Kim Yeon-sil

Kim Yeon-sil

In 1927, Kim Yeon-sil debuted in the film industry as a country girl in Na Un-gyu's first production, A Farewell. Kim Yeon-sil's interest in film was largely influenced by her brother Kim Hak-geun, who was her lawyer. Her cameraman, Kim Hak-seong, was also her biological younger brother. She is said to have been active as a public singer after 1930. After liberation, she defected to North Korea. In North Korea, she served as an actress at the Joseon Art Film Studio, and she was awarded the title of People's Actress. She died in August 1997.

  • Title: Kim Yeon-sil
  • Popularity: 1.284
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Suwon, Empire of Japan [now Gyeonggi province, South Korea]
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  • Also Known As: Kim Yeon Shil, Kim Yeon Sil , Kim Yeon-shil , Kim Yeon-sil , Kim Yeonshil , Yeon-shil Kim , Yeonshil Kim , Yeonsil Kim , Ён-силь Ким, Ёнсиль Ким, Ким Ён Силь, Ким Ён-силь, Ким Ёнсиль, 김연실, 金蓮實, Ryon-suk Kim, Kim Ryon-suk
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Kim Yeon-sil Movies

  • 1930
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    Village of strong guys

    Village of strong guys

    1 1930 HD

    About the pastor's daughter, who reconciled the irreconcilable fighters - the inhabitants of two neighboring villages.

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  • 1932
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    A Ferry Boat that Has No Owner

    A Ferry Boat that Has No Owner

    1 1932 HD

    A farmer sells his land to go to Seoul and become a rickshaw driver.

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  • 1931
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    Wheel of Fire

    Wheel of Fire

    1 1931 HD

    The film shows the hard life and labor disputes of urban workers, as well as the harsh reality of Koreans during the Japanese occupation.

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  • 1984
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    Runaway

    Runaway

    6 1984 HD

    Song Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japanese occupiers to sell their crop, Song Ryul is...

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  • 1953
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    Scouts

    Scouts

    1 1953 HD

    The film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee, deputy chief of the reconnaissance division, which went...

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  • 1935
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    The Power of Sincerity

    The Power of Sincerity

    1 1935 HD

    Early Korean short.

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  • 1934
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    Crossroads of Youth

    Crossroads of Youth

    5.4 1934 HD

    After spending 7 years as a man-servant in his fiancé's house, Young-bok gets kicked out of the place and works in Gyoung-sung station. He...

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  • 1930
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    Sorrowful Song in the Buddhist Monastery

    Sorrowful Song in the Buddhist Monastery

    1 1930 HD

    The story of a man and a woman who fell in love without knowing that they were half-brother and sister.

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  • 1957
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    The Story of Sim Cheong

    The Story of Sim Cheong

    1 1957 HD

    Film opera. The legend of the young Cheon Sim who throws herself into the Indangsu sea sacrificing herself so that her blind father can restore his...

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  • 1957
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    How can we live apart?

    How can we live apart?

    1 1957 HD

    Yong Nam was separated from his mother by the war on the Korean Peninsula (1950-1953): the boy remained in South Korea, while his mother left for the...

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  • 1960
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    Prelude to the struggle

    Prelude to the struggle

    1 1960 HD

    About the last days of the government of Syngman Rhee, about the struggle against his regime of Seoul students.

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  • 1958
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    Her Life Path

    Her Life Path

    1 1958 HD

    Using the fate of an ordinary woman as an example, the film shows how life has changed in liberated Korea.

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  • 1978
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    Centre Forward

    Centre Forward

    5.2 1978 HD

    In-Son is a young benchwarmer with aspirations of breaking into the first team, which is littered with established stars. The opening game of the...

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  • 1930
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    People Who Are Fighting against the Sea

    People Who Are Fighting against the Sea

    3.5 1930 HD

    The people of Murendo Island make their living by fishing. Once, strangers from the city came to this island and tried to deceive the islanders,...

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  • 1960
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    6남매

    6남매

    1 1960 HD

    A movie about children who lost their parents as a result of the Korean War.

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  • 1931
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    Su-il and Sun-ae

    Su-il and Sun-ae

    1 1931 HD

    Su-il's life is turned upside down when he learns that his lover Sun-ae is getting married to the wealthy Jun-bae. Embittered, Su-il becomes a loan...

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  • 1933
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    The Street Named Jongno

    The Street Named Jongno

    1 1933 HD

    The film is a melodrama in which Na Woon-gyu's character breaks up with his girlfriend and becomes a vagabond. The girlfriend marries another man....

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  • 1934
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    Ex-Convict

    Ex-Convict

    1 1934 HD

    Kyungsun Lee, the son of a blind father, committed many crimes and was away from home. One day, he misses his parents and brothers and comes to visit...

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  • 1935
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    The Story of Chun-hyang

    The Story of Chun-hyang

    1 1935 HD

    Chun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father,...

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  • 1935
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    The Story of Hong Gil-dong

    The Story of Hong Gil-dong

    1 1935 HD

    The Korean equivalent of Robin Hood, in which the brave Hong Gil-dong stands up for the poor.

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  • 1935
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    Challenge

    Challenge

    1 1935 HD

    Satou and his party are attacked by a band of thieves. Satou's group is annihilated, but only Sato's son Gyeongseon survives. At that time, he was...

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  • 1947
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    A New Oath

    A New Oath

    1 1947 HD

    Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the...

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  • 1959
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    애국자

    애국자

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Jackals

    Jackals

    1 1956 HD

    A screen adaptation of Han Sorya's novel 'Jackals', which tells the story of a Korean boy killed by American missionaries.

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  • 1964
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    Son of the Land

    Son of the Land

    1 1964 HD

    Told in three parts, Yong Min, who prior to the liberation of Korea received all sorts of humiliations and insults while serving at the landowner,...

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  • 1929
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    The Ringing of a Bell

    The Ringing of a Bell

    1 1929 HD

    Wonyong and Yeonsil are in love with each other. The gangster Gyeong-seon also has a crush on Yeon-sil, but one day, a fight breaks out between...

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  • 1927
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    Farewell

    Farewell

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1928
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    Ok-nyeo

    Ok-nyeo

    1.5 1928 HD

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