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Im Kwon-taek

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.

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Directing

1961

[ ] Bonanza (Assistant Director)
[ ] Horizon (Assistant Director)

1962

[ ] Farewell to the Duman River (Director)
[ ] The War and an Old Man (Director)

1963

[ ] For My Husband (Director)
[ ] Man Is Not Popular (Director)
[ ] Sinmungo (Director)

1964

[ ] The Power for Ten Years (Director)
[ ] Her Majesty Yeonghwa (Director)
[ ] The Result of the Ambition (Director)
[ ] The Teacher with Ten Daughters (Director)
[ ] The Regular Tardy Student (Director)
[ ] The Heartbreaking Story (Director)

1965

[ ] Fading in the Rain (Director)
[ ] The King and the Servant Boy (Director)

1966

[ ] Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry (Director)
[ ] I Am a King (Director)
[ ] Battlefield and a Female Teacher (Director)
[ ] Nilliri (Director)

1967

[ ] A Swordsman (Director)
[ ] Nostalgia (Director)
[ ] A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern (Director)

1968

[ ] Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin (Director)
[ ] A Man Like the Wind (Director)
[ ] Returned Left-handed Man (Director)
[ ] Lady in Dream (Director)

1969

[ ] A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder (Director)
[ ] Sorry to Give You Trouble (Director)
[ ] Eagle of Wild Field (Director)
[ ] Rainy Gomoryeong Hill (Director)
[ ] Escaping Shanghai (Director)
[ ] Three Generations of Men (Director)
[ ] The Night of Full Moon (Director)

1970

[ ] A Woman Pursued (Director)
[ ] Woman with Long Eyelashes (Director)
[ ] A Sword Under the Moon (Director)
[ ] One-eyed Park (Director)
[ ] A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew (Director)
[ ] Rain Outside the Porthole (Director)
[ ] A Man Who Arrived by Night Train (Director)
[ ] A Mysterious Sword (Director)

1971

[ ] A Bout in 30 Years (Director)
[ ] Snowing on Grudge Street (Director)
[ ] The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks (Director)
[ ] Don't Torture Me Anymore (Director)
[ ] Revenge of the Sword (Director)

1972

[ ] A Second Mother (Director)
[ ] Cruel history of Myeong Dong (Director)
[ ] Seize the Precious Sword (Director)
[ ] Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong (Director)
[ ] One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave (Director)

1973

[ ] Five Hostesses for the Resistance (Director)
[ ] The Big Chase (Director)
[ ] Weeds (Director)

1974

[ ] Wives on Parade (Director)
[ ] The Testimony (Director)
[ ] I Won't Cry (Director)

1975

[ ] Yeonhwa (Director)
[ ] Yeonhwa 2 (Director)
[ ] Why Did I Do That? (Director)
[ ] Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Director)

1976

[ ] My Hometown (Director)
[ ] Bare Feet in the Snow (Director)
[ ] Wife (Director)
[ ] Commando on the Nakdong River (Director)

1977

[ ] The Life of Ok-rye (Director)
[ ] Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang (Director)

1978

[ ] The Evergreen Tree (Director)
[ ] Near Yet Far Away (Director)

1979

[ ] Genealogy (Director)
[ ] The Little Adventurer (Director)
[ ] A Warrior's Fighting Spirit (Director)
[ ] Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Director)
[ ] Divine Bow (Director)

1980

[ ] Mrs. Speculator (Director)
[ ] Pursuit of Death (Director)
[ ] The Hidden Hero (Director)

1981

[ ] Mandala (Director)

1982

[ ] High School Tears (Director)
[ ] Polluted Ones (Director)
[ ] Abenko Green Beret (Director)

1983

[ ] Daughter of the Flames (Director)
[ ] The Village of Mist (Director)
[ ] Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace (Director)

1986

[ ] Ticket (Director)
[ ] Gilsodom (Director)
[ ] You Can't Stop a Flowing River (Director)

1987

[ ] The Surrogate Womb (Director)
[ ] Adada (Director)

1988

[ ] The Diary of King Yonsan (Director)

1989

[ ] Come Come Come Upward (Director)
[ ] Hand in Hand (Director)

1990

[ ] General's Son (Director)

1991

[ ] Fly High, Run Far (Director)
[ ] General's Son 2 (Director)

1992

[ ] General's Son 3 (Director)

1993

[ ] Sopyonje (Director)

1994

[ ] The Taebaek Mountains (Director)

1996

[ ] Festival (Director)

1997

[ ] Downfall (Director)

2000

[ ] Chunhyang (Director)

2002

[ ] Painted Fire (Director)

2004

[ ] Low Life (Director)

2007

[ ] Beyond the Years (Director)

2011

[ ] Hanji (Director)

2014

[ ] Revivre (Director)

2017

[ ] Bhiksuni (Director)

Writing

1962

[ ] Fighting Lions (Writer)

1964

[ ] The Power for Ten Years (Adaptation)

1970

[ ] A Sword Under the Moon (Writer)
[ ] A Man Who Arrived by Night Train (Original Story)
[ ] A Mysterious Sword (Writer)

1997

[ ] Downfall (Writer)

2002

[ ] Painted Fire (Writer)

2004

[ ] Low Life (Writer)

2007

[ ] Beyond the Years (Writer)

2011

[ ] Hanji (Screenplay)

Production

1973

[ ] Weeds (Producer)

Editing

1988

[ ] The Diary of King Yonsan (Editor)

Actor

1995

[ ] The Cinema on the Road (Himself)

2005

[ ] The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema (Himself)

2010

[ ] Through Korean Cinema (Self)

2012

[ ] Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (Self)

2013

[ ] Rough Play (Jeonju Festival VIP)
[ ] Jury (Audience)

2017

[ ] Bhiksuni (Self)

2019

[ ] Gravity of the Tea (Self)
[ ] Cloud, Encore (Self)

2024

[ ] Walking in the Movies (Self)

2026

[ ] Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (Self)