Kang Kye-shik

Praise of Death (1991)

The life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s. ...

The Evergreen Tree (1978)

Two Korean college graduates arouse the suspicions of Japanese authorities after modernizing a rural community with a school and a youth hall. ...

Echo of the Lake (1978)

Rare Korean Film. ...

Soil (1978)

While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position i ...

A Traveler with Love (1977)

Long Live the Island Frogs (1972)

A husband-wife teaching team arrive on isolated Sachi Island. They try to start a school against the opposition of the islanders. To attract students, they organize athletic teams from the island children and promise that they will win the national competi ...

The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks (1971)

Great King Sejo (1970)

Hong Gil-dong (1969)

A Thousand Year-Old Fox (1969)

Once upon a time, under the reign of the three kingdoms, there was a woman who tempts a Buddhist priest named Cho. She is a one-thousand-year-old fox who intends to reincarnate as a human being. Not knowing this, Cho lives with the fox. But in the end, the ...

Prince Daewon (1968)

When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation ...

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin (1968)

King Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive the current Queen into exile. ...

Sound of Magpies (1967)

Bong-su, who has been missing since the Korean War, returns to his hometown. A death notice for him has already been sent to his hometown, and his fiancée, Jeong-sun, has already married another man, Sang-ho. Bong-su tries to persuade Jeong-sun to forget ...

Soil (1967)

Wild Flowers (1966)

The King and the Servant Boy (1965)

Hwalbindang (1965)

The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings (1964)

The Power for Ten Years (1964)

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 ...

A Ghost Story (1964)

This is a horror movie in which a ghost, bearing a grudge, sleeps with a man in order to attain Buddha-hood. ...

A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng (1962)

Jinsa Maeng's daughter is contracted to marry a nobleman's son, however, Jinsa Maeng is upset when he hears about a rumor that the fiance of his daughter is lame. Finally, he decides to take on the idea of arranging his maid to take his daughter's place in ...

Body is Sad (1962)

A Star (1961)

Yu Gwan-Sun (1959)

This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese ...

King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-geun (1959)

At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men of ab ...

When the Night Comes Again (1958)

Forever with You (1958)

Gwang-pil (Lee Ryong), Dal-su (Choi Bong) and Sang-mun (Choi Myeong-su) are gangster boys who pick pockets. Ae-ran (Do Geum-bong), who works at a bakery, and Gwang-pil have known each other from childhood and are lovers. The three gangster boys rob a US ar ...

A Wild Chrysanthemum (1957)

The Shadowless Pagoda (1957)

On the eighth of April of King Gyoeng-deok's 10th year of the reign of the Unified Silla Period, Guseulagi, a daughter of Yu Jong, joins the king's parade to Bulguksa Temple, where she meets a stonemason named Asadal from Buyeo. Having a crush on him, she ...

Touch-Me-Not (1956)

A historical melodrama about a love triangle within a group of bandits. ...

An Idiot Adada (1956)

Adada's poor husband suddenly strikes it rich. He changes his hovel for a beautiful home, but his character changes as well. He becomes overly proud and shows off his wealth. ...

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 ...

Hurrah! For Freedom (1946)

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. ...