Yang Hoon

Yang Hoon

Born: April 26, 1923
Died: April 11, 1998
in Kaesŏng, North Korea

Movies for Yang Hoon...

Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Title: Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
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Outlaw on a Donkey
Title: Outlaw on a Donkey
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
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Father and Sons
Title: Father and Sons
Released: April 19, 1969
Type: Movie
There is a happy family of a father and four sons. In this comedy, the four sons find love one after another and have a joint wedding in the end.
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Mines are Better
Title: Mines are Better
Character: Chinese restaurant owner
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Seong-chun, who just arrived from the countryside, wonders around the Seoul streets, and meets his old friend, Bong-su. He moves into Bong-su's house, where he stays on rent. But the landlord is very nosy. Bong-su lies that Seong-chun is his wife. Seong-chun dressed as a woman and pretends to act as his wife. But one day, Seong-chun falls in love with a girl next door and proposes her.
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A Man And a Gisaeng
Title: A Man And a Gisaeng
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his male clients including his former boss, Heo. He earns enough money to clear his gisaeng life and opens his own business with his friend Jeong-hui. Meanwhile his sister tells him that she is getting married. Later he finds out that her future brother in-law is the son of Heo. He doesn't know how to react. But Heo takes the man back to his company.
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Descendants of Cain
Title: Descendants of Cain
Character: Yoon Ki-poong
Released: June 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Shortly after Korea gained independence from Japan (1945), North Koreans decide to extort civilians' property in the name of revolutionalizing its land and settle class struggles for proletariats. The film depicts an anti North-Korean concept, detailing the country's situation after the independence. South Korea's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.
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A Male Housekeeper
Title: A Male Housekeeper
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A woman hires a male cook, being afraid that her lewd husband may have an affair with a female cook. Hyeong-gu who thinks about how to collect money for his brother's research starts working in her house. While he serves as a cook there, a lot of funny episodes happen. Finally, his brother finishes his research successfully and he gets out of the house to work for his brother's company as a managing director. He also gets married to a cook maid of the neighbor at the next door. It turns out that the maid is the daughter of the land lore, not a hired servant.
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Grudge
Title: Grudge
Released: January 30, 1968
Type: Movie
The film deals with three different episodes. The first one deals with a story of an artist and a daughter of a noble scholar; the second about the life of a talented flutist and his love; the third about the story of love between a ceramicist who was commissioned to make a ceramic for the royal family and his wife.
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Female Power
Title: Female Power
Released: June 28, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Violator
Title: The Violator
Released: June 5, 1967
Type: Movie
Cinematized version of Lee Kwang-su's novel, which tells the story of the dream Josin had, a Buddhist monk at Naksan temple in the era of the Three Kingdoms. In his dream, Josin lives in anxiety and agonizes over a woman. In the process, he lives his whole life and becomes enlightened.
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The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Title: The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Released: February 9, 1967
Type: Movie
A grandfather, his son, and grandson are all henpecked husbands. A comedy picturing these three henpecked men's lives at one family.
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Horse-year Bride
Title: Horse-year Bride
Character: [Gynaecologist]
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
It is the year of the white horse that arrives every sixty years. Three women avoid sleeping with their husbands so they won't conceive girls on the year of the horse. However, young and healthy husbands fall into great dilemma.
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Woman Is Better
Title: Woman Is Better
Released: June 24, 1965
Type: Movie
A feminine man, Kyuch'il, works at a hagwon. After meeting his female roommate's doctor uncle to request her hand in marriage, he is made to transition to being a woman. As a result, his female roommate marries another man. To get revenge, he goes into service as a maid at her rich father-in-law's home.
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The Lost Sun
Title: The Lost Sun
Released: September 3, 1964
Type: Movie
A bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers.
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A Ghost Story
Title: A Ghost Story
Released: February 2, 1964
Type: Movie
This is a horror movie in which a ghost, bearing a grudge, sleeps with a man in order to attain Buddha-hood.
