Im Kwon-taek
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.
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Films (118)
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
Walking in the Movies
2024 · Self
Cloud, Encore
2019 · Self
Gravity of the Tea
2019 · Self
Bhiksuni
2017 · Self, Director
Revivre
2014 · Director
Rough Play
2013 · Jeonju Festival VIP
Jury
2013 · Audience
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
Hanji
2011 · Director, Screenplay
Through Korean Cinema
2010 · Self
Souvenir
2007 · Director, Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Self
La Pègre
2004 · Director, Writer
Ivre de femmes et de peinture
2002 · Director, Writer
Le chant de la fidèle Chunhyang
2000 · Director
Downfall
1997 · Writer, Director
Festival
1996 · Director
The Cinema on the Road
1995 · Self
The Taebaek Mountains
1994 · Director
Sopyonje
1993 · Director
General's Son 3
1992 · Director
Fly High, Run Far
1991 · Director
General's Son 2
1991 · Director
General's Son
1990 · Director
Come, Come, Come Upward
1989 · Director
Hand in Hand
1989 · Director
The Diary of King Yonsan
1988 · Director, Editor
The Surrogate Womb
1987 · Director
Adada
1987 · Director
Ticket
1986 · Director
Gilsodom
1986 · Director
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
1984 · Director
Daughter of the Flames
1983 · Director
Pursuit of Death
1983 · Director
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
1983 · Director
The Village of Mist
1983 · Director
Polluted Ones
1982 · Director
Abenko Green Beret
1982 · Director
High School Tears
1982 · Director
Mandala
1981 · Director
The Hidden Hero
1980 · Director
Mrs. Speculator
1980 · Director
Divine Bow
1979 · Director
The Little Adventurer
1979 · Director
Genealogy
1979 · Director
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1979 · Director
A Warrior's Fighting Spirit
1979 · Director
Near Yet Far Away
1978 · Director
The Evergreen Tree
1978 · Director
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
1977 · Director
The Life of Ok-rye
1977 · Director
Wife
1976 · Director
Commando on the Nakdong River
1976 · Director
Bare Feet in the Snow
1976 · Director
My Hometown
1976 · Director
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1975 · Director
Why Did I Do That?
1975 · Director
Yeonhwa
1975 · Director
Yeonhwa 2
1975 · Director
I Won't Cry
1974 · Director
Wives on Parade
1974 · Director
The Testimony
1974 · Director
Weeds
1973 · Producer, Director
The Big Chase
1973 · Director
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
1973 · Director
Seize the Precious Sword
1972 · Director
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972 · Director
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
1972 · Director
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972 · Director
A Second Mother
1972 · Director
Revenge of the Sword
1971 · Director
Don't Torture Me Anymore
1971 · Director
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
1971 · Director
A Bout in 30 Years
1971 · Director
Snowing on Grudge Street
1971 · Director
Woman with Long Eyelashes
1970 · Director
Rain Outside the Porthole
1970 · Director
A Mysterious Sword
1970 · Director, Writer
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
1970 · Director, Original Story
A Woman Pursued
1970 · Director
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
1970 · Director
One-eyed Park
1970 · Director
A Sword Under the Moon
1970 · Director, Writer
Three Generations of Men
1969 · Director
Sorry to Give You Trouble
1969 · Director
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
1969 · Director
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
1969 · Director
The Night of Full Moon
1969 · Director
Escaping Shanghai
1969 · Director
Eagle of Wild Field
1969 · Director
Returned Left-handed Man
1968 · Director
Lady in Dream
1968 · Director
A Man Like the Wind
1968 · Director
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1968 · Director
Nostalgia
1967 · Director
A Swordsman
1967 · Director
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
1967 · Director
Nilliri
1966 · Director
I Am a King
1966 · Director
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966 · Director
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
1966 · Director
The King and the Servant Boy
1965 · Director
Fading in the Rain
1965 · Director
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
1964 · Director
The Power for Ten Years
1964 · Director, Adaptation
The Regular Tardy Student
1964 · Director
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964 · Director
The Result of the Ambition
1964 · Director
The Heartbreaking Story
1964 · Director
Sinmungo
1963 · Director
For My Husband
1963 · Director
Man Is Not Popular
1963 · Director
Fighting Lions
1962 · Writer
The War and an Old Man
1962 · Director
Farewell to the Duman River
1962 · Director
Bonanza
1961 · Assistant Director
Horizon
1961 · Assistant Director
