Kim Dae-jung

Acting

Kim Dae-jung

Born 1924-01-06 · Sinan, South Jeolla, South Korea

Kim Dae-jung was a South Korean politician and statesman who served as President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.

Acting credits

The Spy Gone North poster
7.3

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.

The Spy Gone North

2018

The Drug King poster
6.3

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

The Drug King

2018

The Devil's Deal poster
6.1

Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil-do, by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae-woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Sun-tae. Unbeknownst to him, his messy journey through politics has only just begun.

The Devil's Deal

2023

King of Clones poster
7.1

From groundbreaking human cloning research to a scandalous downfall, this documentary tells the captivating story of Korea's most notorious scientist.

King of Clones

2023

The Birth of Korea 2: Freedom Fighter poster
NR

How did South Korea, after liberation in 1945 defend liberal democracy against leftist and communist forces? The door to that secret is now revealed.

The Birth of Korea 2: Freedom Fighter

2025

President poster
10.0

This documentary celebrates the life of former President Kim Dae-joong, who fought for democracy in South Korea and peace in the Korean Peninsula. It marks the 10th anniversary of his passing and covers his challenging journey, from his childhood on an island to his imprisonment, exile, near-death experiences, and ultimately becoming the president.

President

2019

Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die poster
8.2

Kim Dae Jung, who stands next to people in the middle of caotic history! A young businessman Kim Dae Jung recognized the victims of ideology. He decided to be a politician to make his country where people's politic and democracy are rooted. The price of being leave from a guaranteed future and take the first step on a bumby road was kidnapping, death threats, imprisonment, and a death sentence that shook him to the core, but even in his final moments, when he was sentenced to death, Kim never wavered. "Democracy will be recovered. I believe in it." The life of President Kim Dae-jung, a death row inmate who survived from the throes of death, four parliamentary elections, and three unsuccessful presidential campaigns, is etched into the modern history of South Korea.

Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die

2024

Korea, A Hundred Years of War poster
5.5

A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.

Korea, A Hundred Years of War

2020

Our President poster
7.9

In South Korea, 2002, the Democratic Party put the presidential nomination to a plebiscite for the first time. Amongst numerous candidates, the one who brought about the most unexpected result was a fringe candidate named Roh Moo-hyun.

Our President

2017

An Escalator in World Order poster
NR

USA is something like a religious belief in Korean history since the liberation. A powerful essay film is born with archival footages and a compilation of images of the Korean modern society. The right film for a generation who's losing the knowledge of Korean modern history.

An Escalator in World Order

2012

존경하고 사랑하는 국민여러분 poster
NR

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존경하고 사랑하는 국민여러분

2022

Let's be Together poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Let's be Together

2024

President Kim Dae Jung poster
NR

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President Kim Dae Jung

Non Fiction Diary poster
6.0

What happened in Korean society in the 1990s? The film starts with the Jijon-pa (Supreme Gangsters) case. The shocking story is narrated through the discussion by the two detectives who arrested the gangsters, of details of the roundup, data screens, and the death sentence. Nevertheless, Nonfiction Diary’s focus is not on the crime story. Starting from Jijon-pa onwards, the film reflects on the 1990s, when Korea digressed into contemporary history. The Seongsu Bridge and the Sampoong Department Store’s collapses are recalled, followed by the then-government’s punishment of the May 18 Uprising leaders, revealing the Korean legal system’s death penalty status, touching on political and power issues. The audience is reminded that today, 2013, is an extension of that same flow.

Non Fiction Diary

2014

Citizen Roh poster
10.0

In 2008, late President Roh Moo-hyun returned to his hometown Bongha village after his retirement and was joined by supporters as he recreated his hometown and began to clean up the Bonghae Mountain, cultivating Bongha Mountain, and cultivating environmentally friendly rice.

Citizen Roh

2019

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NR

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Kim Dae-jung's Days

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NR

Major corporations and the financial industry are thought to be the case of growth in exports and also the dangers of the IMF. The realities of the '97 Asian Financial Crisis and the IMF bailout are looked into in detail. While the government-led economic growth was being replaced by a neo-liberalistic one represented by a ‘global standard,’ there was an expert bureaucratic body. Meanwhile, Korea’s first general trading company was turned into the 4th largest major corporation by Kim Woochoong, who criticized the government and pushed for greater focus on international exports. With the old order of Korean economics facing the new, the summer of ’99 tells the story of the ticking time bomb of Daewoo.

Great Expectations