Directing
Chung Jin-woo
Born January 17, 1938
Died February 8, 2026 · aged 88
Chung Jin-woo (1938) was a South-Korean director.
Known For
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace · 1983Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
1983
MovieDrama
A beleaguered cabbie accompanies a mysterious and moody woman on an eventful journey across South Korea to find her long-lost lover.
Snake Woman · 1983Snake Woman
★ 10.01983
MovieThrillerHorror
One night in Taipei, a female factory worker is killed on her way home. Koh Kang-young, the lead detective, concludes that she was killed by a poisonous snake from the bite marks left on the victim's neck. Reporter Lee Ok-jung rebuts his theory in her article. Through this incident, Detective Koh and Ok-jung meet frequently and they become friends. Afterwards, two more women are killed in the same manner. It is revealed that Ok-jung can't account for her whereabouts for each murder. When another murder is committed, Detective Koh finds out the truth about Ok-jung. When Ok-jung was three, a unique snake bit her. Therefore, she kills people by biting them like a poisonous snake.
Woman of Fire · 1971Woman of Fire
★ 4.81971
MovieCrimeDrama
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.
Farewell to the Duman River · 1962Farewell to the Duman River
★ 6.21962
MovieActionWar
Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River.
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly · 1978A Woman After a Killer Butterfly
★ 5.61978
MovieDramaMystery
A melodrama about a man who survives an attempted double suicide with a stranger while picnicking with friends. He goes on a cave expedition for a famous archaeologist where he discovers a skeleton several thousand years old. He meets the spirit of the skeleton in a dream, and then becomes romantically involved with the archeologist's daughter.
Mission for the Dragon · 1980Mission for the Dragon
★ 6.41980
MovieAction
Han Wu-song, an antique collector, gets killed while appraising a bronze horse rider statue which trader Wang Dae-in has stolen from a tomb. Dae-in dies on the scene and Wu-song leaves the killer's name on the cave wall before he dies. Dae-in's son Wang Gak thinks Wu-Song killed his father and fights with his son Jung-pa. Trader Kwan and her daughter Mi-ryung stop the fight. Jung-pa and Mi-ryung's love is disturbed by Ju-yang. Gak and Jung-pa chase him to find Wu-song's body with Ju-yang's name on the wall but Mi-ryung appeals them not to kill...
Parrot Sang with Her Own Body · 1981Parrot Sang with Her Own Body
★ 7.51981
MovieRomanceDrama
The widower Choi is impotent. He adopts the infants Mun and Su-ryun and raises them. Mun graduates from college in Seoul but he can’t adjust to Seoul life so he returns to Choi’s home. Mun learns that Su-ryun is not his sister in blood and he falls in love with her.
Oyster Village · 1972Oyster Village
★ 10.01972
MovieRomanceDrama
The villagers of a remote fishing village on the west coast of Korea have a belief that if someone drowns in the sea, his spirit cannot depart until the next person dies. The drowning of one fisherman sets in motion a series of tragic events.
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Wife · 1976Wife
★ 10.01976
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