Biography
Chung Ji-young is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Among his most well-known films are North Korean Partisan in South Korea, White Badge, Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid, Unbowed and National Security.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Boys
2023
Director
In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down to three boys ...
Black Money
2019
Director
A prosecutor is falsely accused of sexual assault in a suicide note from a woman that he is convinced was actually murdered. As he investigates her de...
After Diving Bell
2018
as Self
A documentary that reports on the the rescue failure of the Sewol incident. In the days of media control, Park Geun-hye and her government sabotaged t...
State-authorized Textbook
2017
Executive Producer
Why on earth should we use the state-authorized textbook? Many history scholars share their opinions about the nature, background and significance of ...
Dancing with Jikji
2017
Producer
Traveling to the French National Library to see Jikji, the world’s oldest movable metal type book printed in Korea, a Canadian, David Redman discovers...
Project Cheonan Ship
2013
Producer
Interpreting an event of ROKS Cheonan corvette, torpedoed and sunken by North Korea, this documentary rebuilds the event with a different insight. No ...
A Journey with Korean Masters
2013
Director
"A Journey with Korean Masters" is an omnibus film compiling four shorts created by directors who once dominated Korean cinema: Park Chul-soo, Lee Doo...
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
as Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
Producer, Writer
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...
National Security
2012
Director, Writer
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the nex...
Unbowed
2011
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Inspired by the true story of Kim Kyung-ho, a math professor who was arrested for shooting a crossbow at the presiding judge of his appeal against unf...
Naked Being
1998
Director
A broadcasting company hosts an actor/actress contest and 30 contestants are pre-selected. Yong-Woo and Eun-Sook are two of them and they are also lov...
Blackjack
1997
Director
Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.
7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover
1996
Director
The Cinema on the Road
1995
as Himself
A personal consideration of the Korean cinema by director Jang Sun-Woo, looking at it’s history of outside influence and censorship.
Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid
1994
Director
While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after M...
White Badge
1992
Director, Screenplay
A Vietnam war veteran writes a series of articles about his war experiences for a local newspaper. As he does so, another veteran, drawn by the articl...
Beyond the Mountain
1991
Director, Adaptation
In a quite mountain temple Chim-hae follows a path of asceticism under the instruction of the High Priest, Pop-yon. One day, the high priest sends him...
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
1991
Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked...
North Korean Partisan in South Korea
1990
Producer, Director
Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.
Mountain Snake
1988
Writer, Director
Tansil, a native of Hwajeongol in the back of Jirisan Mountain, goes to the house of President Woo Man-chan in Anguk-dong, Seoul, as introduced by his...
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
1988
Director, Writer
Dong-hoon, a CF director, decides to marry Su-hee, a young lady, with the introduction of Jun-seok, a neuropsychiatrist. Dong-hoon, whose women's rela...
A Woman on the Verge
1987
Ha Kook-jin, a physician, meets Noh Ae-ri and his group who came to broadcast at the ski resort where he went with his wife's life. With this opportun...
A Woman on the Verge
1987
Director
Ha Kook-jin, a physician, meets Noh Ae-ri and his group who came to broadcast at the ski resort where he went with his wife's life. With this opportun...
A Street Musician
1987
Director
Jae-hee, who left as a college student, and Seo-ha, who got a job at a company in a local small city, are high school alumni. Seo-ha meets and loves Y...
The Light of Recollection
1985
Director
John tries to overcome the civilization tragedy of this era by tracking the future of man, and Hyun-woo is young people who try to overcome it by trac...
Mrs. Kim Ma-ri
1983
When viewed in public, the Kim's seem to have the perfect marriage. In private, however, their married life is filled with turbulence, fighting, cheat...
Mist Whispers Like a Woman
1982
Director, Writer
As Sung Min gets involved with a young, attractive mistress, he becomes estranged from his wife, and begins to dream of murdering her. Finally, he car...
White Smile
1981
Screenplay
A well-meaning teacher starts working at a school where she clashes with a student whose tough guy exterior masks a secret pain.
My Name is
N/A
Director