Lee Soon-jae

Lee Soon-jae

Born: October 10, 1935
in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, Korea
Lee Soon-jae (이순재) is a South Korean actor.  He was born in Japanese-occupied Korea in what is now North Korea, but moved to Seoul at age 4.

Movies for Lee Soon-jae...

Title: Family: The Unbreakable Bond
Character: Kwon Eung-soo
Released: April 17, 2023
Type: TV
Kwon Do Hoon is an expert sniper and a secret agent working for the National Intelligence Service. To conceal his true identity, he lives a double life as a regular trading company employee, keeping even his wife Kang Yoo Ra in the dark. Though he is occupied with his work, Kwon Do Hoon cherishes his wife deeply. Meanwhile, Kang Yoo Ra, a dedicated homemaker, harbors a secret. Their tranquil existence is thrown into turmoil when Tae Koo emerges, posing a threat to their carefully crafted façade.
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Title: Behind Every Star
Character: Self
Released: November 7, 2022
Type: TV
Agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine.
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Good morning
Title: Good morning
Character: Senior Park
Released: May 25, 2022
Type: Movie
When Sumi, a high school senior raised at an orphanage, decides to suicide, hospice nurse Seojin dramatically stops her. Nowhere else to go, Sumi visits Seojin's hospital to find a way to end her life. For the first time, she finds attention, love, and comfort from those who are spending their last moments in life.
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Title: O’PENing
Character: Cha Sun-jae
Released: May 2, 2022
Type: TV
O'PENing is the new name of Drama Stage which has been broadcasting the winning work of the O'PEN storyteller contest. The franchise will continue to make meaningful steps to introduce and support new writers to see the light of the world and diversify content genres.
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Title: Again My Life
Character: Woo Yeong-Soo
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: TV
Kim Hee Woo came from an inauspicious start as a low-grade high schooler to work his way up through university and finally pass the bar examination. His relentless hard work has finally paid dividends, and he has become a public prosecutor. During the course of his investigations, he must conduct a probe into a politician suspected of corruption. But his investigation is abruptly ended when a mysterious man kills him. However, he later comes to, finding that he is actually alive. Restored to the mortal realm, he finds that he must return to university and complete his academic journey again – while he tries to discover the truth about what happened to him.
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Title: The Red Sleeve
Character: An elderly man
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: TV
Based on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.
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Title: Godfather
Released: October 9, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Grand Par
Character: 출연
Released: July 10, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
Character: Kim Man-Bok
Released: October 7, 2020
Type: TV
A riches-to-rags pianist who loses everything but her smile is guided by twinkling little stars to a small town where she finds hope, home and love.
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Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
Title: Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
Character: Hamster (voice)
Released: January 22, 2020
Type: Movie
A zoophobic national security agent suddenly receives the ability to talk to animals after a freak accident.
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Title: Pegasus Market
Character: Kim Dae-ma
Released: September 20, 2019
Type: TV
The manager of Pegasus Market, Moon Seok-goo, is worried about the store’s decreasing sales. One day Jeong Bok-dong, a former executive of the conglomerate Daema Group, gets demoted to Pegasus Market. Seok-goo is excited because he believes that Bok-dong will bring Pegasus Market back to life. However, Bok-dong has other plans; He is furious about his demotion and plans to ruin Pegasus Market entirely and get back at Daema Group. But things don’t exactly pan out. No matter how hard Bok-dong tries to sabotage Pegsus Market, its sales keep getting better and better. Will Bok-dong be able to get his revenge?
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Romang
Title: Romang
Character: Nam-bong
Released: April 3, 2019
Type: Movie
75-year-old Cho Nam-bong and 71-year-old Lee Mae-ja are a couple suffering with dementia. After being married for 45 years, the couple couldn’t even remember when they were in a good relationship. However, as their memories fade by the day, their dreams and romance that have been forgotten rekindle.
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Title: Legal High
Character: Gu Se-jung
Released: February 8, 2019
Type: TV
A money-hungry lawyer and a righteous rookie become an unlikely courtroom duo in this remake of the Japanese series of the same name.
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Intimate Strangers
Title: Intimate Strangers
Character: Young-bae's Father (voice)
Released: October 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
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Stand by Me
Title: Stand by Me
Character: Grandfather
Released: April 5, 2018
Type: Movie
A grandpa finds out he is not going to live for much longer so he decides to prepare for his grandson's future with something special.
