Jang-kang Heo Movies

Staking One's Life

Ryeo-in

While defending her chastity, an opera singer accidently kills her attacker. Now she faces manslaughter charges but her boyfriend, a lawyer, faces a crisis as to whether or not he should defend her

A Dangerous Youth

A man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister.

Life

10 Ladies of the Court

10 well-educated ladies of the royal court are charged with the care of the young prince. When a visiting minister falls in love with one of these women, the others agree to help smuggle the lovers out of the palace.

Sejo daewang

King Sejo regrets dethroning and subsequently executing his predecessor, Kin Danjong. To ease his guilty conscience, he constructs a temple in honor of those he killed in his drive to secure his position.

Fight in Gongsan

The army of King Kaero's grandson is defeated in an important battle because of the scheming of his ambitious general, Hae-gu. The grandson's failure brands him as a traitor and he is ... See full summary »

Seokyeongui harbin

While searching for his brother, Kung-won meets agent Dong-hwi who is searching for some jewelry stolen from China...

Mad Kong Seo-bang

A stingy, tyrannical man is cheated out of all his money and becomes a panhandler. Often ranting to himself about his troubles, he wanders around the streets obtaining the reputation of a madman.

Blue Lamp, Red Lamp

A woman is charged with murder and the prosecuting attorney is an ex-lover who dumped her several years previously

At Risk of Life

Su-man and his friends visit upscale bars to collect money from the patrons to use in the war against Japan. The Japanese colonial police get wind of their activities and begin to hunt down the fundraisers one-by-one.

A Life

Jeong-su and Cheol-ho desert from forced service in the Japanese military and hide in Manchuria, taking jobs in a gold mine. Cheol-ho is accused of stealing and makes his way to the safety ... See full summary »

Three Gangsters from the Songhwa River

During the 1920's, because the colonization of Korea by Japan, there was an exodus of the Korean population to Manchuria...

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Cheonggye cheon

Two childhood sweethearts who grew up together along the banks of the meandering Cheonggye River meet again after a twenty year seperation. The man, still carrying a torch for the woman, ... See full summary »

You Are a Woman

Mi-ran divorces her husband and goes to live with her father and sister, Mi-won. Mi-ran finds her sister's fiancé to be the ideal man and her flirtations cause problems for the couple

Snowy Night

A woman living in poverty gives up her children to foster parents and attempts to break her pan-handling husband of his opium addiction.

Where Love Is

After failing to save the life of his wife, a surgeon refuses to perform a life-saving operation on patients suffering from a similar problem.

The Police Station

The police working in central Seoul attempt to carry out their duties with kindness and consideration for the citizens whom they protect. They take a special interest in helping the poor and clearing out the red light districts

The Principal Visits Seoul

Paran nunui myeoneuli

The Setting of My Youth

A boy is raised by an underworld boss after the death of his parents in the Korean War. As a young adult...

The Little Swordsmen

Jeong-a and Won-guk survived the massacre of their village by pro-Japanese forces when they were children. Now adults, they seek revenge on the man they hold responsible.

Dangshinmaneul wihayeo

A soldier-on-leave commits fraud to get enough money to buy his sick mother's medicine. However, when the man he cheated turns up murdered, he finds himself the prime suspect and is forced ... See full summary »

Little Madame

A man in his 60's marries off his pre-teen son to a young girl because he wants to live to see his grandchildren but he is infuriated when the young couple continue to act like kids