Dokgo Sung

Acting

Dokgo Sung

Born — Died

1929-04-29 — 2004-04-10

Place of birth

Gangneung, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Dok Go-sung was a South-Korean actor.

Known for

Genealogy poster
6.0

During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.

Genealogy

1979

Naked Being poster
8.0

A broadcasting company hosts an actor/actress contest and 30 contestants are pre-selected. Yong-Woo and Eun-Sook are two of them and they are also lovers. Eun-Sook desperately wants to be a TV star and approaches a producer. Yong-Woo discovers this and argues with her. In the meantime, Eun-Sook happens to meet Yu-Suk and spends a night with him, after he tells her that he knows a lot about broadcasting companies.

Naked Being

1998

Her Majesty Yeonghwa poster
9.0

At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

1964

Cruel history of Myeong Dong poster
10.0

An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.

Cruel history of Myeong Dong

1972

The Continental Spy poster
7.0

During the Chinese-Japanese War (1937-1945) a nightclub dancer is given a dangerous mission by her dying brother. According to her brother's will, she goes on a journey with encoded papers of the Independence Army operations. She soon becomes a most wanted criminal by the Japanese Army and must cross the continent on her own.

The Continental Spy

1964

The Teacher with Ten Daughters poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Teacher with Ten Daughters

1964

Film credits

1970s · 13 titles

Genealogy poster
6.0

During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.

Genealogy

1979

Cruel history of Myeong Dong poster
10.0

An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.

Cruel history of Myeong Dong

1972

Five Hostesses for the Resistance poster
NR

A patriot Park No-Hun is dispatched by Shanghai Provisional Government for Independence to assassinate members of the House of Council. In this situation Young-Kuk, brother of Hyeon-Ju who is a kisaeng of Myeong Wol Kwan, is jailed and Choi Chil-Yong, an inspector of Japanese Higher Police Department, is in agony of difficulties between Korea and Japan. Shin Yun-Il, a member of the council falls in love with a kisaeng whose name is Jeong-Mi. All of these are going their way under the influence of phases of the times such as carrying out colonial policies and each of them is linked complicatedly and causes troubles. After all their efforts concentrated on Independence of Korea, and Park No-Hun carried out his mission with help of 5 kisaengs of Myeong Wol Kwan. Finally he leaves for Shanghai with them.

Five Hostesses for the Resistance

1973

The Big Chase poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Big Chase

1973

I Won't Cry poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Won't Cry

1974

Seize the Precious Sword poster
7.0

After the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, Iljimae, a master of the interlaced sword method, heads to Japan to find the national treasure, the Cheonryongsword, which was robbed by the Japanese pirate Kuroda. Around this time, there were two more men looking for Kuroda, one of them was Ma-cheol, a one-armed swordsman who lost his left arm due to Kuroda's trick, and the other was Kuroda's henchman Okamodo, who lost his newlywed wife and even lost his own eyes. This is Yoshiyama, the swordsman who lost his mind. At first, the three knights, who met by chance, were wary of each other for their own goals, but were captured by Kuroda's persistent pursuit. In the end, after a bloody fight, they succeed in revenge, and Iljimae returns home with the recovered Cheonryongsword.

Seize the Precious Sword

1972

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong

1972

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave

1972

One-eyed Park poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

One-eyed Park

1970

A Sword Under the Moon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Sword Under the Moon

1970

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970

Young-gu and Yong-pal poster
NR

Following his wife’s dying wish, Young-gu moves to Seoul with his young son and a loyal servant, Yong-pal. Struggling to adapt to city life, he encounters scams, hardship, and fleeting moments of connection, only to lose what little stability he builds. Placing his hopes in his son’s education, Young-gu perseveres until the boy succeeds in school. Encouraged by a teacher’s advice, he ultimately chooses to return to the countryside, seeking a more honest and stable life.

Young-gu and Yong-pal

1973

The North Korean Communists Party in Japan poster
NR

Man Kyeong Bong Ho, the North Korean ship, appeared in Yokohama port, Japan in 1974. Hearing this the headquarter of North Korean residents union of Japan was wrapped in tension.

The North Korean Communists Party in Japan

1975

1960s · 34 titles

Her Majesty Yeonghwa poster
9.0

At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

1964

The Continental Spy poster
7.0

During the Chinese-Japanese War (1937-1945) a nightclub dancer is given a dangerous mission by her dying brother. According to her brother's will, she goes on a journey with encoded papers of the Independence Army operations. She soon becomes a most wanted criminal by the Japanese Army and must cross the continent on her own.