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Title: Live
Character: Yang-chon's Father
Released: March 10, 2018
Type: TV
The police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of law and peace — but the reality is far from orderly.
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Title: Master In The House
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 2017
Type: TV
Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?
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Title: Money Flower
Character: Jang Gook-Hwan
Released: November 11, 2017
Type: TV
The story of people driven by greed. Kang Pil-Joo grew up at an orphanage, but he now works as a managing director of a legal team at a corporation. He is acknowledged for his intelligence and his exemplary job performance. Some of those that work around him are jealous of him. Na Mo-Hyun is an environmental activist and a science teacher at a middle school. She is a good listener and laughs a lot. She dreams of a love driven by fate.
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Title: Idol School
Character: Principal
Released: July 13, 2017
Type: TV
Idol School is a reality girl group survival show. The program aims to form a 9 members girl group out of 41 female participants, training them in singing and dancing in the span of 11 weeks.
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The Artist: Reborn
Title: The Artist: Reborn
Character: Park Joong-sik
Released: March 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Oh In-sook, who goes by Gisele in the art world, is a failed artist with nothing going for her. During her shift at her part time job, she meets a cunning and canny art sales representative Jae-bum. Jae-bum believes that Gisele has the potential to become a prominent artist and decides to represent her. He and his colleague James, through their ingenious sales efforts, begin to raise the value of Gisele’s paintings, causing Gisele to gain immense fame. As she is ready to bathe in her success, she unexpectedly dies of reasons unknown shocking the art community. Jaebum sees this as an opportunity to hike the prices on his deceased client’s paintings and decides to go all-in in doing so. However, Gisele miraculously gains consciousness like the Lazarus syndrome, denting Jae-bum’s scheme. In order to save his career, Jaebum suggests to Gisele to stay “dead” and aims to strike a deal with her.
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Title: My Little Old Boy
Character: Self
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: TV
How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.
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Title: Yeah, That's How It Is
Character: Yoo Jong-Chul
Released: February 13, 2016
Type: TV
This drama is about a story of a big family.
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Title: The Scholar Who Walks the Night
Character: King Seonjo
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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Title: Make a Woman Cry
Character: Kang Tae-Hwan
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: TV
One difference that separates humans from animals is that people have emotions. So describing the emotions of different characters in a TV drama is an important part of the storytelling process. What is it like for a person to love another person? What is it like for a person to forgive another? This TV drama is made with the premise of influencing people to become gentler and stronger human beings.
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Title: Unkind Women
Character: Kim Chul-Hee
Released: February 25, 2015
Type: TV
This drama features the women of three generations and the people around them. Ma Ri grows up as a good teacher of this generation where there is no true mentor. Hyun Sook, who has been a troublemaker, realizes the love and support of her family. Kang Soon Ok regards herself as unlucky, but later on realizes how happy she has been. How can you hold up when your life gets tough? You will figure it out by holding up day by day, just like these women in the drama.
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Title: Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: TV
The first installment of "Three Meals a Day" Series. Celebrities are chosen to live for three days a week in a rural setting. They are required to use their own means to find food for and prepare three meals a day.
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Title: Flower Grandpa Investigative Team
Character: Lee Jun-hyeok
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story about three detectives in their 20's who transform into old men in their 70's overnight and one elite detective who luckily stays young as himself. The drama will comically tell the story of the three detectives trying to regain their young bodies back.
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Title: Potato Star 2013QR3
Character: Noh Song
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: TV
A mysterious asteroid crash-lands on Earth in 2013 and causes all sorts of weird things to start happening, specifically to the Noh family and their neighbors.
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Title: Grandpas Over Flowers
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2013
Type: TV
Grandpas Over Flowers is a South Korean travel-reality show that airs on tvN. It stars four veteran actors in their seventies— Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob — as they go on a backpacking tour to overseas travel destinations alongside Lee Seo-jin, an actor in his forties. Grandpas Over Flowers became a cultural phenomenon, receiving high ratings for a Korean cable program and spawning several spin-offs and remakes.
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Title: Ugly Alert
Character: Na Sang-jin
Released: May 20, 2013
Type: TV
Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.
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Title: Home Alone
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: TV
It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.
