Im Kwon-taek

Known for: Directing
Born: May 2, 1936, Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Movies: 117

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Chihwaseon

2002

6.6

Chunhyang

2000

7.8

Sopyonje

1993

6.9

Rough Play

2013

6.5

Mandala

1981

5.7

General's Son

1990

7.1

The Surrogate Womb

1987

5.9

Revivre

2014

6.3

Beyond the Years

2007

5.9

Low Life

2004

Filmography

2026	Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema	Self
2024	Walking in the Movies	Self
2019	Cloud, Encore	Self
2019	Gravity of the Tea	Self
2017	Bhiksuni	Self
2013	Rough Play	Jeonju Festival VIP
2013	Jury	Audience
2012	Ari Ari the Korean Cinema	Self
2010	Through Korean Cinema	Self
2005	The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema	Self
1995	The Cinema on the Road	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2017	Bhiksuni	Director
2014	Revivre	Director
2011	Hanji	Director, Screenplay
2007	Beyond the Years	Director, Writer
2004	Low Life	Director, Writer
2002	Chihwaseon	Director, Writer
2000	Chunhyang	Director
1997	Downfall	Writer, Director
1996	Festival	Director
1994	The Taebaek Mountains	Director
1993	Sopyonje	Director
1992	General's Son 3	Director
1991	Fly High, Run Far	Director
1991	General's Son 2	Director
1990	General's Son	Director
1989	Come, Come, Come Upward	Director
1989	Hand in Hand	Director
1988	The Diary of King Yonsan	Director
1987	The Surrogate Womb	Director
1987	Adada	Director
1986	Ticket	Director
1986	Gilsodom	Director
1984	You Can't Stop a Flowing River	Director
1983	Daughter of the Flames	Director
1983	Jagko	Director
1983	Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace	Director
1983	The Village of Mist	Director
1982	Polluted Ones	Director
1982	Abenko Green Beret	Director
1982	High School Tears	Director
1981	Mandala	Director
1980	The Hidden Hero	Director
1980	Mrs. Speculator	Director
1979	Divine Bow	Director
1979	The Little Adventurer	Director
1979	Genealogy	Director
1979	Tomorrow and Tomorrow	Director
1979	A Warrior's Fighting Spirit	Director
1978	Near Yet Far Away	Director
1978	The Evergreen Tree	Director
1977	Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang	Director
1977	The Life of Ok-rye	Director
1976	Wife	Director
1976	Commando on the Nakdong River	Director
1976	Bare Feet in the Snow	Director
1976	My Hometown	Director
1975	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	Director
1975	Why Did I Do That?	Director
1975	Yeonhwa	Director
1975	Yeonhwa 2	Director
1974	I Won't Cry	Director
1974	Wives on Parade	Director
1974	The Testimony	Director
1973	Weeds	Producer, Director
1973	The Big Chase	Director
1973	Five Hostesses for the Resistance	Director
1972	Seize the Precious Sword	Director
1972	One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave	Director
1972	Cruel history of Myeong Dong	Director
1972	Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong	Director
1972	A Second Mother	Director
1971	Revenge of the Sword	Director
1971	Don't Torture Me Anymore	Director
1971	The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks	Director
1971	A Bout in 30 Years	Director
1971	Snowing on Grudge Street	Director
1970	Woman with Long Eyelashes	Director
1970	Rain Outside the Porthole	Director
1970	A Mysterious Sword	Director, Writer
1970	A Man Who Arrived by Night Train	Director
1970	A Woman Pursued	Director
1970	A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew	Director
1970	One-eyed Park	Director
1970	A Sword Under the Moon	Director, Writer
1969	Three Generations of Men	Director
1969	Sorry to Give You Trouble	Director
1969	Rainy Gomoryeong Hill	Director
1969	A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder	Director
1969	The Night of Full Moon	Director
1969	Escaping Shanghai	Director
1969	Eagle of Wild Field	Director
1968	Returned Left-handed Man	Director
1968	Lady in Dream	Director
1968	A Man Like the Wind	Director
1968	Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin	Director
1967	Nostalgia	Director
1967	A Swordsman	Director
1967	A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern	Director
1966	Nilliri	Director
1966	I Am a King	Director
1966	Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry	Director
1966	Battlefield and a Female Teacher	Director
1965	The King and the Servant Boy	Director
1965	Fading in the Rain	Director
1964	Her Majesty Yeonghwa	Director
1964	The Power for Ten Years	Director
1964	The Regular Tardy Student	Director
1964	The Teacher with Ten Daughters	Director
1964	The Result of the Ambition	Director
1964	The Heartbreaking Story	Director
1963	Sinmungo	Director
1963	For My Husband	Director
1963	Man Is Not Popular	Director
1962	Fighting Lions	Writer
1962	The War and an Old Man	Director
1962	Farewell to the Duman River	Director

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