Kim Ji-mi
Birthday: 1940-07-15
Place of Birth: Daejeon, South Korea
Biography: South Korean actress, producer, and film planner whose activity began in 1957. She was born in Daedeok, South Chungcheong province, Korea in 1940. While a student of Deokseong Girls' High School, Kim was cast to Kim Ki-young's film, Hwanghon yeolcha (황혼열차) in 1957. Kim has been commonly dubbed "Elizabeth Taylor of Korea" by the South Korean news media for her resemblance with the American actress' appearance and popularity as well as her many marriages and divorces
Movies
Quit Your Life
In the coal mine of the North Manchuria in the Japanese colonial period, Dhiho (Park, Sik) and Jinsu...
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The Last Flight to Pyongyang
Major Jo Jin-hyang is assigned to training the air force cadets for dangerous bombing runs to Pyeong...
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Five Marines
A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the ...
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The Sea Knows
A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend ...
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Ticket
The lives of the women working in a "café" in a South Korean port town, where customers exchange tic...
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Women of Yi-Dynasty
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Shou...
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A Bout in 30 Years
Best friends Dae-gyu and Dal-su fight over Ok-hi. When Ok-hui marries and goes to Seoul the fight en...
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Weeds
A depiction of the life and fate of a physically weak woman who has strong maternal love....
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Buddha
A prince in India learns that his birth was responsible for his mother's death. He makes up his mind...
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Vega
As the daughter-in-law of a prestigious family, she had to live in a tearful marriage with strict mo...
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Wang-geon, the Great
General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last kin...
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Wind, Please Tell Me
Wanho and Kyunghui go camping, but Gwisun secretly loves Wanho. After an accident, Wanho and Gwisun ...
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Prosecutor Min and a Female Teacher
Jangson, a devoted student to Teacher Park, overcomes hardship to support his ailing grandmother. Te...
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Promises
Mild-mannered and modest Sook-young looks like your usual middle-aged woman, but happens to be a man...
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The Tiger Moth
A young bride becomes the prime suspect in a series of grisly murders. However, her dashing young la...
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Woman of Fire '82
Intrigue and murder on a small poultry farm outside of Seoul when a young maid starts working on the...
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A Flower of Evil
A doctor of biology succeeds in making a flower of evil. He has dedicated long years to the research...
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Why a Cuckoo Cries
The only son of a government official Yun loves Ok-hwa, the daughter of former gisaeng Gye-seon. But...
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Herb of Desire
Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send...
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Legends
Three traditional Korean folktales. Story 1: The kindness and good deeds of a poor couple earns them...
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The Gates of Hell
Two thousand and nine hundred years ago, Buddha is deeply touched by Mongryeon's love for his parent...
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The Earth
Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su's family is a grand land lord of the region from ge...
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Great Monk Wonhyo
After losing his best friend in a fierce battle against Baekje in the first year of Queen Jindeok's ...
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The Way to Seoul
A major of the South Korean army is taken prisoner during the Korean War (1950-1953). He attempts to...
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A Student Boarder
A melodrama about a man whose girlfriend leaves him for another man after his face is disfigured. Th...
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Kinship
The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell...
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Gilsodom
A middle-aged woman in Busan searches for the son she lost in Gilsodom during the Korean War....
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View from an Alley
One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitif...
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Prince Daewon
When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered t...
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Lady Jang
King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The...
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The Last Empress
Queen Yun reigned with King Sunjong since she was just 13 years old. She hid the royal seals needed ...
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The Great Hero Yi Sun Shin
A famous general who defeated Japanese invaders with the world's first iron ship, 'Turtle battleship...
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Eulhwa
Eul-hwa discovers that she has a talent for shamanism. She sends her son away to be raised by monks ...
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Myong-Ja Akiko Sonia
The life of a woman through the tumultuous years of Korea's modern history....
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Wasteland
At the end of the Japanese rule, Jeom-Rye, a daughter of a poor farmer, bares a son of a Japanese po...
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The Love Story of Chun-hyang
Wolmae is a gisaeng living in Namwon. Her daughter, Chun-hyang, is secretly engaged to marry Lee Mon...
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The Secret Court
With the king's death, Queen Heon-ae becomes the queen mother. Young Heon-ae misses Wang-uk whom she...
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When the Buckwheat Blooms
Heo, an itinerary market dealer, had a short and passionate love with a girl called Bun when he was ...
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Way of the Body
A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is u...
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Twilight Train
The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation...
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Elegy of Ren
Simon, a painter, regains the use of his hands thanks to therapy administered by Ren. Later, when Si...
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The Country Left Behind
Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in lo...
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Desire
A doctor is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had formerly been the mistress of a married man....
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Your Name Is Woman
An architect has an accident which leaves him uninterested in sex and unable to perform. His wife fe...
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A Male Housekeeper
A woman hires a male cook, being afraid that her lewd husband may have an affair with a female cook....
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Woman
A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. ...
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Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Upon hearing that her fiance has been killed in battle, a woman makes her way to the Park Pagoda to ...
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Border Line
A Korean family is separated during the Japanese colonial period and end up in different parts of As...
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A Second Mother
Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam...
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America, America
A young Korean-American accidently kills someone and spends the next 7 years in prison. When release...
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Bhiksuni
A partially restored version of Director Im Kwon-taek's Bhiksuni, which was halted in 1984 due to op...
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Chorus of Trees
Cheol-woo, a Korean law student at Waseda University in Tokyo, secretly leads a student reading club...
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making cert...
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