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Title: My Kids Give Me a Headache
Character: Ho Shik
Released: October 27, 2012
Type: TV
Childless Comfort is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of Seoul, and how they deal with the societal discrimination that their smart and highly educated, eldest granddaughter faces, when she became a single mother. It aired on cable channel jTBC from October 27, 2012 to March 17, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 39 episodes. The series received consistently solid ratings, and its January 26, 2013 episode reached 7.955%, breaking the previous record of Reply 1997 to become the highest viewership ratings that a drama has received on Korean cable. It went on to break its own record for the February 24 episode, with another cable drama all-time rating high of 10.715%.
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Title: The King's Doctor
Character: Ko Joo-man
Released: October 1, 2012
Type: TV
The historical period epic was directed by Lee Byung-hoon, known for his previous works Hur Jun, Jewel in the Palace, Yi San and Dong Yi. This marked the first television drama for actor Jo Seung-woo in his 13-year film and stage career.
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Title: 그대를 사랑합니다
Character: Kim Man Seok
Released: April 16, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: The King 2 Hearts
Character: Eun Kyu-tae
Released: March 21, 2012
Type: TV
Set in the constitutional monarchy in an imaginary South Korea, South Korea's Crown Prince Lee Jae Ha is forced to join the World Officers Competition, WOC, by his brother. There, he meets North Korea's strongest female devil instructor Kim Hang Ah.
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Title: A Thousand Kisses
Character: Jang Byung-doo
Released: August 20, 2011
Type: TV
A drama that deals with the age differences in relationships. Woo Joo Young and Jang Woo Bin explore the older woman-younger man relationship whereas Jang Woo Jin and Joo Young's younger sister, Joo Mi, deal with the huge age gap between them.
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Title: The Princess' Man
Character: Kim Jong Seo
Released: July 20, 2011
Type: TV
The Princess' Man is a 2011 South Korean television series, starring Park Si-hoo, Moon Chae-won, Kim Yeong-cheol, Song Jong-ho, Hong Soo-hyun, and Lee Soon-jae. It is a period drama about the forbidden romance between the daughter of King Sejo and the son of Sejo's political opponent Kim Jong-seo. It aired on KBS2 from July 20 to October 6, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
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Late Blossom
Title: Late Blossom
Character: Kim Man-seok
Released: February 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Follows the lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood. Kim Man-Suk delivers milk on a motorbike at dawn. He curses a lot, but actually has a warm heart. One day when he goes up a slope, he meets Ms. Song - a lonely woman who works hards by collecting and selling scrap paper. Man-Suk feels something special toward Ms. Song. Jang Kun-Bong works in a parking lot. Jang Kun-Bong has a wife who suffers from Alzheimer's. He works from dawn until late at night. After work he comes home and takes care of his wife.
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Title: My Princess
Character: Park Dong-jae
Released: January 5, 2011
Type: TV
Seol is an ordinary college student who was adopted but is living a happy life on her own. Working part time, she happens to have an unpleasant first encounter with Hae Young, a diplomat and the only heir of the biggest conglomerate in Korea. One day, he hears shocking news from his grandfather. The Blue House announces that they will carry out a vote on rebuilding the royal house, and his grandfather asks him to find someone urgently, who later turns out to be Seol. Against his grandfather’s wishes to donate their family’s wealth to the country, Hae Young tries to stop Seol, but she ends up moving into the palace to become a princess of the royal house.
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Title: Flames of Desire
Released: October 2, 2010
Type: TV
Flames of Desire is a South Korean television series starring Shin Eun-kyung, Seo Woo, Yoo Seung-ho, Jo Min-ki, and Lee Soon-jae. It aired on MBC from October 2, 2010 to March 27, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 50 episodes. The early working title was A Woman Only Loves Once in a Lifetime.
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Title: Stars Falling From the Sky
Character: Jung Gook
Released: January 4, 2010
Type: TV
The drama draws a love story between two co-workers at an insurance company, with Kim Ji Hoon playing the company's smart-as-a-whip lawyer. Because he carries the hurt of having been abandoned by his birth mother, he doesn't easily open his heart to others. Jin Pal Kang is a 25-year-old employee of the company who becomes responsible for her five younger adopted siblings after her parents meet with sudden deaths.
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Good Morning President
Title: Good Morning President
Character: Kim Jung-ho
Released: October 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy and with great determination, and a female President Han Kyuong-ja. They are distressed over the choices they have to make between politics and ethics. The affliction of Kim Jung-ho who wins the lottery, the agony of Cha Ji-wook who donates an organ, and the troubles of Han Kyuong-ja who faces the crisis of divorce.
