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
Gender
Male
Birthday
2 May 1936
Place of Birth
Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Also Known As
μκΆν, Kwon-taek Im
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Walking in the Movies
2024-05-16Actor
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005-10-07Actor
The Cinema on the Road
1995-08-06Actor
Through Korean Cinema
2010-10-09Actor
Gravity of the Tea
2019-11-28Actor
Cloud, Encore
2019-12-26Actor
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012-12-06Actor
Jury
2013-03-07Actor
Rough Play
2013-10-24Actor
Bhiksuni
2017-04-28Actor, Director
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2025-09-18Actor
Movie Room
2018-05-04Actor
A Second Mother
1972-01-13Director
Painted Fire
2002-05-10Director, Writer
Hanji
2011-03-17Director, Screenplay
Chunhyang
2000-01-29Director
Sopyonje
1993-04-10Director
Daughter of the Flames
1983-11-05Director
Ticket
1986-08-23Director
Beyond the Years
2007-04-12Director, Writer
Low Life
2004-05-21Writer, Director
The Surrogate Womb
1987-03-21Director
Fly High, Run Far
1991-09-21Director
Come Come Come Upward
1989-04-01Director
Downfall
1997-09-13Writer, Director
General's Son
1990-06-09Director
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
1969-09-25Director
Festival
1996-06-06Director
The Taebaek Mountains
1994-09-17Director
The Power for Ten Years
1964-08-06Director, Adaptation
Mrs. Speculator
1980-08-15Director
Mandala
1981-09-12Director
General's Son 2
1991-07-20Director
General's Son 3
1992-09-11Director
For My Husband
1963-06-01Director
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
1973-03-07Director
Gilsodom
1986-04-05Director
Genealogy
1979-09-14Director
Jagko
1980-09-25Director
My Hometown
1976-01-31Director
Sorry to Give You Trouble
1969-11-28Director
Revivre
2014-09-26Director
The Village of Mist
1983-02-12Director
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
1964-08-15Director
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966-06-13Director
Farewell to the Duman River
1962-04-02Director
The War and an Old Man
1962-08-09Director
Bonanza
1961-06-01Assistant Director
Woman with Long Eyelashes
1970-11-21Director
I Am a King
1966-09-15Director
A Woman Pursued
1970-07-26Director
A Swordsman
1967-10-11Director
The Hidden Hero
1980-09-04Director
Adada
1987-03-19Director
Wives on Parade
1974-05-16Director
A Bout in 30 Years
1971-02-27Director
The Evergreen Tree
1978-05-04Director
The Little Adventurer
1979-06-08Director
Bare Feet in the Snow
1976-03-25Director
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1968-01-27Director
The Diary of King Yonsan
1988-02-18Director, Editor
The Testimony
1974-01-01Director
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
1966-03-05Director
Near Yet Far Away
1978-10-05Director
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
1972-06-04Director
High School Tears
1982-04-04Director
Horizon
1961-01-01Assistant Director
Fighting Lions
1962-10-11Writer
Snowing on Grudge Street
1971-01-27Director
Hand in Hand
1989-01-01Director
Eagle of Wild Field
1969-01-01Director
Seize the Precious Sword
1972-09-22Director
Yeonhwa
1975-03-08Director
Yeonhwa 2
1975-03-08Director
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
1971-03-13Director
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972-04-21Director
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972-09-01Director
The Big Chase
1973-05-26Director
I Won't Cry
1974-09-28Director
Man Is Not Popular
1963-04-25Director
The Result of the Ambition
1964-03-07Director
Sinmungo
1963-09-28Director
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964-04-09Director
The Regular Tardy Student
1964-04-30Director
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
1969-10-08Director
The Heartbreaking Story
1964-01-04Director
Escaping Shanghai
1969-05-31Director
Fading in the Rain
1965-03-11Director
The King and the Servant Boy
1965-09-10Director
Nilliri
1966-10-29Director
A Sword Under the Moon
1970-01-22Director, Writer
Rain Outside the Porthole
1970-10-02Director
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
1970-05-22Director
One-eyed Park
1970-04-02Director
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
1967-07-01Director
Nostalgia
1967-12-08Director
A Man Like the Wind
1968-06-06Director
Returned Left-handed Man
1968-11-30Director
Lady in Dream
1968-08-01Director
Why Did I Do That?
1975-11-15Director
The Life of Ok-rye
1977-05-31Director
Weeds
1973-11-21Producer, Director
A Warrior's Fighting Spirit
1979-02-12Director
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
1970-08-28Original Story, Director
A Mysterious Sword
1970-09-15Director, Writer
Don't Torture Me Anymore
1971-04-09Director
Revenge of the Sword
1971-10-16Director
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1979-03-10Director
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1975-11-28Director
Polluted Ones
1982-09-25Director
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
1983-03-12Director
Wife
1976-12-30Director
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
1986-05-03Director
The Night of Full Moon
1969-06-05Director
Three Generations of Men
1969-12-23Director
Abenko Green Beret
1982-05-01Director
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
1977-07-30Director
Divine Bow
1979-12-08Director
Commando on the Nakdong River
1976-10-23Director
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