Kim Jeong-ok
Birthday: 1927-09-03
Place of Birth: Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
Biography: Born in Pyongyang in 1927. She graduated from Jinnampo Girls’ High School in South Pyongan Province. She began her theater career in the early 1940s. Recognized for her acting skills on stage, she was able to make her film debut in director Lee Kang-cheon's 1956 film The Idiot Adada. Since then, she has appeared in over 80 films, including Simcheongjeon, Seaside Village, and Forest Fire. New play performances such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1959), Flock of Seagulls (1963), and Exchange (1966) by Shinhyup Theater Company, and musical performances such as Porgy and Bess (1962) by Drama Center.
Movies
An Old Potter
A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the...
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A Sunflower Family
A middle-aged man is so crazy about his mistress that he doesn't care about what happens to his fami...
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A Dream of Fortune
Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's p...
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An Upstart
A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the K...
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Under the Sky in Seoul
An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small ...
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Green Rain
Cheol, an auto mechanic, and Yeong-hui, a maid meet. Cheol lies and tells Yeong-hui that he is the s...
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Tyrant Yeonsan
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of ...
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Prince Yeonsan
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his m...
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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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A Returned Man
Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui, ...
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One-sided Love of Princess
Sook-kyung, the youngest tomboy princess, loves playing hide and seek with her same-aged court ladie...
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Full Ship
A film picturing the lives and adversities of fishermen who live and die in the sea....
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Flame in Valley
During the Korean War, a widow living in a village in a mountainous region in the South of the Korea...
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The Seaside Village
A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean...
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Potato
Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocrat and lives a hard life to survive....
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Sound of Magpies
Bong-su, who has been missing since the Korean War, returns to his hometown. A death notice for him ...
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My Sister is a Tomboy
The master of a Judo dojo turns his daughter into a master of the martial art as she is growing up. ...
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A Female Boss
Would-be feminist Yoanna, running her own company, is insulted in a phone booth by a stranger named ...
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Confession of an Actress
Confession of an Actress is about an actor who was once a famous star. He had a daughter with an act...
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An Idiot Adada
Adada's poor husband suddenly strikes it rich. He changes his hovel for a beautiful home, but his ch...
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The Way of Hwarang
His parents captured by the Baekje armies, prince Eo-jin infiltrates the enemy castle alone to seek ...
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The Lost Sun
A bar manager deals drugs on the side and tries to recruit her employees, friends and customers....
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The Wedding Day
Master Maeng is very proud that an influential family will soon be his esteemed in-laws when his lov...
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A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
A Skinny and a Fatty go to Nonsan army training camp, but they soon find camp life is too hard for t...
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Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Ttosun, a young hard-working woman with a good heart, falls in love with a driver but her father dis...
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A Jealousy
A woman hates men. Her distorted hatred against men presents itself in a way of deep love for her si...
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