Lee Yong

Acting

Lee Yong

Born

1924-01-01 (102)

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 14 titles

Aimless Bullet poster
7.1

Two brothers—Cheol-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.

Aimless Bullet

1961

The Starting Point poster
7.0

Crime ring leader Lee hires prostitute Seon to kill his subordinate Seok-gu who has threatened to take his place. Seon tempts Seok-gu to go to Mountain Seorak to assassinate him. But she falls in love with him in the journey and confesses everything to him. In fact, they have been shadowed by the spies Lee sent and bloody fight breaks out. Seok-gu in the end defeats all the villains.

The Starting Point

1967

Prince Yeonsan poster
8.6

A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.

Prince Yeonsan

1961

Mist poster
6.7

Yun Gi-jun has become the executive director of a pharmaceutical company by marrying the widowed daughter of the company CEO. With the general shareholders’ meeting coming up shortly, his wife suggests that he visit his hometown of Mujin and he takes her advice.

Mist

1967

A Widow poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Widow

1960

A Sad Story of Danjong poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Sad Story of Danjong

1963

View from an Alley poster
7.5

One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.

View from an Alley

1962

A Wanted Man poster
6.5

In order to gain revenge on the killers of his parents, a man joins an organized crime ring as a hit man. The brutality of his slayings in his quest for vengeance makes him a man that the police desperately want to collar. ※ Only the first 32 minutes of the film currently exist today. The plot summary has been added in the form of title cards to aid the viewing experience.

A Wanted Man

1961

Tyrant Yeonsan poster
6.0

Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.

Tyrant Yeonsan

1962

The Woman Coming in Fall poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Woman Coming in Fall

1965

A Bar without Address poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Bar without Address

1961

Entanglements poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Entanglements

1960

Bumpkin Oh-bok poster
6.5

Kind-hearted country bumpkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.

Bumpkin Oh-bok

1961

A Shoeshine Boy poster
7.0

Following the death of his parents, Yeong-cheol shines shoes in the streets, struggling to care for his sick younger sister Yeong-hui and make ends meet. Despite the persuasive efforts of low-life criminal boss Wang-cho, pickpocket Jjang-gu, and prostitute Mi-hwa, Yeong-cheol vows to lead an honest life by looking after Yeong-hui with cigarette salesgirl Myeong-sun and helping newly arrived shoeshine boy Dong-seok settle in. However, a tragic accident forces Yeong-cheol to make an important decision that may change his life. ※ Sharing the same Korean title with Vittorio De Sica’s classic Shoeshine (1946), this film was noted at the time of release for its strong neorealistic approach. All of the picture elements have been lost and only 4 original sound negative reels (around 40 minutes) survive today. The plot summary and scene descriptions have been added in the form of title cards as well as a selection of production stills to aid the viewing experience.

A Shoeshine Boy

1961

1950s · 9 titles

When the Night Comes Again poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

When the Night Comes Again

1958

A Lady of Freedom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Lady of Freedom

1957

The Money poster
6.3

The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam Hyun), Bong Su (Kim Seung Ho) sells his cows to start a business but he loses everything to a conman (No Kyung Hee). Bong Su accidentally kills Eok Jo in a fight and takes his money, and the police trace the crime back to Bong Su's son.

The Money

1958

The Love Marriage poster
7.0

A medical doctor, Ko, has three daughters. The first daughter, Suk-hee, confesses her past when her husband asks her to forgive his past, on the first night of their honeymoon. When he breaks off the marriage and goes to America, Suk-hee confines herself to her home for three years.

The Love Marriage

1958

Prince in Yam Clothes poster
NR

Prince Kim Chu, last prince of the Silla Kingdom, falls in love with an enemy princess. Because this is not allowed, he must renounce his heredity and retire to Mt. Chiaksan.

Prince in Yam Clothes

1956

The Pure Love poster
6.0

Choi Mun-seon (Seong So-min), a painter who lives alone on a beach, rescues drowning In-sun (Kim Ui-hyang). In-sun, a stewardess from Seoul, has more than platonic feelings for him, but he has no special feelings for her.Mun-seon meets Yun Myeong-hee who lived in his neighborhood 15 years ago. In order to help Myeong-hee's brother, Myeong-geun (Hyeon Sang-seob), who works for a magazine company, Mun-seon goes to Seoul. Myeong-hee and Mun-seon fall in love with each other. When In-sun meets Mun-seon in Seoul, she confesses her love for him, but he turns it down in a roundabout way.

The Pure Love

1957

The Tragedy of King Dan Jong poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Tragedy of King Dan Jong

1956

Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang

1956

A Country Girl poster
NR

Jang Gyeong Ho visits fellow student Kim Dong Hwan's hometown, and falls in love with his sister, Kim Ok Gyeong. Despite Dong Hwan's objections, Ok Gyeong follows Gyeong Ho to Seoul. With his help she finds a job at Dong Il where she works as a secretary for the president, Mr. Oh.

A Country Girl

1958