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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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팔도가시나이
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-05-07
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