Kang Soo-youn

Kang Soo-youn

Born: August 18, 1966
Died: May 7, 2022
in Seoul, South Korea
Kang Soo-yeon (18 August 1966 – 7 May 2022) was a South Korean actress. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and was one of the best known and internationally acclaimed stars from South Korea from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s.

Movies for Kang Soo-youn...

JUNG_E
Title: JUNG_E
Character: Seo-hyun
Released: January 12, 2023
Type: Movie
On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.
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Ongoing Smile
Title: Ongoing Smile
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Documentary about Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho.
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Jury
Title: Jury
Character: Soo-yeon
Released: March 7, 2013
Type: Movie
After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move the heart. Actress Soo-yeon emphasizes on the message of the film, Film critic Tony just discusses about the current trend of Korean cinema. Tomiyama cannot fully express her thoughts because of the language barrier. And, the head of jury, Sung-ki can’t control the situation. Will this jury reach an agreement against all odds? A satire for those who make, watch, and criticize films is about to begin.
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Title: Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Character: Herself
Released: December 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
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Hanji
Title: Hanji
Character: Ji-won
Released: March 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Low-ranking civil servant Pil Yong (Park Joong Hoon) has things hard looking after his disabled wife(Ye Ji Won). He takes charge of a hanji project in hopes it will bring him a promotion. His wife comes from a family of hanji masters. One of his tasks include working with quarrelsome filmmaker Ji Won (Kang Su Yeon), who is shooting a documentary about hanji. Though he knows little about the subject to begin with, the more he learns about hanji, the more it takes on a new significance for him and the world around him.
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F.
Title: F.
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2007
Type: Movie
A profile of Toh Hai Leong, the director of the Singaporean mockumentary Zombie Dogs, and his battle with Type 2 diabetes.
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Title: Moon Hee
Character: Moon Hee
Released: February 24, 2007
Type: TV
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With a Girl of Black Soil
Title: With a Girl of Black Soil
Character: Woman
Released: January 9, 2007
Type: Movie
A small village in the Kanwondo region, a 9 year old girl, her brother Tong-gu - who is mentally handicapped - and their father Hyegon.
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Hanbando
Title: Hanbando
Character: Empress Min
Released: July 13, 2006
Type: Movie
The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order to prove that the Japanese claim to railroads is false, a claim that will stop the reunification of the two Koreas.
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The Circle
Title: The Circle
Character: Oh Hyeon-ju
Released: November 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A serial killer (Woong-in Jeong) whose modus operandi includes painting abstract designs on his victims prior to raping, killing, and eating them is captured and interrogated by a hardened district attorney (Soo-yeon Kang). When the maniac fails to provide answers satisfying both the prosecution and defense attorneys, he is hypnotized and shocking secrets begin to emerge.
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Title: Ladies of the Palace
Character: Jung Nan Jung
Released: February 5, 2001
Type: TV
This drama depicts the in-fighting between women in the palace from the reign of Jungjong to Injong, particularly the power struggle featuring Queen Munjeong and Jung Nan Jung, her sister-in-law, and the way they pulled the strings behind the scenes.
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Rainbow Trout
Title: Rainbow Trout
Character: Jung-hwa
Released: November 6, 1999
Type: Movie
A group of city dwellers make a trip of three days and two nights into the isolated countryside to visit a friend in the hills. Their true nature begins to reveal itself: love hidden but never forgotten, primitive desires suppressed in the city, nasty pride that triumphs only over the weak and a strong will for survival that sacrifices even love and friendship.
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Girls' Night Out
Title: Girls' Night Out
Character: Ho-jung
Released: October 3, 1998
Type: Movie
Three best friends meet and boldly talk about sex together. Their characters are as different as their lifestyles. One works at a hotel, one at a design firm and the other is a graduate student. The conversations alter their lives as they begin to have different sexual relationships than before.
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Grief
Title: Grief
Character: Oh Eun-seo
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
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Blackjack
Title: Blackjack
Character: Jang Eun-young
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.
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Their Last Love Affair
Title: Their Last Love Affair
Character: Young-hee
Released: June 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Youngmin is a professor of literature and the father of two children. He is in love with a journalist who is an admirer of his poetry. They first meet when Youngmin invites her to a dinner thanking her for an article that she has written about him. Since them, they meet secretly in motels and restaurants. One day, Youngmin lies to his wife, saying that he will stay at a temple in the mountains for two months to write poetry...
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Go Alone Like Musso's Horn
Title: Go Alone Like Musso's Horn
Character: Hye-wan
Released: October 7, 1995
Type: Movie
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Days of Roses
Title: Days of Roses
Character: Jae-hee
Released: April 2, 1994
Type: Movie
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The Woman and The Man
Title: The Woman and The Man
Character: Eun
Released: July 24, 1993
Type: Movie
A maternity ward nurse meets and falls in love with an obiturary columnist. Despite their apparent happiness, the nurse begins to feel that something is terribly wrong with their relationship.
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Western Avenue
Title: Western Avenue
Character: Kim Ji-soo
Released: April 3, 1993
Type: Movie
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Blue In You
Title: Blue In You
Character: Yoo-lim
Released: December 25, 1992
Type: Movie
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The Road to the Racetrack
Title: The Road to the Racetrack
Character: J
Released: December 21, 1991
Type: Movie
R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris.
