Lee Seok-ku

Acting

Lee Seok-ku

Born 1950-11-06 · South Korea

Lee Seok-ku (이석구) is a South Korean actor.

Acting credits

Silmido poster
7.1

On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.

Silmido

2003

Clementine poster
3.2

Kim, a Taekwondo champion decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa Rang's freedom.

Clementine

2004

The Surrogate Womb poster
7.1

A barren noblewoman encourages her husband to take a young peasant as a surrogate to secure the male line.

The Surrogate Womb

1987

The Diary of King Yonsan poster
8.0

A historical drama about the life of Prince Yeonsan of Joseon,.

The Diary of King Yonsan

1988

Bungee Jumping of Their Own poster
6.5

A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins unintentionally reminding him of his doomed first love, which ended 17 years earlier.

Bungee Jumping of Their Own

2001

Chilsu and Mansu poster
7.0

An aimless young man and his sign-painter friend draw a crowd when they climb to the top of a high-rise billboard.

Chilsu and Mansu

1988

Downfall poster
5.3

A 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

The Hero Returns poster
7.0

A girl who has failed to be accepted by a first-rate university and is suffering from depression, suddenly finds herself pulled into the past. She meets her parents as teenagers and must somehow find a way to spark their romance before she can return to her own time.

The Hero Returns

1987

Public Enemy poster
7.1

A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.

Public Enemy

2002

Money, Money, Money poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Money, Money, Money

1991

7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover

1996

Festival poster
7.4

While 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

Tie a Yellow Ribbon poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Tie a Yellow Ribbon

1998

Golden Dragon, Silver Snake poster
6.8

Kung Fu star Dragon Lee appears as 'Golden Dragon', who teams up with 'Silver Snake' to take revenge on the men responsible for his brother's murder...

Golden Dragon, Silver Snake

1981

End of the Century poster
4.5

An intricately put together story that brings to the screen Korea's most sensitive issues. Through the lives of various Seoulites, the film features an unfettered look into Korea's modern society by presenting them into four chapters - Moratorium, Amorality, Moral Hazard, and Y2K.

End of the Century

1999

Declaration of Fools poster
6.8

Beginning with the suicide of a film director, this work represents the Korean New Wave Cinema movement that focused on criticizing the Korean society in the 1980s through satire and humor. The journey taken by the characters, who lead low lives at the margins of the society, award them with a sense of liberation, however brief.

Declaration of Fools

1983

Ambiguous Man poster
NR

A well-known womanizer is set to marry the daughter of wealthy business man. However, on the day of the wedding, he goes missing. The police are called and begin an investigation, only to see some surprising witnesses come forward.

Ambiguous Man

1996

Jail Breakers poster
6.0

Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.

Jail Breakers

2002

Fly High, Run Far poster
6.6

In 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

Mission for the Dragon poster
6.4

Han Wu-song, an antique collector, gets killed while appraising a bronze horse rider statue which trader Wang Dae-in has stolen from a tomb. Dae-in dies on the scene and Wu-song leaves the killer's name on the cave wall before he dies. Dae-in's son Wang Gak thinks Wu-Song killed his father and fights with his son Jung-pa. Trader Kwan and her daughter Mi-ryung stop the fight. Jung-pa and Mi-ryung's love is disturbed by Ju-yang. Gak and Jung-pa chase him to find Wu-song's body with Ju-yang's name on the wall but Mi-ryung appeals them not to kill...

Mission for the Dragon

1980

Say Yes poster
5.0

Young married couple Yoon-hee and Jung-hyun go on a road trip, and along the way they pick up a lone drifter, M. M turns out to be a violent and sadistic psychopath who terrorises the couple at every turn. After capturing Jung-hyun, Em gives him a choice: submit to torture or allow Em to kill Yoon-hee.

Say Yes

2001

Running Turtle poster
6.3

Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective with a gambling addiction, is on the brink of losing his job when he has his gambling winnings stolen by an escapee convict. Jo Pil-seong sets out to catch the fugitive and retain his money and dignity.

Running Turtle

2009

Mrs. Kim Ma-ri poster
9.0

When viewed in public, the Kim's seem to have the perfect marriage. In private, however, their married life is filled with turbulence, fighting, cheating, and accusations.

Mrs. Kim Ma-ri

1983

Dragon, the Young Master poster
7.0

Set in 1920's Manchuria, Kao-Yin sells information on the mining operation to the Japanese and is rewarded with a large quantity of valuable jewellery. But the jewellery is stolen and hidden in the snow mountain where it will remain unless one man - or woman - can survive the battles of murder and deception that surround it.

Dragon, the Young Master

1981