Kim Myung-gon

Kim Myung-gon

Born: December 3, 1952
in Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea
Kim Myung-Gon (김명곤) is a South Korean actor, screenwriter, and music director.

Movies for Kim Myung-gon...

Title: Glitch
Character: Moon Hyungtae
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: TV
A young woman joins forces with a UFO enthusiast to investigate her boyfriend’s sudden disappearance and stumbles into a wild conspiracy.
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Hansan: Rising Dragon
Title: Hansan: Rising Dragon
Character: Todo Takatora
Released: July 27, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.
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Three Days of Heo Hwang Ok: 2000 Years of Lost Memories
Title: Three Days of Heo Hwang Ok: 2000 Years of Lost Memories
Character: The narration
Released: May 12, 2022
Type: Movie
As the historical community regards the marriage voyage of the 'Indian Princess, Heo Hwang Ok' 2,000 years ago as a myth or a legend, the roots of 8 million descendants, including the Kim and Heo clans in Gimhae are always shaken, and the beginning of Gaya Buddhism as well as the history of Gaya are pushed back hundreds of years. The documentary traces the three-day honeymoon record of 'Indian Princess Heo Hwang Ok' in the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, drawing a unique historical reality in a scientific way that no one has predicted or attempted to try before.
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Vanishing
Title: Vanishing
Released: March 30, 2022
Type: Movie
When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolutionary technique for recognizing bodies. With more corpses on the way and a mysterious organ trafficking ring uncovered, things are about to get more dangerous in the land of the morning calm…
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Steel Rain 2: Summit
Title: Steel Rain 2: Summit
Character: Li Hongzhang
Released: July 29, 2020
Type: Movie
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
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The Story of an Old Couple
Title: The Story of an Old Couple
Released: May 28, 2020
Type: Movie
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Samsara
Title: Samsara
Released: October 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Four monks gather at a temple to see their esteemed mentor Do-Bub, but none of them are particularly enlightened. From the calculating chief monk and the meat-eating womanizer to the silver-tongued moneymaker and the vain Instagram heartthrob, they all seem more interested in self-gain than asceticism. Nevertheless, the worldly monks have to respond to an unsavoury truth about Do-Bub. In the subsequent days, memories are awakened and characters tested as the monks reflect on their experiences, desires, and fears, as well as the realization that someone will have to be Do-Bub’s successor.
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The Memory of Water
Title: The Memory of Water
Character: Narrator
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: Movie
The secretive rules of nature spread out to be extraordinary beauty. Water is a lifeform that remembers and reflects everything. Following the nature of this water and the mysterious record of the ecosystem leads to the wonderful four seaons of the Bongha Village and the late Roh Moo-hyun's ambitious visions. What is the future he dreamt of back in his home, carrying out biological agricultural technology?
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Idol
Title: Idol
Character: Lawmaker Choi
Released: March 20, 2019
Type: Movie
In this political thriller, a politician finds his wife in the garage. She is cleaning her son's bloodstained car, which has just run over a person.
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Title: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Character: Gang Moon-jik
Released: August 1, 2018
Type: Movie
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
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Title: Your Honor
Character: Oh Dae-Yang
Released: July 25, 2018
Type: TV
Han Soo-Ho and Han Kang-Ho were born as identical twins, but they live totally different lives. Han Soo-Ho works as a judge and he is guided by principles. Han Kang-Ho's extensive criminal record contains 5 different arrests. One day, Han Soo-Ho suddenly disappears. Han Kang-Ho secretly takes his brother's place as a judge. Han Kang-Ho, who was once considered trash, becomes "Dear Judge" and highly respected.
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Title: Movie Room
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: TV
Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.
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Steel Rain
Title: Steel Rain
Character: Teacher Ri
Released: December 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.
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Title: Live Up To Your Name
Character: Yoo Sung-Tae
Released: August 12, 2017
Type: TV
Heo Im is an oriental doctor, acknowledged as the best in acupuncture and moxibustion in Joseon. His success is blocked due to his low status.
