Seen in Jeonju

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),