Heo Chang-kang

Heo Chang-kang

Nacimiento : 1925-05-09, Seoul, South Korea

Muerte : 1975-09-21

Historia

Heo Jang-gang was South Korean actor. He was also the father of actor, Heo Jun-ho and was one of representative actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly took characteristic supporting roles such as villains or comical characters. He died of a heart attack after playing football in 1975.

Perfil

Heo Chang-kang

Películas

A Story of Two Sisters
Jang-Soe is the stepbrother of Jang-Hwa and Hong-Ryeon. Jang-Soe's mother kills two sisters to take all properties from their father. Later Jang-Hwa and Hong-Ryeon become resented spirits. They appear to their father Mr. Bae and the chief of district to tell that their stepmother Mrs. Heo killed them. The honorable chief of district knows the truth and arrests Mrs. Heo and Jang-Soe to punish them. Jang-Hwa revives from death and marries to her beloved Mr. Jeong.
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Huh Dal-su
An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.
A Shaman's Story
Mo-Hwa is a famous shaman. When the Christianity is introduced to this small fishing village, Mo-Hwa's divine power is declining. Mo-Hwa is furious when she happened to know that her own son Wuk has studied theology. She performs an exorcism to throw away evil spirits from her son and tears up the bible. The conflict between mother and son breaks up the family. Mo-Hwa decides to show which spirit is stronger when she is asked to perform an exorcism for a drowned lady. Even though she performs shaman, the body doesn't come up to the surface. Mo-Hwa doesn't stop to perform and gradually she is going down into the water and never comes back.
My Sister's Regrets
Dal-Rae's father gets killed by his concubine Seo-Mo, who later entraps Dal-Rae into death, also. But Do-Wun, Dal-Rae's younger brother, continues to study for the state examination in some temple, not knowing his father and sister's death. Dal-Rae's ghost tries to protect her youngest brother Do-Seon from Seo-Mo's intrigue. When Do-Seon was on the verge of being killed, Do-Wun who won the first place in the state examination saves his brother. While Seo-Mo and her evil group gets killed accused of their horrible atrocities, Do-Wun goes to Han Yang with his brother, asking Cheong-Am, his teacher and a great Buddhist monk, to pray for Dal-Rae's soul.
The Midnight Sun
Jang Jung-Han is a commander of 330 unit who is with his wife and son Kyu-Shik. By chance Kyu-Shik meets a country boy In-Dol who asks him to find out his sister. The 330 unit comes upon Kyu-Shik's kidnap while it is searching for a couple burglar on motor cycle. Kim Min-Su stole money to pay for his son's medical charge 7 years ago. At that time he solicited Jang Jung-Han not to arrest him but he is arrested and jailed. After finishing his imprisonment, he finds that his wife remarried and his son is dying of maltreatment. He kidnaps Kyu-Shik to retaliate, but he gives up because Kyu-Shik is so simple and innocent. The commander solves the motor cycle case and finds that the woman is In-Dol's sister who feels regret her faults.
Tragic Death of Ambition
Heo-Don marries So-Yeon who saved his life, and goes to Han Yang to succeed in the world with the help of his father-in-law. But Heo-Don, a very ambitious man, remarries some magistrate's daughter Kil-Rae, and doesn't want to meet So-Yeon and her servant Pal-Bok, who get killed accused of committing adultery. Jang-Hyeon, So-Yeon's brother, is appointed as a new magistrate in the town after the former one was scared to death by So-Yeon's ghost. Getting to know that his sister's death was by false accusation, Jang-Hyeon investigates the case. Heo-Don, feeling guilty of what he's done, kills his wife and himself in front of Jang-Hyeon.
The Secret Court
With the king's death, Queen Heon-ae becomes the queen mother. Young Heon-ae misses Wang-uk whom she loved before rising to the throne. Wang-uk, however, is indifferent towards her.
The Little Boy Swordsman
Just after the Japanese attack on Joseon in the late 16th century, Bak Seong-dal, a magistrate of the Dong-nae, Busan conspires with a Japanese spy and kills his political rivals Lee Won-guk and Yoo Cheong. Ten years later, Cheong-myeong, 12 year-old son of Lee Won-guk who survived the killing, seeks revenge on Seong-dal. Jeong-a, daughter of Yu Cheong who also survived, trains in martial arts and sets out to find her enemy, too. Cheong-myeong and Jeong-a, who were betrothed when they are children, join together to kill Bak Seong-dal.
Wang-geon, the Great
General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.
Naked Love
shaw production
Miss Chicken
Revenge of a Mother
