Heo Jang-gang (May 9, 1925 – September 21, 1975) was a South Korean actor, one of the representative actors in the 1960s and 1970s.[4] He mainly took supporting roles such as villains or comical characters.[5] He died of a heart attack after playing football in 1975.[6]
Heo Jang-kang | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 9, 1925[1] |
| Died | 21 September 1975 (aged 50)[3] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–1975 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 허장강 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Heo Jang-gang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ho Chang-kang |
His sons Heo Gi-ho and Heo Joon-ho also became actors.
Filmography
edit*Note; the whole list is referenced.[7]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Escape | |
| Kim Du-Han III | ||
| Story Of The Youth | ||
| Why Did I Do That? | ||
| Cattle | ||
| Red Shoes | ||
| Graduating School Girls | ||
| Pebbles | ||
| A Viper | ||
| A Man Causing a Typhoon | ||
| A Spy Remaining Behind | ||
| I Love Mama | Kang Moon-gil | |
| The Executioner | ||
| 1974 | The North Korean Communists Party in Japan | |
| Trouble of Morbid Suspicion About Wife's Chastity | ||
| A Life | ||
| A Girl Whose Name Is Unknown | ||
| A Flowery Bier | ||
| Where There Is Love? | ||
| The Witness in the Dark | ||
| Under the Sky of Sakhalin | ||
| It Is You | ||
| College Girl Maidservant | ||
| Snowy Night | ||
| I'm Gonna Marry | ||
| First Love at Myeong Dong | ||
| An Exorcist | ||
| The Land | ||
| A Childhood | ||
| Order of Assassination | ||
| Three Bothers | ||
| Arirang | ||
| Mr. Bull | ||
| An Inmate | ||
| The Wildflowers in the Battlefield | ||
| 1973 | A Match | |
| 25 O'clock of Youth | ||
| False Charge | ||
| A Toast | ||
| The Principal Visits Seoul | ||
| An Age of Maiden | ||
| The Young Ones | ||
| The Great Glory | ||
| College Days | ||
| Julia and Tokukawa Ieyasu | ||
| Mammy's Wedding | ||
| Baettaragi | ||
| The 10 Court Ladies | ||
| 1972 | A Wonderful Life | |
| Friendship | ||
| A Lady Born in the Year of Rat | ||
| The Great Hell | ||
| The Way For Man | ||
| A Tiger of In Wang Mountain | ||
| Janghwa Hongryeon Jeon | ||
| The Midnight Sun | ||
| Young Teacher | ||
| Our Land of Korea | ||
| A Shaman's Story | ||
| Oh, Frailty | ||
| A Woman Called 'Daddy' | ||
| One to One | ||
| The Fugitive in The Storm | ||
| Kneel Down and Pray | ||
| A Cattle Seller | ||
| Nationwide Graduates | ||
| Cruel History of Myeong Dong | ||
| Don't Cry, My Daughter | ||
| Ever Smiling, Mr. Park | ||
| Looking for Sons and Daughters | ||
| Zip up | ||
| Men and Women | ||
| 1971 | A Family Tree | |
| Gap-dol and Gap-sun | ||
| Beautiful Korea | ||
| A Love Story | ||
| My Sister's Regrets | ||
| Tragic Death of Ambition | ||
| Bun-rye's Story | ||
| A Wayfarer | ||
| Break Up The Chain | Heo Dal-geon | |
| Twelve Guys in Myeongdong | ||
| No Offense | ||
| Quit Your life | ||
| The Royal Emissary With No ID | ||
| Three Black Leopards | ||
| Madame Impetuous | ||
| Tomorrow's Scenery of Korea | ||
| Let's Borrow Love | ||
| Brother and Sister in the Rain | ||
| Big Brother, Yong-Chil | ||
| The Man Who Was Crushed To Death By Money | ||
