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Kim Dong-won
Kim Dong-won
Born	Kim Dong-hyeok; November 14, 1916; Kaesong, Gyeonggi; Province, Chōsen
Died	May 13, 2006 (aged 89); Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	Nihon University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933–1994
Korean name
Hangul	김동원
Revised Romanization	Kim Dongwon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Tongwŏn

Kim Dong-won (Korean: 김동원; born Kim Dong-hyeo; November 14, 1916 – May 13, 2006) was a South Korean actor. Nicknamed "Korea's Laurence Olivier", he made over 500 theater and film appearances in a career spanning 62 years.^[1]

Life and career

Early life (1916–1929)

Kim Dong-won was born Kim Dong-hyeo on November 14, 1916, in Kaesong in the province of Gyeonggi, Chōsen (now part of North Korea).

In 1923, Kim began attending Kaesong's Jeil Public Primary School.^[1] Three years later, he was transferred to Seoul's Gongok Elementary School.^[1] In 1929, Kim graduated from Gongok Normal School and entered Baejae High School.^[1]

Early roles, education, and beyond (1933–1947)

According to Cultural Portal, Kim began his acting career in 1933.^[1] The following year, he left Baejae High School and moved to Japan to matriculate at Nihon University's art department. After becoming a founding member of the Tokyo Student Art Association, he starred in the films Cow, Nalu, and Chunhyangjeon.^[1]

In 1937, Kim joined the Shoji Film Company and graduated from Nihon University. After graduated university, he returned to Korea and enrolled in a Korean theater company.^[1] In 1945, Kim co-founded the theatrical troupe Jeonseon and began using the stage name, Kim Dong-won, two years later.^[1]

Rising star (1948–1959)

In 1948, Kim starred in the film The Sun of Night.^[2] Two years later, his breakthrough role came in Ch'i-jin Yu's Thunderstorm, which was viewed by an audience of 75,000 people.^[1] After his starring role, he was kidnapped by the North Korean Army. While being held captive in Suncheon by the Korean People's Army, he escaped along with Je-haeng Park, Kim Seung-ho, and Choi Eun-hee due to a bombing by the United States.^[1]

Career expansion (1960–1970)

Acting reduction (1971–1975)

Final roles and last years (1976–2006)

