Kim Dong-won | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kim Dong-hyeok November 14, 1916 |
| Died | May 13, 2006 (aged 89) Seoul, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Nihon University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1933–1994 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Dongwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Tongwŏn |
Kim Dong-won (Korean: 김동원; born Kim Dong-hyeo; November 14, 1916 – May 13, 2006) was a South Korean actor. Nicknamed "Korea's Laurence Olivier", he made over 500 theater and film appearances in a career spanning 62 years.[1]
Life and career edit
Early life (1916–1929) edit
Kim Dong-won was born Kim Dong-hyeo on November 14, 1916, in Kaesong in the province of Gyeonggi, Chōsen (now part of North Korea).
In 1923, Kim began attending Kaesong's Jeil Public Primary School.[1] Three years later, he was transferred to Seoul's Gongok Elementary School.[1] In 1929, Kim graduated from Gongok Normal School and entered Baejae High School.[1]
Early roles, education, and beyond (1933–1947) edit
According to Cultural Portal, Kim began his acting career in 1933.[1] The following year, he left Baejae High School and moved to Japan to matriculate at Nihon University's art department. After becoming a founding member of the Tokyo Student Art Association, he starred in the films Cow, Nalu, and Chunhyangjeon.[1]
In 1937, Kim joined the Shoji Film Company and graduated from Nihon University. After graduated university, he returned to Korea and enrolled in a Korean theater company.[1] In 1945, Kim co-founded the theatrical troupe Jeonseon and began using the stage name, Kim Dong-won, two years later.[1]
Rising star (1948–1959) edit
In 1948, Kim starred in the film The Sun of Night.[2] Two years later, his breakthrough role came in Ch'i-jin Yu's Thunderstorm, which was viewed by an audience of 75,000 people.[1] After his starring role, he was kidnapped by the North Korean Army. While being held captive in Suncheon by the Korean People's Army, he escaped along with Je-haeng Park, Kim Seung-ho, and Choi Eun-hee due to a bombing by the United States.[1]
Career expansion (1960–1970) edit
Acting reduction (1971–1975) edit
Final roles and last years (1976–2006) edit
Personal life edit
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Roles | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Cow | [1] | |
| Nalu | [1] | ||
| 1936 | Chunhyangjeon | [1] | |
| 1948 | The Sun of Night | [2] | |
| 1954 | Korea | ||
| 1956 | Madame Freedom | ||
| Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang | |||
| Enemy of Woman | |||
| 1957 | The Star of Lost Paradise | ||
| Twilight Train | |||
| The Wanderer | |||
| A Woman's War | |||
| Arirang | |||
| The Confess | |||
| 1958 | The Endless Tragedy | ||
| The Sad Rose | |||
| The River of Temptation | |||
| The Star of Lost Paradise (a sequel) | |||
| Over the Mountain and River | |||
| The Life of Flower | |||
| The Fallen Blossoms | |||
| The Secret | |||
| Affection | |||
| Where to Go | |||
| The Flower | |||
| The Star in My Heart | |||
| A Country Girl | |||
| 1959 | King Gojong and martyr An Jung-Geun | ||
| A sorrow of Twilight | |||
| Independence Association and Young Lee Shung-Man | |||
| The Return Way | |||
| An Angel in White and a Humpback | |||
| An Alone Crying Star | |||
| A Wife | |||
| Before a love is gone | |||
| The Romantic Train | |||
| An Inn | |||
| A Grief | |||
| Camellia | |||
| Dongsimcho | |||
| Aesang | |||
| A Rebloomed Flower | |||
| Waking or Sleeping | |||
| A Blood Bamboo | |||
| Sorrow is for women only | |||
| Terms of marriage | |||
| A Negro whom I got | |||
| A youth theater | |||
| Affection | |||
| Three o'clock P.M. in a rainy day | |||
| Madam Baek-Ryeon | |||
| A Freshman in a Life College | |||
| J's love | |||
| 1919 Independence Movement | |||
| A cross of love | |||
| Stars over the window | |||
| Prince Maitreya | |||
| Dreaming Again | |||
| If you overcome the crisis | |||
| A vanished dream | |||
| A Sunny Place in the Twilight | |||
| 1960 | An Attachment | ||
| Sorrow Like River | |||
| A Drifting Story | |||
| A Pair | |||
| Gate to the Forbidden | |||
| Soil | |||
| A Pearl Tower | |||
| A Beloved Face | |||
| Gief of a Rebel | |||
| A Stormy Hill | |||
| A Birth of a Star | |||
| Song in My Heart | |||
| A Love's Trap | |||
| A Sad Saturday | |||
| Your Voice | |||
| Bawigogae | |||
| Stars' Gaden | |||
| Twilight | |||
| A Young Blueprint | |||
| A Birth Control | |||
| 1961 | Prince Yeonsan | ||
| No Sorrow | |||
| A Torrent | |||
| Emille Jong | |||
| A Song of Passion | |||
| Lady Jang | |||
| Love against All Odds | |||
| A Disobedient Son | |||
| I Don't Regret | |||
