Sung-il Shin Movies

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.

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.

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

Mujeongga ilbeonja

After being betrayed by a subordiante, crimelord Yong-pyo can only escape with his life by going abroad to live...

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 »

Powder Smoke

A Noble Lady

A woman is forced into marriage by her family to a wealthy man who is already married. As the second wife, her life is very difficult and to make matters worse, her ex-lover is her husband's secretary

One on One

Jang-su and Su-myeong go to live in Seoul, but Jang-su loses his hand in a street fight. He returns to his hometown alone and helps take care Sun-nyeo who is expecting Su-myeong's baby. ... See full summary »

Two Brothers

After the Korean War, two boys are left to take care of themselves until the younger one, after a misunderstanding, sets the house on fire and runs away.

Hong Kong Golden Operation 70

Agents from China try to disrupt the Hong Kong economy by flooding the market with counterfeit US dollars...

Sutalkgateun sanai

Because he has gotten himself involved in too many things at the same time, a man asks his unemployed friend to take a job that he has been offered in his stead. That simple act of kindness changes the friend's life forever

Heugbalui cheongchun

Blue Heart

The Whereabouts of Eve

Driven to attempt suicide because of her unhappy marriage, Shin-ae ultimately opts to leave her husband...

The Traveller King

King Sun-cho, the 23rd king of the Chosun Dynasty, is forced to execute his son on charges of attempting to overthrow him. The king's grandchildren are exiled to a small, rural village where they grow up as peasants,

Madam of Myeongwol

A kisaeng plots with other freedom fighters to destroy a train transporting high level Japanese officials.

Aein gyoshil

A couple marry but then become separated during the Korean War. Each remarries only to meet again years later.

The Third Son

Woman on the Asphalt

Believing everything that her con-artist boyfriend tells her, Nam-sun give phony medicine to a seriously ill villager. The resulting tragedy forces Nam-sun to flee the village or be killed ... See full summary »

Mistress Manon

Passion

Young-mi makes a wager with her friend, Myeong-hie, that she can seduce the latter's father. Myeong-hie, believing that her father would always remain faithful to her mother, agrees to the wager with disasterous results.