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Title: High Kick Through The Roof
Released: September 7, 2009
Type: TV
Two sisters, twenty-two and nine in age, lived all their lives with their father, deep in the country where even electricity is an unaffordable luxury. One day, after a bizarre turn of events, they end up in Seoul. The two sisters encounter a severe case of cultural shock as soon as they hit the city. Building forests, computers, department stores, subways, cell phone To 9-year old Shin-ae, who had never seen these before, Seoul is like a fantasy that can sometimes be difficult to fathom. Meanwhile, a peculiar family lives at a corner of a residential area in Seongbuk-dong. Sun-jae is the president of a small food company. At 72, Sun-jae falls head over heels in love just as his life is slowly winding down. His granddaughter Hae-ri shrieks every morning in the bathroom over her constipation. All the other members of this family have some sort of defect. The most invisible son-in-law in Seongbuk-dong, the EQ-deficient doctor, the perverted female teacher Come to think of it, every man living in this day and age harbors some kind of unique defect. This is why they shout confidently, "Only those of you who are perfect may throw stones at us!" is a sitcom portraying the uplifting comedic story of two sisters who begin to work at Sun-jae's house as maids and their episodes with members of this family. At the same time, it is a drama of these two girls blossoming into young women as they fall in love.
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Title: I Love You, Don't Cry
Character: Han Gyu-Il
Released: November 17, 2008
Type: TV
I Love You, Don't Cry is a family South Korean family drama series broadcast by MBC in 2008-2009 starring Lee Yoo-ri, Lee Jung-jin and Oh Seung-hyun. The daily drama aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 20:15 from November 17, 2008 to May 22, 2009 for 132 episodes.
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Title: Beethoven Virus
Character: Kim Gab Yong
Released: September 10, 2008
Type: TV
Two musicians who retired from their musical careers for different reasons join together with a demanding and difficult genius conductor to form an orchestra against all odds. Although it requires a lot of hard work to form their orchestra, they keep chasing their dreams of doing what they love the most in the world and this gives them great satisfaction. Three young and old people with different personalities and life experiences gather together under a common dream and they find love and the room to forgive each other as they eventually earn each other’s respect.
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Title: Mom's Dead Upset
Character: Na Chung-bok
Released: February 2, 2008
Type: TV
Mom's Dead Upset is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-ja, Lee Soon-jae, Baek Il-seob, Shin Eun-kyung, and Ryu Jin. It aired on KBS2 from February 2 to September 28, 2008 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes. The drama attracted record-breaking ratings, peaking at 42.7% on the September 21 episode. Kim Hye-ja stars as a middle-aged woman who rediscovers herself by taking a one-year break and declaring independence from her family after spending decades as a housewife looking after three children, a husband and a widowed father-in-law. Her performance won the Grand Prize at the 2008 KBS Drama Awards and the 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Title: Lee San, Wind in the Palace
Character: King Yeongjo
Released: September 17, 2007
Type: TV
Yi San, also known as Wind of the Palace, is a 2007 South Korean historical drama, starring Lee Seo-jin, Han Ji-min, Park Eun-hye, and Lee Jong-soo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from September 17, 2007 to June 16, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55. The series was produced by Lee Byeong-Hoon, who also produced award-winning television series Dae Jang Geum. It won "Top Excellence Acting Award" for Lee Seo Jin and "Best Actress" for Han Ji-min at MBC's Acting Awards.
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Title: Radio Star
Character: Self
Released: May 30, 2007
Type: TV
“Radio Star” is a South Korean music talk show where the guests and hosts talk openly and intimately about their lives, their pasts and their work. It is part of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's "Golden Fishery" programming block.
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Title: When Spring Comes
Released: January 15, 2007
Type: TV
Lee Jung Do's father is a swindler and intends to resume his old habits as soon as he gets out of prison, even though he has promised his son to go straight. Because of his father's record, LJD had a hard time finding jobs, but overcomes these obstacles, passes the law exams, and becomes a prosecutor. Oh Young Joo is a detective, and her precinct is in LJD's neighborhood. Kim Joon Ki, who comes from a well-off family, is also keen to become a prosecutor. He meets OYJ on a blind date and continues to pursue her even though she isn't interested. Moon Chae Ri is a small time swindler who hooks up with LJD's dad on a last heist plan, before fulfilling his promise to his son to stay out of trouble.