Bong-sam abandons his sick wife Sun-im and young son Gwi-dong for a rich widow named Yeon-wol. Sun-im dies and Gwi-dong is raised by Yeon-wol, who severely abuses young Gwi-dong. Sun-im's soul, which cannot leave this world, stays to protect her son. She asks Yeon-wol to be a good mother to Gwi-dong but Yeon-wol takes no heed, and her abuse continues. Sun-im kills Yeon-wol and asks a wandering monk to take in her son, then leaves for the other world.
Life
The film based on the true story of Kim Gwang-seon, a mineworker who survived a collapse of Gubong Mine in August 22, 1967. The story focuses on the importance of saving a life, and the survivors' will to live.
Regret
Dr. Go, an authority in botany, lives in Buldang Village. His house is haunted by the ghost of Ok-nyeo, who has loved his friend, Choe Seong-ho. She has been killed unjustly, and the ghost comes to Dr. Go every night, asking for fresh blood from young women. One day, Jeong-ju, the daughter of Choe Seong-ho and a student of botany, comes to the region with boyfriend Chang-il to collect samples. Dr. Go is possessed by Ok-nyeo and tries to kill Jeong-ju, but Chang-il saves her. When Dr. Go comes back to his mind, everything turns out to be his dream.
Spring, Spring
Chun-sam is working as a servant at Bong-pil's home to be his future son in-law. His daughter, Jeom-sun has grown enough to get wed. But her father thinks she is too young. But in reality he doesn't want to set her daughter with Chun-sam to begin with. Jeom-sun finds out, and picks up a fight with her father. When Chun-sam decides to play hard on his master, Jeom-sun takes Chun-sam's side.
An Old Potter
A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
Starting Point
Sang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for another man, and he draws her portrait everyday. Yeong-hun, the older of the two, makes a medical mistake, and his young patient dies. Because of the guilty conscience, he abandons the career as a doctor and devotes himself to writing a novel. However, the brothers have high self-esteem and finally overcome their weaknesses to make a fresh start.
A Man And a Gisaeng
A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his male clients including his former boss, Heo. He earns enough money to clear his gisaeng life and opens his own business with his friend Jeong-hui. Meanwhile his sister tells him that she is getting married. Later he finds out that her future brother in-law is the son of Heo. He doesn't know how to react. But Heo takes the man back to his company.
A Bride on the Second Floor
Heo Young-gam
A young bride moves into her husband's family and tries to modernize their lifestyle. Her plans, though, often get discouraged by her mother-in-law, a conservative lady who stresses traditional values. But the bride's father-in-law who understands the charms of her daughter-in-law's modern lifestyle, helps her to get what she wants. Eventually, they become one happy family living a modern lifestyle.
Prince Daewon
When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Jang Hee-bin's uncle
King Sukjong assigns Jang Ok-nan, a court lady, as a concubine overnight. Jang plots to drive the current Queen into exile.
The Shadow
A group of bandits has been raiding a Korean village in Manchuria, and a mysterious man on horseback called "Yeong" ("shadow") emerges to defend them.
Potato
Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocrat and lives a hard life to survive.
When the Buckwheat Blooms
Heo, an itinerary market dealer, had a short and passionate love with a girl called Bun when he was young and still cherishes that memory in his heart. One day, he happens to meet a young market dealer who is left-handed like him. While talking to him, he finds out that the man is actually his son.
Children in the Firing Range
The Public Cemetery Under the Moon
The kisaeng Wol-ha marries Kim Han-su, but soon dies because of a false accusation made up by her husbands mother and her servant. Now the ghost of Wol-ha wants revenge!
Chun-Hui
Swindler Mr. Heo
Six Daughters
An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as the seven children live throughout the country. During the nation-wide travel, they witness the modernization of Korea and feel satisfied with the children contributing to the national modernization directly or indirectly.
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
A grandfather, his son, and grandson are all henpecked husbands. A comedy picturing these three henpecked men's lives at one family.
Confession of an Actress
President Heo
Confession of an Actress is about an actor who was once a famous star. He had a daughter with an actress who he loved when he was young. His daughter became a grownup and he sacrificed himself secretly to make his daughter a star.
