Bok Hye-suk

Acting

Bok Hye-suk

Born — Died

1904-06-06 — 1982-10-05

Place of birth

Boryeong, Chungnam, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Bok Hye-Suk was a Korean actress.

Known for

Come Down to a Lower Place poster
8.0

Yo-han is the son of a Christian minister. Following his father's career, he joins the seminary without much enthusiasm, then drops out. After doing his military service as a KATUSA, he teaches at the U.S. educational center. When he is given a job teaching in America, he hastily marries in preparation for the move. He is suddenly struck blind, then begins contemplating suicide. Instead he has a religious vision and dedicates himself to the ministry, and opens a church for the blind.

Come Down to a Lower Place

1982

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

Lady Jang poster
7.3

King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds out what has been going on. He demotes Jang to Bin again and reinstates his Queen. Jang, now vindictive, conspires with her mother to kill the queen and reclaim her place. But the conspiracy is brought to light, and Jang is executed.

Lady Jang

1961

To Love and Swear poster
NR

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.

To Love and Swear

1945

You and I poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

You and I

1941

Tuition poster
6.0

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.

Tuition

1940

Film credits

1960s · 9 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

Lady Jang poster
7.3

King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds out what has been going on. He demotes Jang to Bin again and reinstates his Queen. Jang, now vindictive, conspires with her mother to kill the queen and reclaim her place. But the conspiracy is brought to light, and Jang is executed.

Lady Jang

1961

Kinship poster
6.2

The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Deok-sam nags his son Geo-buk to join the American army. Ok-Mae who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a gisaeng.

Kinship

1963

An Upstart poster
6.5

A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him...

An Upstart

1961

The Classroom of Youth poster
7.0

While the students, full of vigor in their twenties, make a stand against their parents who regard dating as a sin, they enjoy their springtime of life to the full showing affection in their own way. In the meantime, their parents get to understand them and their children receive their parents' blessing.

The Classroom of Youth

1963

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

A Sad Story of Danjong poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Sad Story of Danjong

1963

Times of Love and Hatred poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Times of Love and Hatred

1962

A Salt Peddler poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Salt Peddler

1966

1950s · 7 titles

When the Night Comes Again poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

When the Night Comes Again

1958

A Bouquet of Thirty Million People poster
7.0

When he loses his sight during one of the battles of the Korean War, Geon-yeong(Choe Hyeon) is taken to a military hospital. There he meets a nursing officer named Hye-yeong(Hwang Yui-hui), but still misses Soon-hui in his hometown. When Geon-yeong's mother donates one of her eyes to him, he is no longer blind.

A Bouquet of Thirty Million People

1951

Hyperbola of Youth poster
7.0

Myeong-ho (Hwang Hae), a middle school teacher who had grown up in poverty, and Bu-nam (Yang Hun), the first son of the president of a trading company, attend the same university. A doctor suggests that Bu-nam, who is sick due to overeating, and Myeong-ho, who suffers from malnutrition, should switch life styles for two weeks. While living in each other's house, they fall in love with each other's younger sister and get married at a joint wedding ceremony.

Hyperbola of Youth

1957

Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon poster
6.0

Upon hearing that her fiance has been killed in battle, a woman makes her way to the Park Pagoda to seek comfort from the monument. There she becomes acquainted with Henry Jang, a Korean-American whom she eventually marries. There is no happy ending for the two, however, because her fiance shows up alive and well, but bitter over his lover's fickle nature

Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon

1959

A Wild Chrysanthemum poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Wild Chrysanthemum

1957

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

Holiday in Seoul poster
5.0

A newspaper reporter becomes a witness to a murder and finds himself relentlessly pursued by the killer.

Holiday in Seoul

1956

1940s · 12 titles

To Love and Swear poster
NR

After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.

To Love and Swear

1945

You and I poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

You and I

1941

Tuition poster
6.0

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.

Tuition

1940

Spring of Korean Peninsula poster
5.8

A young filmmaker and his crew struggle to bring the famous Korean story of Chunghyang to the big screen. Torn between two very different women and facing financial ruin, the director makes a rash and foolish choice in order to realize his dreams.

Spring of Korean Peninsula

1941

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

죄없는 죄인

1948

The Dawn poster
NR

An instructive film on the topic of the eradication of smuggling and democratic police.

The Dawn

1948

Wakaki sugata poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wakaki sugata

1943

No artwork available
NR

A pro-Japanese film showing documentary footage of a dance troupe made up of Koreans comforting Koreans and their families during conscription on the Japanese mainland.

Impressive Diary

1945

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

Straits of Chosun poster
NR

A Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.

Straits of Chosun

1943

The Adventure of Ttolttori poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Adventure of Ttolttori

1946

Hurrah! For Freedom poster
5.4

During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.

Hurrah! For Freedom

1946

1930s · 3 titles

1920s · 5 titles