KIM KI-DUK

'Kim Ki-duk' is a Korean film director noted for his idiosyncratic "arthouse" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit (He is not related to the other director with the same name in Yonggary).

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Biography

Filmography

See also

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Biography

Kim Ki-duk was born on December 20, 1960 in Bonghwa (Kyongsang province), South Korea. He studied fine arts in Paris 1990-1992.
In 2004, he received ''Best Director'' awards at two different film festivals, for two different films: at the Berlin International Film Festival for ''Samaritan Girl'', and at the Venice Film Festival for ''3-Iron''.
Kim Ki-duk has the same name as another filmmaker who directed over 50 features in the 1960s and 1970s, including such classics as ''Five Marines'' (1961), ''Barefooted Youth'' (1964), ''South and North'' (1965), and ''Grand Evil Master Yonggary'' (1967). They are not related.

Filmography

★ 'Ag-o / Crocodile' (1996)

★ 'Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog / Wild Animals' (1996)

★ 'Paran daemun / The Birdcage Inn' (1998)

★ 'Shilje sanghwang / Real Fiction' (2000)

★ 'Seom / The Isle' (2000)

★ 'Suchwiin bulmyeong / Address Unknown' (2001)

★ 'Nabbeun namja / Bad Guy' (2001)

★ 'Hae anseon / The Coast Guard' (2002)

★ 'Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom / Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring' (2003)

★ 'Samaria / Samaritan Girl' (2004)

★ 'Bin-jip / 3-Iron' (2004)

★ 'Hwal / The Bow' (2005)

★ 'Shi gan / Time' (2006)

★ 'Soom / Breath' (2007)

See also

★ List of Korea-related topics

★ Contemporary culture of South Korea

External links

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★ Kim Ki-Duk: the past, the persistent problems and the near future About Kim Ki-Duk's 2006 controversial declarations