Forlorn Hope
A man's brother is killed by rogue troops following the end of World War II. He joins up with the roving band, intent on slaying them in vengeance from within their ranks
A Water Mill
Kang
There is a poor farmer couple. The landowner, an old man, covetous of the tenant's wife, tries to seduce her and sometimes threatens her. The wife spends every night with the old man at the water mill. Her husband, hearing the news, runs to the water mill and witnesses them together. He picks up the sickle that was placed near and kills his wife. The landowner escapes and the farmer gets arrested by a Japanese policeman.
A Hero without a Serial Number
In around the 1950s. A man in charge of a guerilla unit is hiding in the Masingryeong Mountains. On the other hand, his brother, a high government official in the North Korean Ministry of Defense has his father killed blaming him a reactionary. He suffers greatly from the guilt of killing his father and finally decides to give himself up to his brother's guerilla unit. Tragically, however, he is shot to death on his way to the unit to surrender. At his last breath, in his brothers arms, he gives his brother the logistics secrets of the North Korean army.
Yeraishyang
A student protester is injured when police break up a demonstration. He is aided by a prostitute and falls in love with her despite their age difference. His employer know the situation but his daughter loves the student. He comes up with a plan to reveal the prostitute's past and publically humiliate her.
Yeraehyang
Sangmu Huh
A self-supporting student injured during the 4.19 Student Uprising gets help from a mistress at a night club. They fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, he becomes a private tutor for a rich family and his student falls madly in love with him. To get him to marry their daughter, the rich family throws a party and invites the mistress. They divulge her background in front of all the guests. Humiliated, the mistress runs away from the house and dies in a car accident.
Horse-year Bride
Mr. Byun
It is the year of the white horse that arrives every sixty years. Three women avoid sleeping with their husbands so they won't conceive girls on the year of the horse. However, young and healthy husbands fall into great dilemma.
Three Gangsters of Songhwa River
During the 1920's, because the colonization of Korea by Japan, there was an exodus of the Korean population to Manchuria. Three freedom fighters disguise themselves as migrants in order to contact the Independence Army at the Songhwa River and organize the citizens to stop the Japanese advance.
7 Women P.O.W's
A North Korean officer sends the POW's, nurse officers under guard. On the way, they meet the Communist Chinese army. When they try to rape the captives, the North Korean officer kills all of them. After that he surrenders voluntarily to South Korea with his men and the nurse officers.
Tiger of the Plains
A man called 'Tiger' slips into a Japanese camp to rescue the POW's. While escaping, the group discovers a bridge that is a weak link in the Japanese supply routes. Heedless of their own safety, they set about devising a plot to destroy it.
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.
East of Mongolia
A Korean man kills a Japanese military police officer and hides in Mongolia, where he joins the broader fight for independence.
The Classroom of Youth
While the students, full of vigor at twenties, always make a stand against their parents who regard the date as a sin, they enjoy their springtime of life to the full showing affection in their own way. In the meantime, their parents get to understand them and their children meet their own partner in blessing.
The Story of Sim Cheong
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
Queen Dowager Inmok
Prince Gwanghae
After Seonjo passes away, Prince Gwanghae ascends to the throne. But he indulges himself in dissolute orgies, neglecting his duties as the king. Queen Dowager Inmok begs him to behave like a king. But Prince Gwanghae torments her, arguing that she's playing a regent. Queen Dowager cannot help but enduring the king's outrageousness.
Farewell to the Duman River
Min Tae-young (Yeon-hwa's uncle)
Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River.
The Country Left Behind
Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom.
Tyrant Yeonsan
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.
Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
Prince Yeonsan
A historical drama about Yeonsangun of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.
Under the Sky in Seoul
Park Ju-sa
