Shin Seong-il
Born: 1937-05-08
• 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
A Year-End Medley
Door to the Night
Typhoon
Festival
My Old Sweetheart
그대품에 아카시아 향기
Hong Do
General's Son 3
Beyond the Mountain
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Watercolors in Rain
Korean Connection
Sand Castle
America, America
Gam-dong
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
대물
Holy Night
A Woman on the Verge
Ring of Hell
Lethe's Love Song
Moonlight Hunter
Dancing daughter
Gilsodom
Woman Requiem
The Oldest Son
A White Feathered Gull
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
Free Woman
Temptation
Come Down to a Lower Place
The Whereabouts of Eve
Ban Geum-ryeon
A Man Who Died Daily
No Image
One Night at a Strange Place
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
Under an Umbrella
땅콩껍질 속의 연가
No Image
A Love Song in a Peanut Shell
No Image
City Hunter
Love's Condition
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
Miss Yang's Adventure
No Image
Hedgehog of the Third Dock
Winter Woman
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Night Journey
Tomorrow is Ours
Blood Relations
Ascetic
Yes, Goodbye for Today
My Hometown
You Become a Star, Too
Bird of Paradise
Wildflowers on the Battleground
Farewell 2
A Seagull's Dream
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
No Image
Lost Love
Farewell
The Big Chase
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
The Three-Day Reign
Gate of Woman
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
A Second Mother
The Midnight Sun
Two Sons
No Image
Is Your Husband Like This Too?
The Story of Chunhyang
내일의 팔도강산 3편
Mi-ae
Rebirth
The Eunuch 2
A Barren Woman
Temporary Government in Shanghai
Until That Day
Confess of Woman
조용히 살고 싶어
Empty Heart
Starting Point
Woman
Correspondent in Tokyo
The Eunuch
A Day Off
No Image
Herb of Desire
The Wings of Lee Sang
Vega
Living in the Sky
Chulsaegado
The General's Mustache
A Young Zelkova
Desire
No Image
Legends
Chorus of Trees
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
United Front