Kang Dae-jin

Directing

Kang Dae-jin

Born 1935-12-21 · Mokpo, South Korea

Kang Dae-jin was born on May 4, 1933 in Korea. He was a producer and director, known for The Coachman (1961), Naido eorinde (1974) and Ulmyeo heujin busanhang (1963). He died on April 1, 1987 in Seoul, South Korea.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

K&J poster
8.0

Two school troublemakers decide to become better students. They visit their suspicious teacher everyday after school to ask questions and offer help. When their teacher falls ill due to overwork and is hospitalized, they decide they must find a way to show their appreciation.

K&J

1977

Mr. Park poster
5.6

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.

Mr. Park

1960

The Coachman poster
6.5

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.

The Coachman

1961

Whale Hunting poster
7.3

A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.

Whale Hunting

1984

Wife poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wife

1983

Times of Love and Hatred poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Times of Love and Hatred

1962

Girls' High School Days poster
NR

Mi-Rye is a high school girl who participates in volunteer service in a rural village during summer vacation. When she gets lost in the mountain, she meets Tae-Ho who is a member of biology club of boys' high school. He is on his way down to village after he finishes gathering herbs and plants on high altitude. They stray in the thick fog and finds a villa where they stay awake. The next morning, they are found by teachers. They are expelled from school because the older generation and teachers don't believe their sexual morality. Years later, Mi-Rye fails to accomplish her love with Tae-Ho, and marries to another man.

Girls' High School Days

1972

Jagko poster
7.2

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.

Jagko

1983

The Beautiful Maid poster
9.0

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.

The Beautiful Maid

1964

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave

1972

Forbidden Love poster
7.0

Choi Seok, the principal of a girl's high school, adopts Jeong-nim, a Japanese student there. However, they develop a disturbing relationship that scandalizes the local region. His family is disgusted and sends the girl back to Tokyo whil Choi Seok loses his job, but the two cannot stop thinking about each other

Forbidden Love

1976

Love poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Love

1968

The Great Jungle Escape poster
NR

Korean-Taiwanese-Thai co-production that is the source movie for Godrey Ho's Ninja Operation 7: Royal Warriors.

The Great Jungle Escape

1985

Woman with Long Eyelashes poster
7.0

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.

Woman with Long Eyelashes

1970

Madam Freedom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Madam Freedom

1969

Snowing on Grudge Street poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Snowing on Grudge Street

1971

Die to Live poster
10.0

Yi-suk, a teacher at a girl's middle school, refuses to worship in the traditional Japanese way. She goes to the national assembly to plead for her right to worship Christianity, but is arrested and sentenced to death. However, a series of miracles in the prison keeps her alive.

Die to Live

1982

Rebirth poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rebirth

1969

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970

Hong Kil-Dong poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hong Kil-Dong

1976

Love Of Blood Relations poster
9.0

North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.

Love Of Blood Relations

1976

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Promise on the Last Day

1974

Chorus of Trees poster
NR

Cheol-woo, a Korean law student at Waseda University in Tokyo, secretly leads a student reading club that doubles as an independence movement. He falls in love with Yumiko, daughter of Miike, a Japanese official behind colonial policies, and struggles with their forbidden romance.

Chorus of Trees

1968