The Continental Spy

1964

The Teacher with Ten Daughters poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Teacher with Ten Daughters

1964

Farewell to the Duman River poster
6.2

Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River.

Farewell to the Duman River

1962

Goryeojang poster
7.4

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Goryeojang

1963

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

Marine Battleground poster
7.1

A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.

Marine Battleground

1963

Fading in the Rain poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fading in the Rain

1965

The Devil's Stairway poster
6.6

A chief surgeon kills the nurse with whom he is having an affair after he becomes engaged to be married to the hospital director's daughter. He becomes tormented by her spirit.

The Devil's Stairway

1964

Sinmungo poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sinmungo

1963

When Acacias Bloom poster
7.3

A man assists a woman in danger, but through her actions, she unintentionally causes his death. Everyone in the village knows that she visits his tomb every spring, but no one knows the details of her story.

When Acacias Bloom

1962

Five Marines poster
5.5

A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the Korean War.

Five Marines

1961

Black Hair poster
5.7

Yeon-shil is the lover of crime boss Dong-il. She pays off one of the boss's henchmen, Man-ho, with whom she once had an affair; Man-ho is an opium addict, and he has been blackmailing Yeon-shil by threatening to disclose their past relations.

Black Hair

1964

A Petty Middle Manager poster
6.2

When his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles.

A Petty Middle Manager

1961

The Heartbreaking Story poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Heartbreaking Story

1964

The King and the Servant Boy poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The King and the Servant Boy

1965

Nilliri poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nilliri

1966

Border Line poster
10.0

A Korean family is separated during the Japanese colonial period and end up in different parts of Asia, and on different sides of the Korean Civil War.

Border Line

1964

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

The Regular Tardy Student poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Regular Tardy Student

1964

The Result of the Ambition poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Result of the Ambition

1964

The Shadow poster
NR

A group of bandits has been raiding a Korean village in Manchuria, and a mysterious man on horseback called "Yeong" ("shadow") emerges to defend them.

The Shadow

1968

In So Long poster
7.0

"A Long Goodbye" - Taken in by an elderly woman and raised as her own, a boy spends all his days dreaming of the time when he can be reunited with his lost parents.

In So Long

1962

The Country Left Behind poster
7.0

Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom.

The Country Left Behind

1962

A Bar without Address poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Bar without Address

1961

Sequel of Gallant Man poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sequel of Gallant Man

1969

A Swordsman poster
9.0

During the Joseon dynasty, the adviser Choi manages to place his natural son on the throne. His ambitions are upset by the appearance of Young-mun, a man whose parents he had killed.

A Swordsman

1967

Asphalt poster
7.0

In the process of arresting a smuggler, the criminal's wife is killed. Twenty years later, the smuggler is released from prison and vows to murder the wife of the policeman who killed his spouse.

Asphalt

1964

No artwork available
10.0

Hye-ryeon suddenly loses her parents and stays in the Black Rose Castle alone. One day, she says the castle is haunted and asks for help to friend Ji-suk. Ji-suk goes to the castle with boyfriend Yeong-uk, a newspaper reporter. Just as Hye-ryeon has said, they see a ghost, but Yeong-uk feels that someone is playing a prank. He waits for the ghost in the woods, and when it finally appears, Yeong-uk fights it off. The ghost misses a step and falls off a cliff. It turns out Hye-ryeon has been suffering from a mental disease and has been playing as a ghost.

Beauty in Black Rose Castle

1969

Rainy Gomoryeong Hill poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rainy Gomoryeong Hill

1969

Blind Swordswoman poster
10.0

Seol Hie loses her parents and eyes to the murderous brutality of General Woo Shin-tak. She trains herself in swordsmanship and martial arts for the next two decades before setting out to even the score with Woo.

Blind Swordswoman

1969

A Neckless Beauty poster
7.0

Right after Korea's liberation, O Yun accidently finds out through Choe Sang-bae about a large amount of gold nuggets Japanese soldiers left behind, O kills many of his colleagues to take all the gold to himself. In the end, a neckless beauty among the dead shows up and takes her revenge on him.

A Neckless Beauty

1966

Man Is Not Popular poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Man Is Not Popular

1963

Woman Is Better poster
NR

A feminine man, Kyuch'il, works at a hagwon. After meeting his female roommate's doctor uncle to request her hand in marriage, he is made to transition to being a woman. As a result, his female roommate marries another man. To get revenge, he goes into service as a maid at her rich father-in-law's home.

Woman Is Better

1965