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Im Kwon-taek

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

02/05/1936

Age

89 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 indu... Read More

Known For

Walking in the Movies

Cloud, Encore

Gravity of the Tea

Bhiksuni

Rough Play

Jury

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

Through Korean Cinema

The Cinema on the Road

Filmography

Cast

2024

Walking in the Movies

as Self

2019

Cloud, Encore

as Self

2019

Gravity of the Tea

as Self

2017

Bhiksuni

as Self

2013

Rough Play

as Jeonju Festival VIP

2013

Jury

as Audience

2012

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

as Himself

2010

Through Korean Cinema

as Self

2006

The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema

as Himself

1995

The Cinema on the Road

as Himself

Crew

2017

Bhiksuni

as Director

2014

Revivre

as Director

2011

Hanji

as Screenplay

2011

Hanji

as Director

2007

Beyond the Years

as Writer

2007

Beyond the Years

as Director

2004

Low Life

as Director

2004

Low Life

as Writer

2002

Painted Fire

as Director

2002

Painted Fire

as Writer

2000

Chunhyang

as Director

1997

Downfall

as Writer

1997

Downfall

as Director

1996

Festival

as Director

1994

The Taebaek Mountains

as Director

1993

Sopyonje

as Director

1992

General's Son 3

as Director

1991

Fly High, Run Far

as Director

1991

General's Son 2

as Director

1990

General's Son

as Director

1989

Come Come Come Upward

as Director

1989

Hand in Hand

as Director

1988

The Diary of King Yonsan

as Director

1988

The Diary of King Yonsan

as Editor

1987

The Surrogate Womb

as Director

1987

Adada

as Director

1986

Ticket

as Director

1986

You Can't Stop a Flowing River

as Director

1986

Gilsodom

as Director

1983

Daughter of the Flames

as Director

1983

Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace

as Director

1983

The Village of Mist

as Director

1982

Polluted Ones

as Director

1982

Abenko Green Beret

as Director

1982

High School Tears

as Director

1981

Mandala

as Director

1980

Jagko

as Director

1980

The Hidden Hero

as Director

1980

Mrs. Speculator

as Director

1979

Divine Bow

as Director

1979

Genealogy

as Director

1979

The Little Adventurer

as Director

1979

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

as Director

1979

A Warrior's Fighting Spirit

as Director

1978

Near Yet Far Away

as Director

1978

The Evergreen Tree

as Director

1977

Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin a...

as Director

1977

The Life of Ok-rye

as Director

1976

Wife

as Director

1976

Commando on the Nakdong River

as Director

1976

Bare Feet in the Snow

as Director

1976

My Hometown

as Director

1975

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

as Director

1975

Why Did I Do That?

as Director

1975

Yeonhwa

as Director

1975

Yeonhwa 2

as Director

1974

I Won't Cry

as Director

1974

Wives on Parade

as Director

1974

The Testimony

as Director

1973

Weeds

as Producer

1973

Weeds

as Director

1973

The Big Chase

as Director

1973

Five Hostesses for the Resistance

as Director

1972

Seize the Precious Sword

as Director

1972

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has...

as Director

1972

Cruel history of Myeong Dong

as Director

1972

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong

as Director

1972

A Second Mother

as Director

1971

Revenge of the Sword

as Director

1971

Don't Torture Me Anymore

as Director

1971

The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks

as Director

1971

A Bout in 30 Years

as Director

1971

Snowing on Grudge Street

as Director

1970

Woman with Long Eyelashes

as Director

1970

Rain Outside the Porthole

as Director

1970

A Mysterious Sword

as Director

1970

A Mysterious Sword

as Writer

1970

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

as Original Story

1970

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

as Director

1970

A Woman Pursued

as Director

1970

A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew

as Director

1970

One-eyed Park

as Director

1970

A Sword Under the Moon

as Director

1970

A Sword Under the Moon

as Writer

1969

Three Generations of Men

as Director

1969

Sorry to Give You Trouble

as Director

1969

Rainy Gomoryeong Hill

as Director

1969

A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder

as Director

1969

The Night of Full Moon

as Director

1969

Escaping Shanghai

as Director

1969

Eagle of Wild Field

as Director

1968

Returned Left-handed Man

as Director

1968

Lady in Dream

as Director

1968

A Man Like the Wind

as Director

1968

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

as Director

1967

Nostalgia

as Director

1967

A Swordsman

as Director

1967

A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern

as Director

1966

Nilliri

as Director

1966

I Am a King

as Director

1966

Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry

as Director

1966

Battlefield and a Female Teacher

as Director

1965

The King and the Servant Boy

as Director

1965

Fading in the Rain

as Director

1964

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

as Director

1964

The Power for Ten Years

as Director

1964

The Power for Ten Years

as Adaptation

1964

The Regular Tardy Student

as Director

1964

The Teacher with Ten Daughters

as Director

1964

The Result of the Ambition

as Director

1964

The Heartbreaking Story

as Director

1963

Sinmungo

as Director

1963

For My Husband

as Director

1963

Man Is Not Popular

as Director

1962

Fighting Lions

as Writer

1962

The War and an Old Man

as Director

1962

Farewell to the Duman River

as Director

1961

Bonanza

as Assistant Director

1961

Horizon

as Assistant Director