An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small village in Seoul. He often causes domestic trouble by being nasty to his wife and his children. Kim Hyeon-ok, a daughter of a young widow who runs Nahana Beauty Shop, is in love with Choi Du-yeol, an obstetrician across the street. Kim Hak-gyu has great distaste for western medicine, and at the same time, is jealous of the obstetrician. He always gets in the way of Choi Du-yeol. Kim's son, Hyeon-gu, dates Jeom-ryae, a daughter of a bar owner.
Evergreen Tree
Geon-bae
Yeong-shin (played by the Choi Eun-hee–Shin Sang-ok’s wife) and Dong-hyeok (Shin Yeong-gyun) graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of their birth. When they arrive, the pair immediately gets to work, Dong-hyeok builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the inititive and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.
My Mother and Her Guest
Fortune teller
Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love, but is her support enough to guard their love?
A Dream of Fortune
Charlie Hong
Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's paying off a monthly mortgage for his welfare housing facility sold by the government. One day, Mr. Son and his wife make the acquaintance of a U.S. immigrant Charlie Hong (Heo Chang-kang) who is engaged in the smuggling business.
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Chun-sam
Iljimae's parents were killed due to a conspiracy when he was young. Many years later he became a chivalrous robber, robbing corrupt officials and helping the poor. He eventually manages in taking revenge for his parents' deaths. But the police start to chase him, and he hides himself at a gisaeng's house. The gisaeng was his ex-fiancee. She also lost her parents to a conspiracy. She begs Iljimae to stay with her, but he leaves to do what he has to.
Seong Chun-hyang
Bang-ja
Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul with his father who's an aristocrat, and the new governor, Byeon Hakdo, covets Chun-hyang because she is the most beautiful girl in town. When Chun-hyang rejects his order to serve him at night, Governor Byeon sends her to jail. In the mean time, Lee passes the state exam and becomes a special undercover agent of the king. He comes back to where Chun-hyang lives to save her and punishes Governor Byeon
A Returned Man
Suelo
Lee Kun-young
Heo Seung, quien afirma que "nació del suelo, vivirá en el suelo y morirá en el suelo", se convierte en abogado en Seúl. Sin embargo, cuando los aldeanos de su ciudad natal son encarcelados por protestar contra la opresión japonesa, decide regresar a su aldea y redescubre la verdadera forma de ayudar a su país.
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
A 10-year old girl in a mining town, separated from her family, keeps a diary which becomes a best-seller.
King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun
Lim Kwon-jo
At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men of ability at Samheung school, is deeply impressed by a speech made by An Chang-ho, and heads for Russia to volunteer the army fighting for independence of the country. As both a lieutenant general of the Korean militia and a commander of the Korean expeditionary force in Manchuria, he carries on the independence movement in defiance of Japanese coercion.
The Bell Tower
Seok-seung
A woman is sold to a forced labor camp as a 'comfort woman' to entertain the guards, a sex slave of the Japanese army. She falls in love with a prisoner there and they make plans to escape.
Palace of Ambition
A nobleman bribes a maidservant to gain access to the palace and poison the crown prince. Another noble, loyal to the royal family, learns the of the plot and must learn the identity of the would-be assassin before he can succeed in throwing the country into chaos.
Beat back
It is a dramatization about Major Kim Man-il's service during the Korean War. The Korean forces dispatch two military units to defend the Baeti Heights led by Kim. Although it is hard to do so, Kim and his senior, Kim Mu-cheol (Choe Bong), and other soldiers do their best. Kim even risks his life to save his juniors, but many die as the enemy forces approach. Meanwhile, Lee Kang-no (Yun Il-bong), a communications officer, reads a letter from his wife - missing her and his daughter. Encouraged by it, Lee risks his life to make successful communication between his military unit and the headquarters. His unit wins. Commander Kim Man-su gathers a small number of his subordinates because many had died, and encourages them to do their best toward the enemy off.
Piagol
Man-su
A group of communist guerillas encounter jealousy and rivalry among themselves because of the presence of the female compatriot while one of their members plots to desert their band.