Sung-il Shin Movies

Love Song in a Peanut Shell

An unmarried man in his mid-thirties meets a homeless woman. He allows her to live with him. In return, she must do the household chores. However, to avoid trouble from their conservative landlord, they must pass themselves off as married.

A Woman Coming in Autumn

Cherished Moments

A communist general arrests the wife of a public prosecutor. He attempts to force himself on her, but she resists him even if it means the loss of her freedom. The general decides to release her after making one terrible change.

To Live and Die

Kachusa, a high official in the communist regime of North Korea, falls in love with a young man attending Kim Il-sung University. He, however, makes love to a co-ed in his department. ... See full summary »

Dongshimcho

A middle-aged widow falls in love, however her grown children take it upon themselves to remind her of the poor impression of her character this creates and to remember traditional values.

Holy Mission

Based on the short life of Lee Byeok who was born the son of a general in 1754. He converted to Catholicism and attempted to spread the faith with the help of missionaries from China. King ... See full summary »

Angae buin

Jeong-woo tries to be a good wife and mother but, after witnessing her husband's adultery, her anger drives her into the arms of another man.

Byeoli bitnaneun bame

20 Years After Independence and Freedom Fighter Kim Ku

After World War II, Moscow and Washington wrangle over the division of Korea while Kim Ku, the leader of the freedom fighters against Japanese colonialism, goes on a doomed mission to ... See full summary »

Lion Castle

A general's wife is kidnapped and sold into slavery to a nearby kingdom. She gives birth to his son there. Decades later, the general and son meet on the battlefield on opposite sides in a war

Pokpungui sanai

To help his brother achieve his goals as a student of classical music, a man sacrifices his own ambitions of a career as a serious musician and settles for being a drummer in a night club's... See full summary »

Oblivion

Doljianhneun pungcha

Lawyer Woo Yeong-ho divorces his wife to marry the much younger Kyeong-suk. However his daughter, who spends time at both of her parents houses, drives a wedge between Yeong-ho and ... See full summary »

Miryeon

A man robs a jewelry store believing money will make his wife happy, but she is horrified by what he has done.

Farewell 2

The Match

Yun-hie goes undercover as an executive secretary in Nam Baek-gyu's office in order to retrieve the deeds he acquired through blackmail and return them to their rightful owners.

Woman

Hyeonhaetanui gureum dari

A young Japanese girl is found alone in Korea following the end of WWII. She is taken in by a couple who help her locate her biological parents. The girl, however, decides that she wants to stay in Korea

The King's First Love

The king disguises himself as a peasant to wander among his people during the Harvest Moon Festival. He meets and falls in love with a poor girl and his feelings are returned...at least until he reveals himself to be king

Yeolahob sunjeong

The Jade Hairpin

A girl becomes a prostitute in order to pay her mother's hospital bills.

At 13 Years Old

Lt Kang leads an attack on a village that has been occupied by the North Korean soldiers during the beginning of the Korean War. Kim Hong-kil, a teenager, at first fiercely resists Kang but... See full summary »

Born a Woman

Jae-seon falls in love with Ki-seok unaware that he is her sister's ex.

Bame pin haebaragi

A family becomes seperated during the evacuation of Seoul. Eventually the father starts another family. Several years later, he hires a tutor for his young children and is delighted to ... See full summary »

Deonal daeneun maleobti

An independant student marries against the wishes of his parents with disastrous results