
Directing
Im Kwon-taek
2 May 1936 (90) Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
- Directed
- 105
- Written
- 10
- Produced
- 1
- Movies
- 11
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.
Known For
- 2026
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema · Film
- 2024
- Walking in the Movies · Film
- 2019
- Cloud, Encore · Film
- Gravity of the Tea · Film
- 2017
- 2014
- Revivre · Film · Director
- 2013
- Rough Play · Film · Jeonju Festival VIP
- Jury · Film · Audience
- 2012
- Ari Ari the Korean Cinema · Film
- 2011
- Hanji · Film · Screenplay
- 2010
- Through Korean Cinema · Film
- 2007
- Beyond the Years · Film · Writer
- 2005
- 2004
- Low Life · Film · Director
- 2002
- Chihwaseon · Film · Director
- 2000
- Chunhyang · Film · Director
- 1997
- Downfall · Film · Writer
- 1996
- Festival · Film · Director
- 1995
- The Cinema on the Road · Film
- 1994
- The Taebaek Mountains · Film · Director
- 1993
- Sopyonje · Film · Director
- 1992
- General's Son 3 · Film · Director
- 1991
- General's Son 2 · Film · Director
- Fly High, Run Far · Film · Director
- 1990
- General's Son · Film · Director
- 1989
- Come, Come, Come Upward · Film · Director
- Hand in Hand · Film · Director
- 1988
- The Diary of King Yonsan · Film · Director
- 1987
- The Surrogate Womb · Film · Director
- Adada · Film · Director
- 1986
- 1984
- You Can't Stop a Flowing River · Film · Director
- 1983
- Jagko · Film · Director
- The Village of Mist · Film · Director
- Daughter of the Flames · Film · Director
- Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace · Film · Director
- 1982
- High School Tears · Film · Director
- Polluted Ones · Film · Director
- Abenko Green Beret · Film · Director
- 1981
- Mandala · Film · Director
- 1980
- Mrs. Speculator · Film · Director
- The Hidden Hero · Film · Director
- 1979
- Genealogy · Film · Director
- The Little Adventurer · Film · Director
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow · Film · Director
- A Warrior's Fighting Spirit · Film · Director
- Divine Bow · Film · Director
- 1978
- The Evergreen Tree · Film · Director
- Near Yet Far Away · Film · Director
- 1977
- The Life of Ok-rye · Film · Director
- Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang · Film · Director
- 1976
- My Hometown · Film · Director
- Bare Feet in the Snow · Film · Director
- Wife · Film · Director
- Commando on the Nakdong River · Film · Director
- 1975
- Yeonhwa · Film · Director
- Yeonhwa 2 · Film · Director
- Why Did I Do That? · Film · Director
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow · Film · Director
- 1974
- Wives on Parade · Film · Director
- The Testimony · Film · Director
- I Won't Cry · Film · Director
- 1973
- Weeds · Film · Producer
- The Big Chase · Film · Director
- Five Hostesses for the Resistance · Film · Director
- 1972
- A Second Mother · Film · Director
- Cruel history of Myeong Dong · Film · Director
- Seize the Precious Sword · Film · Director
- Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong · Film · Director
- One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave · Film · Director
- 1971
- A Bout in 30 Years · Film · Director
- The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks · Film · Director
- Don't Torture Me Anymore · Film · Director
- Revenge of the Sword · Film · Director
- Snowing on Grudge Street · Film · Director
- 1970
- Woman with Long Eyelashes · Film · Director
- A Woman Pursued · Film · Director
- A Sword Under the Moon · Film · Director
- One-eyed Park · Film · Director
- A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew · Film · Director
- Rain Outside the Porthole · Film · Director
- A Mysterious Sword · Film · Director
- A Man Who Arrived by Night Train · Film · Original Story
- 1969
- A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder · Film · Director
- Eagle of Wild Field · Film · Director
- Rainy Gomoryeong Hill · Film · Director
- Escaping Shanghai · Film · Director
- Sorry to Give You Trouble · Film · Director
- Three Generations of Men · Film · Director
- The Night of Full Moon · Film · Director
- 1968
- Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin · Film · Director
- A Man Like the Wind · Film · Director
- Returned Left-handed Man · Film · Director
- Lady in Dream · Film · Director
- 1967
- A Swordsman · Film · Director
- Nostalgia · Film · Director
- A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern · Film · Director
- 1966
- I Am a King · Film · Director
- Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry · Film · Director
- Battlefield and a Female Teacher · Film · Director
- Nilliri · Film · Director
- 1965
- Fading in the Rain · Film · Director
- The King and the Servant Boy · Film · Director
- 1964
- The Teacher with Ten Daughters · Film · Director
- The Power for Ten Years · Film · Director
- Her Majesty Yeonghwa · Film · Director
- The Result of the Ambition · Film · Director
- The Regular Tardy Student · Film · Director
- The Heartbreaking Story · Film · Director
- 1963
- Man Is Not Popular · Film · Director
- Sinmungo · Film · Director
- For My Husband · Film · Director
- 1962
- Farewell to the Duman River · Film · Director
- The War and an Old Man · Film · Director
- Fighting Lions · Film · Writer
- 1961





































































