Im Kwon-taek
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
130
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-05-02
Place of Birth
Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Also Known As
임권택, Kwon-taek Im
Known For
Walking in the Movies 
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema 
The Cinema on the Road 
Through Korean Cinema 
Cloud, Encore 
Gravity of the Tea 
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema 
Rough Play 
Jury 
Bhiksuni 
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema 
A Second Mother 
Chihwaseon 
Hanji 
Chunhyang 
Sopyonje 
Daughter of the Flames 
Ticket 
Beyond the Years 
Low Life 
The Surrogate Womb 
Come, Come, Come Upward 
Fly High, Run Far 
Downfall 
General's Son 
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder 
Festival 
The Taebaek Mountains 
The Power for Ten Years 
Mrs. Speculator 
Mandala 
General's Son 3 
General's Son 2 
Five Hostesses for the Resistance 
For My Husband 
Gilsodom 
Jagko 
Genealogy 
My Hometown 
Sorry to Give You Trouble 
Revivre 
The Village of Mist 
Her Majesty Yeonghwa 
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry 
Farewell to the Duman River 
The War and an Old Man 
A Swordsman 
Woman with Long Eyelashes 
I Am a King 
A Woman Pursued 
The Hidden Hero 
Adada 
Wives on Parade 
A Bout in 30 Years 
The Evergreen Tree 
The Little Adventurer Bare Feet in the Snow 
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin 
The Diary of King Yonsan 
The Testimony 
Battlefield and a Female Teacher 
Near Yet Far Away 
Cruel history of Myeong Dong 
High School Tears Fighting Lions 
Snowing on Grudge Street 
Hand in Hand 
Eagle of Wild Field 
Seize the Precious Sword 
Yeonhwa 
Yeonhwa 2 
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks 
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong 
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave 
The Big Chase 
I Won't Cry 
Man Is Not Popular 
Sinmungo 
The Teacher with Ten Daughters 
The Result of the Ambition 
The Regular Tardy Student 
The Heartbreaking Story 
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill 
Escaping Shanghai 
Fading in the Rain 
The King and the Servant Boy 
Nilliri 
A Sword Under the Moon 
One-eyed Park 
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew 
Rain Outside the Porthole 
Nostalgia 
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern 
A Man Like the Wind 
Returned Left-handed Man 
Lady in Dream 
Why Did I Do That? A Warrior's Fighting Spirit 
The Life of Ok-rye 
Weeds 
A Mysterious Sword 
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train 
Don't Torture Me Anymore 
Revenge of the Sword 
Tomorrow and Tomorrow Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 
Polluted Ones 
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace 
You Can't Stop a Flowing River 
Wife 
Three Generations of Men 
The Night of Full Moon 
Abenko Green Beret 
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang 
Divine Bow 
Commando on the Nakdong River This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.