Chung Ji-young

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Chung Ji-young

Born November 19, 1946 · Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea (age 79)

Chung Ji-young is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Among his most well-known films are North Korean Partisan in South Korea, White Badge, Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid, Unbowed and National Security.

Known For

Black MoneyBlack Money · 2019
Black Money
★ 7.12019
MovieCrimeDrama
A prosecutor is falsely accused of sexual assault in a suicide note from a woman that he is convinced was actually murdered. As he investigates her death to clear his name, he realizes that the truth lies in a huge financial scandal.
My NameMy Name · 2026
My Name
★ 7.82026
MovieDrama
South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.
Ari Ari the Korean CinemaAri Ari the Korean Cinema · 2012
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
★ 5.52012
MovieDocumentary
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
The BoysThe Boys · 2023
The Boys
★ 6.22023
MovieDramaCrime
In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down to three boys from the neighborhood, and these boys are falsely accused of being murderers overnight and are imprisoned without understanding what is happening. The following year, veteran detective Hwang Joon-cheol is newly appointed as the head of Crime Investigation Division. He receives a tip about the real culprits and embarks on a reinvestigation to clear the boys' names. However, the interference of the detective responsible for the case at the time, Choi Woo-sung, leads to everything falling apart, and Hwang is demoted. Sixteen years later, the sole witness of the case and daughter of the victim, Yoon Mi-sook, and the boys return to Hwang, seeking justice...
National SecurityNational Security · 2012
National Security
★ 7.32012
MovieDramaThriller
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.
North Korean Partisan in South KoreaNorth Korean Partisan in South Korea · 1990
North Korean Partisan in South Korea
★ 7.21990
MovieWarHistory
Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.
7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover · 1996
7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover
★ 4.51996
MovieComedy
Naked BeingNaked Being · 1998
Naked Being
★ 8.01998
MovieDrama
A broadcasting company hosts an actor/actress contest and 30 contestants are pre-selected. Yong-Woo and Eun-Sook are two of them and they are also lovers. Eun-Sook desperately wants to be a TV star and approaches a producer. Yong-Woo discovers this and argues with her. In the meantime, Eun-Sook happens to meet Yu-Suk and spends a night with him, after he tells her that he knows a lot about broadcasting companies.

Filmography

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The BoysThe Boys · 2023
The Boys
★ 6.22023
MovieDramaCrime
In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down to three boys from the neighborhood, and these boys are falsely accused of being murderers overnight and are imprisoned without understanding what is happening. The following year, veteran detective Hwang Joon-cheol is newly appointed as the head of Crime Investigation Division. He receives a tip about the real culprits and embarks on a reinvestigation to clear the boys' names. However, the interference of the detective responsible for the case at the time, Choi Woo-sung, leads to everything falling apart, and Hwang is demoted. Sixteen years later, the sole witness of the case and daughter of the victim, Yoon Mi-sook, and the boys return to Hwang, seeking justice...

Director

Beyond the MountainBeyond the Mountain · 1991
Beyond the Mountain
★ 7.01991
MovieDrama
In a quite mountain temple Chim-hae follows a path of asceticism under the instruction of the High Priest, Pop-yon. One day, the high priest sends him on an errand to another mountain temple known as Sowondang. Sowondang was widely renowned for the beautiful Buddhist nun, Myo-hon who lived there. On Chi,-hae's way back he spots the delightful Myo-hon in the distance. From that moment he realizes her existence is overpowering to his. Days later, his craving is fulfilled when he gets to meet her in their mist at Sowondang. They are immediately attracted to each other in this wonderful first rendezvous. However, they foresee a grim future lying ahead. While returning to his temple, Chim-hae gets lost in the mist causing great concern and confusion among the other followers. Three days later Chim-hae awakes to find himself at home in the temple after having been rescued by the monk. Known as Mubul who had found him in the mountains.

Director

A Forest Where a Woman BreathesA Forest Where a Woman Breathes · 1988
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
★ 9.01988
Movie
Dong-hoon, a CF director, decides to marry Su-hee, a young lady, with the introduction of Jun-seok, a neuropsychiatrist. Dong-hoon, whose women's relationship is complicated, reveals his last night with Ji-eun the day before marriage in the sense of ending all relationships. Su-hee, who saw Dong-hoon's naked body at first night, runs out of the bedroom in shock, but eventually Dong-hoon experiences a maiden from Su-hee and is moved. One day while living a happy honeymoon, Su-hee accidentally learns about the relationship between Dong-hoon and Ji-eun. Su-hee, who was agonizing, shivers the moment she sees the commercial made by Dong-hoon. After that, Su-hee, who goes out on the street, begins to seduce the men. Is it out of revenge for her husband's affair? She meets a swimming coach on the street and a zookeeper and burns a fantastic, wild zest.

Director

A Street MusicianA Street Musician · 1987
A Street Musician
★ 6.01987
MovieDramaRomance
Jae-hee, who left as a college student, and Seo-ha, who got a job at a company in a local small city, are high school alumni. Seo-ha meets and loves Yoon-soo, the company's president's son, but Yoon-soo is engaged to Jae-hee, whom he met on the train, and goes to the U.S. to study. Seo Ha, who overcame his wounds and went to drug abuse in the provinces, shows a static situation, but after joining the military, he sends news of his participation in the Vietnam War. After graduating, Seo Ha gets a job at a big pharmaceutical company with the help of Yoon Soo. Seo Ha gets into a car accident in a meeting where she declares her last to Yoon-soo, who persistently wants her due to her breakdown with Jae-hee. Seo Ha, who married Jeong Tae, who returned from Vietnam, eventually died of cancer, leaving her son Young-jin behind.

Director

A Journey with Korean MastersA Journey with Korean Masters · 2013
A Journey with Korean Masters
2013
MovieDrama
"A Journey with Korean Masters" is an omnibus film compiling four shorts created by directors who once dominated Korean cinema: Park Chul-soo, Lee Doo-yong, Lee Jang-ho, and Chung Ji-young. This modest project is the product of collaboration between professional and amateur actors of all ages and the masters. The aim was to promote the city of Seoul and the harmony of old and new. The project began as a promotional event, but its cinematic quality is equal, if not superior, to any Korean films officially invited to BIFF this year. That is by no means simply being polite. This special screening is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the unique characteristics of masters experiencing a cinema renaissance in their twilight years.

Director

The Light of RecollectionThe Light of Recollection · 1985
The Light of Recollection
★ 8.01985
Movie
John tries to overcome the civilization tragedy of this era by tracking the future of man, and Hyun-woo is young people who try to overcome it by tracking the human past. Between them, a woman, So-yeon, who symbolizes that only love is human salvation, intervenes and a love triangle is formed. One day, Yo-seob goes missing while flying a hang glider in Halla Mountain, and Hyun-woo and So-yeon form a family by raising Yo-seob's child, Darin. After four years, Hyun-woo and So-yeon leave for Jeju Island and reminisce about Yo-seob when they hear that Yo-seob may be alive. But Yo-seob was nowhere to be found. Hyun-woo and So-yeon head to the uninhabited island, which they considered to be an ideal island, listening to the hearing of the songs he enjoyed singing at Yo-seob's tomb. It is a movie that persistently traces the dreams, ideals, and the end of love of these three young people.

Director