Chung Ji-young

Chung Ji-young

1946-11-19 30 Credits

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.

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The Boys

The Boys

2023

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Black Money

2019

Director

7.1
Directing

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

After Diving Bell

2018

as Self

Acting

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

State-authorized Textbook

2017

Executive Producer

Producing

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

Dancing with Jikji

2017

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Project Cheonan Ship

2013

Producer

7.0
Producing

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

A Journey with Korean Masters

2013

Director

Directing

"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

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

as Himself

5.2
Acting

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

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

Producer, Writer

5.2
Producing Writing

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

National Security

2012

Director, Writer

7.4
Directing Writing

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

Unbowed

2011

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.8
Writing Producing Directing

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

Naked Being

1998

Director

Directing

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

Blackjack

1997

Director

4.5
Directing

Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.

7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover

7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover

1996

Director

2.0
Directing
The Cinema on the Road

The Cinema on the Road

1995

as Himself

5.0
Acting

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

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid

1994

Director

7.5
Directing

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

White Badge

1992

Director, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

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

Beyond the Mountain

1991

Director, Adaptation

Directing

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?

Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?

1991

Acting

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

North Korean Partisan in South Korea

1990

Producer, Director

7.2
Producing Directing

Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.

Mountain Snake

Mountain Snake

1988

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

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

A Forest Where a Woman Breathes

1988

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

A Woman on the Verge

1987

Acting

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

A Woman on the Verge

1987

Director

Directing

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

A Street Musician

1987

Director

Directing

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

The Light of Recollection

1985

Director

Directing

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

Mrs. Kim Ma-ri

1983

Acting

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

Mist Whispers Like a Woman

1982

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

White Smile

1981

Screenplay

Writing

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

My Name is

N/A

Director

Directing