
Jeon Ok
Acting
Biography
Jeon Ok (1911-1969) was a Korean actress.
Born: April 2, 1911
Place of Birth: Hamhung, South Hamgyong, North Korea
Known For

Prince Yeonsan
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.

Goryeojang
Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Tyrant Yeonsan
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.

The Seaside Village
A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."

Nameless Stars
The son of a freedom fighter, Sang-hun is a member of an anti-Japanese resistance group called "Seongjinhoe," composed of students who share a dedication to the cause of liberation. Their spiritual guide is a teacher named Song Un-in. One day, Yeong-ae, whose brother is a detective in the Japanese police force charged with monitoring independence movements, joins their group. Following a series of sporadic incidents, the students gather one night to resolve on an uprising, but are discovered by the police. Young-ae is wrongfully accused of betraying their plans, but she risks her life in order to allow the group members to escape. The morning after, the students of Gwangju rise up against the Japanese government.

A Water Mill
There is a poor farmer couple. The landowner, an old man, covetous of the tenant's wife, tries to seduce her and sometimes threatens her. The wife spends every night with the old man at the water mill. Her husband, hearing the news, runs to the water mill and witnesses them together. He picks up the sickle that was placed near and kills his wife. The landowner escapes and the farmer gets arrested by a Japanese policeman.

Ok-nyeo

Seekers of Paradise
The heroine loses the property documents left by her father. A street bum picks up these papers. Two men, in love with the heroine, arrange a scuffle over these documents, during which they fall from a cliff and die.

한양에서 온 성춘향
Filmography
as Dowager Queen Jo
as Wolmae (Chun-hyang's mother)
as Royal Consort Sug-ui Moon's Mother
as Village Shaman
as Queen In-su
as Mr. Yoon (Sang-hoon's mother)
as Eiichi's mother
as Hye-ok Hwang