Im Kwon-taek

Im Kwon-taek

Birthday: 1936-05-02
Place of birth: Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Also know as: 임권택

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.

Filmography

The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema

2006

As Himself

The Cinema on the Road

1995

As Himself

Through Korean Cinema

2010

As Self

Cloud, Encore

2019

As Self

Gravity of the Tea

2019

As Self

Jury

2013

As Audience

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

As Himself

Rough Play

2013

As Jeonju Festival VIP (uncredited)

Production

Painted Fire

2002

As Director

Hanji

2011

As Screenplay

Hanji

2011

As Director

Chunhyang

2000

As Director

Daughter of the Flames

1983

As Director

Ticket

1986

As Director

Sopyonje

1993

As Director

Beyond the Years

2007

As Director

Beyond the Years

2007

As Writer

The Surrogate Womb

1987

As Director

Low Life

2004

As Director

Low Life

2004

As Writer

Fly High, Run Far

1991

As Director

Come Come Come Upward

1989

As Director

Downfall

1997

As Writer

Downfall

1997

As Director

General's Son

1990

As Director

Mandala

1981

As Director

The Taebaek Mountains

1994

As Director

Festival

1996

As Director

Jagko

1980

As Director

Genealogy

1979

As Director

My Hometown

1976

As Director

General's Son 2

1991

As Director

General's Son 3

1992

As Director

Gilsodom

1986

As Director

Revivre

2014

As Director

The Village of Mist

1983

As Director

Farewell to the Duman River

1962

As Director

The War and an Old Man

1962

As Director

The Testimony

1974

As Director

A Woman Pursued

1970

As Director

I Am a King

1966

As Director

Woman with Long Eyelashes

1970

As Director

A Swordsman

1967

As Director

Adada

1987

As Director

The Hidden Hero

1980

As Director

Wives on Parade

1974

As Director

A Bout in 30 Years

1971

As Director

The Little Adventurer

1979

As Director

The Evergreen Tree

1978

As Director

Bare Feet in the Snow

1976

As Director

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

1968

As Director

The Diary of King Yonsan

1988

As Director

Battlefield and a Female Teacher

1966

As Director

Near Yet Far Away

1978

As Director

Cruel history of Myeong Dong

1972

As Director

High School Tears

1982

As Director

Eagle of Wild Field

1969

As Director

Hand in Hand

1989

As Director

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1979

As Director

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1975

As Director

Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace

1983

As Director

You Can't Stop a Flowing River

1986

As Director

Wife

1976

As Director

Polluted Ones

1982

As Director

Painted Fire

2002

As Writer

The Diary of King Yonsan

1988

As Editor

Weeds

1973

As Director

Abenko Green Beret

1982

As Director

Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

1977

As Director

Three Generations of Men

1969

As Director

The Night of Full Moon

1969

As Director

Divine Bow

1979

As Director

Commando on the Nakdong River

1976

As Director

A Second Mother

1972

As Director

A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder

1969

As Director

The Power for Ten Years

1964

As Director

Mrs. Speculator

1980

As Director

For My Husband

1963

As Director

Five Hostesses for the Resistance

1973

As Director

Sorry to Give You Trouble

1969

As Director

A Bonanza

1961

As Assistant Director

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

1964

As Director

Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry

1966

As Director

Seize the Precious Sword

1972

As Director

Snowing on Grudge Street

1971

As Director

Horizon

1961

As Assistant Director

Fighting Lions

1962

As Writer

Man Is Not Popular

1963

As Director

Sinmungo

1963

As Director

The Result of the Ambition

1964

As Director

The Teacher with Ten Daughters

1964

As Director

The Power for Ten Years

1964

As Adaptation

The Regular Tardy Student

1964

As Director

The Heartbreaking Story

1964

As Director

Fading in the Rain

1965

As Director

The King and the Servant Boy

1965

As Director

Nilliri

1966

As Director

Nostalgia

1967

As Director

A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern

1967

As Director

A Man Like the Wind

1968

As Director

Returned Left-handed Man

1968

As Director

Lady in Dream

1968

As Director

Rainy Gomoryeong Hill

1969

As Director

Escaping Shanghai

1969

As Director

A Sword Under the Moon

1970

As Director

A Sword Under the Moon

1970

As Writer

One-eyed Park

1970

As Director

A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew

1970

As Director

Rain Outside the Porthole

1970

As Director

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970

As Director

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970

As Original Story

A Mysterious Sword

1970

As Director

A Mysterious Sword

1970

As Writer

Don't Torture Me Anymore

1971

As Director

Revenge of the Sword

1971

As Director

Yeonhwa

1975

As Director

Yeonhwa 2

1975

As Director

The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks

1971

As Director

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong

1972

As Director

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave

1972

As Director

The Big Chase

1973

As Director

I Won't Cry

1974

As Director

Why Did I Do That?

1975

As Director

The Life of Ok-rye

1977

As Director

A Warrior's Fighting Spirit

1979

As Director

Weeds

1973

As Producer