
Acting
Choi Dong-joon
Born 1959-08-10
Acting credits
4.0A man accepts a job on a shrimp fishing boat unaware that he is being set up for slave labor along with the rest of the crew of social outcasts.
Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest
1992
5.3A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she is going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of Korea's red-light districts, where their pimps and society exploit her.
Downfall
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Selling Body Part II
1989
Jo Yang-eun was a leading mob boss in Korea in the 1970's leading the Yang-eun family. He was eventually arrested and charged under an internal security act and served 15 years in prison. This film, based on truth, is the story of his life in and outside of jail.
Boss
1996
7.0In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsible, taking revenge for a wrongful execution seven years ago. But the investigator suspects that something else may be behind it all.
Blood Rain
2005
7.8The 1930s. Wishing to pass down his knowledge, the father teaches his children to sing Pansori. The elder daughter and the younger son become professional singers but time has changed and people are no longer interested in folk singing. The younger boy gives up on his studies and runs away from home. Fearful that the daughter might do the same, the father blinds her. The blind girl continues to practice with great diligence and achieves perfection in this art. Years pass, the brother is roaming the world in search of his sister and eventually finds her. All night long they sing together sharing their memories.
Sopyonje
1993
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Madame Aema 5
1991
7.4While awaiting the publication of his fairytale about his dementia-stricken octogenarian mother, an acclaimed South Korean novelist receives news that she has passed away, so he leaves the city and returns to her village to take part in the funeral.
Festival
1996
NRHyeran is from an orphan, but attends college with the care of the orphanage director. One day she has her body stolen by her manager, who has a black heart, and Hye-ran steals her manager's bankbook and she leaves the orphanage.
Swamp of the Goddess
1985
6.9Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
The Taebaek Mountains
1994
6.6In 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.
Fly High, Run Far
1991
6.8A young South Korean woman moves to an isolated mountain village, where all of the villagers are related except for a mysterious vagabond, to take up her first teaching post.
The Village of Mist
1983
NRA beleaguered cabbie accompanies a mysterious and moody woman on an eventful journey across South Korea to find her long-lost lover.
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
1983
NRIn Korea during the Joseon Dynasty, a young man is forced to marry the king's daughter despite being betrothed to another woman, triggering a series of tragic events.
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
1984
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Love is Oh Yeah!
1993
6.7A comic book store in Garibong-dong is run by a beautiful woman better known as Madam. This store stays open late into the night, thus attracting varied types of people such as gangsters and hustlers.
Rosy Life
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Until We Meet
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Migrant Bird in a Nest
1988
Behind the camera
NRDue to a drought that has occurred only once in a hundred years, the people of the Gaeryong and Gangho regions are plunged into misery. Upon this, Great Master Baekseong urges Geum-bung to find the Night-Glowing Pearl. Geum-bung meets Jung-yong, who was born as a dragon and was then transformed into a human, and sets off for the Gaeryong region to help him obtain the Night-Glowing Pearl and save the people. The film is a South Korean remake of a Taiwanese film titled Sea Gods and Ghosts, which this film also pilfers footage from.
Third Son of the Dragon King
1977
9.0Based on the reincarnation theory of Buddhism, Heo Sun rescued a little white snake. Afterwards, a thousand-year-old white snake comes out to watch the May Festival when he discovers Heo Sun living in poverty. In order to thank him, the white snake takes the form of the maiden, Baek-ryang, and marries him, making a wealthy life for them. One day, the spiritual Buddhist priest Mo-san tells Heo Sun that Baek-ryang is a ghost. He tells him how to get rid of the woman but when he finds out that Baek-ryang is pregnant, he decides to wait a year. On the baby's 100th day celebration, Baek-ryang is buried in the gourd that Mo-san has made and she is unable to do any more magic.
Legend of the White Snake
1978
In the Taebong dynasty towards end of King Gungye's reign in the deep ravines, a thousand year old pair of foxes lived. They were father and daughter practicing asceticism to become humans. Lee Mu-gi, a snake skilled at the martial arts, changes into a human to capture Hyo-nyo. He rescues Hyo-nyo from Ok-to dragon which came to earth to find the learned priest Gwang Seon-sa. Hwang Jeong and old man Hwang (the foxes) take a liking to Ok-to and decide to help him fight the thieves and they defeat Lee Mu-gi. Hwang Jeong falls for Ok-to. But knowing she can't love a human, Hwang Jeong gives her life to save Ok-to.
Sa-ho Martial Arts
1979