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Im Kwon-taek

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
12

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 2, 1936 (90 years old)

Place of Birth
Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea

Im Kwon-taek

Biography

Im Kwon-taek (born May 2, 1936) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.

Known For

Directing

2017Bhiksuni...Director
2014Revivre...Director
2011Hanji...Director
2007Beyond the Years...Director
2004Low Life...Director
2002Chihwaseon...Director
2000Chunhyang...Director
1997Downfall...Director
1996Festival...Director
1994The Taebaek Mountains...Director
1993Sopyonje...Director
1992General's Son 3...Director
1991Fly High, Run Far...Director
1991General's Son 2...Director
1990General's Son...Director
1989Come, Come, Come Upward...Director
1989Hand in Hand...Director
1988The Diary of King Yonsan...Director
1987The Surrogate Womb...Director
1987Adada...Director
1986Ticket...Director
1986Gilsodom...Director
1984You Can't Stop a Flowing River...Director
1983Daughter of the Flames...Director
1983Jagko...Director
1983Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace...Director
1983The Village of Mist...Director
1982Polluted Ones...Director
1982Abenko Green Beret...Director
1982High School Tears...Director
1981Mandala...Director
1980The Hidden Hero...Director
1980Mrs. Speculator...Director
1979Divine Bow...Director
1979The Little Adventurer...Director
1979Genealogy...Director
1979Tomorrow and Tomorrow...Director
1979A Warrior's Fighting Spirit...Director
1978Near Yet Far Away...Director
1978The Evergreen Tree...Director
1977Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang...Director
1977The Life of Ok-rye...Director
1976Wife...Director
1976Commando on the Nakdong River...Director
1976Bare Feet in the Snow...Director
1976My Hometown...Director
1975Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow...Director
1975Why Did I Do That?...Director
1975Yeonhwa 2...Director
1975Yeonhwa...Director
1974I Won't Cry...Director
1974Wives on Parade...Director
1974The Testimony...Director
1973Weeds...Director
1973The Big Chase...Director
1973Five Hostesses for the Resistance...Director
1972Seize the Precious Sword...Director
1972One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave...Director
1972Cruel history of Myeong Dong...Director
1972Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong...Director
1972A Second Mother...Director
1971Revenge of the Sword...Director
1971Don't Torture Me Anymore...Director
1971The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks...Director
1971A Bout in 30 Years...Director
1971Snowing on Grudge Street...Director
1970Woman with Long Eyelashes...Director
1970Rain Outside the Porthole...Director
1970A Mysterious Sword...Director
1970A Man Who Arrived by Night Train...Director
1970A Woman Pursued...Director
1970A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew...Director
1970One-eyed Park...Director
1970A Sword Under the Moon...Director
1969Three Generations of Men...Director
1969Sorry to Give You Trouble...Director
1969Rainy Gomoryeong Hill...Director
1969A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder...Director
1969The Night of Full Moon...Director
1969Escaping Shanghai...Director
1969Eagle of Wild Field...Director
1968Returned Left-handed Man...Director
1968Lady in Dream...Director
1968A Man Like the Wind...Director
1968Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin...Director
1967Nostalgia...Director
1967A Swordsman...Director
1967A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern...Director
1966Nilliri...Director
1966I Am a King...Director
1966Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry...Director
1966Battlefield and a Female Teacher...Director
1965The King and the Servant Boy...Director
1965Fading in the Rain...Director
1964Her Majesty Yeonghwa...Director
1964The Power for Ten Years...Director
1964The Regular Tardy Student...Director
1964The Teacher with Ten Daughters...Director
1964The Result of the Ambition...Director
1964The Heartbreaking Story...Director
1963Sinmungo...Director
1963For My Husband...Director
1963Man Is Not Popular...Director
1962The War and an Old Man...Director
1962Farewell to the Duman River...Director
1961Bonanza...Assistant Director
1961Horizon...Assistant Director

Writing

2011Hanji...Screenplay
2007Beyond the Years...Writer
2004Low Life...Writer
2002Chihwaseon...Writer
1997Downfall...Writer
1970A Mysterious Sword...Writer
1970A Man Who Arrived by Night Train...Original Story
1970A Sword Under the Moon...Writer
1964The Power for Ten Years...Adaptation
1962Fighting Lions...Writer

Editing

1988The Diary of King Yonsan...Editor

Production

1973Weeds...Producer

Acting

2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinemaas Self
2024Walking in the Moviesas Self
2019Cloud, Encoreas Self
2019Gravity of the Teaas Self
2018Movie Roomas Self
2017Bhiksunias Self
2013Rough Playas Jeonju Festival VIP
2013Juryas Audience
2012Ari Ari the Korean Cinemaas Self
2010Through Korean Cinemaas Self
2005The Nine Lives of Korean Cinemaas Self
1995The Cinema on the Roadas Self