Kim Kee-duk photo

Kim Kee-duk

Directing

  • Born
  • September 29, 1934
  • Died
  • September 7, 2017
  • Place of birth
  • Seoul, Korea

Biography

KIM Ki-duk is a South Korean film director and professor. Best-known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant-monster film, Yonggary, KIM Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with KIM Soo-yong and LEE Man-hee, KIM was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama.

On the crew 16

Five Marines poster
Five Marines
1961
Yongary, Monster from the Deep poster
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
1967
Private Tutor poster
Private Tutor
1963
Beauty in Black Rose Castle
1969
The Barefooted Young poster
The Barefooted Young
1964
Buy My Fist poster
Buy My Fist
1965
The Tragedy of King Dan Jong poster
The Tragedy of King Dan Jong
1956
A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan poster
A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
1959
Horse-year Bride poster
Horse-year Bride
1966
Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang poster
Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang
1956
My Seoul poster
My Seoul
1970
Prince in Yam Clothes poster
Prince in Yam Clothes
1956
North and South poster
North and South
1965
The Moral of Youth poster
The Moral of Youth
1960
Until That Day poster
Until That Day
1969
Best Singer poster
Best Singer
1975