Yun Bong-chun

Acting

Yun Bong-chun

Born — Died

1902-03-22 — 1975-10-21

Place of birth

Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, Korean Empire [now Democratic People's Republic of Korea]

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Known for

Hurrah! For Freedom poster
5.4

During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.

Hurrah! For Freedom

1946

The Consolatory Song poster
9.0

Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success

The Consolatory Song

1930

The Virgin Star poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Virgin Star

1956

No artwork available
NR

An educational film about how a backward impoverished village was able to prosper thanks to the initiative of the village youth who began to grow tobacco.

Dawn of the Mountain Village

1940

Yu Gwan-Sun poster
5.5

This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese authorities order schools closed temporarily. Yu Gwan-sun (Do Geum-bong) persuades her neighbors to join the national movement, and continues her aggressive struggle against Japanese rule. An independent campaign at Aunae, a market site, is successful with the passionate participation of many people. She is arrested by the Japanese police for leading the campaign and has to endure horrible tortures. But she never gives up her fight, encouraging her cell mates to participate in the movement. She is finally taken to an underground room by the Japanese police and murdered.

Yu Gwan-Sun

1959

Field Mouse poster
7.0

A young man called Field Mouse (Deuljwi) saves a young couple when the woman is forced to marry a rich gangster.

Field Mouse

1927

Film credits

1930s · 16 titles

The Consolatory Song poster
9.0

Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success

The Consolatory Song

1930

A Story of the Day after Arirang poster
9.0

The freed Yeong-jin falls in love with a girl who loves him. But Yeong-jin goes on a journey, leaving a note to his beloved: "My love is endless expanses".

A Story of the Day after Arirang

1930

Oh Mong-nyeo poster
10.0

This literary adaptation tells the story of Oh Mong-nyeo, a young woman living with her stepfather in a seaside village. When men in the village attempt to rape her, she escapes by boat with her boyfriend to seek a better life elsewhere.

Oh Mong-nyeo

1937

Corps of Youth poster
NR

Sang-eun comes to Seoul with land papers to raise money for a business. Two malefactors, trying to steal these documents, fight among themselves.

Corps of Youth

1938

Arirang 3 poster
10.0

Tae-jun, seeing the beauty of Young-hee, was inflamed with passion for her. However, her brother Young-jin prevented him from approaching the girl. By placing Young-jin in a mental hospital, Tae Joon finally has free access to his sister.

Arirang 3

1936

The Big Grave poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Big Grave

1931

Su-il and Sun-ae poster
NR

Su-il's life is turned upside down when he learns that his lover Sun-ae is getting married to the wealthy Jun-bae. Embittered, Su-il becomes a loan shark, but when he finds out about Sun-ae's illness, he tries to start over from scratch.

Su-il and Sun-ae

1931

The Town Across the River poster
7.0

Melodrama concerning a spoiled only son. After his father scolds him for his excessive drinking, he sells the family's only cow for money to leave for Seoul. Finding life difficult on his own in Seoul, he returns, begging forgiveness.

The Town Across the River

1935

Return Spot poster
NR

Simple school teachers Koh Young-woo and Choi Il-yeop love each other and do their best to teach the illiterate. However, he is despised by the village elders. Seeing that their will does not waver at all, the village elders understand and cooperate.

Return Spot

1939

Fig Tree poster
8.0

The violinist and the dancer fell in love. However, a man suddenly appears, with whom the dancer leaves, tempted by his wealth. A musician who has lost his beloved looks at life pessimistically and falls into despair.

Fig Tree

1935

Shadow poster
7.0

The story is a melodrama concerning a young woman, played by Yun Bong-choon, who is abused by her stepmother and half-sister. After her stepmother expels her from her home, she stabs her stepmother.

Shadow

1935

Immunity poster
9.0

The film concerns the 3-day rule of Kim Ok-kyun (1851-1894), and his attempt to modernize Korea.

Immunity

1932

Sorrowful Song in the Buddhist Monastery poster
NR

The story of a man and a woman who fell in love without knowing that they were half-brother and sister.

Sorrowful Song in the Buddhist Monastery

1930

The Han River poster
NR

The film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son. Park No-in (Yoon Bong-chun) is a boatman who believes in his profession. He intends to pass the ferry he inherited from his ancestors to his son (Lee Geum-ryong). But he doesn't want to be a boatman. When his father's compulsion grows stronger, one night he goes out alone to the riverside, caresses the oar stained by his father's hands, and then abruptly leaves.

