Directing
Im Kwon-taek
Born 1936-05-02 · Changsong, Cheollanam-do, Korea
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
Painted Fire
Downfall
The Surrogate Woman
Hanji
Sopyonje
Mandala
Gilsoddeum
Chunhyang
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Rough Play
A Second Mother
Near Yet Far Away
Jury
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Gravity of the Tea
The Power for Ten Years
Genealogy
High School Tears
Eagle of Wild Field
Cloud, Encore
Mrs. Speculator
Jagko
Hand in Hand
General's Son
For My Husband
General's Son 3
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
General's Son 2
Obaekhwa
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
A Bonanza
Revivre
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
Through Korean Cinema
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Farewell to the Duman River
The Taebaek Mountains
Wife
The Cinema on the Road