Choe Seong-ho

Choe Seong-ho

Born: January 24, 1922
Died: March 11, 1997
in Paju, South Korea

Movies for Choe Seong-ho...

Elaborate Seduction
Title: Elaborate Seduction
Released: January 23, 1985
Type: Movie
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Women Don't Fear the Night
Title: Women Don't Fear the Night
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A thief discovers a poor student who resembles a rich man's son and coerces him to join his plan to steal a large sum of money.
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The Hut
Title: The Hut
Character: Master Kang
Released: June 13, 1981
Type: Movie
An attractive young woman has been called on to help rid a haunted family of its demons - the male heirs all die young, and one is now in a coma - she has to clear the environment where several exorcists have failed before her.
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The Last Witness
Title: The Last Witness
Released: November 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Detective Oh goes searching for the murderer of Yang, a small-time brewer bludgeoned to death by a quiet riverside with no witnesses, no apparent motive. As he wanders about the winter landscape of South Jeolla Province and Seoul, he finds himself caught in a story of treachery, rape and murder.
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Love Of Blood Relations
Title: Love Of Blood Relations
Released: October 5, 1976
Type: Movie
North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.
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Blue Days
Title: Blue Days
Released: June 25, 1976
Type: Movie
A woman refuses to give into her fiance's desire that she take a job as a secretary in his father's office. Instead she eventually decides to try to make a life for herself with fatal results.
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A Troupe of Strolling Actors
Title: A Troupe of Strolling Actors
Character: Park Chi-sam
Released: April 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Cheonae orphan, Deok, is accidentally discovered by Park Chi-sam in Namsadang, and disguises himself as a man and enters Namsadang. Deok becomes close with Man-jin, a man of the same age, and endures all kinds of hardships.
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The Testimony
Title: The Testimony
Character: Army Battalion Commander
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
June 25, 1950. When second lieutenant Jang has a date with his girl friend during weekend, numerous North Korean jet fighters make sudden air raids to the skies of Seoul. It is the beginning of Korean War. In spite of Korean Army's brave defense, North Korean army reddens South Korea with their state-of-the-art weapons. This movie describes the progress of war from the invasion in June 25, 1950 to the reclamation of territory on the basis of Sun-A's personal experience. Also this film reminds hard lessons from tragic history.
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The Big Chase
Title: The Big Chase
Released: May 26, 1973
Type: Movie
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Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Title: Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Character: Saito
Released: March 7, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Title: Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Character: Jeong-sik (ep. 3)
Released: June 4, 1972
Type: Movie
An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.
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Wang-geon, the Great
Title: Wang-geon, the Great
Released: February 6, 1970
Type: Movie
General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.
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Spring, Spring
Title: Spring, Spring
Released: May 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Chun-sam is working as a servant at Bong-pil's home to be his future son in-law. His daughter, Jeom-sun has grown enough to get wed. But her father thinks she is too young. But in reality he doesn't want to set her daughter with Chun-sam to begin with. Jeom-sun finds out, and picks up a fight with her father. When Chun-sam decides to play hard on his master, Jeom-sun takes Chun-sam's side.
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Kings of Blade and Sword
Title: Kings of Blade and Sword
Character: Headman of Black Eagle Valley
Released: May 16, 1969
Type: Movie
Martial arts movie from the Shaw Brothers.
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Witch Castle
Title: Witch Castle
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A scamp Sang-hyeon who has crush on Hui-jeong shadows her to her house. He sneaks into her home and is surprised by a ghost. He stabbs the ghost who turns out Hui-jeong's mother. Hui-jeong gets married to Yeong-min and lives together with her father who has nobody to turn to. But Yeong-min's mother hates her daughter-in-law and mistreats her. She in the end kills Hui-jeong's father and attempts to kill Hui-jeong. Her dead mother appears to save Hui-jeong from the wicked mother-in-law.
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The Goddess of Mercy
Title: The Goddess of Mercy
Character: Commander Wei Wu
Released: March 21, 1967
Type: Movie
With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile. This humanistic tale will inspire and hearten even the most cynical viewer.
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That Man in Chang-An
Title: That Man in Chang-An
Character: General Zhou
Released: February 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A romantic Han Dynasty adventure epic of a dying Emperor, an Evil Queen, a beautiful Princess, a dastardly royal nephew, and a masked hero, with plots and counterplots galore, complete with cliffhangers and last-second rescues.
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Special Agent X-7
Title: Special Agent X-7
Released: December 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The Korean Intelligence Agency receives information that a huge amount of gold is being smuggled by North Korean spies, who has a secret organization in Hong Kong. To prevent this, Korea dispatches a secret agent to Hong Kong, who destroys their plan in advance and rounds up the mob.
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Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Title: Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Released: March 5, 1966
Type: Movie
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The King and the Servant Boy
Title: The King and the Servant Boy
Character: Park Seok-tae
Released: September 10, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
Title: The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
Character: Min Seung-ho [Queen Min's older brother]
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Queen Min makes regent Prince Daewon withdraw from ruling with the help of the Min Seung-ho Party.
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Black Hair
Title: Black Hair
Character: Choi Seung-il
Released: July 31, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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The Iron-Eating Monster
Title: The Iron-Eating Monster
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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When Acacias Bloom
Title: When Acacias Bloom
Character: Mr O (independence fighter)
Released: June 6, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Farewell to the Duman River
Title: Farewell to the Duman River
Character: Choi Si-hong
Released: April 2, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Lady Jang
Title: Lady Jang
Character: Minister Woo
Released: September 23, 1961
Type: Movie
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.
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Evergreen Tree
Title: Evergreen Tree
Character: Seok-dol
Released: September 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of their hometown. When they arrive, the pair immediately get to work, Dong-hyuk builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the initiative and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.
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A Wanted Man
Title: A Wanted Man
Released: June 23, 1961
Type: Movie
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.
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A Bonanza
Title: A Bonanza
Character: Sailor
Released: June 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A young sailor arrives in Busan Harbour; an outrageous-looking, woolly bear of a man appears in downtown Busan with a shotgun over one shoulder, a heavy knapsack thrown over the other; a tough-looking young woman joins her friend in robbing a naïve fat man in a suit. The strands of character and story will slowly converge, well after the audience, tuned to the coincidences and mistaken identities of melodrama, has recognised that these three have a shared history and are fated to meet and reconcile.
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The Coachman
Title: The Coachman
Character: Kim Chang-deok (Ok-rye's husband)
Released: February 15, 1961
Type: Movie
A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete. The children are experiencing difficulties as well. The eldest son has flunked the bar exam twice and is not hopeful of passing it a third time to become a lawyer. The eldest daughter is mute and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to pose as a rich university student to move up in life. The youngest son has a penchant for petty theft.
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Romance Papa
Title: Romance Papa
Character: Ex friend
Released: January 28, 1960
Type: Movie
A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own to help him save face.
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A College Woman's Confession
Title: A College Woman's Confession
Character: Youth
Released: July 12, 1958
Type: Movie
Choi So-young (Choi Eun-hee), a poor female law student is in trouble because her grandmother, who had been sending her tuition money, passes away. With the help of her friend Hee-suk, (Kim Suk-il) who dreams of becoming a writer, So-young fools Choi Rim (Kim Seung-ho), a lawmaker, into believing she is his daughter and moves in his house.
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Palace of Ambition
Title: Palace of Ambition
Character: General Kaeryong
Released: December 18, 1957
Type: Movie
A nobleman bribes a maidservant to gain access to the palace and poison the crown prince. Another noble, loyal to the royal family, learns the of the plot and must learn the identity of the would-be assassin before he can succeed in throwing the country into chaos.