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Berlin Report
Title: Berlin Report
Character: Marie Allen / Young-hee
Released: June 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A reporter investigates a case in which a Korean woman, who has been living in Europe since she was 3 years old, is accused of murdering her adopted father. This is complicated by the fact that she is suffering from traumatic memory loss.
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All That Falls Has Wings
Title: All That Falls Has Wings
Character: Yoon-joo
Released: January 26, 1990
Type: Movie
This youth melodrama tells the story of a law student from a small village in Korea, and the irresponsible girl with whom he falls in love. The girl leads a reckless life, working in bars in Itaewon, and in the U.S., while the law student follows her. Their relationship ends in tragedy with the man shooting the woman, and her confessing her true love before dying.
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Long After That
Title: Long After That
Character: Soo-mi
Released: September 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Sun Woo Sumi is a lecturer at a French-language school after studying in France, but she has not forgotten the nightmare from seven years ago. She was assaulted by five men during her first year of college with Jin Woo. At that time, Sumi decided to study abroad. Jin Woo, a police officer, tries to recover her mental and physical injuries.
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Come Come Come Upward
Title: Come Come Come Upward
Character: Soon-nyeo
Released: April 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This story of two Buddhist nuns is an exploration of the Korean experience of the relationship between hardship and religious salvation. Trainee Soon-nyeo is forced to confront her True Path by walking among the people, while venerable Jinseong must pursue enlightenment through her inner practice.
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Karma
Title: Karma
Character: Mrs. Goosan
Released: May 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Governor Heo, worried over the plague that's sweeping the country, rebukes the Kus who make amulets to ward off evil. Heo castrates the husband when he makes superstitious claims and takes the wife as his mistress. Heo continues to be tormented by hallucinations and nightmares and begins to blame it on the Kus' curse. He kills the couple at their reunion and unable to ward off his bad karma, dies from leprosy.
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We Are Going to Geneva Now
Title: We Are Going to Geneva Now
Character: Soon-na
Released: February 18, 1988
Type: Movie
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Prince Yeon-san
Title: Prince Yeon-san
Character: Jang Nok-su
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Prince Yeon-san
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Springtime of Mimi and Cheol-su
Title: Springtime of Mimi and Cheol-su
Character: Lee Mimi
Released: July 4, 1987
Type: Movie
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Peach Blossoms
Title: Peach Blossoms
Character: Do-hwa
Released: June 27, 1987
Type: Movie
Do-hwa was born with both blessing and curse of the peach tree in the village. She masters the value of 'Yin and Yang' at the age of three and amazes neighbors with special senses as she grows up. She is told by Dang-gol, the village's shaman to have super power regarding sex and soon brings disaster to the village by having contact with virgin men. She struggles and survives her fate through turbulent corners of life beyond her control.
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The Surrogate Womb
Title: The Surrogate Womb
Character: Ok-nyeo
Released: March 21, 1987
Type: Movie
A barren noblewoman encourages her husband to take a young peasant as a surrogate to secure the male line.
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Potato
Title: Potato
Character: Bok-nyeo
Released: March 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Innocent Bok-nyeo is sold at 18 years old to an elderly widower who sends her to work in the salt mines. There she is raped by the supervisor. Becoming very cynical about life, Bok-nyeo becomes the mistress of a couple of rich men, Choi and Wang. In this way, she becomes accustomed to the high life. However she panics and takes desperate steps when one of her sources of income is about to cut her off.
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Whale Hunting 2
Title: Whale Hunting 2
Character: Young-hee
Released: December 21, 1985
Type: Movie
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Tragedy of W
Title: Tragedy of W
Character: Hye-mi
Released: June 9, 1985
Type: Movie
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Promised Woman
Title: Promised Woman
Released: June 18, 1983
Type: Movie
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Two Tomboys
Title: Two Tomboys
Released: May 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Ju-Ri nicknamed as Kkaesokeum and Kong-Ju nicknamed as Okttolmae are close friends and popular figures in their school. There are various happenings such as pleasant fighting with the principal, pretty quarrel with the teacher in charge, teasing with a small male student Seulki, fresh love with Sam-Su, matchmaking of sister and art teacher. One day, the two tomboys quarrel with for trivial things and estranged from each other. When Okttolmae does not appear on the day of school beginning, Kkaesokeum regrets her faults and begins to look for Okttolmae with other friends. They find that Okttolmae quit the school and sell the eggs for domestic circumstance. Thus they begin to help Okttolmae and stir up egg troubles.
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The Last Secret Love
Title: The Last Secret Love
Released: April 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Yeong-kyeong is a famous musician who is seduced by Dong-min. Dong-min wanted a one night fling, but Yeong-kyeong pities him, believing hs story of being trapped in a loveless marriage. Dong-min has no intention of leaving his wife, however she finds out about his affair and leaves him. Dong-min escapes to his uncle's cabin in the mountains, but Yeong-kyeong follows him even there.
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A Letter from Heaven
Title: A Letter from Heaven
Character: Mi-kyung
Released: August 18, 1979
Type: Movie
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No More Sorrow
Title: No More Sorrow
Character: Park Mi-na
Released: December 9, 1978
Type: Movie
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There Must be Mother Somewhere
Title: There Must be Mother Somewhere
Character: Seon-ah
Released: August 26, 1978
Type: Movie
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Chorus of Doves
Title: Chorus of Doves
Character: Lee Kyung-mi
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Blood Relations
Title: Blood Relations
Released: October 30, 1976
Type: Movie
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I Confess
Title: I Confess
Released: January 11, 1976
Type: Movie