Im Kwon-taekborn 1936

usually

Director

Popularity

1

Famous

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.

Credits

Bhiksuni
Bhiksuni

2017

Documentary • Drama

Director

0
0.1
Revivre
Revivre

2014

Drama

Director

6.3
0.4
Hanji
Hanji

2011

Drama

Director

6.2
0.4
Hanji
Hanji

2011

Drama

Screenplay

6.2
0.4
Beyond the Years
Beyond the Years

2007

Drama

Director

6.3
0.3
Beyond the Years
Beyond the Years

2007

Drama

Writer

6.3
0.3
Low Life
Low Life

2004

Action • Crime • Drama

Writer

5.8
0.4
Low Life
Low Life

2004

Action • Crime • Drama

Director

5.8
0.4
Painted Fire
Painted Fire

2002

Drama • History

Director

7.1
0.3
Painted Fire
Painted Fire

2002

Drama • History

Writer

7.1
0.3
Chunhyang
Chunhyang

2000

Drama • Romance

Director

6.6
0.5
Downfall
Downfall

1997

Drama • Romance

Writer

5
0.4
Downfall
Downfall

1997

Drama • Romance

Director

5
0.4
Festival
Festival

1996

Comedy • Drama

Director

7.3
0.2
The Taebaek Mountains
The Taebaek Mountains

1994

Drama • War

Director

6.7
0.5
Sopyonje
Sopyonje

1993

Drama

Director

7.8
0.4
General's Son 3
General's Son 3

1992

Action

Director

6.3
0.3
Fly High, Run Far
Fly High, Run Far

1991

Drama • History

Director

6.4
0.2
General's Son 2
General's Son 2

1991

Action

Director

5.4
0.3
General's Son
General's Son

1990

Action • Crime

Director

5.9
0.2
Come Come Come Upward
Come Come Come Upward

1989

Drama

Director

6.9
0.2
Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand

1989

Documentary

Director

6
0.1
The Diary of King Yonsan
The Diary of King Yonsan

1988

Drama • History

Director

0
0.2
The Diary of King Yonsan
The Diary of King Yonsan

1988

Drama • History

Editor

0
0.2
The Surrogate Womb
The Surrogate Womb

1987

Drama • History

Director

7.1
0.4
Adada
Adada

1987

Drama

Director

6.2
0.2
Ticket
Ticket

1986

Drama

Director

5.4
0.1
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
You Can't Stop a Flowing River

1986

Drama • History

Director

0
0.1
Gilsodom
Gilsodom

1986

Drama

Director

6.4
0.1
Daughter of the Flames
Daughter of the Flames

1983

Drama

Director

6
0.1
Jagko
Jagko

1983

Drama

Director

7
0.1
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
0
0.1
The Village of Mist
The Village of Mist

1983

Drama • Mystery

Director

6.7
0.6
Polluted Ones
Polluted Ones

1982

Director

5.5
0.1
Abenko Green Beret
Abenko Green Beret

1982

Drama • War

Director

4
0.3
High School Tears
High School Tears

1982

Drama

Director

0
0.1
Mandala
Mandala

1981

Drama

Director

6.6
0.5
The Hidden Hero
The Hidden Hero

1980

Drama

Director

4.5
0.2
Mrs. Speculator
Mrs. Speculator

1980

Director

4
0.1
Divine Bow
Divine Bow

1979

Drama

Director

0
0.1
Genealogy
Genealogy

1979

Drama

Director

5.7
0.2
The Little Adventurer
0
0.1
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1979

Drama

Director

0
0.1
A Warrior's Fighting Spirit
0
0
Near Yet Far Away
Near Yet Far Away

1978

Director

0
0
The Evergreen Tree
The Evergreen Tree

1978

Drama

Director

4.5
0.1
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

1977

Drama • History • Romance

Director

0
0
The Life of Ok-rye
The Life of Ok-rye

1977

Drama

Director

0
0.1
Wife
Wife

1976

Director

0
0.1
Commando on the Nakdong River
Commando on the Nakdong River

1976

Drama • War

Director

0
0
Bare Feet in the Snow
0
0
My Hometown
My Hometown

1976

Drama

Director

6
0.2
Why Did I Do That?
Why Did I Do That?

