Person
Kim Kee-duk
Directing · 1934–2017 · Seoul, Korea
Biography
KIM Ki-duk is a South Korean film director and professor. Best-known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant-monster film, Yonggary, KIM Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with KIM Soo-yong and LEE Man-hee, KIM was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama.
Known for
Five Marines
Editor
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Director
Private Tutor
Director
The Tragedy of King Dan Jong
Assistant Director
The Barefooted Young
Director
Buy My Fist
Director
Horse-year Bride
Director
A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
Editor
My Seoul
Director
Prince in Yam Clothes
Assistant Director
Filmography
- 1975Best SingerDirector
- 1970My SeoulDirector
- 1969Beauty in Black Rose CastleDirector
- 1969Until That DayDirector
- 1967Yongary, Monster from the DeepDirector
- 1966Horse-year BrideDirector
- 1965Buy My FistDirector
- 1965North and SouthDirector
- 1964The Barefooted YoungDirector
- 1963Private TutorDirector
- 1961Five MarinesEditor
- 1960The Moral of YouthEditor
- 1959A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp NonsanEditor
- 1956Prince in Yam ClothesAssistant Director
- 1956Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-RangAssistant Director
- 1956The Tragedy of King Dan JongAssistant Director
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