Personal Info
Birthday
May 2, 1936
Place of Birth
Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Known For
Directing
Im Kwon-taek
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.
Directed Movies (102)
0.0
Bhiksuni
Movie2017
5.9
Revivre
Movie2014
6.2
Hanji
Movie2011
6.3
Beyond the Years
Movie2007
5.9
Low Life
Movie2004
7.0
Chihwaseon
Movie2002
6.6
Chunhyang
Movie2000
5.3
Downfall
Movie1997
7.4
Festival
Movie1996
6.8
The Taebaek Mountains
Movie1994
7.8
Sopyonje
Movie1993
6.6
General's Son 3
Movie1992
6.6
Fly High, Run Far
Movie1991
5.7
General's Son 2
Movie1991
5.7
General's Son
Movie1990
7.0
Come, Come, Come Upward
Movie1989
6.0
Hand in Hand
Movie1989
8.0
The Diary of King Yonsan
Movie1988
7.1
The Surrogate Womb
Movie1987
6.5
Adada
Movie1987
5.8
Ticket
Movie1986
6.9
Gilsodom
Movie1986
0.0
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
Movie1984
No Backdrop
7.0
Daughter of the Flames
Movie1983
7.2
Jagko
Movie1983
0.0
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
Movie1983
6.9
The Village of Mist
Movie1983
5.5
Polluted Ones
Movie1982
4.0
Abenko Green Beret
Movie1982
No Backdrop
8.0
High School Tears
Movie1982
6.5
Mandala
Movie1981
6.3
The Hidden Hero
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.0
Mrs. Speculator
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
Divine Bow
Movie1979
No Backdrop
8.0
The Little Adventurer
Movie1979
6.0
Genealogy
Movie1979
No Backdrop
8.0
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.0
Near Yet Far Away
Movie1978
5.8
The Evergreen Tree
Movie1978
No Backdrop
10.0
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Movie1977
10.0
The Life of Ok-rye
Movie1977
No Backdrop
10.0
Wife
Movie1976
No Backdrop
9.0
Commando on the Nakdong River
Movie1976
7.0
My Hometown
Movie1976
8.0
Why Did I Do That?
Movie1975
8.0
Yeonhwa
Movie1975
No Backdrop
8.0
Yeonhwa 2
Movie1975
7.0
I Won't Cry
Movie1974
No Backdrop
5.8
Wives on Parade
Movie1974
4.0
The Testimony
Movie1974
6.2
Weeds
Movie1973
No Backdrop
8.0
The Big Chase
Movie1973
0.0
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Movie1973
7.0
Seize the Precious Sword
Movie1972
8.0
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Movie1972
10.0
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Movie1972
7.0
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Movie1972
10.0
A Second Mother
Movie1972
No Backdrop
10.0
Revenge of the Sword
Movie1971
8.0
Don't Torture Me Anymore
Movie1971
8.0
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
Movie1971
6.5
A Bout in 30 Years
Movie1971
0.0
Snowing on Grudge Street
Movie1971
7.0
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Movie1970
9.0
Rain Outside the Porthole
Movie1970
No Backdrop
9.0
A Mysterious Sword
Movie1970
7.0
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
Movie1970
8.0
A Woman Pursued
Movie1970
No Backdrop
7.0
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
Movie1970
9.0
One-eyed Park
Movie1970
9.0
A Sword Under the Moon
Movie1970
0.0
Three Generations of Men
Movie1969
0.0
Sorry to Give You Trouble
Movie1969
9.0
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
Movie1969
7.0
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
Movie1969
0.0
The Night of Full Moon
Movie1969
No Backdrop
7.0
Escaping Shanghai
Movie1969
10.0
Eagle of Wild Field
Movie1969
9.0
Returned Left-handed Man
Movie1968
7.0
Lady in Dream
Movie1968
7.0
A Man Like the Wind
Movie1968
9.5
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Movie1968
No Backdrop
8.0
Nostalgia
Movie1967
9.0
A Swordsman
Movie1967
No Backdrop
9.0
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
Movie1967
No Backdrop
7.0
Nilliri
Movie1966
5.2
I Am a King
Movie1966
9.0
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Movie1966
9.0
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Movie1966
7.0
The King and the Servant Boy
Movie1965
No Backdrop
9.0
Fading in the Rain
Movie1965
9.0
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Movie1964
8.0
The Power for Ten Years
Movie1964
No Backdrop
10.0
The Regular Tardy Student
Movie1964
8.5
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Movie1964
No Backdrop
8.0
The Result of the Ambition
Movie1964
No Backdrop
9.0
The Heartbreaking Story
Movie1964
No Backdrop
7.0
Sinmungo
Movie1963
0.0
For My Husband
Movie1963
No Backdrop
10.0
Man Is Not Popular
Movie1963
9.0
The War and an Old Man
Movie1962
6.2
Farewell to the Duman River
Movie1962
Acting Filmography (11)
10.0
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Movie2026
10.0
Walking in the Movies
Movie2024
0.0
Cloud, Encore
Movie2019
0.0
Gravity of the Tea
Movie2019
9.4
Movie Room
TV Series2018
0.0
Bhiksuni
Movie2017
6.9
Rough Play
Movie2013
6.3
Jury
Movie2013
No Backdrop
5.5
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Through Korean Cinema
Movie2010
No Backdrop
5.6
The Cinema on the Road
Movie1995