| I Risked My Life | ||
| Bravo, Korea | ||
| A Woman Fighter | ||
| Five Fighters | ||
| 1970 | Little Swordsman | |
| Great King Sejo | ||
| Five Brothers | ||
| Sad Palace Court | ||
| Little Wife | ||
| Man of Desires | ||
| Myeongdong Fella, Nampodong Fella | ||
| Merry Wedding | ||
| Angel, Put Your Clothes On | ||
| Haunted Bedroom | ||
| A Girl Born in the Year of Tiger | ||
| The Naked Sun | ||
| The Little Bridegroom's Return | ||
| The Woman Who Wanted an Apartment | ||
| The Harbor Man Returns | ||
| Sunday Night and Monday Morning | ||
| Odd Bride | ||
| Miss Chicken | ||
| Six Terminators | ||
| Seoul Is Not That Nice | ||
| Escape | ||
| Men of the Reserve Troops | ||
| Back Alley No. 5 | ||
| Revenge of a Mother | ||
| A Man Who Arrived by Night Train | ||
| Little Bridegroom | ||
| Man and Woman from Hong Kong | ||
| Dangerous Liaison | ||
| Wang-geon, the Great | ||
| Return of the Condemned | ||
| Harbin at Sunset | ||
| Heartless on Harbor | ||
| If There Were No Parting Again | ||
| The Invincible of the Far East | ||
| A Wanderer in Shanghai | ||
| One-eyed Jack in Hong Kong | ||
| Goodbye, Tokyo | ||
| Escape in the Mist | ||
| A Wild Girl | ||
| The Confession of a Girl | ||
| The Story of Warriors | ||
| The Sun Never Gets Old | ||
| Thy Name Is Woman | ||
| Five Left-handers | ||
| Born in Nampo-dong | ||
| Secret Woman | ||
| Old Gentleman in Myeongdong | ||
| Quick as Lightning | ||
| Miss Hillbilly | ||
| Why Should Only Women Cry? | ||
| The Wedding Banquet | ||
| 1969 | Forgotten Woman | |
| The 7th Man | ||
| The World of Men | ||
| A Glorious Operation | ||
| Six Shadows | ||
| Girls | ||
| Duel of Midnight | ||
| A Blues of a Man | ||
| A Nicknamed Woman | ||
| Can't Forget | ||
| Singing Fair | ||
| Nagyo Bridge | ||
| The Main Room | ||
| A Returned Singer | ||
| Life | ||
| Eight Gallant Men | ||
| Chaser | ||
| Destiny of My Load | ||
| Singer and Daughter | ||
| Jang Nok-Su | ||
| One Step in the Hell | ||
| Installment Secretary | ||
| Spring, Spring | ||
| Deadly Sword | ||
| Blues at Midnight | ||
| A Man And a Gisaeng | Boss Heo | |
| Twin Dragon Sword | ||
| March of a Wife | ||
| 7 People in the Cellar | Father An | |
| The Old Jar Craftsman | ||
| Immortal Rivers and Mountains | ||
| A Train to Beijing | ||
| Maternal Affection | ||
| Starting Point | ||
| Sahwasan Mountain | ||
| Condemned Criminals | ||
| Evil Person | ||
| Kkotnae | ||
| Snowy Night | ||
| Barber of Jangmaru Village | ||
| The Station Police | ||
| Daughter-in-law of Blue Eyes | ||
| Vice President | ||
| Invisible Man | ||
| Mrs. Wonnim | ||
| A Heartless Swordsman | ||
| Bring Back the Night Once More | ||
| Regret | ||
| Mabeopseon | ||
| You've Made a Mistake | ||
| Left-handed Man in Tokyo | ||
| Going Well | ||
| The Fan of Witchcraft | ||
| Emphasizing | ||
| Rock of Crown Prince | ||
| 1968 | Bun-nyeo | |
| Cruel Port | ||
| Chunhyang | ||
| Blue Light, Red Light | ||
| Returned Left-handed Man | ||
| Lonely Marriage Night | ||
| Great Swordsman | ||
| Bell Daegam | ||
| Students of Karl Marx | ||
| The Life of a Woman | ||
| Fight in Gongsan | ||
| Remorse | ||
| The King of a Rock Cave | ||
| Gentleman in His Only Suit | ||
