
Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho (송강호) (born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Considered one of the best actors of the 21st century, he is most known for his collaborations with directors Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. He was part of the cast that won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Parasite (2019), was awarded Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Broker (2022), and has been named Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year four times.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.363 |
Birthday | 1967-01-17 |
Place of Birth | Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea |
Also Known As | 송강호, Song Kang Ho, Song Kangho, 宋康昊, ソン・ガンホ, Сон Кан Хо, Song Gang-ho, Сун Ган-ху, سونگ کانگ-هو, سونغ كانغ هو, Սոն Կան Հո, סונג קאנג-הו, सॉंग कांग-हो, ซง คังโฮ, సూంగ్ కాంగ్-హో, சாங் கேங்-ஹொ, ਸੌਂਗ ਕੰਗ-ਹੋ, সং কাং-হো, სონ კან ჰო, സോംഗ് കാങ്-ഹോ, سونگ کانگ هو, |

2006

The Host
6.976/2833
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting he...
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The Host

2000

Joint Security Area
7.8/729
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is t...
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Joint Security Area

1999

Shiri
6.4/170
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the...
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Shiri

2007

Secret Sunshine
7.2/211
Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t...
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Secret Sunshine

2002

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
7.5/1478
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situ...
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2003

Memories of Murder
8.06/3936
During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.
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Memories of Murder

2009

Thirst
7.1/959
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfu...
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Thirst

2023

Cobweb
6.5/75
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with inte...
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Cobweb

2008

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
7.2/736
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hun...
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird

2005

Antarctic Journal
6/53
Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a British te...
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Antarctic Journal

2010

Secret Reunion
6.3/126
Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a S...
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Secret Reunion

2000

The Foul King
6.8/83
A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only...
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The Foul King

1998

The Quiet Family
7.1/181
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the b...
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The Quiet Family

2007

The Show Must Go On
6.6/44
A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.
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The Show Must Go On

1996

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
6.3/53
The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans - a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simul...
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The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

1997

Green Fish
6.9/63
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
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Green Fish

2010

A Little Pond
6.3/13
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the...
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A Little Pond

1997

No. 3
6.2/25
Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhi...
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No. 3

2005

Making Memories of Murder
0/0
Made in 2004, this extensive documentary chronicles the production and release of Memories of Murder.
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Making Memories of Murder

2012

Day Trip
5.9/5
A master and his student visit a mountain to practice pansori (a musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer) after a music competition w...
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Day Trip

2011

Hindsight
6.5/64
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.
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Hindsight

2012

Howling
6/92
A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.
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Howling

2013

The Attorney
7.8/197
Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of hi...
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The Attorney

2013

The Face Reader
6.9/99
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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The Face Reader

2004

The President's Barber
7.1/36
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequ...
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The President's Barber

2018

Memories
0/0
The documentary gives a voice to all those who have experienced the crazy adventure of shooting Memories of Murder.
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Memories

2022

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
7.5/2
A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of h...
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Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony

2013

Snowpiercer
6.902/9690
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that tr...
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Snowpiercer

2015

The Throne
7.1/90
Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king a...
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The Throne

2016

The Age of Shadows
7.2/334
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explos...
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The Age of Shadows

2005

Lady Vengeance
7.5/1705
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
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Lady Vengeance

1997

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
6.4/18
Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve...
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Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie

2017

A Taxi Driver
8.1/1021
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreig...
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A Taxi Driver

2002

YMCA Baseball Team
6.2/13
Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As...
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YMCA Baseball Team

2019

Parasite
8.5/18783
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpe...
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Parasite

2018

The Drug King
6.301/146
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-...
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The Drug King

2017

Decades Apart
0/0
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived a...
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Decades Apart

2019

The King's Letters
7.357/14
In the 15th century, despite so many accomplishments he has made for the people, King Sejong, his biggest goal is still remaining; the invention of or...
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The King's Letters

2012

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
5.2/5
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2022

Emergency Declaration
7.5/375
While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flig...
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Emergency Declaration

2024

One Win
6.8/5
A former volleyball star, Woo-jin has been struggling to keep his children's volleyball school that's about to go out of business. Left without much c...
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One Win

2022

Broker
7.164/473
Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in t...
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Broker

2013

Where is my DVD?
9.5/2
Go Gi-hwan is the actor who was starred in a large number of short films. However, he couldn't get any dvd from the directors. He's decided to collect...
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Where is my DVD?

2019

Parasite: Black & White
7/1
Monochromatic re-version of Parasite, overseen by Bong Joon-Ho himself.
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