Shin Seong-il
Acting • Born 1937-05-08 – Died 2018-11-04
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.
Filmography
149 credits
The Beautiful Maid
Movie • 1964
Nam Jeong-hak
A Young Zelkova
Movie • 1968
Hyungyu
The Three-Day Reign
Movie • 1973
General's Son 3
Movie • 1992
A Year-End Medley
Movie • 2021
Yong-jin's Father
A White Feathered Gull
Movie • 1983
A Hero without a Serial Number
Movie • 1966
Confess of Woman
Movie • 1969
Living in the Sky
Movie • 1968
The Evergreen
Movie • 1961
Won-jae
Under an Umbrella
Movie • 1979
Chulsaegado
Movie • 1968
My Old Sweetheart
Movie • 1995
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Movie • 1991
Kim Eui-chang
Dancing daughter
Movie • 1986
For My Husband
Movie • 1963
Crown Prince Sado
The Result of the Ambition
Movie • 1964
I Am a King
Movie • 1966
Choi Yeong-cheol
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Movie • 1968
King Sukjong
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Movie • 1972
Min-su
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Movie • 1973
Un-il
The Big Chase
Movie • 1973
Ring of Hell
Movie • 1987
Special Agent X-7
Movie • 1966
Green Rain
Movie • 1966
Cheol
Vega
Movie • 1968
남편
Door to the Night
Movie • 2013
Jong-Sub
Is Your Husband Like This Too?
Movie • 1971
Wind, Please Tell Me
Movie • 1965
The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
Movie • 1965
A Woman on the Verge
Movie • 1987
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
Movie • 1988
Beyond the Mountain
Movie • 1991
Jin-Gong
Yes, Goodbye for Today
Movie • 1976
Korean Connection
Movie • 1990
Madam White Snake
Movie • 1960
Seon Heo
Why a Cuckoo Cries
Movie • 1967
You Become a Star, Too
Movie • 1975
Sang-gyu
Herb of Desire
Movie • 1968
Legends
Movie • 1968
Gate of Woman
Movie • 1972
Hyo-jin
Temporary Government in Shanghai
Movie • 1969
Shin il
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
Movie • 1963
Lee Tae-yoon
A Seagull's Dream
Movie • 1974
The Wings of Lee Sang
Movie • 1968
The Story of Chunhyang
Movie • 1971
Miss Yang's Adventure
Movie • 1978
A Coral Door
Movie • 1966
A Barren Woman
Movie • 1969
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
Movie • 1965
My Mind Is Like a Lake
Movie • 1964
The Woman Coming in Fall
Movie • 1965
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
Movie • 1964
Rebirth
Movie • 1969
A Day Off
Movie • 1968
Heo-wook
The Midnight Sun
Movie • 1971
박
A Student Boarder
Movie • 1966
Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu
An Empty Dream
Movie • 1965
The male patient
My Hometown
Movie • 1976
Min Jun-tae
Romance Papa
Movie • 1960
Barun
Betrayal
Movie • 1964
Seong-Hoon
The Starting Point
Movie • 1967
Kinship
Movie • 1963
Geo-buk
The General's Mustache
Movie • 1968
Kim Chul-hoon
The Barefooted Young
Movie • 1964
Jo Doo-soo
Horse-year Bride
Movie • 1966
Kim Geun-ho
The Oldest Son
Movie • 1985
Lee Tae-yeong
The Eunuch
Movie • 1968
Jung-ho
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Movie • 1990
Investigator Lee
Watercolors in Rain
Movie • 1990
Yang-boo
Come Down to a Lower Place
Movie • 1982
Ahn Shin-sam
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
Movie • 1974
Moon-ho
Night Journey
Movie • 1977
Park Dae-ri
Mist
Movie • 1967
Yun Gi-jun
A Misty Grassland
Movie • 1967
Two Sons
Movie • 1971
Lost Love
Movie • 1973
Winter Woman
Movie • 1977
Heo Min
Temptation
Movie • 1982
Ban Geum-ryeon
Movie • 1981
Ascetic
Movie • 1976
Under the Sky in Seoul
Movie • 1961
Yeong-gil
Prince Yeonsan
Movie • 1961
Prince Jin-seong
Tyrant Yeonsan
Movie • 1962
Prince Jin-seong
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Movie • 1991
Kim Eui Chang
Stroller
Movie • 1967
Desire
Movie • 1968
Typhoon
Movie • 2005
President
Full Autumn
Movie • 1966
The Continental Spy
Movie • 1964
Wang-seong
Free Woman
Movie • 1982
Woman
Movie • 1968
Dangerous Youth
Movie • 1966
Farewell
Movie • 1973
The Classroom of Youth
Movie • 1963
Park Chan-sik
A Man Who Died Daily
Movie • 1981
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
Movie • 1978
Bird of Paradise
Movie • 1975
A Full Danger
Movie • 1967
Love's Condition
Movie • 1979
Private Tutor
Movie • 1963
Jeon Yeong-gil
The Lost Sun
Movie • 1964
Seo Sang-cheol
Gunsmoke
Movie • 1966
Jin-woo
Blood Relations
Movie • 1976
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Movie • 1967
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Movie • 1977
The White Crow
Movie • 1967
Starting Point
Movie • 1969
Empty Heart
Movie • 1969
Until That Day
Movie • 1969
Sound of Magpies
Movie • 1967
The Heir
Movie • 1965
Correspondent in Tokyo
Movie • 1968
Mi-ae
Movie • 1970
Wildflowers on the Battleground
Movie • 1974
Moonlight Hunter
Movie • 1987
Holy Night
Movie • 1988
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
Movie • 1982
Gilsodom
Movie • 1986
Kim Dong-jin
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
Movie • 1979
Woman Requiem
Movie • 1985
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Movie • 1973
Shin Yong
The Eunuch 2
Movie • 1969
Yeraishang
Movie • 1966
A Second Mother
Movie • 1972
Dong-o
To the Last Day
Movie • 1960
Park Sang-sa
Hedgehog of the Third Dock
Movie • 1977
살모사(정호)
Lethe's Love Song
Movie • 1987
내일의 팔도강산 3편
Movie • 1971
Farewell 2
Movie • 1974
땅콩껍질 속의 연가
Movie • 1979
Tomorrow is Ours
Movie • 1976
United Front
Movie • 1967
Gam-dong
Movie • 1988
Festival
Movie • 1996
Hae Kwang
America, America
Movie • 1988
The Whereabouts of Eve
Movie • 1982
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1967
Lee Sang-hyun
Chorus of Trees
Movie • 1968
The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms
Movie • 1993
Hong Do
Movie • 1992
대물
Movie • 1988
성민
A Love Song in a Peanut Shell
Movie • 1979
Do-il
City Hunter
Movie • 1979
Sand Castle
Movie • 1989
One Night at a Strange Place
Movie • 1980
조용히 살고 싶어
Movie • 1969
She is Something
Movie • 1980
Hyeon-woo
The Man of the Past
Movie • 1980