Acting

Choi Il

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

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

The Last Witness poster
7.3

Detective Oh goes searching for the murderer of Yang, a small-time brewer bludgeoned to death by a quiet riverside with no witnesses, no apparent motive. As he wanders about the winter landscape of South Jeolla Province and Seoul, he finds himself caught in a story of treachery, rape and murder.

The Last Witness

1980

Mountain Strawberries 2 poster
NR

A farmer in a community near Jirisan falls in love with and marries an itinerant performer. She plans to betray him by robbing him and leaving with her old boyfriend, another itinerant performer, when he comes to the village. Eventually she realizes she loves the farmer and stays with him.

Mountain Strawberries 2

1985

Cruel Revenge poster
NR

President Choi of Dongseo Shipping is at the verge of bankruptcy because one of his ships has sunk. Right on time, a man comes to Choi and offers to lend money by taking his remaining real estates as security and staying at his place. The man turns out to be a son that Choi has abandoned. The mother has died after living a hard life, and he wants revenge.

Cruel Revenge

1969

I Am Lady Number 77 poster
7.0

Due to her father's debts, Yun Go-na marries Song Kye-nam but she is unhappy because of Kye-nam's self-indulgent lifestyle. Go-na takes her daughter, Min-hi, and goes to Seoul where she gets a job as a hostess. One day, Mun Byung-kil proposes to Go-na. Troubled by her situation, Go-na turns him down. But Go-na is touched by his sincerity and marries him. The three live happily as a family but then Kye-nam shows up and demands his daughter Min-hi. However, Ky0e-nam goes away when he realizes which is real happiness of his daughter.

I Am Lady Number 77

1978

Yeonhwa 2 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yeonhwa 2

1975

Film credits

1990s · 2 titles

Echo of Love and Death poster
9.0

Kang-wook, a law student at Seoul National University, finds himself in a tight spot financially after losing contact with his family in North Korea. He sells his own blood at a hospital to make ends meet, and there he meets and grows close to nurse Jin-young. As Kang-wook faces financial difficulties, Ki-yong, a son of a landlord's agent, appears and tricks Kang-wook into joining left-wing activities. Ki-yong's true identity is revealed by Yoon-ae, a friend from hometown, leading to his arrest. Meanwhile, Kang-wook and Jin-young marry with the blessings of Professor Park and their friends, while Kang-wook's friend Do-hyeon struggles to hide his feelings for Jin-young. Their sweet days together come to an end with the outbreak of the Korean War, separating them. Jin-young, unable to wait for Kang-wook any longer, decides to flee the war with Do-hyeon. Kang-wook, hiding at Yoon-ae's house, is eventually arrested by Ki-yong and the leftists, who had been freed from prison.

Echo of Love and Death

1991

The Song of Crazy Love poster
6.2

Yi-su, a 37 year-old professor, can't forget her first love Joon-ho who's missing in action in Vietnam. She meets Hyun-woo one day, who look surprising like Joon-ho. Hyun-woo investigates Yi-su who lives in the past and discovers that her pain stems from the Vietnam war. Hyun-woo can't help falling in love with her even though he's a student. On a trip to Busan, he confesses his love for her. But he soon realizes that the only man for her is Joon-ho. Min-cheol who fought along with Joon-ho sells his belongings to Yi-su at a high price. He tells her that Joon-ho died in a fire and they argue aggressively. Min-cheol commits suicide afterwards and Yi-su is also found dead in the campus pool.

The Song of Crazy Love

1990

1980s · 8 titles

The Last Witness poster
7.3

Detective Oh goes searching for the murderer of Yang, a small-time brewer bludgeoned to death by a quiet riverside with no witnesses, no apparent motive. As he wanders about the winter landscape of South Jeolla Province and Seoul, he finds himself caught in a story of treachery, rape and murder.

The Last Witness

1980

Mountain Strawberries 2 poster
NR

A farmer in a community near Jirisan falls in love with and marries an itinerant performer. She plans to betray him by robbing him and leaving with her old boyfriend, another itinerant performer, when he comes to the village. Eventually she realizes she loves the farmer and stays with him.

Mountain Strawberries 2

1985

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

Jagko poster
7.2

In 1980s South Korea, a former cop, now in destitution, is placed in a rehabilitation center, where, by chance, he finds the Communist guerilla who had eluded his capture more than 30 years ago.

Jagko

1983

Winter Wanderer poster
6.2

Min-woo, a medical student from a wealthy family, runs into Da-hye) as he rides his bicycle on campus. At first Da-hye dislikes Min-woo, but thanks to help from his charismatic friend Hyeon-tae, he grows closer to Da-hye and the two fall deeply in love. But happiness would not last long. Min-woo's business goes belly-up, and then he learns his birth mother is a military base-town prostitute. Do disturbed by this all he ends up in jail. Meanwhile, Da-hye grows more dependent on Hyeon-tae, and Hyeon-tae gets caught between his friendship for Min-woo and his love for Da-hye...