| Secret Mission of Seven People | ||
| Arirang | ||
| Prince Daewon | ||
| Potato | ||
| White Bear | ||
| A Man of Windstorm | ||
| Childish Son-in-law | ||
| Death Can't Fall Us Apart | ||
| Mistress Manong | ||
| A Solar Eclipse | ||
| A Bride on the Second Floor | Lord Heo | |
| Femme Fatale, Jang Hee-bin | Jo Sa-seok | |
| The Sword of a Shooting Star | ||
| Jade Pin | ||
| Grandfather's Bokdeokbang | ||
| The Eternal Motherhood | ||
| Yeong | ||
| The Land of Korea | ||
| Wrong Target | ||
| A Man Like the Wind | ||
| Little Lady | ||
| The Arms and the Body | ||
| Eunuch | ||
| Day and Night | ||
| Nam | ||
| Hometown | ||
| A Gaze | ||
| Prince Yang-nyeong | ||
| Crossed Love | ||
| Mother Gisaeng | ||
| Mother is Strong | ||
| Revenge | ||
| Crossing the Teary Hill of Bakdaljae | ||
| A Pastoral Song | ||
| The Adventure of Great Ttolttori | ||
| I'm Not a Traitor | ||
| Rang | ||
| Romance Mama | ||
| Realtors | ||
| 1967 | Myeongdong Hussy | |
| A Public Cemetery of Wol-ha | ||
| Female Power | ||
| A Swordsman in the Twilight | ||
| Five Minutes before Curfew | ||
| A Cold Heartedness | ||
| Heat and Cold | ||
| Dongsimcho | ||
| Dolmuji | ||
| Tomorrow, I Will Smile | ||
| Longing in Every Heart | ||
| Nine Defecting Soldiers | ||
| Children in the Firing Range | Kim Sang-hyeon | |
| Six Daughters | ||
| The Three Hen-pecked Generations | ||
| The Queen Moonjeong | ||
| When Bucketwheet Flowers Blossom | ||
| Gang Myeong-hwa | ||
| A Swordsman | Choi Gwal | |
| Chun-Hui | ||
| A Female Student and an Old Gentleman | ||
| Confession of an Actress | Boss Heo | |
| Destiny | ||
| An Angry Calf | ||
| Seoul is Full | ||
| Harimao in Bangkok | ||
| Mubeonji | ||
| Nostalgia | ||
| Full Ship | Sung Sam | |
| Street N. 66 | ||
| The Body's Destination | ||
| Swindler Mr. Heo | ||
| Yearning | ||
| 1966 | A Water Mill | |
| My Days Set in the Twilight | ||
| Operation Tiger | ||
| Wrongfully Accused | ||
| Yeraehyang | Mr. Heo | |
| The Sun Rises Again | ||
| A Story of a Nobleman | ||
| A Salt Peddler | ||
| River of Farewell | ||
| Mountain Gyeryong | ||
| No. 1, Mujeong Street | ||
| Horse-year Bride | ||
| Flower Palanquin | ||
| A Hero without Serial Number | ||
| Salsali, You Didn't Know | ||
| Night Blues | ||
| Dangerous Youth | ||
| I am a Free Man | ||
| Hun's | ||
| Crisis 113 | ||
| Love Detective | ||
| 1965 | Market | |
| The Young Girls | ||
| The Same Starlight on this Land | ||
| A Life Wailing in Sorrow | ||
| The King and the Servant Boy | ||
| Hot Wind | ||
| Only a Woman Should Cry? | ||
| Woman is Better | ||
| A Legend of Urchins | ||
| Lion in the Dark World | ||
| A Rooster Man | ||
| Heilong River | ||
| The Cash is Mine | ||
| The Messengers to Hamheung | ||
| Airborne Troops | ||
| Lee Seong-gye King Taejo | ||
| The Violence Zone | ||
| The Married Daughter | ||
| The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine | Japanese Romantic | |
| Cheonggyecheon Stream | ||
| Every Dog Has His Day | ||
| The Third Doom | ||
| The Castle of Chastity | ||
| Incheon Landing Operations | ||
| Behold this Woman | ||
| Lee Su-il and Shim Sun-ae | ||
| The Story of Bae Local Official | Commander Lee Bang | |
| Three Villains in the River Songhwa | ||
