Heo Chang-kang

Acting

Heo Chang-kang

Born — Died

1925-05-09 — 1975-09-21

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Heo Jang-gang was South Korean actor. He was also the father of actor, Heo Jun-ho and was one of representative actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly took characteristic supporting roles such as villains or comical characters. He died of a heart attack after playing football in 1975.

Known for

Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul poster
NR

Teacher Waryong retires after 37 years of teaching. He sets out to visit his former students living in Seoul. While those who establish themselves successfully show only indifference to him, those who are poor but honest heartily welcome him. Teacher Waryong helps the less fortunate former students.

Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul

1962

The Power for Ten Years poster
8.0

During the reign of King Yeongjo in the Joseon Dynasty (1302-1910), the villainous retainer party led by Jang Ji-hang gains power after cutting the head off a royalist Hong seong-won. His son Hong Guk-yeong passes a state exam and tries to assist the king in ruling well, but he is also put to death by Jang's false incrimination. But he is called a faithful politician in history.

The Power for Ten Years

1964

Potato poster
10.0

Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocrat and lives a hard life to survive.

Potato

1968

A Dream of Fortune poster
6.0

Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's paying off a monthly mortgage for his welfare housing facility sold by the government. One day, Mr. Son and his wife make the acquaintance of a U.S. immigrant Charlie Hong (Heo Chang-kang) who is engaged in the smuggling business.

A Dream of Fortune

1961

Dangerous Youth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dangerous Youth

1966

Under the Sky in Seoul poster
7.0

An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small village in Seoul. He often causes domestic trouble by being nasty to his wife and his children. Kim Hyeon-ok, a daughter of a young widow who runs Nahana Beauty Shop, is in love with Choi Du-yeol, an obstetrician across the street. Kim Hak-gyu has great distaste for western medicine, and at the same time, is jealous of the obstetrician. He always gets in the way of Choi Du-yeol. Kim's son, Hyeon-gu, dates Jeom-ryae, a daughter of a bar owner.

Under the Sky in Seoul

1961

Film credits

1970s · 9 titles

Great King Sejo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Great King Sejo

1970

The Earth poster
10.0

Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su's family is a grand land lord of the region from generation to generation. His mother Mrs. Yoon gives birth to another son Hwan after she was raped by Kim Gae-Ju when he is 10 years old. Later Hwan becomes a servant of Choi family but he falls in love with Chi-Su's wife and they flee by night. Meanwhile after a reign of 40 years of King Ko Jong, cholera prevails all over the country and years of famine follows it. While people suffer from natural disasters and diseases, one of Chi-Su's maternal relative Cho Jun-Ku and his wife make a plot to take Choi family's enormous wealth and strengthen the foundation for his status. In this chaos some villagers and Seo-Hee, Chi-Su's daughter leave their village for Buk Kan Do.

The Earth

1974

A Story of Two Sisters poster
8.5

Jang-Soe is the stepbrother of Jang-Hwa and Hong-Ryeon. Jang-Soe's mother kills two sisters to take all properties from their father. Later Jang-Hwa and Hong-Ryeon become resented spirits. They appear to their father Mr. Bae and the chief of district to tell that their stepmother Mrs. Heo killed them. The honorable chief of district knows the truth and arrests Mrs. Heo and Jang-Soe to punish them. Jang-Hwa revives from death and marries to her beloved Mr. Jeong.

A Story of Two Sisters

1972

An Old Potter poster
6.2

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.

An Old Potter

1970

Cruel history of Myeong Dong poster
10.0

An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.

Cruel history of Myeong Dong

1972

10 Ladies of the Court poster
7.0

10 well-educated ladies of the royal court are charged with the care of the young prince. When a visiting minister falls in love with one of these women, the others agree to help smuggle the lovers out of the palace.

10 Ladies of the Court

1973

Bun-rye's Story poster
6.5

Bun-rye, the eldest daughter in a poor family, is violated by Yong-pal, who is a married man, and out of desperation she becomes a concubine of Young-cheol, a gambler who is impotent. Kong Jo-shi is in love with Bun-rye, though she still has feelings for Yong-pal. After losing his money, Young-cheol takes out his anger on Bun-rye and throws her out of his house. In retaliation, Jo-shi kills Young-cheol, and Bun-rye is driven to madness.

