Shin Seong-il

Shin Seong-il

Known for
Acting
Born
May 8, 1937
Died
November 4, 2018 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Daegu, Korea

Biography

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2024
KOREAN DREAM : the Nama-jinheung Mixtape poster

KOREAN DREAM : the Nama-jinheung Mixtape

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
A Year-End Medley poster

A Year-End Medley

Movie · as Yong-jin's Father

2013
Door to the Night poster

Door to the Night

Movie · as Jong-Sub

2005
Typhoon poster

Typhoon

Movie · as President

1996
Festival poster

Festival

Movie · as Hae Kwang

1995
My Old Sweetheart poster

My Old Sweetheart

Movie

1995
My Father the Bodyguard

My Father the Bodyguard

Movie

1994
Vanished poster

Vanished

Movie

1993
The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms poster

The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms

Movie

1992
General's Son 3 poster

General's Son 3

Movie

1992
Hong Do poster

Hong Do

Movie

1991
Beyond the Mountain poster

Beyond the Mountain

Movie · as Jin-Gong

1991
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws? poster

Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?

Movie · as Kim Eui Chang

1990
Korean Connection poster

Korean Connection

Movie

1990
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist poster

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

Movie · as Investigator Lee

1990
A Sketch of a Rainy Day poster

A Sketch of a Rainy Day

Movie · as Yang-boo

1989
Sand Castle poster

Sand Castle

Movie

1988
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes poster

A Forest Where a Woman Breathes

Movie

1988
Holy Night poster

Holy Night

Movie

1988
Gam-dong poster

Gam-dong

Movie

1988
America, America poster

America, America

Movie

1988
대물 poster

대물

Movie · as 성민

1987
Ring of Hell poster

Ring of Hell

Movie

1987
A Woman on the Verge poster

A Woman on the Verge

Movie

1987
Moonlight Hunter poster

Moonlight Hunter

Movie

1987
Lethe's Love Song poster

Lethe's Love Song

Movie

1986
Dancing daughter poster

Dancing daughter

Movie

1986
Gilsodom poster

Gilsodom

Movie · as Kim Dong-jin

1985
Woman Requiem poster

Woman Requiem

Movie

1984
The Oldest Son poster

The Oldest Son

Movie · as Lee Tae-yeong

1983
A White Feathered Gull poster

A White Feathered Gull

Movie

1982
Come Down to a Lower Place poster

Come Down to a Lower Place

Movie · as Ahn Shin-sam

1982
Temptation poster

Temptation

Movie

1982
Free Woman poster

Free Woman

Movie

1982
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown poster

The Chrysanthemum and the Clown

Movie

1982
The Whereabouts of Eve poster

The Whereabouts of Eve

Movie

1982
I Loved

I Loved

Movie

1981
Ban Geum-ryun poster

Ban Geum-ryun

Movie

1981
A Man Who Died Daily poster

A Man Who Died Daily

Movie

1980
One Night at a Strange Place

One Night at a Strange Place

Movie

1980
She is Something

She is Something

Movie · as Hyeon-woo

1980
The Man of the Past poster

The Man of the Past

Movie

1979
Under an Umbrella poster

Under an Umbrella

Movie

1979
Love's Condition poster

Love's Condition

Movie

1979
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn poster

The Rose That Swallowed Thorn

Movie

1979
An Affair with Peanuts poster

An Affair with Peanuts

Movie · as Do-il

1979
City Hunter

City Hunter

Movie

1978
Miss Yang's Adventure poster

Miss Yang's Adventure

Movie

1978
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II poster

Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II

Movie

1977
Night Journey poster

Night Journey

Movie · as Park Dae-ri

1977
Winter Woman poster

Winter Woman

Movie · as Heo Min

1977
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang poster

Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

Movie

1977
Hedgehog of the Third Dock

Hedgehog of the Third Dock

Movie · as 살모사(정호)

1976
Yes, Goodbye for Today poster

Yes, Goodbye for Today

Movie

1976
My Hometown poster

My Hometown

Movie · as Min Jun-tae

1976
Ascetic poster

Ascetic

Movie

1976
Blood Relations poster

Blood Relations

Movie

1976
Tomorrow is Ours poster

Tomorrow is Ours

Movie

1975
You Become a Star, Too poster

You Become a Star, Too

Movie · as Sang-gyu

1975
Bird of Paradise poster

Bird of Paradise

Movie

1975
이조 상노비사 poster

이조 상노비사

Movie

1974
A Seagull's Dream poster

A Seagull's Dream

Movie

1974
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars poster

Heavenly Homecoming to Stars

Movie · as Moon-ho

1974
Wildflowers on the Battleground poster

Wildflowers on the Battleground

Movie

1974
Farewell 2 poster

Farewell 2

Movie

1973
The Three-Day Reign poster

The Three-Day Reign

Movie

1973
Five Hostesses for the Resistance poster

Five Hostesses for the Resistance

Movie · as Un-il

1973
The Big Chase poster

The Big Chase

Movie

1973
Lost Love

Lost Love

Movie

1973
Farewell poster

Farewell

Movie

1973
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl poster

Tto Sun Yi, a college girl

Movie · as Shin Yong

1972
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave poster

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave

Movie · as Min-su

1972
Gate of Woman poster

Gate of Woman

Movie · as Hyo-jin

1972
A Second Mother poster

A Second Mother

Movie · as Dong-o

1971
Is Your Husband Like This Too?

Is Your Husband Like This Too?