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Warriors of the Dawn
Title: Warriors of the Dawn
Character: Minister Jung
Released: May 31, 2017
Type: Movie
A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
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Crimson Moon
Title: Crimson Moon
Character: King Yeongjo
Released: August 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Crown Prince Sado spirals down due to his own insanity and his father King Yeongjo's complex.
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Title: The Scholar Who Walks the Night
Character: Rho Chang-sun
Released: July 8, 2015
Type: TV
When Jo Yang Sun is driven out of house and home after her father is framed for a crime, she is forced to crossdress in order to make ends meet as a bookseller, where she meets Kim Sung Yeol, a handsome, but mysterious scholar who is actually a vampire. Meanwhile, an evil presence at the royal palace stops at nothing to keep the Crown Prince from claiming his rightful throne.
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The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Title: The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Character: Todo Takatora
Released: July 30, 2014
Type: Movie
The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.
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Love Skill
Title: Love Skill
Character: Father
Released: October 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Tae-Hoon runs a factory in the Philippines, which processes mangos. Soo-Jin is an ordinary working woman, who dreams of experiencing love like it is fate. One day, Soo-Jin decides to take a trip to the Philippines with her friend, Ji-young. In the Philippines, Soo-Jin meets Tae-Hoon and falls in love with him
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Masquerade
Title: Masquerade
Character: Park Chung-seo
Released: September 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
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Title: Bridal Mask
Character: Yang-baek
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: TV
During the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, one of the darkest periods of Korean history, heroes came from ordinary men who did extraordinary things in their everyday lives. Lee Kang To is one of those men. A skilled martial artist, Kang To actively participates in the independence movement to fight against the Japanese imperialist regime. He is known as “Gaksital” because he hides his true identity behind a rosy-cheeked traditional bridal mask, known as a “gaksital,” when he fights against the Japanese. But can one man do enough to right the wrongs of a terrifying national enemy?
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My Heart
Title: My Heart
Character: Deok-soon
Released: June 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Seventeen-year old Soonie is married to the ten-year old son of the local Korean medecine doctor. Married to a child, Soonie is subjected to the hard life of the traditional daughter-in-law. Ten years pass and her husband, who has gone away to study, returns with a stylish 'modern woman' dressed in Western clothes. When Soonie finds out that the woman is carrying her husband's child, she quietly packs her bag and leaves. The film is divided into five episodes, following her life.
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A+ Life
Title: A+ Life
Character: Father
Released: May 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A man struggles with his responsibities to his father and his desire for true love.
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The Bait
Title: The Bait
Character: Ma-seob
Released: March 21, 1998
Type: Movie
A pair of professional con-men who swore never to meet again, get together again to pull off one more swindle.
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Wind Echoing in My Being
Title: Wind Echoing in My Being
Released: October 25, 1997
Type: Movie
A young man living alone in his attic, wishes to publish a book of his dreams. He records his dreams on a small tape recorder while he falls in and out of sleep. Then when he awakens, he writes of these dreams on paper. His dreams consist mainly of memories and recollections of his youth.
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48 + 1
Title: 48 + 1
Released: November 4, 1995
Type: Movie
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Declaration of Genius
Title: Declaration of Genius
Released: July 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A strange man appears in Pagoda Park. His name is Young-sung. Another man stands in a corner, carefully takes in his every move and tapes him with a camcorder. His name is Ahn Sang-gi, a self-proclaimed film director. Young-sung spots a high school girl and begins to follow her. Her name is Jin-kyung. The three meet in a cafe and become inseparable in a matter of hours. Madame Sul-hee, owner of an exclusive club, introduces them to many high level officials. Young-sung begins to tell fortunes for the many individuals they meet including a powerful politician to a corrupt national hero and Sang-gi collects fees. In the midst of all this, Jin-kyung schemes to get pregnant with Young-sung's child, and Sang-gi is convinced that he is close to realizing his dream of becoming a film director. Little do they know that Young-sung's clairvoyance is not permanent.