Bun-rye's Story

1971

A Shaman's Story poster
9.0

Mo-Hwa is a famous shaman. When the Christianity is introduced to this small fishing village, Mo-Hwa's divine power is declining. Mo-Hwa is furious when she happened to know that her own son Wuk has studied theology. She performs an exorcism to throw away evil spirits from her son and tears up the bible. The conflict between mother and son breaks up the family. Mo-Hwa decides to show which spirit is stronger when she is asked to perform an exorcism for a drowned lady. Even though she performs shaman, the body doesn't come up to the surface. Mo-Hwa doesn't stop to perform and gradually she is going down into the water and never comes back.

A Shaman's Story

1972

No artwork available
7.0

A scandal from the past of two friends haunts them to the present and may result in the loss of any future happiness

The Promise

1975

1960s · 47 titles

Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul poster
NR

Teacher Waryong retires after 37 years of teaching. He sets out to visit his former students living in Seoul. While those who establish themselves successfully show only indifference to him, those who are poor but honest heartily welcome him. Teacher Waryong helps the less fortunate former students.

Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul

1962

The Power for Ten Years poster
8.0

During the reign of King Yeongjo in the Joseon Dynasty (1302-1910), the villainous retainer party led by Jang Ji-hang gains power after cutting the head off a royalist Hong seong-won. His son Hong Guk-yeong passes a state exam and tries to assist the king in ruling well, but he is also put to death by Jang's false incrimination. But he is called a faithful politician in history.

The Power for Ten Years

1964

Potato poster
10.0

Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocrat and lives a hard life to survive.

Potato

1968

A Dream of Fortune poster
6.0

Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's paying off a monthly mortgage for his welfare housing facility sold by the government. One day, Mr. Son and his wife make the acquaintance of a U.S. immigrant Charlie Hong (Heo Chang-kang) who is engaged in the smuggling business.

A Dream of Fortune

1961

Dangerous Youth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dangerous Youth

1966

Under the Sky in Seoul poster
7.0

An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small village in Seoul. He often causes domestic trouble by being nasty to his wife and his children. Kim Hyeon-ok, a daughter of a young widow who runs Nahana Beauty Shop, is in love with Choi Du-yeol, an obstetrician across the street. Kim Hak-gyu has great distaste for western medicine, and at the same time, is jealous of the obstetrician. He always gets in the way of Choi Du-yeol. Kim's son, Hyeon-gu, dates Jeom-ryae, a daughter of a bar owner.

Under the Sky in Seoul

1961

A Drifting Story poster
6.5

This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.

A Drifting Story

1960

Special Agent X-7 poster
9.0

The Korean Intelligence Agency receives information that a huge amount of gold is being smuggled by North Korean spies, who has a secret organization in Hong Kong. To prevent this, Korea dispatches a secret agent to Hong Kong, who destroys their plan in advance and rounds up the mob.

Special Agent X-7

1966

Seong Chun-hyang poster
7.7

Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul with his father who's an aristocrat, and the new governor, Byeon Hakdo, covets Chun-hyang because she is the most beautiful girl in town. When Chun-hyang rejects his order to serve him at night, Governor Byeon sends her to jail. In the mean time, Lee passes the state exam and becomes a special undercover agent of the king. He comes back to where Chun-hyang lives to save her and punishes Governor Byeon.

Seong Chun-hyang

1961

The Classroom of Youth poster
7.0

While the students, full of vigor in their twenties, make a stand against their parents who regard dating as a sin, they enjoy their springtime of life to the full showing affection in their own way. In the meantime, their parents get to understand them and their children receive their parents' blessing.

The Classroom of Youth

1963

Mother and a Guest poster
6.9

Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love, but is her support enough to guard their love?

Mother and a Guest

1961

Prince Yeonsan poster
8.6

A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.

Prince Yeonsan

1961

Salsali, You Didn't Know poster
NR

A clerk at a jewelry store is an avid reader of the 007 series and admires the protagonist of the story. One day, he loses a huge amount of jewelry to a con artist. In order to catch them, he disguises himself as an woman and pretends to be a cabaret hostess to observe the perpetrators. And he finally reports to the police to arrest them all. A comedy.

