FrameThrower · Actors · Youn Yuh-jung
Youn Yuh-jung
4 films · 200 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2010–2020
Born 19 June 1947 · Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
Youn Yuh-jung is a South Korean actress. Youn gained attention on Korean television in the late 1960s and rose to prominence with the film Woman of Fire (1971). She retired in the mid-1970s after marrying and immigrating to the United States. However, she returned to acting in the late 1980s following her divorce. Known as the "Godmother of Chungmu-ro," Youn's notable films include The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016) and Canola (2016), as well as a series of matriarch roles in television dramas such as Men of the Bath House (1995), Be Strong, Geum-soon! (2005), Daughters-in-Law (2007), My Husband Got a Family (2012) and Dear My Friends (2016).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 200 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2010–2020
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2021
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2021
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role2021
- Time 1002021
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award1971
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress
- Grand Bell Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 200 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Youn takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Youn takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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