Sung-il Shin Movies

Embrace

A young woman pesters her father so much about wanting to study overseas that he bribes a young man to begin a romance with her to make her want to stay close to home.

A Tomorrow for Us

Jeong-ah is forced to take a job in a textile mill in her early teen years because she is unable to enter a highschool.

Forever

South Korean investigators learn of a North Korean spy ring is operating out of Hong Kong and that it will be receiving a shipment of gold bars to fund their activities. They dispatch their best secret-agent to deal with the threat.

The Lion of Gangland

A gangster called 'The Lion' gets involved in a labor dispute while trying to bring Kang Hyeok, the man who made off with the dockworker's wages, to justice.

First Love in Myeongdong

The family governess causes a scandal when she falls in love with her employer's eldest son.

White Night

A man is forced to choose between two women. He bases his choice on their finances, but soon comes to believe that he made the wrong selection

Haksa jujeom

An impoverished university student is inspired to open a bar specifically for other students as a way of earning some quick cash. He starts making money hand over fist but his lack morals ... See full summary »

Taindeul

Long Journey

Ilheonbeorin myeongsapo

A professional nightclub dancer lies to her future mother-in-law, saying that she is an elementary school teacher. However, when the older woman figures out the truth, all wedding plans are put on hold indefinately.

Hasuginsaeng

The Shanghai Provisional Government

Following the Japanese invasion and colonization of Korea, the Korean government, led by freedom fighter Kim Ku, relocates to Shanghai to continue fighting for their country.

Sorrowful Youth

A group of young men join the resistance movement to help free Kore from Japanese rule prior to World War II while their lovers struggle to keep their daily lives intact.

Nunggot

Kang-ae, a successful novelist and playwrite, dreams of success for her daughter, Da-mi. But Da-mi resents her mother and the expectations placed on her. She decides to leave her mother and go with her father in Japan.

Gobyeol

A man kills his girlfriend then studies abroad using her money, but he should have checked to make sure she was really dead.

The Third Pier

Sunshine on My Face

Four orphans who grew up together in the same orphanage, find that their lives take very different but interconnected turns. One becomes a police officer, one a postitute, and two are rival gangsters.

Thirsty Trees

Mrs Hwa-seon

Hwa-seon visits her son in Seoul who is living with his rich in-laws. He resents her being there and treats her like a servant until she finally gets fed up with him and goes home. When his... See full summary »

An Awful Woman

Hyeon-woo finds himself a widower when his wife accidently kills herself with natural gas. A year later, he becomes acquainted with a young woman who wants to be a singer. He helps her, but... See full summary »

Shim Cheong

Based on the folktale of Shim Cheong, a young girl who lives with her blind father. To provide for her father, she sells herself for 300 bags of rice to a Chinese merchant but she regrets her action and attempts suicide by jumping into the sea. She is rescued by the sea king who falls in love with her and enables Shim Cheong to restore her father's vision.

The Emile Bell

Based on the legend of the Shinjong, a massive bell now in Kyeongju, which was cast during the reign of King Seong-deok in order to stop a war. Each person in the region contributed to be ... See full summary »

Always a Stranger

A young woman supports her fiance's tuition by working in a textile mill. When he gets offered a job after college, she sees that their engagement is holding him back so she leaves him. ... See full summary »

Anemone Madam

Hedgehog of the Third Dock

The famous detective called 'the Hedgehog' finds himself the reluctant pawn of a North Korean spy who is trying to gain control of the Busan smuggling operations.