Winter Wanderer

1986

No artwork available
6.5

A man is paid to seduce the wife of a powerful stockbroker but realizes that he is being set up for a murder charge.

No Woman Is Afraid of the Night

1986

Madam Oh's Day Out poster
NR

Oh Ka-hi is a popular madam in a nightclub in Mu-gyo-dong street. She supported her widowed mother and sister by working in a factory. Ka-hi and Tae-su, an honest boy, were in love. Then Dal-su, an animal of a man, raped her. With that, Ka-hi went from working at a bar to becoming a hostess at a cabaret. Ka-hi meets Hyun-wu and gets pregnant by him. She gives birth to Suk but learns too late that Hyun-wu is a married man. Dal-su persistently hounds her. He steals her bank account and takes the money she had earned with her tears and blood. To be worse, Suk dies from gas intoxication. Ka-hi falls into despair. Duk-sam, a driver, takes care of her. Ka-hi slowly rises from her nightmarish reality. In the end, she accepts Duk-sam's marriage proposal.

Madam Oh's Day Out

1983

The Liberal Wife 2 poster
9.0

When his 'liberal' wife dies, middle aged Jang Tae-yeon stays single for the sake of his only child. When he meets Hwang Yu-young, who is in her twenties, by chance, Tae-yeon gets remarried. Yu-young becomes a young housewife enjoying a well-to-do life. However, as the days go by, she grows more disgruntled by the generation gap between her and her husband. Tae-yeon gets more caught up with his friends. When he finds out of his wife's gradual transformation into becoming a 'liberal' wife, he dies from the shock. Yu-young regrets her husband's death and she realizes too late what it means to be a housewife.

The Liberal Wife 2

1986

1970s · 13 titles

I Am Lady Number 77 poster
7.0

Due to her father's debts, Yun Go-na marries Song Kye-nam but she is unhappy because of Kye-nam's self-indulgent lifestyle. Go-na takes her daughter, Min-hi, and goes to Seoul where she gets a job as a hostess. One day, Mun Byung-kil proposes to Go-na. Troubled by her situation, Go-na turns him down. But Go-na is touched by his sincerity and marries him. The three live happily as a family but then Kye-nam shows up and demands his daughter Min-hi. However, Ky0e-nam goes away when he realizes which is real happiness of his daughter.

I Am Lady Number 77

1978

Yeonhwa 2 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yeonhwa 2

1975

Yeonhwa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yeonhwa

1975

A Woman Pursued poster
8.0

At the death of her father, A-mi returns to Korea and realises he was implicated in the theft of a chest full of gold bars. She then becomes the target of a criminal organisation.

A Woman Pursued

1970

A Woman Pursued poster
8.0

At the death of her father, A-mi returns to Korea and realises he was implicated in the theft of a chest full of gold bars. She then becomes the target of a criminal organisation.

A Woman Pursued

1970

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong

1972

Soil poster
9.0

While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.

Soil

1978

Don't Torture Me Anymore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Don't Torture Me Anymore

1971

49 Days of Hell poster
8.0

A battalion of North Korean soldiers sieze Eoluk Isalnd on the east coast of Korea. The villagers organize a resistance and set a date to strike back at the occupying force which is terrorizing the population.

49 Days of Hell

1979

One-eyed Park poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

One-eyed Park

1970

Love Of Blood Relations poster
9.0

North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.

Love Of Blood Relations

1976

Miss Yang's Adventure poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Miss Yang's Adventure

1978

A Sword Under the Moon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Sword Under the Moon

1970

1960s · 14 titles

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

Cruel Revenge poster
NR

President Choi of Dongseo Shipping is at the verge of bankruptcy because one of his ships has sunk. Right on time, a man comes to Choi and offers to lend money by taking his remaining real estates as security and staying at his place. The man turns out to be a son that Choi has abandoned. The mother has died after living a hard life, and he wants revenge.

Cruel Revenge

1969

Potato poster
10.0

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

Potato

1968

The Night of Full Moon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Night of Full Moon

1969

Lady in Dream poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lady in Dream

1968

The Heartbreaking Story poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Heartbreaking Story

1964

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

Eagle of Wild Field poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eagle of Wild Field

1969

Dangerous Youth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dangerous Youth

1966

Let's Meet at Walkerhill poster
NR

After meeting on a train to Seoul, two strangers who both lost someone near to them in the past wonder the music filled city in search for their loved one.

Let's Meet at Walkerhill

1966

The Lost Sun poster
9.0

A bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers.

The Lost Sun

1964

Soil poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Soil

1967

Hwalbindang poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hwalbindang

1965

The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings

1964