Im Kwon-taek
DirectingIm 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
Filmography — Acting
Rough Play
Jeonju Festival VIP
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Self
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Self
Walking in the Movies
Self
Jury
Audience
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
Self
The Cinema on the Road
Self
Cloud, Encore
Self
Bhiksuni
Self
Gravity of the Tea
Self
Through Korean Cinema
Self
Filmography — Crew
Chunhyang
Director
Painted Fire
Director
The Taebaek Mountains
Director
Revivre
Director
General's Son
Director
Low Life
Writer
Festival
Director
Hanji
Director
Sopyonje
Director
The Surrogate Womb
Director
Farewell to the Duman River
Director
Downfall
Writer
For My Husband
Director
Come, Come, Come Upward
Director
General's Son 3
Director
The Testimony
Director
Yeonhwa
Director
Don't Torture Me Anymore
Director
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Director
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Director
Beyond the Years
Director
Adada
Director
The Power for Ten Years
Director
The Regular Tardy Student
Director
Eagle of Wild Field
Director
A Man Like the Wind
Director
A Woman Pursued
Director
Fly High, Run Far
Director
A Swordsman
Director
Mandala
Director
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Director
Sinmungo
Director
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Director
Lady in Dream
Director
I Am a King
Director
Genealogy
Director
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
Director
Why Did I Do That?
Director
The Village of Mist
Director
Jagko
Director
The King and the Servant Boy
Director
Nostalgia
Director
Sorry to Give You Trouble
Director
Wives on Parade
Director
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Director
Yeonhwa 2
Director
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
Director
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Director
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Director
Abenko Green Beret
Director
The Evergreen Tree
Director
Seize the Precious Sword
Director
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Director
A Second Mother
Director
The Hidden Hero
Director
Weeds
Producer
A Sword Under the Moon
Director
The Night of Full Moon
Director
Fighting Lions
Writer
One-eyed Park
Director
General's Son 2
Director
The Result of the Ambition
Director
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Director
The War and an Old Man
Director
Revenge of the Sword
Director
A Bout in 30 Years
Director
Three Generations of Men
Director
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
Director
Ticket
Director
The Heartbreaking Story
Director
I Won't Cry
Director
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Director
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Director
Fading in the Rain
Director
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
Director
Mrs. Speculator
Director
The Life of Ok-rye
Director
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
Director
Nilliri
Director
Rain Outside the Porthole
Director
Escaping Shanghai
Director
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
Director
High School Tears
Director
Returned Left-handed Man
Director
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
Director
Gilsodom
Director
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Director
Man Is Not Popular
Director
The Little Adventurer
Director
Bhiksuni
Director
A Mysterious Sword
Director
The Big Chase
Director
Snowing on Grudge Street
Director
Wife
Director
Divine Bow
Director
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
Director
My Hometown
Director
Hand in Hand
Director
Polluted Ones
Director
Commando on the Nakdong River
Director
The Diary of King Yonsan
Director
Daughter of the Flames
Director
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Director
A Warrior's Fighting Spirit
Director
Near Yet Far Away
Director
Bare Feet in the Snow
Director