Movie

1971
The Story of Chunhyang poster

The Story of Chunhyang

Movie

1971
The Midnight Sun poster

The Midnight Sun

Movie · as 박

1971
Two Sons poster

Two Sons

Movie

1971
내일의 팔도강산 3편 poster

내일의 팔도강산 3편

Movie

1970
Mi-ae poster

Mi-ae

Movie

1970
잊을 수가 있을까 poster

잊을 수가 있을까

Movie

1969
Confess of Woman poster

Confess of Woman

Movie

1969
Temporary Government in Shanghai poster

Temporary Government in Shanghai

Movie · as Shin il

1969
A Barren Woman poster

A Barren Woman

Movie

1969
Rebirth poster

Rebirth

Movie

1969
Starting Point poster

Starting Point

Movie

1969
Empty Heart poster

Empty Heart

Movie

1969
Until That Day poster

Until That Day

Movie

1969
The Eunuch 2 poster

The Eunuch 2

Movie

1969
조용히 살고 싶어 poster

조용히 살고 싶어

Movie

1968
A Young Zelkova poster

A Young Zelkova

Movie · as Hyungyu

1968
Living in the Sky poster

Living in the Sky

Movie

1968
Rising in the World poster

Rising in the World

Movie

1968
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin poster

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

Movie · as King Sukjong

1968
Vega poster

Vega

Movie · as 남편

1968
Legends

Legends

Movie

1968
Herb of Desire

Herb of Desire

Movie

1968
The Wings of Lee Sang poster

The Wings of Lee Sang

Movie

1968
A Day Off poster

A Day Off

Movie · as Heo-wook

1968
The General's Mustache poster

The General's Mustache

Movie · as Kim Chul-hoon

1968
The Eunuch poster

The Eunuch

Movie · as Jung-ho

1968
Desire poster

Desire

Movie

1968
Woman poster

Woman

Movie

1968
Correspondent in Tokyo poster

Correspondent in Tokyo

Movie

1968
Chorus of Trees poster

Chorus of Trees

Movie

1967
Why a Cuckoo Cries

Why a Cuckoo Cries

Movie

1967
The Starting Point poster

The Starting Point

Movie

1967
Mist poster

Mist

Movie · as Yun Gi-jun

1967
A Misty Grassland

A Misty Grassland

Movie

1967
Stroller poster

Stroller

Movie

1967
A Full Danger poster

A Full Danger

Movie

1967
The Three Hen-pecked Generations poster

The Three Hen-pecked Generations

Movie · as Gong Jin-ho

1967
The White Crow poster

The White Crow

Movie

1967
Sound of Magpies poster

Sound of Magpies

Movie

1967
United Front poster

United Front

Movie

1967
Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

Movie · as Lee Sang-hyun

1966
A Hero without a Serial Number poster

A Hero without a Serial Number

Movie

1966
I Am a King poster

I Am a King

Movie · as Choi Yeong-cheol

1966
Special Agent X-7 poster

Special Agent X-7

Movie

1966
Green Rain poster

Green Rain

Movie · as Cheol

1966
A Coral Door poster

A Coral Door

Movie

1966
A Student Boarder poster

A Student Boarder

Movie · as Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu

1966
Horse-year Bride poster

Horse-year Bride

Movie · as Kim Geun-ho

1966
Full Autumn poster

Full Autumn

Movie

1966
Dangerous Youth poster

Dangerous Youth

Movie

1966
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

Movie · as Jin-woo

1966
Yeraishang poster

Yeraishang

Movie

1965
Wind, Please Tell Me poster

Wind, Please Tell Me

Movie

1965
The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple poster

The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple

Movie

1965
The Woman Coming in Fall poster

The Woman Coming in Fall

Movie

1965
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun poster

The Field Glow with the Setting Sun

Movie

1965
An Empty Dream poster

An Empty Dream

Movie · as The male patient

1965
The Heir poster

The Heir

Movie

1964
The Beautiful Maid poster

The Beautiful Maid

Movie · as Nam Jeong-hak

1964
The Result of the Ambition poster

The Result of the Ambition

Movie

1964
My Mind Is Like a Lake poster

My Mind Is Like a Lake

Movie

1964
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings poster

The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings

Movie

1964
Betrayal poster

Betrayal

Movie · as Seong-Hoon

1964
The Barefooted Young poster

The Barefooted Young

Movie · as Jo Doo-soo

1964
The Continental Spy poster

The Continental Spy

Movie · as Wang-seong

1964
The Lost Sun poster

The Lost Sun

Movie · as Seo Sang-cheol

1963
For My Husband poster

For My Husband

Movie · as Crown Prince Sado

1963
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy poster

The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

Movie · as Lee Tae-yoon

1963
Kinship poster

Kinship

Movie · as Geo-buk

1963
The Classroom of Youth poster

The Classroom of Youth

Movie · as Park Chan-sik

1963
Private Tutor poster

Private Tutor

Movie · as Jeon Yeong-gil

1962
Tyrant Yeonsan poster

Tyrant Yeonsan

Movie · as Prince Jin-seong

1961
The Evergreen poster

The Evergreen

Movie · as Won-jae

1961
Under the Sky in Seoul poster

Under the Sky in Seoul

Movie · as Yeong-gil

1961
Prince Yeonsan poster

Prince Yeonsan

Movie · as Prince Jin-seong

1960
Madam White Snake poster

Madam White Snake

Movie · as Seon Heo

1960
Romance Papa poster

Romance Papa

Movie · as Barun

1960
To the Last Day poster

To the Last Day

Movie · as Park Sang-sa