| Body is Sad | |||
| The Love Story of Chun-hyang | |||
| A Gang of Robbers | |||
| Lim Kkeok-jeong | |||
| A Tragedy of Korea | |||
| 1962 | Coming Home | ||
| Fighting Lions | |||
| The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women | |||
| Even Though I Die | |||
| A Sad Cry | |||
| A Woman Judge | |||
| When Acacias Bloom | |||
| Farewell to My Adolescence | |||
| Stars on the Earth | |||
| Heartlessness | |||
| Tyrant Yeonsan | |||
| Want to Go Somewhere | |||
| Where Love and Death Meet | |||
| How to Marry a Millionaire | |||
| Tell Me, Earth! | |||
| Queen Dowager Inmok | |||
| In So Long | |||
| Bulgasari | |||
| Prince Hodong | |||
| Mojacho | |||
| A Log Bridge | |||
| Farewell Duman River | |||
| Walking in Tears | |||
| Swordsman and Love | |||
| Kwangpung | |||
| The Country Left Behind | |||
| Beautiful Shroud | |||
| Great Hero, Lee Sun-sin | |||
| Polaris | |||
| When Black Flowers Fade | |||
| Yang Kuei-Fei | |||
| Until I Die | |||
| 1963 | Cheongwannyeo | ||
| 00:15 Train from Daejeon | |||
| The Torchlight | |||
| The Wandering Troupe | |||
| Hundred years' enmity | |||
| Reunion | |||
| Ssangeommu | |||
| The Wife and The Woman | |||
| Dreams of Youth will be Splendid | |||
| The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude | |||
| Genghis Khan | |||
| The Couple Testimony | |||
| Love and Good-bye | |||
| Gaya's House | |||
| The Panmunjeom Truce Village | |||
| The Overbridge of Hyeonhae Strait | |||
| The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy | |||
| You are the Criminal | |||
| The Masked Prince | |||
| China Town | |||
| A Sad Story of Danjong | |||
| The Pitiful Train to the South | |||
| Love Like Stars | |||
| Samyeongdang | |||
| Foggy Street | |||
| Golden Grass of Yesterday | |||
| Lover of the Earth | |||
| Yulgok and His Mother | |||
| Love for 300 Years | |||
| Goryeojang | |||
| Dad, Please Get Married! | |||
| Farewell to the Han River | |||
| A Beggar Prince | |||
| 1964 | Don't Cry, Mom! | ||
| Sakyamuni Buddha | |||
| The Blues with the Black Scar | |||
| My Dear | |||
| General Nami | |||
| Where Can I Stand? | |||
| Sejong the Great | |||
| The Gentleman of Jin-gogae | |||
| The Sad Movie | |||
| Queen Jinseong | |||
| Don't Sing, Water Bird | |||
| The Hell Has No Vacancy | |||
| Princess Snow White | |||
| The Girl Is Nineteen | |||
| The Flower at Ansi Province | |||
| Mom Is the Best | |||
| The Lovebirds Boat | |||
| The Power for Ten Years | |||
| The Beauty and the Robber | |||
| The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple | |||
| The Father at Sinchon & the Daughter at Myeongdong | |||
| My Wife Is Confessing | |||
| The Student Couple | |||
| No Time to Love | |||
| Prince Suyang and Mt. Baekdu | |||
| The Skirt Rock | |||
| The Opium War | |||
| The Old Korean Folk Song in Downtown | |||
| 1965 | Yeomchungyo | ||
| Hot Wind | |||
| The Way of the Woman | |||
| A Female Spy, Elisa | |||
| The Legal Wife | |||
| Let Me Rest under the Blue Starlight | |||
| Life Like a Flame | |||
| Unexpected Love | |||
| The Ran's Elegy | |||
| The Last Passion | |||
| The Fake College Girl | |||
| Lee Su-il and Shim Sun-ae | |||
| What Misunderstanding Left Behind | |||
| Jang Bogo | |||
| Courage is Alive | |||
| Lost Years | |||
| Sorrow Even Up in Heaven | |||
| The Sworn Brothers | |||
| Pay for My Youth | |||
| Behold This Woman | |||
| The Yeongdo Bridge in Tears | |||
| Thousand Miles between the South and the North | |||
| Lee Seong-gye King Taejo | |||
| The Elegy of the Mother and Daughter | |||
| The Third Doom | |||
| Come Back, Oh My Daughter Geumdan | |||
| The Heroes in the Continent | |||
| The Burning Continent | |||
| Woman is Better | |||
| The Order to Kill | |||
| The Night Street of the Vagabond | |||
| The Milestone | |||
| The Sun Rises Again | |||
| The Nobleman at Jeong-dong | |||
| The Mountain Top Called Mother and Daughter | |||
| The Heir | |||
| The Story of Bae Local Offcial | |||
| The Young Girls | |||
| The Only Daughter | |||
| A Life Wailing in Sorrow | |||
| 1966 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1968 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1970 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1973 | |||
| 1974 | |||
| 1975 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1993 |
Awards edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "김동원" [Kim Dong-won]. Cultural Portal. Korea Culture Information Service Agency. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Kim Dong-won - Filmograpies". Korean Movie Database. Korean Film Archive. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
External links edit
- Dong-won Kim at IMDb
- Kim Dong-won at the Korean Movie Database