Hong-sik Kang

Directing

Hong-sik Kang

Born 1902-12-09 · Pyongyang, South Pyeongan Province, Korean Empire [now Pyongyang, North Korea]

Acting credits

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower poster
6.8

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

1943

The Captain of Bandits poster
NR

Two heroes (played by actors Gi-tak Jeong and Hong-sik Kang) are in love with the daughter of the king of bandits. In the end, the two fight in a duel

The Captain of Bandits

1926

Mt. Baekdu can be seen everywhere poster
NR

A screen adaptation of the novel by North Korean writer Yong Song. On the anti-Japanese partisan struggle of the Korean partisans in the 1930s.

Mt. Baekdu can be seen everywhere

1956

The Unending Battle poster
NR

The Lysynmanovites planned to kill Lee Min Se, a prominent scientist living in North Korea, in order to take possession of his discovery. To this end, they sent Park Dong Gyun to Pyongyang. After getting a close look at life in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Park Dong-gyun couldn't go through with the crime and decided to tell the Korean counterintelligence folks everything. With his help, a gang of seasoned saboteurs was exposed and caught.

The Unending Battle

1957

Jang-han-mong poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jang-han-mong

1926

Miles Away from Happiness poster
NR

To resolve the conflict between the Korean and Manchu border villages, the Korean protagonist sets fire to the Korean village and forces the Koreans and Manchus to put out the fire together.

Miles Away from Happiness

1941

When the Sun Rises poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

When the Sun Rises

1927

A Fish Tale poster
7.0

A whaling vessel hunts its quarry on the open sea while its crew undergoes many hardships. During the course of their journey, they dream of their wives and families and pray for the chance to provide for the loved ones and nation.

A Fish Tale

1944

Behind the camera

Cherished poster
NR

About a courageous and selfless girl-young doctor Hee Yong, who postponed the wedding, without even saying goodbye to her beloved, left to fight the epidemic in one of the remote mountainous regions.

Cherished

1960

My Home Village poster
5.5

This was the first feature film to be produced after the liberation of North Korea. It gives a pictures of boundless joy and emotion of the Korean people who are now liberated from the colonial yoke of Japanese imperialism thanks to the glorious anti-Japanese struggle organized and led by the great leader Comrade Kim Il-Sung. Unable to endure the insult of the landlord, Gwan Pil gives vent to his rage. Because of this, the Japanese imperialists deprive him of his tenant land and put him in jail where he gains class consciousness under the influence of a KPA operative.

My Home Village

1949

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

Red Flare poster
NR

About the struggle of the National Liberation Army of Korea against South Korean mercenaries, about the military operations of the People's Army scouts behind enemy lines.

Red Flare

1960

The Combat Unit of a Fighter Plane poster
6.0

The main character of the film, Man-sik Kim, is a fighter of the Korean People's Army. Through his bravery and resourcefulness in battle, he crushed the enemy's air superiority and dealt a crushing blow to the enemy.

The Combat Unit of a Fighter Plane

1953

Guardians of the Post poster
NR

Shortly before the start of the Korean War, the two Koreas fought small-scale battles on the 38th parallel. This film is a reconstruction of one of these battles.

Guardians of the Post

1950