1975

Drama

Director

0
0.2
Yeonhwa
Yeonhwa

1975

Drama • History

Director

0
0.2
Yeonhwa 2
Yeonhwa 2

1975

Drama • History

Director

0
0.1
I Won't Cry
I Won't Cry

1974

War

Director

0
0.2
Wives on Parade
Wives on Parade

1974

Drama

Director

5
0.1
The Testimony
The Testimony

1974

War

Director

2.5
0.2
Weeds
Weeds

1973

Drama

Producer

4.8
0.2
Weeds
Weeds

1973

Drama

Director

4.8
0.2
The Big Chase
The Big Chase

1973

Action • Thriller

Director

0
0
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
0
0.3
Seize the Precious Sword
Seize the Precious Sword

1972

Action • History

Director

0
0.2
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
0
0.2
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
0
0.2
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong

1972

Action • Crime

Director

0
0.1
A Second Mother
A Second Mother

1972

Drama • Romance

Director

0
0.1
Revenge of the Sword
Revenge of the Sword

1971

Action • Drama • History

Director

0
0.1
Don't Torture Me Anymore
Don't Torture Me Anymore

1971

Action • Romance

Director

0
0.1
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks

1971

Action • Adventure • Drama

Director

0
0.1
A Bout in 30 Years
A Bout in 30 Years

1971

Comedy • Drama • Romance

Director

0
0.1
Snowing on Grudge Street
Snowing on Grudge Street

1971

Action • Crime

Director

0
0.1
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Woman with Long Eyelashes

1970

Crime • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

Director

0
0.1
Rain Outside the Porthole
Rain Outside the Porthole

1970

Action • Drama

Director

0
0.1
A Mysterious Sword
A Mysterious Sword

1970

Action • Drama • History

Director

0
0
A Mysterious Sword
A Mysterious Sword

1970

Action • Drama • History

Writer

0
0
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970

Action • Crime • Mystery

Original Story

0
0.2
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970

Action • Crime • Mystery

Director

0
0.2
A Woman Pursued
A Woman Pursued

1970

Action • Crime • Drama

Director

0
0.1
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
0
0.1
One-eyed Park
One-eyed Park

1970

Action • Drama • Western

Director

0
0.1
A Sword Under the Moon
A Sword Under the Moon

1970

Action • Drama • History

Director

0
0.2
A Sword Under the Moon
A Sword Under the Moon

1970

Action • Drama • History

Writer

0
0.2
Three Generations of Men
Three Generations of Men

1969

Action • Crime • Romance

Director

0
0.2
Sorry to Give You Trouble
Sorry to Give You Trouble

1969

Comedy

Director

0
0.2
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill

1969

Drama

Director

0
0.2
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder

1969

Action • History • Romance

Director

0
0.1
The Night of Full Moon
The Night of Full Moon

1969

Action • Drama • History

Director

0
0.2
Escaping Shanghai
Escaping Shanghai

1969

Action • Romance

Director

0
0.1
Eagle of Wild Field
Eagle of Wild Field

1969

Western

Director

0
0.2
Returned Left-handed Man
Returned Left-handed Man

1968

Action • Crime • Drama

Director

0
0.1
Lady in Dream
Lady in Dream

1968

Horror

Director

0
0.1
A Man Like the Wind
A Man Like the Wind

1968

Action • Drama

Director

0
0.1
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

1968

Drama • History

Director

9
0.2
Nostalgia
Nostalgia

1967

Drama • History • War

Director

0
0.2
A Swordsman
A Swordsman

1967

Action • History

Director

0
0
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern

1967

Drama • History • Romance

Director

0
0.2
Nilliri
Nilliri

1966

Romance

Director

0
0.2
I Am a King
I Am a King

1966

Drama

Director

4.8
0.2
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry

1966

Crime • Drama

Director

0
0.1
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Battlefield and a Female Teacher

1966

Romance • War

Director

0
0.1
The King and the Servant Boy
0
0.1
Fading in the Rain
Fading in the Rain

1965

Crime • Drama • Romance

Director

0
0.1
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Her Majesty Yeonghwa

1964

Drama • History

Director

0
0.1
The Power for Ten Years
The Power for Ten Years

1964

Drama • History

Director

0
0.3
The Power for Ten Years
The Power for Ten Years

1964

Drama • History

Adaptation

0
0.3
The Regular Tardy Student
The Regular Tardy Student

1964

Drama

Director

0
0.1
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
0
0.3
The Result of the Ambition
The Result of the Ambition

1964

Action • Crime • Romance

Director

0
0.2
The Heartbreaking Story
The Heartbreaking Story

1964

Drama • History

Director

0
0.2
Sinmungo
Sinmungo

1963

Drama • History • Romance

Director

0
0.2
For My Husband
For My Husband

1963

Drama • History

Director

0
0.2
Man Is Not Popular
Man Is Not Popular

1963

Comedy

Director

0
0.1
Fighting Lions
Fighting Lions

1962

Action • War

Writer

0
0.1
The War and an Old Man
The War and an Old Man

1962

War

Director

0
0.1
Farewell to the Duman River
Farewell to the Duman River

1962

Action • War • Western

Director

5.4
0.2
Bonanza
Bonanza

1961

Drama

Assistant Director

4
0.2
Horizon
Horizon

1961

Action • Romance

Assistant Director

0
0.2

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