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Title: High Kick
Character: Lee Soon-jae
Released: November 6, 2006
Type: TV
High Kick! was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family, taking place in Seoul at the same time as the broadcast. The title of the show "High Kick!" has several implications, one of which is the oft-depicted high kicks of Yoon-ho, one of the main characters. The show aired in South Korea from Monday to Friday in sitcom format. Due to its popularity, the show filmed more episodes than were initially planned. Many of the characters starred in commercials and advertisements in Korea. The show's popularity also led to High Kick Through the Roof, which aired in 2009-2010, and High Kick 3: The Counterattack of the Short Leg, which aired in 2011-2012.
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Title: High Kick
Character: 이순재
Released: November 6, 2006
Type: TV
High Kick! was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family, taking place in Seoul at the same time as the broadcast. The title of the show "High Kick!" has several implications, one of which is the oft-depicted high kicks of Yoon-ho, one of the main characters. The show aired in South Korea from Monday to Friday in sitcom format. Due to its popularity, the show filmed more episodes than were initially planned. Many of the characters starred in commercials and advertisements in Korea. The show's popularity also led to High Kick Through the Roof, which aired in 2009-2010, and High Kick 3: The Counterattack of the Short Leg, which aired in 2011-2012.
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Family Matters
Title: Family Matters
Character: Won-jo
Released: March 24, 2006
Type: Movie
Min-kyung, once a promising young dancer, is now running a small, shabby dance school in town. Her life gets even harder since her entire family is notoriously troublesome. Her father Won-jo is a dotard, her husband Sang-hoon, who aspires to become a film director but can't get himself to finish a screenplay, is jobless, and her son is reckless, calling his dad, ' Uncle '. However, she manages quite well despite their endless troubles until one day, she finds out that her husband has been cheating on her.
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Forbidden Quest
Title: Forbidden Quest
Character: Yun-seo's father
Released: February 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman.
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My Girl and I
Title: My Girl and I
Character: Kim Man-geum
Released: December 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.
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Title: Hanoi Bride
Character: Il Ran's dad
Released: September 19, 2005
Type: TV
The drama introduces lives of Eun-wu, a promising young doctor, Seok-wu, a 40-year-old bachelor who is as down to earth as savory soybean paste soup, and Tiv, a 21-year-old girl who comes to Korea in pursuit of Eun-wu’s love as an unintentional Vietnamese bride for Seok-wu, Eun-wu’s brother. At first glance, this drama seems to depict a love triangle between Tiv and the two brothers. However, it actually deals with the young doctor Eun-wu’s personal growth in love and life as he realizes the true meaning of life through Seok-wu and Tiv.
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Title: 어여쁜 당신
Character: Jang Yoon-Jae
Released: February 14, 2005
Type: TV
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Title: 영웅시대
Released: July 5, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: A Problem at My Younger Brother's House
Character: Park Man-bo
Released: October 27, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: 진주목걸이
Character: Hwang Man-Gap
Released: September 20, 2003
Type: TV
진주 목걸이는 KBS 2TV에서 2003년 9월 20일부터 2004년 3월 14일까지 매주 토,일 저녁 19시 55분에 방영되었던 주말 드라마이다.
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Title: Who's My Love?
Character: Father
Released: March 2, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Merchant
Released: October 15, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Guardian Angel
Character: Kang Doo-shik
Released: August 1, 2001
Type: TV
This drama series starts from a belief that true love is the real guardian angel. There are two young people who pursue wealth and power. And then, there are other two young people, who lead a fulfilling life despite the difficult surroundings. Through the competition and star-crossed love amongst the four characters, we tell the story, in which truth and love are the real guardian angels. -- SBS
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Title: 그래도 사랑해
Character: Chairman Park
Released: January 6, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Hur Jun
Character: 유의태
Released: November 22, 1999
Type: TV
Hur Jun is a 2000 TV biographical drama broadcast by the South Korean TV channel MBC. It was aired by Taiwan Television in 2002 and Hong Kong's TVB in 2005, after the finale of "Dae Jang Geum". Because of the similarities between the two main characters of the show, "Hur Jun" has often been called the male version of "Dae Jang Geum". Also worth noting is the fact that the original title of the show was never used outside South Korea. In Taiwan, the title was re-worked to become "The Way of Medicine: The Epic Doctor Hur Jun". The first half of the title stuck, and was used by TVB when it aired "Hur Jun" in 2005.
