Movies: Kim Dong-won

  • 1961
    Prince Yeonsan

    Prince Yeonsan (1961)

    Prince Yeonsan

    8.21961HD

    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....

    Prince Yeonsan
  • 1959
    King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun

    King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun (1959)

    King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun

    61959HD

    At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men...

    King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun
  • 1960
    A Drifting Story

    A Drifting Story (1960)

    A Drifting Story

    6.11960HD

    This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look dow...

    A Drifting Story
  • 1956
    Madame Freedom

    Madame Freedom (1956)

    Madame Freedom

    6.21956HD

    Oh starts working at a boutique to help her make a living. Professor Jang begins dating the typist Miss Park, but decides to break up with her to protect her family. Han's wife anonymously sends a letter to Jang to reveal Oh's affair....

    Madame Freedom
  • 1963
    Goryeojang

    Goryeojang (1963)

    Goryeojang

    7.11963HD

    Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave hi...

    Goryeojang
  • 1969
    Escaping Shanghai

    Escaping Shanghai (1969)

    Escaping Shanghai

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    Escaping Shanghai
  • 1962
    Farewell to the Duman River

    Farewell to the Duman River (1962)

    Farewell to the Duman River

    5.41962HD

    Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River....

    Farewell to the Duman River
  • 1961
    Lady Jang

    Lady Jang (1961)

    Lady Jang

    61961HD

    King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds...

    Lady Jang
  • 1959
    Dongsimcho

    Dongsimcho (1959)

    Dongsimcho

    41959HD

    Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls ...

    Dongsimcho
  • 1962
    Tyrant Yeonsan

    Tyrant Yeonsan (1962)

    Tyrant Yeonsan

    61962HD

    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...

    Tyrant Yeonsan
  • 1967
    The Violator

    The Violator (1967)

    The Violator

    5.51967HD

    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...

    The Violator
  • 1965
    Sorrow Even Up in Heaven

    Sorrow Even Up in Heaven (1965)

    Sorrow Even Up in Heaven

    81965HD

    Lee, Yun-bok in his fourth grade lives in a poor family. His father is indulged in gambling, and his mother, who can no longer tolerate the cruelty of her husband, leaves home. Yet, Yun-bok comforts his younger brothers, makes a poor living by shinin...

    Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
  • 1962
    Bound by Chastity Rule

    Bound by Chastity Rule (1962)

    Bound by Chastity Rule

    7.21962HD

    The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he ...

    Bound by Chastity Rule
  • 1968
    Lady in Dream

    Lady in Dream (1968)

    Lady in Dream

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    Lady in Dream
  • 1965
    The Continent in Flames

    The Continent in Flames (1965)

    The Continent in Flames

    01965HD

    The activities of a group of Korean independence fighters in Mongolia, who try to steal a valuable item from the Japanese Army....

    The Continent in Flames
  • 1960
    Soil

    Soil (1960)

    Soil

    41960HD

    Heo Seung, who states that he was “born from soil, will live in soil, and die in soil”, becomes a lawyer in Seoul. However when villagers in his hometown are imprisoned for protesting against Japanese oppression, he decides to return to his village a...

    Soil
  • 1963
    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy (1963)

    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    5.31963HD

    After an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he is forced to go on the run. The son he leaves behind grows up to have 4 daughters, but there is rumored to be a curse on his family. As the daughters fin...

    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
  • 1970
    Great King Sejo

    Great King Sejo (1970)

    Great King Sejo

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    Great King Sejo
  • 1962
    The Country Left Behind

    The Country Left Behind (1962)

    The Country Left Behind

    71962HD

    Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom....

    The Country Left Behind
  • 1957
    A Woman's War

    A Woman's War (1957)

    A Woman's War

    01957HD

    A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own....

    A Woman's War