Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934)
South Korean film director and professor (1934–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the later Korean director of the same name, see Kim Ki-duk.
Kim Ki-duk (29 September 1934 – 7 September 2017) was a South Korean film director and professor. Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film Yongary, Kim Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977.[1] 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 (Korean: 청춘영화; RR: cheongchun yeonghwa). He is not related to Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean director of 3-Iron.
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
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Kim Ki-duk | |
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Born | (1934-09-29)29 September 1934 |
Died | 7 September 2017(2017-09-07) (aged 82) |
Occupation(s) | Film director, professor |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김기덕 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Gideok |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kidŏk |
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