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Title: 마지막 전쟁
Character: 지수 아버지
Released: July 12, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: See and See Again
Released: March 2, 1998
Type: TV
A family drama about the entangled conflict, love, and reconciliation of the characters around them, centered on Mammal's eldest daughter Jin Ju and Eun Ju's sister Eun Ju, who grew up with her parents' love.
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Title: 목욕탕집 남자들
Character: Kim Bok-dong
Released: November 18, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: 사랑이 뭐길래
Character: Lee Byeong-ho
Released: November 23, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: The 2nd Republic
Character: Yun Po-sun
Released: July 16, 1989
Type: TV
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Even the Sun is Sobbing
Title: Even the Sun is Sobbing
Released: March 10, 1984
Type: Movie
Park Mei Ji receives a phone call from a woman who says she and Mei Ji's husband, Inn Min, are living together in Taipei and raising a son. Mei Ji immediately leaves Seoul and flies to Taipei with a friend at the woman's request, discovering that the situation is much more complex and tragic than she initially thought.
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Love Me Once Again '80 Part 2
Title: Love Me Once Again '80 Part 2
Released: May 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Shin-ho wants to visit his son but Hye-yeong refuses to allow them to meet due to his past treatment of the boy. Hye-yeong feels that it is time to put the past behind her and, leaving her son in the care of a friend, she leaves Korea with a new lover.
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I've Sacrificed Everything
Title: I've Sacrificed Everything
Released: November 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Yeon Ha returns from overseas after 7 years. She holds a hurtful memory of being betrayed by Jin Woo to whom she offered unconditional love. For revenge, she works for Hae Jin Trading Co., a rival of Il Sung Trading where Jin Woo works and manages to bankrupt Il Sung. Then she realizes that it brings suffering rather than joy to her so gives him a large amount of fund for his restart. He regrets his behaviour and sees her off when she goes to America.
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Son of a Man
Title: Son of a Man
Released: September 24, 1980
Type: Movie
A detective searching for the cause of a young man's death uncovers a melodramatic story involving prostitutes and religion.
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Love Me Once Again '80
Title: Love Me Once Again '80
Released: June 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Kindergarten teacher Jeon Hye-yeong brings her son to the child's father, Shin-ho, to be raised. However, the child is unhappy with his father's family and dreams about living with his mother causing Shin-ho's growing frustration with the boy to turn to violence.
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Admiration of Nights
Title: Admiration of Nights
Released: March 15, 1980
Type: Movie
College boxer Jin-kyu falls in love with a college girl Min-hye while chatting on the phone. Min-hye gives him her virginity but her family forces her to get engaged to In-myung and get rid of the baby with Jin-kyu. Broken hearted, Jin-kyu fights as a professional boxer while seeing Yeon-hi who runs a salon. He loses the match on the verge of championship and suffers failure. Min-hye feels sympathy for him who struggles and embraces life.
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Eulhwa
Title: Eulhwa
Released: September 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Eul-hwa discovers that she has a talent for shamanism. She sends her son away to be raised by monks while she delves into shamanistic rituals and spells. Eventually she becomes a powerful shaman. However, with Christianity taking hold in Korea, Eul-hwa finds her way of life threatened and herself at odds with her religious son.
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A Letter from Heaven
Title: A Letter from Heaven
Released: August 18, 1979
Type: Movie
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Miss O's Apartment
Title: Miss O's Apartment
Released: March 31, 1978
Type: Movie
Mi-yeong informs her boyfriend that she is becoming a prostitute to help her poverty striken family. Although she tries not to, she ends up falling in love with wealthy Dae-seon and moves into an apartment that he supplies. She is satisfied with this arrangement until she learns that Dae-seon's wife is her classmate.
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Little Namgung Dong-ja
Title: Little Namgung Dong-ja
Released: November 19, 1977
Type: Movie
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Chang-Su's Heydays
Title: Chang-Su's Heydays
Released: November 28, 1975
Type: Movie
A sequel to Yeong-ja's Heydays follows the career of Yeong-ja’s first love, Chang-su, and his faithful love for her.
