Personal Info
Birthday
May 8, 1937
Place of Birth
Daegu, Korea
Known For
Acting
Shin Seong-il
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.
Acting Filmography (139)
7.2
A Year-End Medley
Movie2021
4.6
Door to the Night
Movie2013
6.0
Typhoon
Movie2005
7.4
Festival
Movie1996
No Backdrop
6.0
My Old Sweetheart
Movie1995
No Backdrop
10.0
Vanished
Movie1994
0.0
The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms
Movie1993
4.0
Hong Do
Movie1992
6.6
General's Son 3
Movie1992
7.0
Beyond the Mountain
Movie1991
No Backdrop
8.0
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Movie1991
No Backdrop
6.5
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Movie1990
5.0
A Sketch of a Rainy Day
Movie1990
6.0
Korean Connection
Movie1990
7.0
Sand Castle
Movie1989
No Backdrop
10.0
America, America
Movie1988
No Backdrop
9.0
Gam-dong
Movie1988
9.0
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
Movie1988
No Backdrop
0.0
대물
Movie1988
No Backdrop
0.0
Holy Night
Movie1988
No Backdrop
10.0
A Woman on the Verge
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Ring of Hell
Movie1987
0.0
Lethe's Love Song
Movie1987
5.0
Moonlight Hunter
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Dancing daughter
Movie1986
6.9
Gilsodom
Movie1986
9.0
Woman Requiem
Movie1985
7.5
The Oldest Son
Movie1984
7.0
A White Feathered Gull
Movie1983
No Backdrop
10.0
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
Movie1982
No Backdrop
9.0
Free Woman
Movie1982
No Backdrop
0.0
Temptation
Movie1982
8.0
Come Down to a Lower Place
Movie1982
8.0
The Whereabouts of Eve
Movie1982
0.0
Ban Geum-ryeon
Movie1981
0.0
A Man Who Died Daily
Movie1981
9.0
The Man of the Past
Movie1980
6.7
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
Movie1979
5.0
Under an Umbrella
Movie1979
No Backdrop
9.0
An Affair with Peanuts
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.0
Love's Condition
Movie1979
0.0
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
Movie1978
8.0
Miss Yang's Adventure
Movie1978
4.3
Winter Woman
Movie1977
No Backdrop
10.0
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Movie1977
6.5
Night Journey
Movie1977
No Backdrop
0.0
Tomorrow is Ours
Movie1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Blood Relations
Movie1976
0.0
Ascetic
Movie1976
No Backdrop
8.0
Yes, Goodbye for Today
Movie1976
7.0
My Hometown
Movie1976
10.0
You Become a Star, Too
Movie1975
0.0
Bird of Paradise
Movie1975
0.0
이조 상노비사
Movie1975
6.2
Wildflowers on the Battleground
Movie1974
No Backdrop
0.0
Farewell 2
Movie1974
No Backdrop
7.0
A Seagull's Dream
Movie1974
7.1
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
Movie1974
No Backdrop
0.0
Farewell
Movie1973
No Backdrop
8.0
The Big Chase
Movie1973
0.0
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Movie1973
No Backdrop
0.0
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Movie1973
No Backdrop
0.0
The Three-Day Reign
Movie1973
7.5
Gate of Woman
Movie1972
8.0
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Movie1972
10.0
A Second Mother
Movie1972
No Backdrop
7.0
The Midnight Sun
Movie1971
No Backdrop
9.0
Two Sons
Movie1971
0.0
The Story of Chunhyang
Movie1971
No Backdrop
0.0
내일의 팔도강산 3편
Movie1971
0.0
잊을 수가 있을까
Movie1970
No Backdrop
7.5
Mi-ae
Movie1970
7.0
Rebirth
Movie1969
No Backdrop
8.0
The Eunuch 2
Movie1969
No Backdrop
0.0
A Barren Woman
Movie1969
7.5
Temporary Government in Shanghai
Movie1969
No Backdrop
0.0
Until That Day
Movie1969
No Backdrop
7.0
Confess of Woman
Movie1969
7.5
조용히 살고 싶어
Movie1969
No Backdrop
0.0
Empty Heart
Movie1969
7.7
Starting Point
Movie1969
No Backdrop
8.0
Woman
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
Correspondent in Tokyo
Movie1968
7.3
The Eunuch
Movie1968
6.3
A Day Off
Movie1968
10.0
The Wings of Lee Sang
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
Vega
Movie1968
No Backdrop
7.0
Living in the Sky
Movie1968
No Backdrop
8.0
Rising in the World
Movie1968
5.7
The General's Mustache
Movie1968
7.0
A Young Zelkova
Movie1968
No Backdrop
10.0
Desire
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
Chorus of Trees
Movie1968
9.5
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
United Front
Movie1967
0.0
Sound of Magpies
Movie1967
6.7
Mist
Movie1967
0.0
Stroller
Movie1967
7.0
The Starting Point
Movie1967
No Backdrop
0.0
The White Crow
Movie1967
No Backdrop
10.0
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Movie1967
No Backdrop
0.0
A Full Danger
Movie1967
9.0
Special Agent X-7
Movie1966
No Backdrop
8.0
Full Autumn
Movie1966
No Backdrop
8.0
Gunsmoke
Movie1966
5.2
I Am a King
Movie1966
No Backdrop
0.0
A Coral Door
Movie1966
No Backdrop
0.0
Dangerous Youth
Movie1966
8.0
A Student Boarder
Movie1966
6.3
Green Rain
Movie1966
No Backdrop
10.0
A Hero without a Serial Number
Movie1966
9.0
Yeraishang
Movie1966
No Backdrop
7.5
Horse-year Bride
Movie1966
No Backdrop
8.0
The Woman Coming in Fall
Movie1965
No Backdrop
0.0
Wind, Please Tell Me
Movie1965
No Backdrop
9.0
An Empty Dream
Movie1965
No Backdrop
0.0
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
Movie1965
No Backdrop
10.0
The Heir
Movie1965
No Backdrop
0.0
The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
Movie1965
No Backdrop
0.0
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
Movie1964
No Backdrop
9.0
The Lost Sun
Movie1964
No Backdrop
10.0
My Mind Is Like a Lake
Movie1964
No Backdrop
7.0
The Continental Spy
Movie1964
No Backdrop
9.0
The Beautiful Maid
Movie1964
No Backdrop
8.0
The Result of the Ambition
Movie1964
6.7
The Barefooted Young
Movie1964
0.0
Betrayal
Movie1964
No Backdrop
6.2
Kinship
Movie1963
No Backdrop
7.0
The Classroom of Youth
Movie1963
0.0
For My Husband
Movie1963
6.0
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
Movie1963
No Backdrop
7.0
Private Tutor
Movie1963
No Backdrop
6.0
Tyrant Yeonsan
Movie1962
8.6
Prince Yeonsan
Movie1961
7.0
Under the Sky in Seoul
Movie1961
7.4
The Evergreen
Movie1961
7.9
Madam White Snake
Movie1960
6.5
To the Last Day
Movie1960
No Backdrop
5.8
Romance Papa
Movie1960