Ahn Jong-hwa

Directing

Ahn Jong-hwa

Born 1902-01-19 · Hanyang, Korean Empire [now Seoul, Republic of Korea]

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Passion in the Universe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Passion in the Universe

1935

Passion in the Universe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Passion in the Universe

1935

Crossroads of Youth poster
5.4

After spending 7 years as a man-servant in his fiancé's house, Young-bok gets kicked out of the place and works in Gyoung-sung station. He falls in love with Gye-soon but tragedy strikes her, which propels him to seek revenge. This is the oldest Korean film that has been preserved.

Crossroads of Youth

1934

Crossroads of Youth poster
5.4

After spending 7 years as a man-servant in his fiancé's house, Young-bok gets kicked out of the place and works in Gyoung-sung station. He falls in love with Gye-soon but tragedy strikes her, which propels him to seek revenge. This is the oldest Korean film that has been preserved.

Crossroads of Youth

1934

No artwork available
NR

The sailor leaves his wife at home and goes to sea. Other men are not indifferent to his beautiful wife. She resists numerous temptations and waits for her husband's return. Finally, the husband returns, and they are happy again.

Path of Life

1937

No artwork available
NR

The sailor leaves his wife at home and goes to sea. Other men are not indifferent to his beautiful wife. She resists numerous temptations and waits for her husband's return. Finally, the husband returns, and they are happy again.

Path of Life

1937

Counterattack poster
NR

A kind of method film sponsored by the Prosecutor's Office of the Government-General of Korea, adapted and directed by Ahn Jong-hwa from the original draft of Ogata (緖方), who served as the chief of the censorship at the Gyeonggi-do Police Department. Geum-ryong Lee, a rubber factory worker, inevitably commits murder and sentences to prison to finance his younger brother's tuition. His wife, Bok Hye-suk, abandons her daughter and leaves her house. Geum-ryong, who is released from prison, goes to find his wife, but his wife is cold. Geum-ryong then goes to visit his younger brother, Lee Gyeong-sun. His younger brother becomes a successful doctor, but he brutally beats his daughter. Geum-ryong and his daughter regret his past and set out on a path without a destination.

Counterattack

1936

Counterattack poster
NR

A kind of method film sponsored by the Prosecutor's Office of the Government-General of Korea, adapted and directed by Ahn Jong-hwa from the original draft of Ogata (緖方), who served as the chief of the censorship at the Gyeonggi-do Police Department. Geum-ryong Lee, a rubber factory worker, inevitably commits murder and sentences to prison to finance his younger brother's tuition. His wife, Bok Hye-suk, abandons her daughter and leaves her house. Geum-ryong, who is released from prison, goes to find his wife, but his wife is cold. Geum-ryong then goes to visit his younger brother, Lee Gyeong-sun. His younger brother becomes a successful doctor, but he brutally beats his daughter. Geum-ryong and his daughter regret his past and set out on a path without a destination.

Counterattack

1936

No artwork available
NR

The plot tells the story of how the female protagonist was a servant in the house of a rich man, and then was expelled after losing chastity, as well as how the male protagonist sold flowers after he was kicked out of the factory.

A Florist

1930

No artwork available
NR

The plot tells the story of how the female protagonist was a servant in the house of a rich man, and then was expelled after losing chastity, as well as how the male protagonist sold flowers after he was kicked out of the factory.

A Florist

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

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

Su-u poster
NR

This is a promotional film for the police, in which an investigator calls on a priest to appoint a lawyer to free innocent Seo Yeon, who is accused of killing her smuggling husband, from custody.

Su-u

1948

Su-u poster
NR

This is a promotional film for the police, in which an investigator calls on a priest to appoint a lawyer to free innocent Seo Yeon, who is accused of killing her smuggling husband, from custody.

Su-u

1948