Choi Mu-ryong

Prince Yeon-san (1987)

Prince Yeon-san ...

The Liberal Wife 2 (1986)

When his 'liberal' wife dies, middle aged Jang Tae-yeon stays single for the sake of his only child. When he meets Hwang Yu-young, who is in her twenties, by chance, Tae-yeon gets remarried. Yu-young becomes a young housewife enjoying a well-to-do life. Ho ...

Liberal Wife '81 (1981)

After 10 years of marriage, Sun-young and Tae-yeon save up a significant amount of money. Tae-yeon runs a food processing company and works hard to expand business but Sun-young wants to enjoy the fruits of their labor. While partying with her friends, she ...

A Little Star (1975)

Weeds (1973)

A depiction of the life and fate of a physically weak woman who has strong maternal love. ...

Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee (1973)

Nan-hee is slowly coerced into a life of crime by her boyfriend, Park. She is trained in assassination techniques and sent to assassinate the head of the Special Investigation Unit. However she cannot complete her mission because she suffers from pangs of ...

Azaleas Of My Hometown (1973)

Yong-cheol's plans to mary Ok-rim are destroyed by her parents who marry her off to Cheol-ju. Yong-cheol becomes powerful in the business world during the following years and he does his best to make life miserable for Cheol-ju and Ok-rim. ...

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave (1972)

Cruel history of Myeong Dong (1972)

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

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong (1972)

A Second Mother (1972)

Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam-Ok are concerned about frequent quarrels between half brothers and sisters, but manages to deal with them wisely. As Yun-Ho who went to fishing with him fa ...

Leaving in the rain (1971)

A guilty woman (1971)

Woman of Fire (1971)

The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household. ...

A Bout in 30 Years (1971)

Best friends Dae-gyu and Dal-su fight over Ok-hi. When Ok-hui marries and goes to Seoul the fight ends. After many years, Ok-hi is widowed and brings her daughter Ji-hyang to her home village, and the fight between Dae-gyu and Dal-su begins again. Ok-hui b ...

Woman with Long Eyelashes (1970)

Suk-jin, a naive Young woman lives on her own in Seoul. When her brother dies following a car accident, she finds out he had been having an affair with the wife of a businessman. ...

Ghost and Painter (1970)

Artist Kyeong-pa is asked by the father of a dead girl to paint a portrait of the man's daughter to put her soul to rest. But whenever the artist tries to paint it, a different woman appears on the canvas. The image always takes the form of a woman whom he ...

Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry (1966)

After her father, failed at stock investment and was shocked to death, a girl enters a textile factory and supports her family. But living on her small salary and repaying her father's debt is too difficult for her. In the end, she tries to kill herself to ...

North and South (1965)

Based on a radio drama, this wartime melodrama revolves around a woman caught between two men: her husband, a South Korean lieutenant, and her former lover, a North Korean officer who defects to come find her. The film portrays not only their tragic love t ...

Border Line (1964)

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. ...

The Teacher with Ten Daughters (1964)

Red Scarf (1964)

South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War. ...

Kinship (1963)

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 ...

The Only Son (1963)

Marine Battleground (1963)

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

The Iron-Eating Monster (1962)

During the later years of Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), a talented martial artist is murdered. His resentment makes him born again as Bulgasari, a monster that grinds and eats up iron. The monster takes his revenge on the traitors responsible for his death. ...

The War and an Old Man (1962)

A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home. ...

The Flaming Mountain (1962)

Red Kid abducts Monk Tripitaka to turn his flesh into a feast to treat his mother Princess Iron Fan. Monkey King is subdued. Red Kid is taken as a disciple of the Goddess of Mercy. As Monk Tripitaka and his disciples reach the Flaming Mountain, they are un ...

View from an Alley (1962)

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

Great Monk Wonhyo (1962)

After losing his best friend in a fierce battle against Baekje in the first year of Queen Jindeok's reign, Hwarang Won-hyo questions life and death and becomes a monk. Despite being courted by countless women, from Queen Jindeok to Princess Yoseok, Sammo, ...

Wonsullang (1961)

Bumpkin Oh-bok (1961)

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-y ...

Five Marines (1961)

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

Aimless Bullet (1961)

Two brothers—Chul-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. ...

A Sunflower Family (1961)

A middle-aged man is so crazy about his mistress that he doesn't care about what happens to his family. The feud between his children by his wife and by the mistress gets worse until the family almost breaks apart. ...

A Drifting Story (1960)

This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on h ...

The Moral of Youth (1960)

A Revival (1960)

Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon (1959)

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. ...

Even the Clouds Are Drifting (1959)

After the death of Mal-Suk's father, her eldest brother, Dong-suk, becomes the sole breadwinner for his three siblings. With rumors of impending strikes and job cuts at the local mine, the struggling family faces difficulties in providing food and school f ...

Way of the Body (1959)

A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is unable to return to his family and home. ...

There is No Tragedy (1959)

Life of the Woman (1957)

The Enemy of Woman (1956)

The Youth (1955)

In the latter years of the Korean Empire, Lee In Hwa, disguises herself as a man so she can join a group of young men determined to overthrow the colonial government. They fight together with young national activists presided by Hwal Min and supported by D ...

Boxes of Death (1955)

A village youth gets trapped inside a communist hideout with his home made timebomb and must escape before it goes off. ...

Step-mother (1967)