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Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Title: Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Character: Medicine store clerk
Released: February 8, 1963
Type: Movie
Ttosun, a young hard-working woman with a good heart, falls in love with a driver but her father disapproves of the match.
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The Way of Hwarang
Title: The Way of Hwarang
Character: King Uija (The 31st King of Baekje)
Released: September 13, 1962
Type: Movie
His parents captured by the Baekje armies, prince Eo-jin infiltrates the enemy castle alone to seek revenge. His plot is ruined when he falls in love with a princess there and is forced to choose between betraying his parents and nation or the woman he loves.
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View from an Alley
Title: View from an Alley
Character: Manager Park
Released: June 28, 1962
Type: Movie
One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.
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A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
Title: A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
Character: Maengjinsa's relative
Released: March 8, 1962
Type: Movie
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 the wedding.
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Tyrant Yeonsan
Title: Tyrant Yeonsan
Character: Lee Pan-soo
Released: February 5, 1962
Type: Movie
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.
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Prince Yeonsan
Title: Prince Yeonsan
Character: Lee Pan-soo
Released: December 31, 1961
Type: Movie
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.
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The Sea Knows
Title: The Sea Knows
Character: Obayashi
Released: November 10, 1961
Type: Movie
A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
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My Sister is a Tomboy
Title: My Sister is a Tomboy
Character: Suitor
Released: October 27, 1961
Type: Movie
The master of a Judo dojo turns his daughter into a master of the martial art as she is growing up. But now that she has reached marrying age, he finds it difficult to find her a husband that can accept her tomboy ways.
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Mother and a Guest
Title: Mother and a Guest
Character: Dongjang
Released: August 26, 1961
Type: Movie
Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love, but is her support enough to guard their love?
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An Upstart
Title: An Upstart
Character: Chief
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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A Bonanza
Title: A Bonanza
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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Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Title: Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Character: Choi Gyeong-rae
Released: May 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Iljimae's parents were killed due to a conspiracy when he was young. Many years later he became a chivalrous robber, robbing corrupt officials and helping the poor. He eventually manages in taking revenge for his parents' deaths. But the police start to chase him, and he hides himself at a gisaeng's house. The gisaeng was his ex-fiancee. She also lost her parents to a conspiracy. She begs Iljimae to stay with her, but he leaves to do what he has to.
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Seong Chun-hyang
Title: Seong Chun-hyang
Character: Heo Bong-sa
Released: January 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul with his father who's an aristocrat, and the new governor, Byeon Hakdo, covets Chun-hyang because she is the most beautiful girl in town. When Chun-hyang rejects his order to serve him at night, Governor Byeon sends her to jail. In the mean time, Lee passes the state exam and becomes a special undercover agent of the king. He comes back to where Chun-hyang lives to save her and punishes Governor Byeon
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Heungbu and Nolbu
Title: Heungbu and Nolbu
Released: May 20, 1959
Type: Movie
The old Korean folktale, 'Heungbu and Nolbu' is brought alive on the screen in this film that shows the lead character as a marionette. Nolbu is the elder brother and he is slimy and greedy. In his greed, he throws his little brother, Heungbu, out of home to stake claim on all the money and belongings their father left for them. Heungbu is an idealist but pained by the events that have taken place. He helps Swallow by curing his broken leg and as a return favour, Swallow gives him a gourd seed. He plant the seeds and after sometime, gold, silver and gems start coming out of the plant, giving Heungbu everything he deserves. It does not go down well with Nolbu.
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A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
Title: A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
Character: Fatty
Released: February 6, 1959
Type: Movie
A Skinny and a Fatty go to Nonsan army training camp, but they soon find camp life is too hard for them. A nonsensical comedy filled with funny episodes that will make you smile broadly.
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Hyperbola of Youth
Title: Hyperbola of Youth
Character: Lee Bu-nam
Released: February 12, 1957
Type: Movie
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.