Do Kum-bong

Acting

Do Kum-bong

Born August 27, 1930 · Incheon, South Korea

Died June 3, 2009 · aged 78

Do Kum-bong (도금봉) was a South Korean actress whose fame peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. She starred in more than 283 films.

Known For

The EvergreenThe Evergreen · 1961
The Evergreen
★ 7.41961
MovieDrama
Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of their hometown. When they arrive, the pair immediately get to work, Dong-hyuk builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the initiative and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.
TrioTrio · 1997
Trio
★ 4.71997
MovieComedyCrime
Han is a suicidal saxophonist, Mun is a violent simpleton with an I.Q. of 80, and Maria is a single mother with dreams of becoming a nun. Han has tried numerous times to kill himself, but nothing ever works. After witnessing his wife's infidelity, it's the last straw.
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee BinFemme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin · 1968
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
★ 9.51968
MovieDramaHistory
King Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive the current Queen into exile.
A Drifting StoryA Drifting Story · 1960
A Drifting Story
★ 6.51960
MovieRomanceDrama
This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.
Mother and a GuestMother and a Guest · 1961
Mother and a Guest
★ 6.91961
MovieDramaRomance
Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love, but is her support enough to guard their love?
Yeong-ja's HeydaysYeong-ja's Heydays · 1975
Yeong-ja's Heydays
★ 6.61975
MovieDramaRomance
Chang-su recalls the girl whom he loved before he entered the military. At that time she had been working as a housemaid. They meet again years later at a police station and the girl, Yeong-ja reveals that she quit her job after being raped by the son of her employer. Her life got steadily worse until finally she lost an arm in a car accident and had to work as a prostitute to pay for an artificial limb.
Prince YeonsanPrince Yeonsan · 1961
Prince Yeonsan
★ 8.61961
MovieDramaHistory
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.
Her Majesty YeonghwaHer Majesty Yeonghwa · 1964
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
★ 9.01964
MovieHistoryDrama
At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.

Filmography

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The EarthThe Earth · 1974
The Earth
★ 10.01974
MovieDrama
Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su's family is a grand land lord of the region from generation to generation. His mother Mrs. Yoon gives birth to another son Hwan after she was raped by Kim Gae-Ju when he is 10 years old. Later Hwan becomes a servant of Choi family but he falls in love with Chi-Su's wife and they flee by night. Meanwhile after a reign of 40 years of King Ko Jong, cholera prevails all over the country and years of famine follows it. While people suffer from natural disasters and diseases, one of Chi-Su's maternal relative Cho Jun-Ku and his wife make a plot to take Choi family's enormous wealth and strengthen the foundation for his status. In this chaos some villagers and Seo-Hee, Chi-Su's daughter leave their village for Buk Kan Do.