Shin Seong-il

Acting · Crew · Production

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.

Filmography

• 2021A Year-End Medley — Yong-jin's Father
• 2013Door to the Night — Jong-Sub
• 2005Typhoon — President
• 1996Festival — Hae Kwang
• 1995My Father the Bodyguard
• 1995My Old Sweetheart
• 1994Vanished
• 1993The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms
• 1992General's Son 3
• 1992Hong Do
• 1992Misty — Presenter
• 1991Beyond the Mountain — Jin-Gong, Producer
• 1991Who Saw The Dragon's Claws? — Kim Eui Chang
• 1990A Sketch of a Rainy Day — Yang-boo
• 1990Korean Connection
• 1990Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist — Investigator Lee
• 1990The Woman Who Walks on Water — Producer
• 1989Sand Castle
• 1988A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
• 1988America, America
• 1988Gam-dong
• 1988Holy Night
• 1988대물 — 성민
• 1987A Woman on the Verge
• 1987Lethe's Love Song
• 1987Moonlight Hunter
• 1987Ring of Hell
• 1986Dancing daughter
• 1986Gilsodom — Kim Dong-jin
• 1985Woman Requiem
• 1984The Oldest Son — Lee Tae-yeong
• 1983A White Feathered Gull
• 1982Come Down to a Lower Place — Ahn Shin-sam
• 1982Free Woman
• 1982I Loved
• 1982Temptation
• 1982The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
• 1982The Whereabouts of Eve
• 1981A Man Who Died Daily
• 1981Ban Geum-ryeon
• 1980One Night at a Strange Place
• 1980She is Something — Hyeon-woo
• 1980The Man of the Past
• 1979An Affair with Peanuts — Do-il
• 1979City Hunter
• 1979Love's Condition
• 1979The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
• 1979Under an Umbrella
• 1978Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
• 1978Miss Yang's Adventure
• 1977Hedgehog of the Third Dock — 살모사(정호)
• 1977Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
• 1977Night Journey — Park Dae-ri
• 1977Winter Woman — Heo Min
• 1976Ascetic
• 1976Blood Relations
• 1976My Hometown — Min Jun-tae
• 1976Tomorrow is Ours
• 1976Yes, Goodbye for Today
• 1975Bird of Paradise
• 1975You Become a Star, Too — Sang-gyu
• 1975이조 상노비사
• 1974A Seagull's Dream
• 1974Farewell 2
• 1974Heavenly Homecoming to Stars — Moon-ho
• 1974Wildflowers on the Battleground
• 1973Farewell
• 1973Five Hostesses for the Resistance — Un-il
• 1973Lost Love
• 1973The Big Chase
• 1973The Three-Day Reign
• 1973Tto Sun Yi, a college girl — Shin Yong
• 1972A Second Mother — Dong-o
• 1972Gate of Woman — Hyo-jin
• 1972One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave — Min-su
• 1971Is Your Husband Like This Too?
• 1971The Midnight Sun — 박
• 1971The Story of Chunhyang
• 1971Two Sons
• 1971내일의 팔도강산 3편
• 1970Mi-ae
• 1970잊을 수가 있을까
• 1969A Barren Woman
• 1969Confess of Woman
• 1969Empty Heart
• 1969Rebirth
• 1969Starting Point
• 1969Temporary Government in Shanghai — Shin il
• 1969The Eunuch 2
• 1969Until That Day
• 1969조용히 살고 싶어
• 1968A Day Off — Heo-wook
• 1968A Young Zelkova — Hyungyu
• 1968Chorus of Trees
• 1968Correspondent in Tokyo
• 1968Desire
• 1968Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin — King Sukjong
• 1968Herb of Desire
• 1968Legends
• 1968Living in the Sky
• 1968Rising in the World
• 1968The Eunuch — Jung-ho
• 1968The General's Mustache — Kim Chul-hoon
• 1968The Wings of Lee Sang
• 1968Vega — 남편
• 1968Woman
• 1967A Full Danger
• 1967A Misty Grassland
• 1967Deep in My Heart — Lee Sang-hyun
• 1967Mist — Yun Gi-jun
• 1967Sound of Magpies
• 1967Stroller
• 1967The Starting Point
• 1967The Three Hen-pecked Generations
• 1967The White Crow
• 1967United Front
• 1967Why a Cuckoo Cries
• 1966A Coral Door
• 1966A Hero without a Serial Number
• 1966A Student Boarder — Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu
• 1966Dangerous Youth
• 1966Full Autumn
• 1966Green Rain — Cheol
• 1966Gunsmoke — Jin-woo
• 1966Horse-year Bride — Kim Geun-ho
• 1966I Am a King — Choi Yeong-cheol
• 1966Special Agent X-7
• 1966Yeraishang
• 1965An Empty Dream — The male patient
• 1965The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
• 1965The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
• 1965The Heir
• 1965The Woman Coming in Fall
• 1965Wind, Please Tell Me
• 1964Betrayal — Seong-Hoon
• 1964My Mind Is Like a Lake
• 1964The Barefooted Young — Jo Doo-soo
• 1964The Beautiful Maid — Nam Jeong-hak
• 1964The Continental Spy — Wang-seong
• 1964The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
• 1964The Lost Sun — Seo Sang-cheol
• 1964The Result of the Ambition
• 1963For My Husband — Crown Prince Sado
• 1963Kinship — Geo-buk
• 1963Private Tutor — Jeon Yeong-gil
• 1963The Classroom of Youth — Park Chan-sik
• 1963The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy — Lee Tae-yoon
• 1962Tyrant Yeonsan — Prince Jin-seong
• 1961Prince Yeonsan — Prince Jin-seong
• 1961The Evergreen — Won-jae
• 1961Under the Sky in Seoul — Yeong-gil
• 1960Madam White Snake — Seon Heo
• 1960Romance Papa — Barun
• 1960To the Last Day — Park Sang-sa