| The Virgin Playing Saxophone | ||
| Good and Evil | ||
| Even Mountains and Streams Cried, Too | ||
| You've Got to Live | Hyeon Gam | |
| Haircutting Motherly Love | ||
| Love is Terrible | ||
| Fading in the Rain | ||
| The Sunflower Blooming at Night | ||
| The Idiot | ||
| The Elegy of the Mother and Daughter | ||
| The Wild Chrysanthemum | ||
| The Wild Tiger | ||
| The Foster Mother & the Natural Mother | ||
| The Widow's Daughter | ||
| The Woman with a Past | ||
| The Seven Female POW's | ||
| The Myth-Making Marine | ||
| Hwang, Man of Wealth at Mapo | ||
| The Sworn Brothers | ||
| The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple | ||
| The Night of Sadness | ||
| The Sun is Rising Again | ||
| There is also a Sunburn in the Mouse Hole | ||
| Staking One's Life | ||
| 1964 | The Bacheolor Pub | |
| Only for You | ||
| The Regular Tardy Student | ||
| The Headwoman of Pal Tong and Pal Ban | ||
| General Nami | ||
| The Skirt Rock | ||
| The Younger Brother-in-law | ||
| The Modern Grandma | ||
| The Governor at Pyeongyang Province | ||
| The Power for Ten Years | ||
| Seaman Park | ||
| The Old Korean Folk song in Downtown | ||
| The Panmunjeom Truce Village | ||
| The Housemaid | ||
| The Night Fog | ||
| Is It Possible? No Way | ||
| The Beauty and the Robber | ||
| Myohyang's Elegy | ||
| The East of Mongolia | ||
| Let's Meet on Thursday | ||
| The Guitar for Mother and Her Daughter | ||
| The Woman of Myeongdong | ||
| The Port Sea Gulls Sing a Song | ||
| The Regular Customers | ||
| My Darling Has Passed Away, but His Song Still Remains | ||
| The Chaste Woman Arang | ||
| The Night When Raining over the Acacia | ||
| The Father at Sinchon & the daughter at Myeongdong | ||
| The Smile in Grief | ||
| Sejong the Great | ||
| The Distorted Youth | ||
| My Dear | ||
| The Meaning to Plant a Phoenix Tree Is | ||
| Princess Snow White | ||
| The Women Divers | ||
| Queen Jinseong | ||
| Let's Walk As Looking Up | ||
| The Lovebirds Boat | ||
| The Beauty Murder Case in Bath | ||
| The Yangtze River | ||
| The Flower at Ansi Province | ||
| 1963 | Like the Stars | |
| Sinmungo | ||
| An Aristocrat's Love Affair | ||
| Daughters of Pharmacist Kim | ||
| Dried Yellow Croaker Fish | ||
| Lover of the Earth | ||
| A Sad Story of Danjong | ||
| Even Dandelions Bloom in Spring | ||
| Love Making Company | ||
| A Stubborn Guy | ||
| Shanghai Riru | ||
| What a Happy My Sister! | ||
| China Town | ||
| The Housemaid's Confession | ||
| The Classroom of Youth | ||
| The Gentlemen Like Something New | ||
| The Virgin in the Pub | ||
| Samyeongdang | ||
| The Masked Prince | ||
| Rice | Geon Bae | |
| Miss Kim's Double Life | ||
| The Loneliest Man in Seoul | ||
| 1962 | Queen Dowager Inmok | |
| A Woman Who Came at Night | ||
| A Man from Tokyo | ||
| Farewell Tumen River | ||
| How to Marry a Millionaire | ||
| Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul | ||
| The Sun Does Not Shine on Me | ||
| King Dongmyeong | ||
| Even Though I Die | ||
| Leaving the Fatherland | ||
| Only for You | ||
| Mr. Gong | ||
| Times of Love and Hatred | ||
| The Best Bride and a Plain Young Man | ||
| The Seven Princesses | ||
| Qin Shu Huangdi and the Great Wall of China | ||
