Cinematography: Son Hyun-chae

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Son Hyun-chae. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Stray Dogs

1983 · Movie · 103 min. · South Korea

Direction Park Cheol-su

Cast Ae-ri Jung · Han-Yong Jeong · No Ju-hyeon · Lee Dae-kun

Plot A painter and a novelist share an abandoned apartment building. The painter takes in 99 stray dogs as the subjects of his next work but, as he does not have...

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Hongui janggun

1973 · Movie · 88 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Hwang Hae · Go Eun-ah · Do Geum-bong · Lee Kang-jo

Plot General Kwak, despite having retired from military service, organizes a small army to resist the onslaught of an invasion from Japan in the early Chosun Dynasty.

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A White Feathered Gull

1983 · Movie · 123 min. · South Korea

Direction Jeong Jin-woo

Cast Jae-yeong Ha · Na Young-hee · Hak Jang · Shin Sung-il

Plot Du-jin the sailor meets Eun-ju, the fish market girl who sells more than fish, at a bar. She escapes from Heuksan Island when he stows her away. The two get...

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Silent Assassins

1988 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lee Doo-yong · Scott Thomas

Cast Sam J. Jones · Linda Blair · Jun Chong · Phillip Rhee

Plot The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang...

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Frozen Spring

1970 · Movie · min. · South Korea

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Ever-Smiling Mr. Park

1972 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Yun Jeong-hie · Shin Sung-il · Park No-sik · Kim Hee-ra

Plot Mr Park is having difficulties with his three children. He locks his eldest daughter, a deaf mute, in her room to prevent her from meeting her ex-convict boyfriend. His son...

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Remarriage

1968 · Movie · min. · South Korea

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Return of the Scorpion

1980 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Hyo-cheon

Cast Kim Hee-ra · Han So-ryong · Park Geun-hyeong

Plot Kanemodo is severly injured by the man whom he considered his father because he refused to join the communist party. His girlfriend, Genichi, goes to Seoul intending to reveal information...

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Police Story

1979 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Jang Dong-hwi · Han So-ryong · Yu Ji-in · Moon Jeong-suk

Plot Choi, Mun-oh decides to become a police officer over the objections of his girlfriend. He hopes to serve his country and is determined to fight the prejudices and stereotypes the...

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Bimilgaek 2

1977 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Ri Ye · Ahn Tae-seob · Hyeon Kil-su · Hwa Lee

Plot A minister carrying an important document to the Chinese emporer is attacked by Russian and Japanese agents and the document is lost. The nations of Korea and China send secret...

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Gosokdoro

1987 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Choi Jae-sung · Jo Yong-won · Kim Jeong-a

Plot Because her shameful past is about to be revealed at her wedding ceremony, Mi-ok flees the church and leaves the groom, Jin-yeong at the altar. She takes up living by...

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The 49th Day After Death

1975 · Movie · 130 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Yeong-u

Cast Shin Sung-il · Kim Ji-mee · Choi Bool-am

Plot Cheol-san and his ten friends oppose first Japanese colonialism and then, following WWII, they resist the communist take-over. However the US forces mistake their allegiance and they meet tragic ends...

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Woman

1968 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Ki-young · Yu Hyun-mok · Jeong Jin-woo

Cast Shin Sung-il · Kim Ji-mee · Choi Eun-hee · Moon Hee

Plot The film is a melodrama about a man who falls in love with a woman while traveling to Seoraksan. The man becomes infatuated with the woman's hair. The woman, who...

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Night of No Return

1970 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea

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The Fool

1985 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Jeon Yeong-rok · Min Bok-gi · Deok Oh · Kim Mi-hyeon

Plot Dolai is the son of a policman and manages an all-women, tragically 80's, pop group called 'Thriller'. When the band members are threatened by a communist plot to break up...

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My Name Is Maya

1981 · Movie · 85 min. · South Korea

Direction Kim Eung-cheon

Cast Kang Ju-hie · Lee Seung-hyeon · Kwak Eun-kyeong · Choi Yun-Seok

Plot A senior in highschool becomes determined to enter a certain university because of her infatuation with a self-centered baseball player who attends there.

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Are Your Husbands the Same?

1971 · Movie · 87 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Moon Hee · Shin Sung-il · Choi Mu-ryong · Cheong-ja Kim

Plot Min-su and In-suk's seemingly happy home is shattered when Min-su's aldultery comes to light. Yeong-hie, Min-su's jealous mistress, arranges for In-suk to be kidnapped and informs Min-su that he must...

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Two Heroes

1980 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong · Sa-Won Oh

Cast Yun Chung-Ryang · Hwang Jeong-hie · Hyeon Kil-su · Hwang Jang-lee

Plot Kang Sung-won recommends his friend Ri-hwan as a bodyguard to the governor, but while Ri-hwan demonstrates his martial arts skills, the governor is accidently killed. Sung-won is charged with conspiracy...

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Arrest Warrent

1973 · Movie · 85 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Park No-sik · Shin Sung-il · Kim Hee-ra

Plot An antique porcelain piece being donated to an international art exhibit is stolen. Police have no suspects until a clue is dropped by the mysterious Madame Rose.

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The Early Years

1977 · Movie · 95 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Doo-yong

Cast Kim Hee-ra · Jang Hye-kyeong · Yun Il-bong · Na Shi-chan

Plot So-dol, serving a prison sentence after being accused of murdering his friend, gets a 7 day leave from the prison when his mother dies. As soon as he and the...

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