Jeon Gye-hyeon

Jeon Gye-hyeon

Born: September 28, 1936
Died: December 20, 2019
in Gongju, South Chungcheong, South Korea
Jeon Gye-hyeon (September 28, 1936 - December 20, 2019) was a South-Korean film actress.

Movies for Jeon Gye-hyeon...

Insect Woman
Title: Insect Woman
Character: Jeong-suk
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl an allowance.
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Woman of Fire
Title: Woman of Fire
Character: Jeong-suk
Released: April 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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Farewell My Love
Title: Farewell My Love
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Yeong-shin, the son of Shin-ho and Hye-yeong, cannot stop thinking about his mother who left him in his father's care while she went to work in Japan. Meanwhile, his father's business is failing and he finds it increasingly difficult to support his family.
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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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Love Me Once Again
Title: Love Me Once Again
Character: Mrs. Kim
Released: July 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Hye-yeong had no idea that her lover, Shin-ho, was a married man until Shin-ho's wife and children arrive in town. She leaves him but reappears 8 years later asking him to take responsibilty for their child.
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Ghost Story
Title: Ghost Story
Released: May 23, 1968
Type: Movie
An omnibus of the story of three women. In the first, a ghost takes revenge on the man who killed her sister. In story two, a woman decides it's payback time for a sexual predator. The final story tells the tale of a woman's opium addiction leading to a gruesome death.
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A Regret
Title: A Regret
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
This film is a compilation of three short horror stories. They include a story of a wife ghost who was separated by death with her husband. She met him after praying for meeting a husband for 100 days. The wife ghost finally leads him to death. In the second story, a ghost of a dead wife who is jealousy of her husband's love of a barmaid sets them on fire. In the third, a male ghost tests a chaste woman's will not to be tempted by men.
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Homebound
Title: Homebound
Character: Yi-young
Released: July 27, 1967
Type: Movie
A writer who was disabled during the Korean War is now contributing a serial to a newspaper. His wife, who once adored him, is tempted by a young man she happens to know. But he overlooks her affair thanking her for her utmost care up until that time. Then the young man asks her to leave with him for a faraway place.
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One-sided Love of Princess
Title: One-sided Love of Princess
Character: Princess Sook-hui
Released: July 19, 1967
Type: Movie
Sook-kyung, the youngest tomboy princess, loves playing hide and seek with her same-aged court ladies and is extremely curious about the life outside the palace. An opportunity comes for her on queen mother’s birthday celebration. Princess Sook-kyung gets to explore the outside world with the help of her older sister princesses and falls in love with a Seonggyungwan scholar she meets coincidentally. The variety of character twists in this film which is reminiscent of romantic comedies such as Roman Holiday and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The queen mother with a fancy royal costume but wears glasses because of her poor vision, and the court ladies who protect the princess day and night are usually slow and doze off but have the strength to push against male henchmen. The princes outside the palace walls seem like that of a naïve country girl who eats a rice cake at the marketplace because she thinks it’s free.
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Confession of an Actress
Title: Confession of an Actress
Character: Jeon Kyehyun
Released: February 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Confession of an Actress is about an actor who was once a famous star. He had a daughter with an actress who he loved when he was young. His daughter became a grownup and he sacrificed himself secretly to make his daughter a star.
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The Last Empress
Title: The Last Empress
Released: August 18, 1966
Type: Movie
Queen Yun reigned with King Sunjong since she was just 13 years old. She hid the royal seals needed to complete an agreement between Korea and Japan which would lead to Korea's annexation. However, her patriotic display wins her many enemies.
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Green Rain
Title: Green Rain
Character: Cheol's Ex-girlfriend
Released: June 10, 1966
Type: Movie
Cheol, an auto mechanic, and Yeong-hui, a maid meet. Cheol lies and tells Yeong-hui that he is the son of a businessman. Cheol pretends to be the French ambassador's daughter. They meet only on rainy days.
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Yeraishang
Title: Yeraishang
Released: February 5, 1966
Type: Movie
A self-supporting student injured during the 4.19 Student Uprising gets help from an older woman, a madam at a nightclub. They fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, he becomes a private tutor for a rich family, and his student falls madly in love with him. To convince him to marry their daughter, the rich family throws a party and invites his girlfriend.
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The Seaside Village
Title: The Seaside Village
Character: Soon-im
Released: November 19, 1965
Type: Movie
A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.
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The King and the Servant Boy
Title: The King and the Servant Boy
Character: Kim Suk-gwi
Released: September 10, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Power for Ten Years
Title: The Power for Ten Years
Character: Bong-i
Released: August 6, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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The Beautiful Maid
Title: The Beautiful Maid
Character: Ahn-sun
Released: May 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A woman is in domestic service after going up to Seoul. She loves a university student of a rich family and gives birth to a baby. But his parents object to their marriage, so she becomes a butt for laugh. At length, the parents get impressed by her good nature and allow them to marry.
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Title: The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Released: April 9, 1964
Type: Movie
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한양에서 온 성춘향
Title: 한양에서 온 성춘향
Character: Hyangdan (Chun-hyang's maid)
Released: October 26, 1963
Type: Movie
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Sinmungo
Title: Sinmungo
Character: Bun-i
Released: September 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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For My Husband
Title: For My Husband
Character: Queen Jeongsun
Released: June 1, 1963
Type: Movie
His own father had hated Crown Prince Sado. The king finally orders to kill him by locking him up in a rice-chest. After his death, his wife Hong goes with her son to her parents' house to live there. Some high officials in the court constantly try to harm Sado's son because they don't want him to become king. But Hong's wisdom saved her son, who grows up to become the 22nd king of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
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Lady Jang
Title: Lady Jang
Character: Chun-seon
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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An Upstart
Title: An Upstart
Released: July 13, 1961
Type: Movie
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...
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Horizon
Title: Horizon
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Nameless Stars
Title: Nameless Stars
Character: Inok
Released: October 30, 1959
Type: Movie
The son of a freedom fighter, Sang-hun is a member of an anti-Japanese resistance group called "Seongjinhoe," composed of students who share a dedication to the cause of liberation. Their spiritual guide is a teacher named Song Un-in. One day, Yeong-ae, whose brother is a detective in the Japanese police force charged with monitoring independence movements, joins their group. Following a series of sporadic incidents, the students gather one night to resolve on an uprising, but are discovered by the police. Young-ae is wrongfully accused of betraying their plans, but she risks her life in order to allow the group members to escape. The morning after, the students of Gwangju rise up against the Japanese government.