Salsali, You Didn't Know

1966

Bonanza poster
5.5

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.

Bonanza

1961

The Evergreen poster
7.4

Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of their hometown. When they arrive, the pair immediately get to work, Dong-hyuk builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the initiative and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.

The Evergreen

1961

Six Daughters poster
5.0

An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as the seven children live throughout the country. During the nation-wide travel, they witness the modernization of Korea and feel satisfied with the children contributing to the national modernization directly or indirectly.

Six Daughters

1967

Lee Chadon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lee Chadon

1962

Fading in the Rain poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fading in the Rain

1965

The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy poster
6.0

After an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he is forced to go on the run. The son he leaves behind grows up to have 4 daughters, but there is rumored to be a curse on his family. As the daughters find their way into relationships the curse seems to be true. Allegations of child murder, infidelity, forced into marriages with raging psychopaths.

The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

1963

Farewell to the Duman River poster
6.2

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.

Farewell to the Duman River

1962

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin poster
9.5

King Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive the current Queen into exile.

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

1968

Her Majesty Yeonghwa poster
9.0

At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

1964

A Returned Man poster
7.0

Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui, in a house filled with beautiful white roses. Not long after hearing the wonderful news that his wife is pregnant, Park Nam-ho is drafted into the war in the Pacific. Posted in the Gwandong army, he survives the battle, though his face is burned. Back home, Gyeong-hui receives a telegram stating that her husband is dead. When she gives birth to their son, Cheol-soo, she goes to live in Seoul. When Nam-woo comes back to the country, he doesn't go to his wife, but rather goes to live in his hometown. On his way home, he encounters a child whose mother is dead, and takes her in as his own daughter.

A Returned Man

1960

Tyrant Yeonsan poster
6.0

Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.

Tyrant Yeonsan

1962

A Swordsman in the Twilight poster
8.0

Kim Tae-won remains loyal to Queen Min after the ursper Jang Hie-bin takes the throne. Queen Hie-bin's chief magistrate tyrranizes those who remain sympathetic to the old queen and attempts to kill any who will not pledge alliegence to the new monarch

A Swordsman in the Twilight

1967

Life poster
8.0

The film based on the true story of Kim Gwang-seon, a mineworker who survived a collapse of Gubong Mine in August 22, 1967. The story focuses on the importance of saving a life, and the survivors' will to live.

Life

1969

Tiger of the Plains poster
7.0

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.

Tiger of the Plains

1965

Horse-year Bride poster
7.5

It is the year of the white horse that arrives every sixty years. Three women avoid sleeping with their husbands so they won't conceive girls on the year of the horse. However, young and healthy husbands fall into great dilemma.

Horse-year Bride

1966

Times of Love and Hatred poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Times of Love and Hatred

1962

Nostalgia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nostalgia

1967

The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine poster
NR

Queen Min makes regent Prince Daewon withdraw from ruling with the help of the Min Seung-ho Party.

The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine

1965

A Man Like the Wind poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Man Like the Wind

1968

The Public Cemetery Under the Moon poster
5.2

Kisaeng Wol-ha marries Kim Han-su, but soon dies because of a false accusation made up by her mother-in-law and very own servant. Now, the ghost of Wol-ha wants revenge!

The Public Cemetery Under the Moon

1967

The King and the Servant Boy poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The King and the Servant Boy

1965

When the Buckwheat Blooms poster
5.0

Heo, an itinerary market dealer, had a short and passionate love with a girl called Bun when he was young and still cherishes that memory in his heart. One day, he happens to meet a young market dealer who is left-handed like him. While talking to him, he finds out that the man is actually his son.

When the Buckwheat Blooms

1967

A Water Mill poster
5.4

There is a poor farmer couple. The landowner, an old man, covetous of the tenant's wife, tries to seduce her and sometimes threatens her. The wife spends every night with the old man at the water mill. Her husband, hearing the news, runs to the water mill and witnesses them together. He picks up the sickle that was placed near and kills his wife. The landowner escapes and the farmer gets arrested by a Japanese policeman.

A Water Mill

1966

Spring, Spring poster
8.0

Chun-sam is working as a servant at Bong-pil's home to be his future son in-law. His daughter, Jeom-sun has grown enough to get wed. But her father thinks she is too young. But in reality he doesn't want to set her daughter with Chun-sam to begin with. Jeom-sun finds out, and picks up a fight with her father. When Chun-sam decides to play hard on his master, Jeom-sun takes Chun-sam's side.

