Kim Myung-gon

Acting

Kim Myung-gon

Born 1952-12-03 · Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea

Kim Myung-Gon (김명곤) is a South Korean actor, screenwriter, and music director.

Acting credits

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days poster
8.1

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

2018

The Admiral: Roaring Currents poster
7.0

Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents

2014

Hansan: Rising Dragon poster
6.5

In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.

Hansan: Rising Dragon

2022

Steel Rain 2: Summit poster
7.0

A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.

Steel Rain 2: Summit

2020

Vanishing poster
6.6

When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolutionary technique for recognizing bodies. With more corpses on the way and a mysterious organ trafficking ring uncovered, things are about to get more dangerous in the land of the morning calm…

Vanishing

2022

Steel Rain poster
7.1

Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

Steel Rain

2017

Masquerade poster
7.7

Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.

Masquerade

2012

Samsara poster
8.0

Four monks gather at a temple to see their esteemed mentor Do-Bub, but none of them are particularly enlightened. From the calculating chief monk and the meat-eating womanizer to the silver-tongued moneymaker and the vain Instagram heartthrob, they all seem more interested in self-gain than asceticism. Nevertheless, the worldly monks have to respond to an unsavoury truth about Do-Bub. In the subsequent days, memories are awakened and characters tested as the monks reflect on their experiences, desires, and fears, as well as the realization that someone will have to be Do-Bub’s successor.

Samsara

2019

48 + 1 poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

48 + 1

1995

A+ Life poster
10.0

A man struggles with his responsibities to his father and his desire for true love.

A+ Life

1999

Warriors of the Dawn poster
6.9

A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.

Warriors of the Dawn

2017

Sopyonje poster
7.8

The 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

Idol poster
6.1

The politician Koo Myung-hui finds his wife in the garage. She is cleaning her son's bloodstained car, which has just run over a person.

Idol

2019

The Taebaek Mountains poster
6.9

Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.

The Taebaek Mountains

1994

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

Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia poster
7.0

The life of a woman through the tumultuous years of Korea's modern history.

Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia

1992

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

Love Skill poster
5.0

Tae-Hoon runs a factory in the Philippines, which processes mangos. Soo-Jin is an ordinary working woman, who dreams of experiencing love like it is fate. One day, Soo-Jin decides to take a trip to the Philippines with her friend, Ji-young. In the Philippines, Soo-Jin meets Tae-Hoon and falls in love with him

Love Skill

2013

The Eternal Empire poster
6.5

This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Eternal Empire

1995

Crimson Moon poster
NR

Crown Prince Sado spirals down due to his own insanity and his father King Yeongjo's complex.

Crimson Moon

2015

Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer poster
5.6

Er Woo Dong translates to "entertainer," a rough approximation of the duties of 14th-century Korean courtesan Er Yoon Chang. After a lifetime "in service," Er Yoon Chang retires to a faraway village. Meanwhile, her powerful father, ashamed of his daughter's lifestyle, dispatches an assassin to do her in. Er Yoon Chang is protected by her faithful deaf-mute bodyguard, but only up to a point.

Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer

1985

Declaration of Genius poster
8.0

A strange man appears in Pagoda Park. His name is Young-sung. Another man stands in a corner, carefully takes in his every move and tapes him with a camcorder. His name is Ahn Sang-gi, a self-proclaimed film director. Young-sung spots a high school girl and begins to follow her. Her name is Jin-kyung. The three meet in a cafe and become inseparable in a matter of hours. Madame Sul-hee, owner of an exclusive club, introduces them to many high level officials. Young-sung begins to tell fortunes for the many individuals they meet including a powerful politician to a corrupt national hero and Sang-gi collects fees. In the midst of all this, Jin-kyung schemes to get pregnant with Young-sung's child, and Sang-gi is convinced that he is close to realizing his dream of becoming a film director. Little do they know that Young-sung's clairvoyance is not permanent.

Declaration of Genius

1995

The Man with Three Coffins poster
5.7

While journeying across South Korea for a suitable place to scatter his late wife’s ashes, a widower crosses paths with a nurse and her patient - a dying old man who offers him a considerable amount of money to take him to his hometown.

The Man with Three Coffins

1987

Three Days of Heo Hwang Ok: 2000 Years of Lost Memories poster
NR

As the historical community regards the marriage voyage of the 'Indian Princess, Heo Hwang Ok' 2,000 years ago as a myth or a legend, the roots of 8 million descendants, including the Kim and Heo clans in Gimhae are always shaken, and the beginning of Gaya Buddhism as well as the history of Gaya are pushed back hundreds of years. The documentary traces the three-day honeymoon record of 'Indian Princess Heo Hwang Ok' in the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, drawing a unique historical reality in a scientific way that no one has predicted or attempted to try before.

Three Days of Heo Hwang Ok: 2000 Years of Lost Memories

2022

Behind the camera