Sung-il Shin Movies

A Daughter's Medal of Merit

A composer loses his wife when he cannot afford to buy her medicine. He adapts himself to physical labor so his daughter will not suffer as well.

Nongae the Kisaeng

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A student of Professor Kim kills the teacher's daughter and housemaid in a botched attempt to rob Kim's house. The young man was trying to steal the money to pay for his sick mother's ... See full summary »

Honeymoon

The Quiet Life

Dok-s looks up an old friend who has retired from a life of crime and who has started a family. However...

A Dangerous Youth

A man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister.

Bae Jeong-ja: Femme Fatale

Korean by birth, Bae Jeong-ja was adopted by a Japanese official and assisted in the annexation of Korea until she met freedom fighter Hong-jun who restored her sense of patriotism.

Yeong-ah's Confession

Yeong-ah falls in love with Hyeong-jun after picking his pocket and the two have a child together. However, his justifiably suspicious wife in Hong Kong begins having Hyeong-jun followed. ... See full summary »

Taindeul

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 Night in an Unfamiliar Place

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 »

Bullyang sonyeo jangmi

A drummer in a band falls in love with a 'bad girl' called "the Rose" but tries to keep her at arms length.

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.

Snow Lady

Two sisters flee in the face of the communist advance in January of 1951. The younger sister kills herself after being raped by a North Korean soldier. The elder sister is saved from the ... See full summary »

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.

Miryeon

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

A Beautiful Maid

Farewell 2

Blue Letter