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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 8, 1937
Died
November 4, 2018
Place of Birth
Daegu, Korea
Also Known As
- 신성일
- Sung-il Shin
- 申星一
- 金牛座
- 申圣日
- Shen Xing-Yi
- San Sing-Yat
- Shin-Yeong Kang
- 강신성일
Shin Seong-il
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.1
Yong-jin's Father
A Year-End Medley
2021
4.2
Jong-Sub
Door to the Night
2013
6.0
President
Typhoon
2005
7.3
Hae Kwang
Festival
1996
3.3
My Old Sweetheart
1995
6.3
General's Son 3
1992
0.0
Jin-Gong
Beyond the Mountain
1991
0.0
Kim Eui-chang
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
1991
0.0
Kim Eui Chang
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
1991
5.0
Investigator Lee
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990
Credits
A Year-End Medley
as Yong-jin's Father
2021
7.1
Door to the Night
as Jong-Sub
2013
4.2
Typhoon
as President
2005
6.0
Festival
as Hae Kwang
1996
7.3
My Old Sweetheart
1995
3.3
General's Son 3
1992
6.3
Beyond the Mountain
as Jin-Gong
1991
0.0
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
as Kim Eui-chang
1991
0.0
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
as Kim Eui Chang
1991
0.0
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
as Investigator Lee
1990
5.0
Watercolors in Rain
as Yang-boo
1990
5.0
Korean Connection
1990
5.0
America, America
1988
0.0
Gam-dong
1988
0.0
A Forest Where a Woman Breathes
1988
0.0
Holy Night
1988
0.0
A Woman on the Verge
1987
0.0
Ring of Hell
1987
0.0
Lethe's Love Song
1987
0.0
Moonlight Hunter
1987
5.0
🎬
Dancing daughter
1986
0.0
Gilsodom
as Kim Dong-jin
1986
6.4
Woman Requiem
1985
0.0
The Oldest Son
as Lee Tae-yeong
1985
7.0
A White Feathered Gull
1983
5.0
The Chrysanthemum and the Clown
1982
0.0
Free Woman
1982
0.0
Temptation
1982
0.0
Come Down to a Lower Place
as Ahn Shin-sam
1982
0.0
The Whereabouts of Eve
1982
0.0
Ban Geum-ryeon
1981
0.0
A Man Who Died Daily
1981
0.0
The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
1979
6.0
Under an Umbrella
1979
5.0
땅콩껍질 속의 연가
1979
0.0
Love's Condition
1979
0.0
Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II
1978
0.0
Miss Yang's Adventure
1978
0.0
🎬
Hedgehog of the Third Dock
as 살모사(정호)
1977
0.0
Winter Woman
as Heo Min
1977
4.8
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
1977
0.0
Night Journey
as Park Dae-ri
1977
5.3
우리에게 내일은 있다
1976
0.0
Blood Relations
1976
0.0
Ascetic
1976
0.0
Yes, Goodbye for Today
1976
0.0
My Hometown
as Min Jun-tae
1976
6.0
You Become a Star, Too
as Sang-gyu
1975
0.0
Bird of Paradise
1975
0.0
Wildflowers on the Battleground
1974
5.0
Farewell 2
1974
0.0
A Seagull's Dream
1974
0.0
Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
as Moon-ho
1974
7.0
🎬
Lost Love
1973
0.0
Farewell
1973
0.0
The Big Chase
1973
0.0
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
as Un-il
1973
0.0
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
as Shin Yong
1973
0.0
The Three-Day Reign
1973
0.0
Gate of Woman
as Hyo-jin
1972
6.0
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
as Min-su
1972
0.0
A Second Mother
as Dong-o
1972
0.0
The Midnight Sun
as 박
1971
5.0
Two Sons
1971
0.0
🎬
Is Your Husband Like This Too?
1971
0.0
The Story of Chunhyang
1971
0.0
내일의 팔도강산 3편
1971
0.0
Mi-ae
1970
8.0
Rebirth
1969
0.0
The Eunuch 2
1969
0.0
A Barren Woman
1969
0.0
Temporary Government in Shanghai
as Shin il
1969
5.0
Until That Day
1969
0.0
Confess of Woman
1969
0.0
Empty Heart
1969
0.0
Starting Point
1969
7.5
Woman
1968
0.0
Correspondent in Tokyo
1968
0.0
The Eunuch
as Jung-ho
1968
9.0
A Day Off
as Heo-wook
1968
6.2
🎬
Herb of Desire
1968
0.0
The Wings of Lee Sang
1968
0.0
Vega
as 남편
1968
0.0
Living in the Sky
1968
0.0
Chulsaegado
1968
0.0
The General's Mustache
as Kim Chul-hoon
1968
5.7
A Young Zelkova
as Hyungyu
1968
7.0
Desire
1968
0.0
🎬
Legends
1968
0.0
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
as King Sukjong
1968
9.0
United Front
1967
0.0
🎬
Deep in My Heart
as Lee Sang-hyun
1967
0.0
Sound of Magpies
1967
0.0
Mist
as Yun Gi-jun
1967
6.4
🎬
Why a Cuckoo Cries
1967
0.0
Stroller
1967
0.0
The Starting Point
1967
0.0
The White Crow
1967
0.0
🎬
A Misty Grassland
1967
0.0
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
1967
0.0
A Full Danger
1967
0.0
Late Autumn
1966
0.0
Special Agent X-7
1966
0.0
Gunsmoke
as Jin-woo
1966
7.0
I Am a King
as Choi Yeong-cheol
1966
4.8
A Coral Door
1966
0.0
Dangerous Youth
1966
0.0
A Student Boarder
as Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu
1966
0.0
Green Rain
as Cheol
1966
6.2
A Hero without a Serial Number
1966
0.0
Yeraishang
1966
0.0
Horse-year Bride
as Kim Geun-ho
1966
5.0
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965
0.0
Wind, Please Tell Me
1965
0.0
An Empty Dream
as The male patient
1965
9.0
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
1965
0.0
The Heir
1965
0.0
The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple
1965
0.0
The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings
1964
0.0
The Lost Sun
as Seo Sang-cheol
1964
0.0
My Mind Is Like a Lake
1964
0.0
The Continental Spy
as Wang-seong
1964
0.0
The Beautiful Maid
as Nam Jeong-hak
1964
0.0
The Result of the Ambition
1964
0.0
The Barefooted Young
as Jo Doo-soo
1964
6.4
Betrayal
as Seong-Hoon
1964
0.0
Kinship
as Geo-buk
1963
5.8
The Classroom of Youth
as Park Chan-sik
1963
0.0
For My Husband
as Crown Prince Sado
1963
0.0
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
as Lee Tae-yoon
1963
5.3
Private Tutor
as Jeon Yeong-gil
1963
0.0
Tyrant Yeonsan
as Prince Jin-seong
1962
6.0
Prince Yeonsan
as Prince Jin-seong
1961
8.2
Under the Sky in Seoul
as Yeong-gil
1961
6.8
The Evergreen
as Won-jae
1961
7.0
Madam White Snake
as Seon Heo
1960
7.2
To the Last Day
as Park Sang-sa
1960
6.3
Romance Papa
as Barun
1960
5.2