Gwon Yeong-sun

Gwon Yeong-sun

1923-03-09
69 (1992-05-22)
Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Gwon Yeong-sun (March 9, 1923 - May 22, 1992)[1] was a Korean director. He made his directorial debut with the 1956 film Ok Dan-jun.

Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Gwon Yeong-sun (March 9, 1923 - May 22, 1992)[1] was a Korean director. He made his directorial debut with the 1956 film Ok Dan-jun.

Most Known for...

Movie Picture

A Drifting Story 1960 (6.1)

This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.
Movie Picture

Soil 1960 (4)

Heo Seung, who states that he was “born from soil, will live in soil, and die in soil”, becomes a lawyer in Seoul. However when villagers in his hometown are imprisoned for protesting against Japanese oppression, he decides to return to his village and rediscovers the true way to help his country.
Movie Picture

Qin Shu Huangdi and the Great Wall of China 1962

Qin Shi Huang (Kim Seung-ho), who unified China with an army of 500,000, takes Yong-nyeo (Kim Ji-mi), the daughter of a tribal chief, as a concubine on his way back to Hanyang; after spending a night together, she asks for a slave, and he grants her Jin Seung (Kim Jin-kyu), leading to Jin Seung eventually escaping the palace and organizing a rebellion against Qin's tyrannical rule, culminating in a victorious battle against the Qin army.
Kwon Seong-yeong

Kwon Seong-yeong

N/A

N/A

Most Known for...

Movie Picture

Drunken Fist 1981 (5.2)

Accidentally discovering the operations of the Blood Ninja gangsters, a mischievous young man masters the skills of the Drunk Fist and proceeds to fight against them. But the gangsters join forces, vowing to kill him before the young master destroys them all.
Movie Picture

Little Kickboxer 1991 (4.9)

A young boy learns Tae Kwon Do, not only to defeat the gangsters threatening his family, but also to defeat the man who killed his father.
Movie Picture

Operation Scorpio 1992 (6.3)

After an aspiring comic book artist rescues a young girl from a prostitution ring, he submits to the teachings of an aging kung fu master in order to take on the local mob boss' son: a deadly assassin who's a master of the scorpion kung fu technique.