Shin Seong-il
Acting
Born May 8, 1937 · Daegu, Korea
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.
Films (149)
A Year-End Medley
2021
Door to the Night
2013
Typhoon
2005
Festival
1996
My Old Sweetheart
1995
My Father the Bodyguard
1995
The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms
1993
Hong Do
1992
General's Son 3
1992
Beyond the Mountain
1991
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
1991
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990
A Sketch of a Rainy Day
1990
Korean Connection
1990
Sand Castle
1989
America, America
1988
Gam-dong
1988
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
1988
대물
1988
Holy Night
1988
A Woman on the Verge
1987
Ring of Hell
1987
Lethe's Love Song
1987
Moonlight Hunter
1987
Dancing daughter
1986
Gilsodom
1986
Woman Requiem
1985
The Oldest Son
1984
A White Feathered Gull
1983
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
1982
Free Woman
1982
I Loved
1982
Temptation
1982
Come Down to a Lower Place
1982
The Whereabouts of Eve
1982
Ban Geum-ryeon
1981
A Man Who Died Daily
1981
She is Something
1980
The Man of the Past
1980
One Night at a Strange Place
1980
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
1979
Under an Umbrella
1979
An Affair with Peanuts
1979
City Hunter
1979
Love's Condition
1979
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
1978
Miss Yang's Adventure
1978
Hedgehog of the Third Dock
1977
Winter Woman
1977
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
1977
Night Journey
1977
Tomorrow is Ours
1976
Blood Relations
1976
Ascetic
1976
Yes, Goodbye for Today
1976
My Hometown
1976
You Become a Star, Too
1975
Bird of Paradise
1975
Wildflowers on the Battleground
1974
Farewell 2
1974
A Seagull's Dream
1974
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
1974
Lost Love
1973
Farewell
1973
The Big Chase
1973
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
1973
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
1973
The Three-Day Reign
1973
Gate of Woman
1972
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972
A Second Mother
1972
The Midnight Sun
1971
Two Sons
1971
Is Your Husband Like This Too?
1971
The Story of Chunhyang
1971
내일의 팔도강산 3편
1971
Mi-ae
1970
Rebirth
1969
The Eunuch 2
1969
A Barren Woman
1969
Temporary Government in Shanghai
1969
Until That Day
1969
Confess of Woman
1969
조용히 살고 싶어
1969
Empty Heart
1969
Starting Point
1969
Woman
1968
Correspondent in Tokyo
1968
The Eunuch
1968
A Day Off
1968
Herb of Desire
1968
The Wings of Lee Sang
1968
Vega
1968
Living in the Sky
1968
Chulsaegado
1968
The General's Mustache
1968
A Young Zelkova
1968
Desire
1968
Legends
1968
Chorus of Trees
1968
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1968
United Front
1967
Deep in My Heart
1967
Sound of Magpies
1967
Mist
1967
Why a Cuckoo Cries
1967
Stroller
1967
The Starting Point
1967
The White Crow
1967
A Misty Grassland
1967
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
1967
A Full Danger
1967
Special Agent X-7
1966
Full Autumn
1966
Gunsmoke
1966
I Am a King
1966
A Coral Door
1966
Dangerous Youth
1966
A Student Boarder
1966
Green Rain
1966
A Hero without a Serial Number
1966
Yeraishang
1966
Horse-year Bride
1966
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965
Wind, Please Tell Me
1965
An Empty Dream
1965
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
1965
The Heir
1965
The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
1965
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
1964
The Lost Sun
1964
My Mind Is Like a Lake
1964
The Continental Spy
1964
The Beautiful Maid
1964
The Result of the Ambition
1964
The Barefooted Young
1964
Betrayal
1964
Kinship
1963
The Classroom of Youth
1963
For My Husband
1963
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
1963
Private Tutor
1963
Tyrant Yeonsan
1962
Prince Yeonsan
1961
Under the Sky in Seoul
1961
The Evergreen
1961
Madam White Snake
1960
To the Last Day
1960
Romance Papa
1960