Person
Im Kwon-taek
Directing · Born 1936-05-02 · Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
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
Movie Room
Self
The Diary of King Yonsan
Director
Daughter of the Flames
Director
The Surrogate Womb
Director
Bare Feet in the Snow
Director
Commando on the Nakdong River
Director
Polluted Ones
Director
Chihwaseon
Director
Downfall
Writer
Chunhyang
Director
Filmography
- 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the CinemaSelf
- 2024Walking in the MoviesSelf
- 2019Cloud, EncoreSelf
- 2019Gravity of the TeaSelf
- 2018Movie RoomSelf
- 2017BhiksuniSelf
- 2014RevivreDirector
- 2013Rough PlayJeonju Festival VIP
- 2013JuryAudience
- 2012Ari Ari the Korean CinemaSelf
- 2011HanjiScreenplay
- 2010Through Korean CinemaSelf
- 2007Beyond the YearsWriter
- 2005The Nine Lives of Korean CinemaSelf
- 2004Low LifeDirector
- 2002ChihwaseonDirector
- 2000ChunhyangDirector
- 1997DownfallWriter
- 1996FestivalDirector
- 1995The Cinema on the RoadSelf
- 1994The Taebaek MountainsDirector
- 1993SopyonjeDirector
- 1992General's Son 3Director
- 1991Fly High, Run FarDirector
- 1991General's Son 2Director
- 1990General's SonDirector
- 1989Come, Come, Come UpwardDirector
- 1989Hand in HandDirector
- 1988The Diary of King YonsanDirector
- 1987The Surrogate WombDirector
- 1987AdadaDirector
- 1986TicketDirector
- 1986GilsodomDirector
- 1984You Can't Stop a Flowing RiverDirector
- 1983Daughter of the FlamesDirector
- 1983JagkoDirector
- 1983Crying in a Butterfly's EmbraceDirector
- 1983The Village of MistDirector
- 1982Polluted OnesDirector
- 1982Abenko Green BeretDirector
- 1982High School TearsDirector
- 1981MandalaDirector
- 1980The Hidden HeroDirector
- 1980Mrs. SpeculatorDirector
- 1979Divine BowDirector
- 1979The Little AdventurerDirector
- 1979GenealogyDirector
- 1979Tomorrow and TomorrowDirector
- 1979A Warrior's Fighting SpiritDirector
- 1978Near Yet Far AwayDirector
- 1978The Evergreen TreeDirector
- 1977Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyangDirector
- 1977The Life of Ok-ryeDirector
- 1976WifeDirector
- 1976Commando on the Nakdong RiverDirector
- 1976Bare Feet in the SnowDirector
- 1976My HometownDirector
- 1975Yesterday, Today and TomorrowDirector
- 1975Why Did I Do That?Director
- 1975YeonhwaDirector
- 1975Yeonhwa 2Director
- 1974I Won't CryDirector
- 1974Wives on ParadeDirector
- 1974The TestimonyDirector
- 1973WeedsProducer
- 1973The Big ChaseDirector
- 1973Five Hostesses for the ResistanceDirector
- 1972Seize the Precious SwordDirector
- 1972One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To LeaveDirector
- 1972Cruel history of Myeong DongDirector
- 1972Whirl of Betrayals on MyeongdongDirector
- 1972A Second MotherDirector
- 1971Revenge of the SwordDirector
- 1971Don't Torture Me AnymoreDirector
- 1971The Two Revengeful HunchbacksDirector
- 1971A Bout in 30 YearsDirector
- 1971Snowing on Grudge StreetDirector
- 1970Woman with Long EyelashesDirector
- 1970Rain Outside the PortholeDirector
- 1970A Mysterious SwordDirector
- 1970A Man Who Arrived by Night TrainOriginal Story
- 1970A Woman PursuedDirector
- 1970A Crape-Myrtle with Morning DewDirector
- 1970One-eyed ParkDirector
- 1970A Sword Under the MoonDirector
- 1969Three Generations of MenDirector
- 1969Sorry to Give You TroubleDirector
- 1969Rainy Gomoryeong HillDirector
- 1969A Precious Sword, A Knife of ThunderDirector
- 1969The Night of Full MoonDirector
- 1969Escaping ShanghaiDirector
- 1969Eagle of Wild FieldDirector
- 1968Returned Left-handed ManDirector
- 1968Lady in DreamDirector
- 1968A Man Like the WindDirector
- 1968Femme Fatale, Jang Hee BinDirector
- 1967NostalgiaDirector
- 1967A SwordsmanDirector
- 1967A Red-and-blue Gauze LanternDirector
- 1966NilliriDirector
- 1966I Am a KingDirector
- 1966Ok-i Makes a Judge CryDirector
- 1966Battlefield and a Female TeacherDirector
- 1965The King and the Servant BoyDirector
- 1965Fading in the RainDirector
- 1964Her Majesty YeonghwaDirector
- 1964The Power for Ten YearsDirector
- 1964The Regular Tardy StudentDirector
- 1964The Teacher with Ten DaughtersDirector
- 1964The Result of the AmbitionDirector
- 1964The Heartbreaking StoryDirector
- 1963SinmungoDirector
- 1963For My HusbandDirector
- 1963Man Is Not PopularDirector
- 1962Fighting LionsWriter
- 1962The War and an Old ManDirector
- 1962Farewell to the Duman RiverDirector
- 1961BonanzaAssistant Director
- 1961HorizonAssistant Director
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