The Han River

1938

The Robber poster
8.0

The main content is the conflict between the rich man Song Chi-ho and the blacksmith Ko Young-nam's family and various incidents between Oh Young-min and the people around him. It also tells the story of other content. Joo Joo-gyu, the son of wealthy Yun Bong-chun, begs his father to send him to study abroad, but his mischievous father is reckless. One night a thief picked it up and found it to be his son. The mischievous father also wakes up and confiscates his fortune and sends his son to study abroad the way he wants.

The Robber

1930

Season for Singing poster
NR

A rich man from the capital comes to the village, where he seduces young Ok-bon, which he takes with him to Seoul. However, Ok-bon already had a fiancé named Gil-yeon, a young man from the same village who intends to fight for his love.

Season for Singing

1930

1920s · 5 titles

Behind the camera

The Virgin Star poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Virgin Star

1956

Yu Gwan-Sun poster
5.5

This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese authorities order schools closed temporarily. Yu Gwan-sun (Do Geum-bong) persuades her neighbors to join the national movement, and continues her aggressive struggle against Japanese rule. An independent campaign at Aunae, a market site, is successful with the passionate participation of many people. She is arrested by the Japanese police for leading the campaign and has to endure horrible tortures. But she never gives up her fight, encouraging her cell mates to participate in the movement. She is finally taken to an underground room by the Japanese police and murdered.

Yu Gwan-Sun

1959

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

윤봉길 의사

1947

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

윤봉길 의사

1947

No artwork available
9.0

As a 16-year-old girl during the March 1 independence movement in 1919, Yu Gwan-sun stood at the forefront of the march for the freedom of the nation. A biographical film about Yu Gwan-sun's short life and martyrdom.

Yu Gwan-sun

1948

Frontier poster
9.0

One spring day when it rained. While watering the paddy fields, Geumryong gets into a fight with the neighboring young man Kokibong, but accidentally kills him. Geum-ryong is sentenced to three years in prison. Meanwhile, Go Young-ran, who is engaged to Geum-ryong, runs away from home because her parents force her to marry someone else. Geum-ryong, who has been released from prison, finds Yeong-ran, but she has become a bar clerk. However, she sees Young-ran, who is still guarding Jeongjo, and she starts anew with Young-ran.

Frontier

1942

Nongae poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nongae

1956

Obituary poster
NR

Seong-jae, a maid of Yeong-dal's house, lives with her daughter Soon-i. Her neighboring village, Seok-ju, loves Soon-i. However, as Yeong-dal's scheme makes it difficult to make a living for sewing, Soon-i becomes Yeong-dal's concubine. Sewing, who saved her foundation thanks to her daughter, opened the tavern she had always dreamed of. However, Soon-i leaves a letter without saying a word and she leaves for Pyongyang. After a while, a large sum of 150 won was remitted from her Soon-i. There she became a whore. When Seong-bong learns of her, he takes her Seok-ju and goes to find her. However, the way to pay off her 500 won debt was vague. On a rainy night, Seong-joo robs her pawnshop and gives Seok-joo a bundle of stolen money and collapses. But it was a piece of her newspaper and she felt relieved that she was freed from sin. In front of Se-bong, the happy wedding scene between Seok-ju and Soon-i comes to mind.

Obituary

1938

Obituary poster
NR

Seong-jae, a maid of Yeong-dal's house, lives with her daughter Soon-i. Her neighboring village, Seok-ju, loves Soon-i. However, as Yeong-dal's scheme makes it difficult to make a living for sewing, Soon-i becomes Yeong-dal's concubine. Sewing, who saved her foundation thanks to her daughter, opened the tavern she had always dreamed of. However, Soon-i leaves a letter without saying a word and she leaves for Pyongyang. After a while, a large sum of 150 won was remitted from her Soon-i. There she became a whore. When Seong-bong learns of her, he takes her Seok-ju and goes to find her. However, the way to pay off her 500 won debt was vague. On a rainy night, Seong-joo robs her pawnshop and gives Seok-joo a bundle of stolen money and collapses. But it was a piece of her newspaper and she felt relieved that she was freed from sin. In front of Se-bong, the happy wedding scene between Seok-ju and Soon-i comes to mind.

Obituary

1938

No artwork available
8.0

This is the story of the struggle of the pioneers of the March independence movement, which led 20 million Koreans to rebel on March 1, 1919.

1 March Registration

1947

The Big Grave poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Big Grave

1931

The Robber poster
8.0

The main content is the conflict between the rich man Song Chi-ho and the blacksmith Ko Young-nam's family and various incidents between Oh Young-min and the people around him. It also tells the story of other content. Joo Joo-gyu, the son of wealthy Yun Bong-chun, begs his father to send him to study abroad, but his mischievous father is reckless. One night a thief picked it up and found it to be his son. The mischievous father also wakes up and confiscates his fortune and sends his son to study abroad the way he wants.

The Robber

1930