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Shin Seong-il

Shin Seong-il

Actor · 1937–2018 · Daegu, Korea

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Biography

Shin Seong-il was a Korean actor (1937-2018). Born in occupied Korea, as Kang Shin-yeong, he attended Geonguk University, majoring in Korean Literature. He made his film debut in director Shin Sang-ok's Romance Papa in 1960 and appeared in more than 500 movies. He won several awards for best actor or best supporting actor for films such as Private Tutor (1963) and Moonlight Hunter (1987). In 1979, he became the chairman of the Korean Actors League and held the position for several consecutive terms. After a long career as an actor and having directed and even produced, Shin Sung-il retired from the film industry in favour of pursuing a career in politics. He was elected to the National Assembly.

Acted in 139

2000s

  1. 2005

1990s

  1. 1996

    Festival

    Hae Kwang

  2. 1995

    My Old Sweetheart

    Movie

  3. 1994

    Vanished

    Movie

  4. 1993

    The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms

    Movie

  5. 1992

    Hong Do

    Movie

  6. General's Son 3

    Movie

  7. 1991
  8. Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?

    Kim Eui Chang

  9. 1990

    Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

    Investigator Lee

  10. A Sketch of a Rainy Day

    Yang-boo

  11. Korean Connection

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1989

    Sand Castle

    Movie

  2. 1988

    America, America

    Movie

  3. Gam-dong

    Movie

  4. A Forest Where a Woman Breathes

    Movie

  5. 대물

    성민

  6. Holy Night

    Movie

  7. 1987

    A Woman on the Verge

    Movie

  8. Ring of Hell

    Movie

  9. Lethe's Love Song

    Movie

  10. Moonlight Hunter

    Movie

  11. 1986

    Dancing daughter

    Movie

  12. Gilsodom

    Kim Dong-jin

  13. 1985

    Woman Requiem

    Movie

  14. 1984

    The Oldest Son

    Lee Tae-yeong

  15. 1983

    A White Feathered Gull

    Movie

  16. 1982

    The Chrysanthemum and the Clown

    Movie

  17. Free Woman

    Movie

  18. Temptation

    Movie

  19. Come Down to a Lower Place

    Ahn Shin-sam

  20. The Whereabouts of Eve

    Movie

  21. 1981

    Ban Geum-ryun

    Movie

  22. A Man Who Died Daily

    Movie

  23. 1980

    The Man of the Past

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Rose That Swallowed Thorn

    Movie

  2. Under an Umbrella

    Movie

  3. An Affair with Peanuts

    Do-il

  4. Love's Condition

    Movie

  5. 1978

    Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II

    Movie

  6. Miss Yang's Adventure

    Movie

  7. 1977

    Winter Woman

    Heo Min

  8. Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

    Movie

  9. Night Journey

    Park Dae-ri

  10. 1976

    Tomorrow is Ours

    Movie

  11. Blood Relations

    Movie

  12. Ascetic

    Movie

  13. Yes, Goodbye for Today

    Movie

  14. My Hometown

    Min Jun-tae

  15. 1975

    You Become a Star, Too

    Sang-gyu

  16. Bird of Paradise

    Movie

  17. 이조 상노비사

    Movie

  18. 1974

    Wildflowers on the Battleground

    Movie

  19. Farewell 2

    Movie

  20. A Seagull's Dream

    Movie

  21. Heavenly Homecoming to Stars

    Moon-ho

  22. 1973

    Farewell

    Movie

  23. The Big Chase

    Movie

  24. Five Hostesses for the Resistance

    Un-il

  25. Tto Sun Yi, a college girl

    Shin Yong

  26. The Three-Day Reign

    Movie

  27. 1972

    Gate of Woman

    Hyo-jin

  28. One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave

    Min-su

  29. A Second Mother

    Dong-o

  30. 1971

    The Midnight Sun

    박

  31. Two Sons

    Movie

  32. The Story of Chunhyang

    Movie

  33. 내일의 팔도강산 3편

    Movie

  34. 1970

    잊을 수가 있을까

    Movie

  35. Mi-ae

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1969

    Rebirth

    Movie

  2. The Eunuch 2

    Movie

  3. A Barren Woman

    Movie

  4. Temporary Government in Shanghai

    Shin il

  5. Until That Day

    Movie

  6. Confess of Woman

    Movie

  7. 조용히 살고 싶어

    Movie

  8. Empty Heart

    Movie

  9. Starting Point

    Movie

  10. 1968

    Woman

    Movie

  11. Correspondent in Tokyo

    Movie

  12. The Eunuch

    Jung-ho

  13. A Day Off

    Heo-wook

  14. The Wings of Lee Sang

    Movie

  15. Vega

    남편

  16. Living in the Sky

    Movie

  17. Rising in the World

    Movie

  18. The General's Mustache

    Kim Chul-hoon

  19. A Young Zelkova

    Hyungyu

  20. Desire

    Movie

  21. Chorus of Trees

    Movie

  22. Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

    King Sukjong

  23. 1967

    United Front

    Movie

  24. Sound of Magpies

    Movie

  25. Mist

    Yun Gi-jun

  26. Stroller

    Movie

  27. The Starting Point

    Movie

  28. The White Crow

    Movie

  29. The Three Hen-pecked Generations

    Gong Jin-ho

  30. A Full Danger

    Movie

  31. 1966

    Special Agent X-7

    Movie

  32. Full Autumn

    Movie

  33. Gunsmoke

    Jin-woo

  34. I Am a King

    Choi Yeong-cheol

  35. A Coral Door

    Movie

  36. Dangerous Youth

    Movie

  37. A Student Boarder

    Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu

  38. Green Rain

    Cheol

  39. A Hero without a Serial Number

    Movie

  40. Yeraishang

    Movie

  41. Horse-year Bride

    Kim Geun-ho

  42. 1965

    The Woman Coming in Fall

    Movie

  43. Wind, Please Tell Me

    Movie

  44. An Empty Dream

    The male patient

  45. The Field Glow with the Setting Sun

    Movie

  46. The Heir

    Movie

  47. The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple

    Movie

  48. 1964

    The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings

    Movie

  49. The Lost Sun

    Seo Sang-cheol

  50. My Mind Is Like a Lake

    Movie

  51. The Continental Spy

    Wang-seong

  52. The Beautiful Maid

    Nam Jeong-hak

  53. The Result of the Ambition

    Movie

  54. The Barefooted Young

    Jo Doo-soo

  55. Betrayal

    Seong-Hoon

  56. 1963

    Kinship

    Geo-buk

  57. The Classroom of Youth

    Park Chan-sik

  58. For My Husband

    Crown Prince Sado

  59. The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    Lee Tae-yoon

  60. Private Tutor

    Jeon Yeong-gil

  61. 1962

    Tyrant Yeonsan

    Prince Jin-seong

  62. 1961

    Prince Yeonsan

    Prince Jin-seong

  63. Under the Sky in Seoul

    Yeong-gil

  64. The Evergreen

    Won-jae

  65. 1960

    Madam White Snake

    Seon Heo

  66. To the Last Day

    Park Sang-sa

  67. Romance Papa

    Barun

Produced 2

1990s

  1. 1991
  2. 1990

    The Woman Who Walks on Water

    Producer

Other crew 1

1990s

  1. 1992

    Misty

    Presenter

Appearances1

2020s

  1. 2024

    KOREAN DREAM : the Nama-jinheung Mixtape

    Self (archive footage)