Personal life

Filmography

Year	Title	Roles	Ref(s)
1935	Cow		^[1]
1935	Nalu		^[1]
1936	Chunhyangjeon		^[1]
1948	The Sun of Night		^[2]
1954	Korea
1956	Madame Freedom
	Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang
	Enemy of Woman
1957	The Star of Lost Paradise
	Twilight Train
	The Wanderer
	A Woman's War
	Arirang
	The Confess
1958	The Endless Tragedy
	The Sad Rose
	The River of Temptation
	The Star of Lost Paradise (a sequel)
	Over the Mountain and River
	The Life of Flower
	The Fallen Blossoms
	The Secret
	Affection
	Where to Go
	The Flower
	The Star in My Heart
	A Country Girl
1959	King Gojong and martyr An Jung-Geun
	A sorrow of Twilight
	Independence Association and Young Lee Shung-Man
	The Return Way
	An Angel in White and a Humpback
	An Alone Crying Star
	A Wife
	Before a love is gone
	The Romantic Train
	An Inn
	A Grief
	Camellia
	Dongsimcho
	Aesang
	A Rebloomed Flower
	Waking or Sleeping
	A Blood Bamboo
	Sorrow is for women only
	Terms of marriage
	A Negro whom I got
	A youth theater
	Affection
	Three o'clock P.M. in a rainy day
	Madam Baek-Ryeon
	A Freshman in a Life College
	J's love
	1919 Independence Movement
	A cross of love
	Stars over the window
	Prince Maitreya
	Dreaming Again
	If you overcome the crisis
	A vanished dream
	A Sunny Place in the Twilight
1960	An Attachment
	Sorrow Like River
	A Drifting Story
	A Pair
	Gate to the Forbidden
	Soil
	A Pearl Tower
	A Beloved Face
	Gief of a Rebel
	A Stormy Hill
	A Birth of a Star
	Song in My Heart
	A Love's Trap
	A Sad Saturday
	Your Voice
	Bawigogae
	Stars' Gaden
	Twilight
	A Young Blueprint
	A Birth Control
1961	Prince Yeonsan
	No Sorrow
	A Torrent
	Emille Jong
	A Song of Passion
	Lady Jang
	Love against All Odds
	A Disobedient Son
	I Don't Regret
	Body is Sad
	The Love Story of Chun-hyang
	A Gang of Robbers
	Lim Kkeok-jeong
	A Tragedy of Korea
1962	Coming Home
	Fighting Lions
	The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
	Even Though I Die
	A Sad Cry
	A Woman Judge
	When Acacias Bloom
	Farewell to My Adolescence
	Stars on the Earth
	Heartlessness
	Tyrant Yeonsan
	Want to Go Somewhere
	Where Love and Death Meet
	How to Marry a Millionaire
	Tell Me, Earth!
	Queen Dowager Inmok
	In So Long
	Bulgasari
	Prince Hodong
	Mojacho
	A Log Bridge
	Farewell Duman River
	Walking in Tears
	Swordsman and Love
	Kwangpung
	The Country Left Behind
	Beautiful Shroud
	Great Hero, Lee Sun-sin
	Polaris
	When Black Flowers Fade
	Yang Kuei-Fei
	Until I Die
1963	Cheongwannyeo
	00:15 Train from Daejeon
	The Torchlight
	The Wandering Troupe
	Hundred years' enmity
	Reunion
	Ssangeommu
	The Wife and The Woman
	Dreams of Youth will be Splendid
	The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
	Genghis Khan
	The Couple Testimony
	Love and Good-bye
	Gaya's House
	The Panmunjeom Truce Village
	The Overbridge of Hyeonhae Strait
	The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
	You are the Criminal
	The Masked Prince
	China Town
	A Sad Story of Danjong
	The Pitiful Train to the South
	Love Like Stars
	Samyeongdang
	Foggy Street
	Golden Grass of Yesterday
	Lover of the Earth
	Yulgok and His Mother
	Love for 300 Years
	Goryeojang
	Dad, Please Get Married!
	Farewell to the Han River
	A Beggar Prince
1964	Don't Cry, Mom!
	Sakyamuni Buddha
	The Blues with the Black Scar
	My Dear
	General Nami
	Where Can I Stand?
	Sejong the Great
	The Gentleman of Jin-gogae
	The Sad Movie
	Queen Jinseong
	Don't Sing, Water Bird
	The Hell Has No Vacancy
	Princess Snow White
	The Girl Is Nineteen
	The Flower at Ansi Province
	Mom Is the Best
	The Lovebirds Boat
	The Power for Ten Years
	The Beauty and the Robber
	The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
	The Father at Sinchon & the Daughter at Myeongdong
	My Wife Is Confessing
	The Student Couple
	No Time to Love
	Prince Suyang and Mt. Baekdu
	The Skirt Rock
	The Opium War
	The Old Korean Folk Song in Downtown
1965	Yeomchungyo
	Hot Wind
	The Way of the Woman
	A Female Spy, Elisa
	The Legal Wife
	Let Me Rest under the Blue Starlight
	Life Like a Flame
	Unexpected Love
	The Ran's Elegy
	The Last Passion
	The Fake College Girl
	Lee Su-il and Shim Sun-ae
	What Misunderstanding Left Behind
	Jang Bogo
	Courage is Alive
	Lost Years
	Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
	The Sworn Brothers
	Pay for My Youth
	Behold This Woman
	The Yeongdo Bridge in Tears
	Thousand Miles between the South and the North
	Lee Seong-gye King Taejo
	The Elegy of the Mother and Daughter
	The Third Doom
	Come Back, Oh My Daughter Geumdan
	The Heroes in the Continent
	The Burning Continent
	Woman is Better
	The Order to Kill
	The Night Street of the Vagabond
	The Milestone
	The Sun Rises Again
	The Nobleman at Jeong-dong
	The Mountain Top Called Mother and Daughter
	The Heir
	The Story of Bae Local Offcial
	The Young Girls
	The Only Daughter
	A Life Wailing in Sorrow

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Awards

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "김동원" [Kim Dong-won]. Cultural Portal. Korea Culture Information Service Agency. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Kim Dong-won - Filmograpies". Korean Movie Database. Korean Film Archive. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

External links

Dong-won Kim at IMDb
Kim Dong-won at the Korean Movie Database

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "김동원" [Kim Dong-won]. Cultural Portal. Korea Culture Information Service Agency. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

[:1-2] "Kim Dong-won - Filmograpies". Korean Movie Database. Korean Film Archive. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

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