| Somewhere in This World | ||
| A Sad Cry | Dan Jang | |
| Swordsman and Love | ||
| The Story of Sim Cheong | ||
| War and Love | ||
| Memory of Red Roses | ||
| Tyrant Yeonsan | Prince Jae-an | |
| Yang Kuei-Fei, a Destructive Beauty | ||
| A Log Bridge | Jang Du-chil | |
| Fighting Lions | ||
| Freely Given | ||
| 1961 | Baekbaek Religious Fact | |
| Mother and a Guest | ||
| My Only Love | ||
| A Dream of Fortune | Charlie Hong | |
| A Gang of Robbers | ||
| An Idiot | ||
| Prince Yeonsan | Prince Jae-an | |
| Seong Chun-hyang | Bang Ja | |
| Evergreen Tree | ||
| A Bonanza | Park Dal-soo | |
| Lim Kkeok-jeong | ||
| Iljimae, the Chivalrous Robber | ||
| Under the Sky of Seoul | Park Joo-sa | |
| Miryang Arirang | Heo Dal-seok | |
| A Torrent | ||
| 1960 | A Sinless Youth | |
| A Birth Control | ||
| Over the Hill | ||
| A Deserted Angel | ||
| A Revival | ||
| Soil | Lee Geon-yeong | |
| Ryeoin | ||
| A Youth Garden | ||
| A Love History | Mr. Kim | |
| A Drifting Story | Choi Young-cheol | |
| The Returned Man | ||
| A Pearl Tower | Jang Hyeon-do | |
| A Song of a Rose | ||
| Female Power | ||
| 1959 | Looking for a Sunny Place | |
| Triplets | ||
| Freshman at a College of Life | ||
| Even the Clouds Are Drifting | ||
| Dr. Flyboy | ||
| Heungbu and Nolbu | ||
| A Blood Bamboo | ||
| Only Wives Should Cry? | ||
| A Wife | ||
| Before A Love Is Gone | ||
| Burden of Love | ||
| Spring Comes and Goes | ||
| A Real-estate Agent for Life | ||
| She Should Live | ||
| A Prisoner of Cell No. 72 | ||
| Way of the Body | ||
| Life Blessing Room | ||
| 1958 | The Bell Tower | Seok Seung |
| Returned Lover | ||
| The Tears of Mokpo | ||
| An Empty Dream | ||
| A Beautiful, Wicked Woman | ||
| The Snow Falling Night | ||
| The Lullaby | ||
| Flowing Star | ||
| The Endless Tragedy | ||
| 1957 | The Palace of Ambition | Soe Mang-chi |
| The No-Deul Riverside | ||
| Love | ||
| Farewell Sorrow! | ||
| 1956 | Fight Back | |
| Beat Back | ||
| 1955 | Piagol | Man-soo |
| 1954 | Arirang |
Awards and nominations
edit- 1966 the 4th Blue Dragon Film Awards : Best Supporting Actor for A Hero without Serial Number (Gunbeon-eobsneun Yongsa)
- 1972 the 8th Baeksang Arts Awards : Best Actor for Bun-Rye's story (Bunlyegi)
- 1974 the 13th Grand Bell Awards : Best Supporting Actor for A flowery bier(Kkochsang-yeo)
- 1975 the 14th Grand Bell Awards : Special Achievement Award
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Heo Jang-gang". Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ "허장강 : 영화정보 : 영화세상 : 한겨레". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ "씨네21 : 씨네21 : 대한민국 대표 영화전문매체 -". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ "'그리운 악역' 허장강 다시 만난다". Sports Hankook (in Korean). October 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "성격파 배우의 왕이로소이다, 허장강 회고전". Cine21. October 31, 2005. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
- ^ "[월드컵] 맨땅의 혈전, 죽음의 투혼". Hankyoreh 21. April 24, 2002. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Cast and Crew DB >Heo Jang-kang >Filmograpies". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
External links
edit- Heo Chang-kang at the Korean Movie Database
- Heo Jang-kang at IMDb