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Shin Seong-il is a Actor Sud coréen born on 8 may 1937 at Daegu (Coree du sud)

Shin Seong-il

Shin Seong-il
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Nationality Coree du sud
Birth 8 may 1937 at Daegu (Coree du sud)
Death 4 november 2018 (at 81 years)

Shin Seong-il (born May 8, 1937) is a South Korean actor, film director, producer, and former politician. He was a star in the 1960s and 1970s, and has starred in over 500 films.

Usually with

Shin Sang-ok
Shin Sang-ok
(4 films)
Kim Ji-mee
Kim Ji-mee
(5 films)
Im Kwon-taek
Im Kwon-taek
(5 films)
Do Kum-bong
Do Kum-bong
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shin Seong-il (24 films)

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Actor

Typhoon
Typhoon (2005)
, 2h4
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jung-jae, David Lee McInnis, Lee Mi-yeon, Kim Kap-soo, Shin Seong-il
Roles President
Rating57% 2.8547752.8547752.8547752.8547752.854775
An American freighter ship carrying sensitive cargo en route to Taiwan is hijacked by North Korean pirates led by Sin (Jang Dong-gun), a terrorist set on destroying the Korean Peninsula. The sensitive cargo is weapons technology for a military satellite, secretly made by the U.S. in reaction to strengthening Chinese/Russian relations. Having stolen the technology, Sin attempts to attain nuclear grade radioactive waste from Russia through the black market. His plan is to detonate a fleet of helium balloons loaded with radioactive waste over the Korean Peninsula.
Festival
Festival (1996)
, 1h48
Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ahn Sung-ki, Shin Seong-il
Roles Hae Kwang
Rating71% 3.5597053.5597053.5597053.5597053.559705
A famous writer, Lee Joon-seop, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. Lee's illegitimate niece, who has been ostracized from the family, has also returned home for the funeral. While the funeral ceremonies take place, various old family conflicts reassert themselves. During the action of the story, a parallel children's story written by Lee is read by the illegitimate niece. The story describes a grandmother who gives her life force to her growing granddaughter, resulting in the grandmother becoming gradually younger until she reverts into an infant and finally leaves for the next world.
General's Son 3, 1h50
Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Oh Yeon-soo, Shin Hyun-joon, Dokgo Young-jae, Shin Seong-il, Kim Seung-woo, Jang Gwang
Rating55% 2.796832.796832.796832.796832.79683
The concluding film in Im's General's Son trilogy, the film tells the story of Kim Du-han, a gangster and later politician, during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist, 1h50
Directed by Shin Sang-ok
Genres Drama, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Reiko Oshida, Sora Jung, George Kennedy, Shin Seong-il, Choi Jong-won, Choi Jong-hwan
Roles Investigator Lee
Rating50% 2.5077852.5077852.5077852.5077852.507785
Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to explode a Seoul-bound plane in mid-air. They are diverted to another plane after they have planted the bomb. When the plane crashes, killing all on board, the two plan to commit suicide. The man succeeds, but the woman is saved through medical intervention. When she witnesses the suffering of the surviving families of the bombing victims, she begs to be executed, believing it is the only fitting punishment for her actions.
Watercolors in Rain, 1h59
Directed by Kwak Jae-yong
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Lee Geung-young, Shin Seong-il, Bang Eun-hee, Kim Young-ok
Roles Yang-boo
Rating58% 2.9321552.9321552.9321552.9321552.932155
The story of Ji-su who life was torn by two women in his life. One of them is his step-sister and the other is a barroom dancer named Kyung-ja.
Gilsodom
Gilsodom (1986)
, 1h45
Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Actors Kim Ji-mee, Ahn Sung-ki, Shin Seong-il, Kim Ji-young, Choi Bool-am, Jeon Moo-song
Roles Kim Dong-jin
Rating68% 3.44363.44363.44363.44363.4436
In 1983 KBS launched a campaign to reunite families torn apart in the Korean War three decades earlier. In an expert dissection of the social and familial rifts in modern Korea, director Im Kwon-taek integrates footage from the campaign into the story of Hwa-yeong, who leaves her middle-class life in Busan to search for the son she lost in Gilsotteum during the war.
Woman Requiem, 1h40
Directed by Park Chul-soo
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Youn Yuh-jung, Shin Seong-il, Song Ok-sook
Rating67% 3.3797753.3797753.3797753.3797753.379775
After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible.
Ban Geum-ryeon, 1h30
Directed by Kim Ki-young
Actors Lee Hwa-si, Shin Seong-il, Kim Young-ae
Rating41% 2.0661052.0661052.0661052.0661052.066105
A historical drama set in ancient China.
Come Down to a Lower Place, 1h42
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Shin Seong-il, Na Young-hee, Ahn Sung-ki, Kim Ji-young
Roles Ahn Shin-sam
Rating28% 1.4421351.4421351.4421351.4421351.442135
Yo-han is the son of a Christian minister. Following his father's career, he joins the seminary without much enthusiasm, then drops out. After doing his military service as a KATUSA, he teaches at the U.S. educational center. When he is given a job teaching in America, he hastily marries in preparation for the move. He is suddenly struck blind, then begins contemplating suicide. Instead he has a religious vision and dedicates himself to the ministry, and opens a church for the blind.
Free Woman
Free Woman (1982)

Directed by Kim Ki-young
Genres Drama
Actors Ahn So-young, Shin Seong-il

A melodrama about a Korean woman who has lived in Spain pursuing her Ph.D. in Korea.
Winter Woman, 1h40
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Chang Mi-hee, Shin Seong-il, Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, Song Jae-ho, Park Won-sook
Roles Heo Min
Rating60% 3.0426653.0426653.0426653.0426653.042665
Yi-hwa is the daughter of a prosperous Christian preacher and has been raised to be morally and sexually conservative. Whilst still in High School her beauty earns her the admiration of many including Yo-sub with whom she becomes friends, however when Yo-sub desires sex with her she rejects him and he commits suicide. Becoming a university student she becomes the girlfriend of Suk-gi and he too desires to have sex with her. When Yi-hwa remains true to herself and rejects his advances he rapes her. Suk-gi dies in a car accident and she receives a posthumous letter from him accusing her of being selfish for withholding from him that which she could give without cost to herself, and valuing her chastity more than those she claims to love.
My Hometown, 1h45
Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Actors Shin Seong-il, Choi Bool-am, Baek Il-seob
Roles Min Jun-tae
Rating66% 3.321163.321163.321163.321163.32116
The Three-Day Reign, 2h12
Directed by Shin Sang-ok
Actors Shin Young-kyun, Shin Seong-il, Yoon Jeong-hee, Park Noh-sik, Namkoong Won, Do Kum-bong

During the last days of the Yi dynasty, conflict arises between the China-leaning conservatives, and the Western-learning and Japan-leaning reformers over how to rule Korea in the future. The reformer Kim Okgyun helps persuade the king to announce Korea's independence, breaking with China. When a conservative agent informs China, Chinese troops enter Korea and end the reign of independence after three days.
The Young Teacher, 1h30
Directed 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.