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Wasteland
Title: Wasteland
Released: October 24, 1975
Type: Movie
At the end of the Japanese rule, Jeom-Rye, a daughter of a poor farmer, bares a son of a Japanese policeman Yamada, but she gets married to Park Hang-Koo and lives a happy life with their daughter, Se-Yeon, after Yamada and his son run away after Liberation of Korea. During the Korean War, Hang dies and then, she happens to meet Flanders, a lieutenant of the U.S. Army. She bears a mixed-blood son but lets him go with Flanders returning to U.S. Yamada's son and Flanders II, who became American soldiers, come to Jeom-Rye, who is working on a farm with Se-Yeon who grows up now. Accepting the past and present situations, Jeom-Rye behaves wisely. While Se-Yeon is meeting Flanders II, she cries with rage for the Communist Party.
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You Become a Star, Too
Title: You Become a Star, Too
Character: Dr. Han
Released: August 23, 1975
Type: Movie
A butterfly flies from the mountain to the city. Sang-Kyu, who works in a company, buys a house in the suburbs and lives with his wife and daughter, Yun-Jeong. But Yun-Jeong becomes a somnambulist because of the illusion of a butterfly flying to the house. Sang-Kyu happens to know Mi-Wu, a singer, who loves Song Cheol-Ho but wanders in her life after his death. On the other hand, Yun-Jeong regains her consciousness with the help of an English psychicist and a nun. After Sang-Kyu has a sex with Mi-Wu, he falls out of the window and loses his consciousness. As she feels affection for Sang-Kyu, Mi-Wu becomes a butterfly in the soul world and leaves him.
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Yeonhwa 2
Title: Yeonhwa 2
Character: Min Tae-ho
Released: March 8, 1975
Type: Movie
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Yeonhwa
Title: Yeonhwa
Character: Min Tae-ho
Released: March 8, 1975
Type: Movie
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Yeong-ja’s Heydays
Title: Yeong-ja’s Heydays
Released: February 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Chang-su recalls the girl whom he loved before he entered the military. At that time she had been working as a housemaid. They meet again years later at a police station and the girl, Yeong-ja reveals that she quit her job after being raped by the son of her employer. Her life got steadily worse until finally she lost an arm in a car accident and had to work as a prostitute to pay for an artificial limb.
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A Horrible Breath
Title: A Horrible Breath
Released: August 20, 1974
Type: Movie
An old man Park's daughter Eun-Sil happened to know that her biological father is not him and her mother died accidentally at the foot of Seo Rak Mountain. Eun-Sil tries to find out her mother's cause of death and makes sure that his father Song Deok-Sil killed Eun-Sil's mother, his fiacee then, to marry to a daughter of a ChaeBol. To revenge for her mother Eun-Sil gets a job as a governess in Song Deok-Sil's house. But she finds that not only she but also old man Park and Mrs. Choo, a maidservant, threaten Song and his wife. However his wife stately stands against their threats and asks Eun-Sil to forgive.
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Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im
Title: Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im
Released: May 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Kim Su-im, the mistress of an American colonel, is arrested and charged with being a North Korean spy. While not denying the charge, Miss Kim takes the trial as an opportunity to relate her life as an explanation of why she committed treason as a spy.
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The Testimony
Title: The Testimony
Character: Kang
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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Bun-rye's Story
Title: Bun-rye's Story
Released: May 6, 1971
Type: Movie
Bun-rye, the eldest daughter in a poor family, is violated by Yong-pal, who is a married man, and out of desperation she becomes a concubine of Young-cheol, a gambler who is impotent. Kong Jo-shi is in love with Bun-rye, though she still has feelings for Yong-pal. After losing his money, Young-cheol takes out his anger on Bun-rye and throws her out of his house. In retaliation, Jo-shi kills Young-cheol, and Bun-rye is driven to madness.
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Regret
Title: Regret
Released: October 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Dr. Go, an authority in botany, lives in Buldang Village. His house is haunted by the ghost of Ok-nyeo, who has loved his friend, Choe Seong-ho. She has been killed unjustly, and the ghost comes to Dr. Go every night, asking for fresh blood from young women. One day, Jeong-ju, the daughter of Choe Seong-ho and a student of botany, comes to the region with boyfriend Chang-il to collect samples. Dr. Go is possessed by Ok-nyeo and tries to kill Jeong-ju, but Chang-il saves her. When Dr. Go comes back to his mind, everything turns out to be his dream.