Spring, Spring

1969

Heartlessness poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Heartlessness

1962

King Dongmyeong poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

King Dongmyeong

1962

Lim Kkeok-jeong poster
10.0

During the later years of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), Lim Kkeok-jeong, a butcher's son, stands up against the aristocrats' tyranny and helps displaced people live in peace at a village he has established. He also forms a chivalrous robbers' band to get rid of corrupt officials. He dedicates himself to saving people from misery and teaching a lesson to the aristocrats and corrupted officials.

Lim Kkeok-jeong

1961

A Man And a Gisaeng poster
7.0

A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his male clients including his former boss, Heo. He earns enough money to clear his gisaeng life and opens his own business with his friend Jeong-hui. Meanwhile his sister tells him that she is getting married. Later he finds out that her future brother in-law is the son of Heo. He doesn't know how to react. But Heo takes the man back to his company.

A Man And a Gisaeng

1969

A Sad Story of Danjong poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Sad Story of Danjong

1963

Night Blues poster
NR

Singers Han Sang-soo (Choi Moo-ryong) and Cha Yoo-mi (Lee Bin-hwa) are called "Wonang-sae duo" and enjoy the highest popularity. However, unlike Yumi, who loves Sang-soo deeply, Sang-soo considers her relationship with Yumi to be a friendship and marries her sister, Kyung-hee (Tae-reality), a pianist at the club. When Sang-soo marries Kyung-hee, Yumi, who is greatly hurt, leaves for France alone, and Sang-soo turns into a solo artist, but becomes a singer who travels to the countryside due to his lack of popularity and becomes a singer on stage.

Night Blues

1966

Returned Left-handed Man poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Returned Left-handed Man

1968

A Bride on the Second Floor poster
NR

A young bride moves into her husband's family and tries to modernize their lifestyle. Her plans, though, often get discouraged by her mother-in-law, a conservative lady who stresses traditional values. But the bride's father-in-law who understands the charms of her daughter-in-law's modern lifestyle, helps her to get what she wants. Eventually, they become one happy family living a modern lifestyle.

A Bride on the Second Floor

1968

Starting Point poster
7.7

Sang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for another man, and he draws her portrait everyday. Yeong-hun, the older of the two, makes a medical mistake, and his young patient dies. Because of the guilty conscience, he abandons the career as a doctor and devotes himself to writing a novel. However, the brothers have high self-esteem and finally overcome their weaknesses to make a fresh start.

Starting Point

1969

No artwork available
NR

Dr. Go, an authority in botany, lives in Buldang Village. His house is haunted by the ghost of Ok-nyeo, who has loved his friend, Choe Seong-ho. She has been killed unjustly, and the ghost comes to Dr. Go every night, asking for fresh blood from young women. One day, Jeong-ju, the daughter of Choe Seong-ho and a student of botany, comes to the region with boyfriend Chang-il to collect samples. Dr. Go is possessed by Ok-nyeo and tries to kill Jeong-ju, but Chang-il saves her. When Dr. Go comes back to his mind, everything turns out to be his dream.

Regret

1969

1950s · 4 titles

King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-geun poster
6.0

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.

King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-geun

1959

Palace of Ambition poster
6.3

A nobleman bribes a maidservant to gain access to the palace and poison the crown prince. Another noble, loyal to the royal family, learns the of the plot and must learn the identity of the would-be assassin before he can succeed in throwing the country into chaos.

Palace of Ambition

1957

Even the Clouds Are Drifting poster
5.6

After the death of Mal-Suk's father, her eldest brother, Dong-suk, becomes the sole breadwinner for his three siblings. With rumors of impending strikes and job cuts at the local mine, the struggling family faces difficulties in providing food and school fees for Mal-Suk and her brother Dong-il. This situation forces the two older siblings to move to Seoul, leaving the younger ones with their neighbors. Mal-Suk's only outlet is in her diary, where she candidly shares her hopes and troubles.

Even the Clouds Are Drifting

1959

Way of the Body poster
10.0

A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is unable to return to his family and home.

Way of the Body

1959