The 1910s-1940s
Here are the movies produced in Korea in the earliest years of Korean cinema. This list does not include documentaries
AHN Cheol-yeong
Fisherman’s Fire (1939),
AHN Jin-sang
The Dawn (1948),
AHN Jong-hwa
The Florist (1930), The Season for Singing (1930), Turning Point of Youth (1934), Passion in the Universe (1935), Counterattack (1936), Path of Life (1937), Suwoo (1948), For the Country (1949),
AHN Seok-yeong
The Story of Shim Cheong (1937), Volunteer (1941), Rural Life (1942),
BANG Han-joon
The Sprinkler (1935), The Han River (1938), Altar for a Tutelary Deity (1939), Garden of Victory (1940), A Song in the Year of Abundance (1942), The Story of Big Whales (1944), Dear Soldier (1944),
CHEON Han-soo
Road to Twilight (1927),
CHOI In-gyu
Frontier (1939), Tuition (1940), Angels on the Street (1941), Children of the Sun (1944), Sons of the Sky (1945), Vow of Love (1945), Hurrah for Freedom (1946), An Innocent Crimnal (1948), The Night Before Independence Day (1948), Town of Hope (1948), National Reforandum (1948), Pashi (1949),
DO Jeon-jang
A Husband Goes to the Border Garrison (1931),
DOK Go-seong
Dark Road (1929),
GEUM Jeong-jeong
Suicide Squad of the Watchtower (1943),
HAN Hyeong-mo
Breaking the Wall (1949),
HEO Yeong
You and Me (1941),
HONG Gae-myeong
Bloody Horse (1928), Arirang Pass (1935), The Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon (1936), Youth Corps (1938), A Fellow Soldier (1949),
HONG Seong-gi
A Diary of a Woman (1949),
HWANG Woon
Seekers of Paradise (1927), Pitiful People (1932),
IM Seong-goo
Fidelity to the Student Principle (1920),
IM Woon-hak
The Way They Are Going (1947), The Life of Hong Cha-gi (1948), The Spirit of Goguryeo (1949),
JEON Chang-geun
Miles Away from Happiness (1941), My Liberated Country (1947), The Woman (1948), The Face (1948),
JOCHUN Gojoo
The Story of Choonhyang (1923), Sorrowful Song (1924),
KANG Ho
Be a Winner, Soon-yi (1928), Underground Village (1930),
KIM Do-san
Fight for Justice (1919), A Detective’s Great Pain (1919), This Friendship (1919), Chivalrous Robber (1920), The Border (1923),
KIM Gwang-joo
Beautiful Devotion (1933),
KIM Jeong-hwan
Angel Heart (1947), Jiseong Pagoda (1948),
KIM Jo-seong
Nolbu and Heungbu (1925),
KIM Hae-woon
Destiny (1927),
KIM Sang-jin
The Ringing of a Bell (1929), Folk Song of the Mill (1931), Songs of Joseon (1936),
KIM Seong-min
The Class of Love (1948), A Judge (1949),
KIM So-bong
Ex-Convict (1934), The Story of Hong Gil-dong (1934), Challenge (1935),
KIM So-dong
Mokdan Ghost Story (1947),
KIM Soo-ro
Natural Shape of a Mystery Man (1927),
KIM Tae-jin
Ox Without Horns (1927),
KIM Taek-yoon
Black and White (1927),
KIM Yeong-hwa
A Wife’s Morals (1941), Look Up at the Blue Sky (1943),
KIM Yeong-hwan
Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon (1924), Three Beggars (1928), Song of a Young Man (1930), Rhapsody of Love (1931), Lamentation (1934),
KIM Yeong-soon
Immortal Secret Envoy (1947),
KIM Yoo-yeong
Vagabound (1928), House (1929), Hwaryun (1931), Song of Compassion (1939), Narcissus (1940),
LEE Byeong-il
Spring on the Korean Peninsula (1941),
LEE Chang-geun
Mountain Monster (1931), Guilty Woman (1931), Returning Spirit (1934), Elegy of the City (1934), Image of a Wife (1939),