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The Eternal Empire
Title: The Eternal Empire
Character: Jeong Yak-Yong
Released: January 28, 1995
Type: Movie
This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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The Taebaek Mountains
Title: The Taebaek Mountains
Character: Yeom Sang-jin
Released: September 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
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A Casual Trip
Title: A Casual Trip
Released: May 7, 1994
Type: Movie
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Sopyonje
Title: Sopyonje
Character: Yu-bong
Released: April 10, 1993
Type: Movie
A former pansori performer travels across South Korea in search of the student he studied with.
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Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia
Title: Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia
Released: January 2, 1992
Type: Movie
The life of a woman through the tumultuous years of Korea's modern history.
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Fly High, Run Far
Title: Fly High, Run Far
Character: Jun Bong-jun
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
In mid-19th Century Korea, the people of Joseon Dynasty embrace the new religion Donghak. After the founder is executed, Choi Si-hyeong becomes Donghak’s second-generation leader and successfully propagates the religion, but in doing so becomes the object of oppression by the royal court.
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Kot-ji
Title: Kot-ji
Character: Dong-jin
Released: March 31, 1990
Type: Movie
Kot-ji is born by an affair between a hostess and president Kim of a trading company. Living with her mother, she is unusually smart but envies friends with both parents as she plays alone with dolls or watching TV. One day, on her way home, Kot-ji runs into a woman who offers to take her to her father and follows her. All has been planned by Jin-ah conspiring to make money out of her situation. Dong-jin who is secretly in love with Kot-ji's mother threatens Kim about Kot-ji and get money from him but things do not work out the way he thought. Dong-jin stabs Kim unintentionally and in panic takes Kot-ji into woods. While he quarrels with Jin-ah, Kot-ji makes her way to escape feeling danger. Kot-ji's pure heart moves Dong-jin and he returns her to her mother.
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Park Cheol-Su's Hello Lim Guk-Jeong
Title: Park Cheol-Su's Hello Lim Guk-Jeong
Released: August 22, 1987
Type: Movie
Chun-bo and Bong-dal are members of a bandit who voluntarily claim to be Im Kek-jeong's subordinates. They didn't even know that there was a horse plaque on the clothes of the fishermen, and they were yangban and decided to play the role of a real female haenger. They perform good deeds such as scolding Tamgwan-duck for the unfair and powerless people and distributing grain to poor residents.
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The Man with Three Coffins
Title: The Man with Three Coffins
Character: Sun-seok
Released: June 11, 1987
Type: Movie
While journeying across South Korea for a suitable place to scatter his late wife’s ashes, a widower crosses paths with a nurse and her patient - a gravely ill old man who offers him a considerable amount of money to take him to his hometown.
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Seoul Jesus
Title: Seoul Jesus
Released: March 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Escaping from a hospital for the mentally disturbed, a man calling himself Jesus goes to Seoul. He feels he must save Seoul from judgement by fire by finding a woman who knows the meaning of true love.
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Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer
Title: Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer
Released: September 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Er Woo Dong translates to "entertainer," a rough approximation of the duties of 14th-century Korean courtesan Er Yoon Chang. After a lifetime "in service," Er Yoon Chang retires to a faraway village. Meanwhile, her powerful father, ashamed of his daughter's lifestyle, dispatches an assassin to do her in. Er Yoon Chang is protected by her faithful deaf-mute bodyguard, but only up to a point.
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Declaration of Fools
Title: Declaration of Fools
Character: Dong-cheol
Released: March 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Beginning with the suicide of a film director, this work represents the Korean New Wave Cinema movement that focused on criticizing the Korean society in the 1980s through satire and humor. The journey taken by the characters, who lead low lives at the margins of the society, award them with a sense of liberation, however brief.
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Widow Dancing
Title: Widow Dancing
Released: February 2, 1984
Type: Movie
A group of widows come with several frauds and scams in an effort to cheat the system which marginalizes them and to make a better life for themselves and their children.