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Cruel Revenge
Title: Cruel Revenge
Character: Choi Chang-ik
Released: September 11, 1969
Type: Movie
President Choi of Dongseo Shipping is at the verge of bankruptcy because one of his ships has sunk. Right on time, a man comes to Choi and offers to lend money by taking his remaining real estates as security and staying at his place. The man turns out to be a son that Choi has abandoned. The mother has died after living a hard life, and he wants revenge.
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Lady Hong
Title: Lady Hong
Released: August 8, 1969
Type: Movie
A man is haunted by the ghost of his murdered girlfriend who tries to tempt him into the underworld. He is also visited by the girls dead mother who is furious with him for loving her daughter.
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Escaping Shanghai
Title: Escaping Shanghai
Character: Jin Han-pa
Released: May 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Starting Point
Title: Starting Point
Released: February 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Sang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for another man, and he draws her portrait everyday. Yeong-hun, the older of the two, makes a medical mistake, and his young patient dies. Because of the guilty conscience, he abandons the career as a doctor and devotes himself to writing a novel. However, the brothers have high self-esteem and finally overcome their weaknesses to make a fresh start.
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Salt Pond
Title: Salt Pond
Released: October 19, 1968
Type: Movie
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Chulsaegado
Title: Chulsaegado
Released: September 22, 1968
Type: Movie
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Past Loves
Title: Past Loves
Released: August 9, 1968
Type: Movie
During a concert in Japan a singer encounters his childhood sweetheart and their old love is rekindled with new passion. However their love is a problem for the singer because he is already engaged to the daughter of his mentor.
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Lady in Dream
Title: Lady in Dream
Character: Lee Seong-u
Released: August 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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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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Trees Stand on Slope
Title: Trees Stand on Slope
Character: Hyun-tae
Released: April 13, 1968
Type: Movie
A man's jealousy of his friend's pure love for his girlfriend makes his friend sleep with a prostitute. But the friend agonizes over the depraved conduct and at last kills himself. He also feels guilty of his friend's death. However one day he meets the dead friend's girlfriend, and meeting her makes him convinced that it is not he, but she who leads the friend to death. He violates her chastity, kills a man who beat the friend before he died and turns himself to the police.
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When the Buckwheat Blooms
Title: When the Buckwheat Blooms
Released: December 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Heo, an itinerary market dealer, had a short and passionate love with a girl called Bun when he was young and still cherishes that memory in his heart. One day, he happens to meet a young market dealer who is left-handed like him. While talking to him, he finds out that the man is actually his son.
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Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train
Title: Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train
Released: December 14, 1967
Type: Movie
This film concentrates on a group of people who have trouble adjusting to mainstream society. From a woman running away from her previous life, to a man with a terminal disease, to a pop artist misunderstood by his contemporaries, the film looks on with sympathy and compassionate humor on a set of people who, for whatever reason, just don’t fit in.
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Nostalgia
Title: Nostalgia
Character: Crown Prince
Released: December 8, 1967
Type: Movie
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Traces
Title: Traces
Released: October 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A Japanese fine art teacher helps a Korean independence fighter to escape from a threat of being arrested by the Japanese police. The Korean man introduces him a gisaeng (Koran geisha) who learned Korean traditional court dance and he falls in love with her. However she hates Japanese because her parents were killed in the war.
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Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Title: Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Character: Yoo Kwang-nam
Released: August 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
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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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The White Crow
Title: The White Crow
Released: March 29, 1967
Type: Movie
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A Misty Grassland
Title: A Misty Grassland
Released: March 17, 1967
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to seduce a rich man so she can convince him to help him pay for her dying sister's hospital bill.
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Gunsmoke
Title: Gunsmoke
Released: December 8, 1966
Type: Movie
O Jin-u of a rich family and a female private tutor at his house are in love, but his family are against their marriage and send him to America. Before he leaves for America, they hold their own wedding and vow to love forever. But once out of sight, her devotion weakens with time and falls in love with Jin-u's friend Seong-hun. Hearing about the fact, Jin-u hurriedly returns to fight a duel with him...
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Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
Title: Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: Movie
Teacher Waryong retires after 37 years of teaching. He sets out to visit his former students living in Seoul. While those who establish themselves successfully show only indifference to him, those who are poor but honest heartily welcome him. Teacher Waryong helps the less fortunate former students.