LEE Geum-ryong
The Story of the Royal Inspector, Park Moon-soo (1930),
LEE Gi-se
A Truly Good Friend (1920), The Eternal Love of Soo-il and Soon-ae (1920),
LEE Goo-yeong
Twin Jade Pavilion (1925), Fallen Blossoms on a Steam (1927), The Story the Day After Arirang (1930), Reed Flower (1931), Soo-il and Soon-ae (1931), The Chronicls of Ahn Joong-geun (1946), The March First Revolution (1947),
LEE Gye-ha
Mother Returns (1949),
LEE Gyu-hwan
Ownerless Ferryboat (1932), Getting a Better Life (1933), Sea, Talk to Me (1935), The Epilogue of Lee Mong-ryong (1936), Rainbow (1936), Wanderer (1937), A New Start (1939), Blue Sky (1941), The Adventures of Toli-Toli (1946), Happiness (1947), Dawn of a Nation (1947),
LEE Gyu-seol
Nongjongjo (1926), Unforgettable Song (1927), A Pure Heart is the Same as God (1928),
LEE Jin
Metropolis (1948),
LEE Kyeong-son
Story of Shim Cheong (1925), Pioneer (1925), Royal Crown of a Phoenix (1926), Eternal Love of Soo-il and Soon-ae (1926), Captain of Bandits (1926), Choon-hee (1928), The Story of Lady Sook-yeong (1928),
LEE Man-hong
An Interrupted Route (1948),
LEE Myeong-woo
The Story of Choon-hyang (1935), The Story of Hong Gil-dong 2 (1936), Fooled by Love, Hurt by Money (1939),
LEE Pil-woo
Fool (1926),
LEE Yeong-choon
Return Spot (1939),
LEE Yong-min
The Shepherd Boy and the Gold Watch (1949),
Na Woon-gyu
Soldier of Fortune (1926), Arirang (1926), Field Mouse (1927), Goldfish (1927), Looking for Love: Crossing the Dooman River (1928), The Male (1928), Ok-nyeo (1928), Deaf Sam-ryong (1929), Cheolin-do (1930), GeumKang-han (1931), The Count of Monte Cristo (1932), Gaehwadang Imoon (1932), Shadow (1935), The Town Across the River (1935), Fig Tree (1935), Arirang 3 (1936), Incident of the 7th Bamboo Flute (1936), Oh Mongnyeo (1937),
NO Pil
Pilot Ahn Chang-nam (1949),
PARK Gi-chae
Spring Wind (1935), Heartlessness (1939), I Will Go (1942), The Straits of Chosun (1943),
POONGJEON Sarang
Portrait of Youth (1943),
SAN Joong-yoo
Pure Heart (1940), Light of the Sea (1940), Dawn of the Mountain Village (1940),
SEO Gwang-je
Military Train (1938),
SEO Jeong-gyu
Passion of the Sea (1947),
SHIM Hoon
When the Sun Rises (1927),
SHIN Kyeong-gyun
Straits of a Pure Heart (1937), Virgin (1939), Our War (1945), Blood and Dirt (1945), Impressive Diary (1945), A New Oath (1947), Son of the Earth (1949),
WANG Deok-seong
Consolatory Song (1930),
WANG Pil-ryeol
Sorrowful Song of the Sea (1924), Amgwang (1925),
YANG Cheol
The People Fighting Against the Sea (1930), A Street Named Jongro (1933),
YANG Joo-nam
Sweet Dream (1936),
YOO Dong-il
The Blue Hill (1949),
YOO Jang-an
The Secret of Jina Street (1928),
YOON Baek-nam
Vow Made Below the Moon (1923), Story of Woo-yeong (1925), Hero in a Small Village (1925),
YOON Bong-choon
The Robber (1930), The Big Grave (1931), Dosaengrok (1938), Frontier (1942), Yoon Bong-gil, the Martyr (1947), Yoo Gwan-soon (1959), A Patriot’s Son (1949),
YOON Dae-ryong
The Public Prosecutor and the Teacher (1948), Motherland (1949),
YOON Yong-gyu
Hometown in my Heart (1949),
Director Unknown
The Engagement (1929), Power of Sincerity (1935), Wind and Waves (1949),