Kim Yeon-sil

Acting

Kim Yeon-sil

Born 1911-01-01 · Suwon, Empire of Japan [now Gyeonggi province, South Korea]

In 1927, Kim Yeon-sil debuted in the film industry as a country girl in Na Un-gyu's first production, A Farewell. Kim Yeon-sil's interest in film was largely influenced by her brother Kim Hak-geun, who was her lawyer. Her cameraman, Kim Hak-seong, was also her biological younger brother. She is said to have been active as a public singer after 1930. After liberation, she defected to North Korea. In North Korea, she served as an actress at the Joseon Art Film Studio, and she was awarded the title of People's Actress. She died in August 1997.

Acting credits

Centre Forward poster
5.2

In-Son is a young benchwarmer with aspirations of breaking into the first team, which is littered with established stars. The opening game of the season hands him his opportunity, but his lack of experience coupled with the expectation of the crowd leave him with little success on the pitch. The side loses, forcing the manager and the team back to the drawing board.

Centre Forward

1978

The Story of Chun-hyang poster
NR

Chun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father, Byeon Hak-do, the newly appointed magistrate, attempts to take Chun-hyang. Chun-hyang rejects his pleas for her to come serve him and he throws her in jail. Meanwhile, Lee Mong-ryong becomes an undercover detective after placing first on his national exam and goes to Namwon to arrest Byeon Hak-do and rescue Chun-hyang.

The Story of Chun-hyang

1935

6남매 poster
NR

A movie about children who lost their parents as a result of the Korean War.

6남매

1960

Runaway poster
6.0

Song Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japanese occupiers to sell their crop, Song Ryul is forced to emigrate to Kando (Jiandao) in Manchuria. His family faces numerous adversities there and after a row with a local pharmacist, he is imprisoned. The prison is raided by Kim Il-sung and his guerrillas, who free the inmates, who take revenge on the Japanese by blowing up a railway.

Runaway

1984

Jackals poster
NR

A screen adaptation of Han Sorya's novel 'Jackals', which tells the story of a Korean boy killed by American missionaries.

Jackals

1956

Prelude to the struggle poster
NR

About the last days of the government of Syngman Rhee, about the struggle against his regime of Seoul students.

Prelude to the struggle

1960

The Story of Hong Gil-dong poster
NR

The Korean equivalent of Robin Hood, in which the brave Hong Gil-dong stands up for the poor.

The Story of Hong Gil-dong

1935

Wheel of Fire poster
NR

The film shows the hard life and labor disputes of urban workers, as well as the harsh reality of Koreans during the Japanese occupation.

Wheel of Fire

1931

Her Life Path poster
NR

Using the fate of an ordinary woman as an example, the film shows how life has changed in liberated Korea.

Her Life Path

1958

Ex-Convict poster
NR

Kyungsun Lee, the son of a blind father, committed many crimes and was away from home. One day, he misses his parents and brothers and comes to visit his house, but just in time, he meets Yeonsil, his younger brother, in front of the house. My brother and brother don't say anything because their father can't hear them. The father was confident that his son was doing a good deed. In the end, Gyeong-sun turns away without even calling his father. And he vows to become the good person his father wants him to be.

Ex-Convict

1934

No artwork available
NR

Satou and his party are attacked by a band of thieves. Satou's group is annihilated, but only Sato's son Gyeongseon survives. At that time, he was two years old. An old thief, Yoo-eun, takes the race and raises him. Years pass, and Gyeong-seon becomes a young man, and he falls in love with the boss's daughter, Moo-yeong. One day, Kyung-sun learns the truth about his father's death through his will. Kyung-sun learns that the boss is his father's enemy and decides to kill him. The moment the boss and the Gyeongseon confront each other and are in a crisis, Moo-young kills the boss. She killed her father for her love. Gyeongseon and Mooyoung leave the mountain for a bright tomorrow.

Challenge

1935

애국자 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

애국자

1959

Son of the Land poster
NR

Told in three parts, Yong Min, who prior to the liberation of Korea received all sorts of humiliations and insults while serving at the landowner, becomes the owner of the land in socialist Korea.

Son of the Land

1964

Scouts poster
7.0

The film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee, deputy chief of the reconnaissance division, which went behind enemy lines.

Scouts

1953

How can we live apart? poster
NR

Yong Nam was separated from his mother by the war on the Korean Peninsula (1950-1953): the boy remained in South Korea, while his mother left for the North. But how can they live apart?

How can we live apart?

1957

Village of strong guys poster
8.0

About the pastor's daughter, who reconciled the irreconcilable fighters - the inhabitants of two neighboring villages.

Village of strong guys

1930

The Street Named Jongno poster
NR

The film is a melodrama in which Na Woon-gyu's character breaks up with his girlfriend and becomes a vagabond. The girlfriend marries another man. When Na returns and discovers her married, he leaves again.

The Street Named Jongno

1933

Ok-nyeo poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Ok-nyeo

1928

Crossroads of Youth poster
5.4

After spending 7 years as a man-servant in his fiancé's house, Young-bok gets kicked out of the place and works in Gyoung-sung station. He falls in love with Gye-soon but tragedy strikes her, which propels him to seek revenge. This is the oldest Korean film that has been preserved.

Crossroads of Youth

1934

The Ringing of a Bell poster
7.0

Wonyong and Yeonsil are in love with each other. The gangster Gyeong-seon also has a crush on Yeon-sil, but one day, a fight breaks out between Won-yong and Gyeong-seon. When Won-yong is in danger, Yeon-sil blocks his body and gets hit by a knife. She walks down the snowy hill, weeping as she embraces the body of Yeon-sil.

The Ringing of a Bell

1929

Farewell poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Farewell

1927

The Story of Sim Cheong poster
NR

Film opera. The legend of the young Cheon Sim who throws herself into the Indangsu sea sacrificing herself so that her blind father can restore his sight. However, she was resurrected, became an empress, and healed her father's blindness.

The Story of Sim Cheong

1957

A Ferry Boat that Has No Owner poster
8.0

A farmer sells his land to go to Seoul and become a rickshaw driver.

A Ferry Boat that Has No Owner

1932

Sorrowful Song in the Buddhist Monastery poster
NR

The story of a man and a woman who fell in love without knowing that they were half-brother and sister.

Sorrowful Song in the Buddhist Monastery

1930