Im Kwon-taek
Birthday: 1936-05-02
Place of Birth: 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.
Movies
Walking in the Movies
KIM Dong-ho is the founder of the Busan International Film Festival and one of the key figures in th...
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The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and mast...
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The Cinema on the Road
A personal consideration of the Korean cinema by director Jang Sun-Woo, looking at it’s history of o...
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Through Korean Cinema
Discover the roots of Korean cinema. A cinema who surprised by the success recorded in the major int...
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Cloud, Encore
At 6:00 in the morning on the 1st day of January in 2013 80-year-old film-maker IM Kwon-taek started...
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Gravity of the Tea
IM Kwon-taek is a Korean film-maker. He was born in 1934 when his country was under Japanese occupat...
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making cert...
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Rough Play
Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakt...
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Jury
After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move...
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Bhiksuni
A partially restored version of Director Im Kwon-taek's Bhiksuni, which was halted in 1984 due to op...
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Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
The first feature documentary directed by Kim Dong-ho, former festival director of the Busan Interna...
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