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Heo Jang-kang is a Actor Sud coréen born on 9 may 1925 at Seoul (Coree du sud)
Heo Jang-gang (May 9, 1925 – September 21, 1975) was a South Korean actor, one of the representative actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly took supporting roles such as villains or comical characters. He died of a heart attack after playing football in 1975.
His sons Heo Gi-ho and Heo Joon-ho also became actors.
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Heo Jang-kang
Nationality Coree du sud
Birth 9 may 1925 at Seoul (Coree du sud)
Death 21 september 1975 (at 50 years) at Seoul (Coree du sud)
Birth 9 may 1925 at Seoul (Coree du sud)
Death 21 september 1975 (at 50 years) at Seoul (Coree du sud)
His sons Heo Gi-ho and Heo Joon-ho also became actors.
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The Earth (1974)
Genres Drama
Actors Kim Ji-mee, Lee Soon-jae, Heo Jang-kang, Do Kum-bong, Ju Jeung-ryu, Kim Ji-young
Based on a novel, the film chronicles the lives of a wealthy land-owning family during the rule of Gojong.
The Executioner (1974)
, 1h26Genres Drama
Actors Baek Il-seob, Heo Jang-kang
An executioner and his family try to survive from the dead.
The Young Teacher (1972)
, 1h30Directed by Kim Ki-duk
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Sports films
Actors Shin Seong-il, Park Am, Heo Jang-kang
A new teacher organizes a volleyball game to boost school spirit and self confidence while fighting with the conservative school board and chauvinistic principal. Two of her students run away and the teacher's liberal methods and free thinking are blamed. The teacher is fired and tries to sneak away during the volleyball match which she succeeded in pushing through.
A Story of Two Sisters (1972)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Heo Jang-kang, Kim Ji-soo
Rating54%
Janghwa Hongreonjeon is film based on a popular Korean fairy tale "Janghwa Hongryeon jeon" which had been previously filmed in 1924, 1936, 1956 and 1962. Director Kim Jee-woon used the story as the basis of his 2003 film, A Tale of Two Sisters. The evil stepmother of sisters Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon orders her son to murder the two girls so that she can claim the inheritance from the girls' father. But the sisters come back as ghosts seeking revenge.
Bun-rye's Story (1971)
, 1h42Genres Drama
Actors Yoon Jeong-hee, Lee Soon-jae, Heo Jang-kang, Ju Jeung-ryu, Ahn In-Sook
Bun-rye, the eldest daughter in a poor family, is violated by Yong-pal, who is a married man, and out of desperation she becomes a concubine of Young-cheol, a gambler who is impotent. Kong Jo-shi is in love with Bun-rye, though she still has feelings for Yong-pal. After losing his money, Young-cheol takes out his anger on Bun-rye and throws her out of his house. In retaliation, Jo-shi kills Young-cheol, and Bun-rye is driven to madness.
Wang-geon, the Great (1970)
, 1h59Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Shin Young-kyun, Kim Ji-mee, Park Am, Heo Jang-kang
The film is about the life of General Wang-geon and how he becomes king of the Goryeo Dynasty after he killed the last king, Silla - Gu-jin.
An Old Potter (1969)
, 1h35Directed by Choi Ha-won
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yoon Jeong-hee, Kim Hee-ra, Namkoong Won, Heo Jang-kang
Rating62%
A lonely old man who makes a living as a potter saves the life of a young woman. The two marry and have a son. The woman's old lover finds her, and she runs away with him. The old potter commits suicide. Years later, the woman, now a beggar, returns to her old home and visits her son at the old potter's grave. Based on a novel.
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin (1968)
, 2hDirected by Im Kwon-taek
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Nam Jeong-im, Shin Seong-il, Tae Hyun-sil, Do Kum-bong, Heo Jang-kang
Roles Jo Sa-seok
Rating61%
A concubine, Jang ok jung, is made queen by King Sukjong, and plots to drive the old queen into exile. After her plot fails due to the intervention of nobles loyal to the old queen, Jang is enraged and murders her rival. She attempts to assert her influence over Sukjong, but is undone by her ambitions and executed in public.
Prince Daewon (1968)
Directed by Shin Sang-ok
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Shin Young-kyun, Kim Ji-mee, Heo Jang-kang, Park Am
A historical drama depicting power struggles in the last days of the Joseon Dynasty.
, 1h27Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Do Kum-bong, Park Noh-sik, Heo Jang-kang
Rating60%
A mother murders the woman who married her son, only to have her return as a ghost to get revenge.
Lee Seong-gye King Taejo (1965)
, 1h59Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Shin Young-kyun, Kim Ji-mee, Park Noh-sik, Do Kum-bong, Park Am, Heo Jang-kang
Lee Seong-gye is an ordinary man, the second son of Lee Ja-chun, who passes a state military examination in his early age and becomes a general who defeats his enemies and become Chief. Seong-rye takes power against King Gongyang who is responsible for the death of his father and older brother. He leads his army and defeats Gongyang's soldiers. Seong-gye becomes King and is renamed as Taejo of Joseon.
Market (1965)
Genres Drama
Actors Shin Young-kyun, Heo Jang-kang, Kim Seung-ho
Bok-nyeo, a mentally handicapped woman, supports her lazy husband by selling apples at the public marketplace. When her husband abandons her for another woman, another man who sympathizes with Bok-nyeo, kills him.
, 1h37Genres Drama
Actors Um Aing-ran, Park Noh-sik, Shin Seong-il, Heo Jang-kang
Roles Yeon-hak
Rating63%
The story of four daughters of a herb shopkeeper who faced tumultuous marriages with different lives.
Farewell to the Duman River (1962)
, 1h36Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres War, Action, Western
Actors Park Noh-sik, Um Aing-ran, Heo Jang-kang
Roles Min Tae-yeong (Yeon-hwa's Uncle)
Rating55%
Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River.
Mother and a Guest (1961)
, 1h43Directed by Shin Sang-ok
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Choi Eun-hee, Do Kum-bong, Kim Jin-kyu, Shin Young-kyun, Heo Jang-kang
Roles Fortune Teller
Rating68%
An artist from Seoul visits the widow of a deceased friend in the countryside. The relationship between the friend's wife, her mother and the artist is depicted with reference to their concerns about social disapproval.