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.
KNOWN FOR
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
1967
North and South
1965
Five Marines
1961
The Barefooted Young
1964
Horse-year Bride
1966
A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
1959
Private Tutor
1963
Prince in Yam Clothes
1956
Beauty in Black Rose Castle
1969
The Tragedy of King Dan Jong
1956
The Moral of Youth
1960
Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang
1956
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Directing
14
Writing
1
Editing
4