Im Kwon-taek
109 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 2, 1936 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
- Also known as
- 임권택 · Kwon-taek Im
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Im Kwon-taek: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 2013 Rough Play
as Jeonju Festival VIP
- 2013 Jury
as Audience
Behind the camera (108)
- 2017 Bhiksuni
Director
- 2014 Revivre
Director
- 2011 Hanji
Director, Screenplay
- 2007 Beyond the Years
Director, Writer
- 2004 Low Life
Director, Writer
- 2002 Chihwaseon
Director, Writer
- 2000 Chunhyang
Director
- 1997 Downfall
Writer, Director
- 1996 Festival
Director
- 1994 The Taebaek Mountains
Director
- 1993 Sopyonje
Director
- 1992 General's Son 3
Director
- 1991 Fly High, Run Far
Director
- 1991 General's Son 2
Director
- 1990 General's Son
Director
- 1989 Come, Come, Come Upward
Director
- 1989 Hand in Hand
Director
- 1988 The Diary of King Yonsan
Director, Editor
- 1987 The Surrogate Womb
Director
- 1987 Adada
Director
- 1986 Ticket
Director
- 1986 Gilsodom
Director
- 1984 You Can't Stop a Flowing River
Director
- 1983 Daughter of the Flames
Director
- 1983 Jagko
Director
- 1983 Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
Director
- 1983 The Village of Mist
Director
- 1982 Polluted Ones
Director
- 1982 Abenko Green Beret
Director
- 1982 High School Tears
Director
- 1981 Mandala
Director
- 1980 The Hidden Hero
Director
- 1980 Mrs. Speculator
Director
- 1979 Divine Bow
Director
- 1979 The Little Adventurer
Director
- 1979 Genealogy
Director
- 1979 Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Director
- 1979 A Warrior's Fighting Spirit
Director
- 1978 Near Yet Far Away
Director
- 1978 The Evergreen Tree
Director
- 1977
- 1977 The Life of Ok-rye
Director
- 1976 Wife
Director
- 1976 Commando on the Nakdong River
Director
- 1976 Bare Feet in the Snow
Director
- 1976 My Hometown
Director
- 1975 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Director
- 1975 Why Did I Do That?
Director
- 1975 Yeonhwa
Director
- 1975 Yeonhwa 2
Director
- 1974 I Won't Cry
Director
- 1974 Wives on Parade
Director
- 1974 The Testimony
Director
- 1973 Weeds
Producer, Director
- 1973 The Big Chase
Director
- 1973 Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Director
- 1972 Seize the Precious Sword
Director
- 1972
- 1972 Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Director
- 1972 Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Director
- 1972 A Second Mother
Director
- 1971 Revenge of the Sword
Director
- 1971 Don't Torture Me Anymore
Director
- 1971 The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
Director
- 1971 A Bout in 30 Years
Director
- 1971 Snowing on Grudge Street
Director
- 1970 Woman with Long Eyelashes
Director
- 1970 Rain Outside the Porthole
Director
- 1970 A Mysterious Sword
Director, Writer
- 1970 A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
Director, Original Story
- 1970 A Woman Pursued
Director
- 1970 A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
Director
- 1970 One-eyed Park
Director
- 1970 A Sword Under the Moon
Director, Writer
- 1969 Three Generations of Men
Director
- 1969 Sorry to Give You Trouble
Director
- 1969 Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
Director
- 1969 A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
Director
- 1969 The Night of Full Moon
Director
- 1969 Escaping Shanghai
Director
- 1969 Eagle of Wild Field
Director
- 1968 Returned Left-handed Man
Director
- 1968 Lady in Dream
Director
- 1968 A Man Like the Wind
Director
- 1968 Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Director
- 1967 Nostalgia
Director
- 1967 A Swordsman
Director
- 1967 A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
Director
- 1966 Nilliri
Director
- 1966 I Am a King
Director
- 1966 Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Director
- 1966 Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Director
- 1965 The King and the Servant Boy
Director
- 1965 Fading in the Rain
Director
- 1964 Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Director
- 1964 The Power for Ten Years
Director, Adaptation
- 1964 The Regular Tardy Student
Director
- 1964 The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Director
- 1964 The Result of the Ambition
Director
- 1964 The Heartbreaking Story
Director
- 1963 Sinmungo
Director
- 1963 For My Husband
Director
- 1963 Man Is Not Popular
Director
- 1962 Fighting Lions
Writer
- 1962 The War and an Old Man
Director
- 1962 Farewell to the Duman River
Director
- 1961 Bonanza
Assistant Director
- 1961 Horizon
Assistant Director
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2026
- 2024
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 Movie Room
1 episode
- 2012
- 2010
- 2005
- 1995