Kim Ki Duk

Name: Kim Ki Duk
Native name: 김기덕
Also Known as: Kim Kee Duk, Kim Ki Deok
Nationality: South Korean
Gender: Male
Born: September 29, 1934
Died: September 7, 2017

Kim Ki Duk was a South Korean film director and professor. Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film "Yongary", Kim directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. 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 (청춘영화 - cheongchun yeonghwa).
He died on 7 September 2017 at the age of 83 from lung cancer

He is not related to Kim Ki Duk, the South Korean director of 3-Iron. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1974	Yoo Kwan Soon	Movie	0.0
1972	The Wedding Ring	Movie	0.0
1969	Devotion of Youth	Movie	0.0
1969	Beauty in Black Rose Castle	Movie	0.0
1969	Until That Day	Movie	0.0
1969	Reminiscence	Movie	0.0
1968	The Angry Land	Movie	0.0
1968	The Snowstorm	Movie	0.0
1968	Confessions of Youth	Movie	0.0
1968	Your Name	Movie	0.0
1967	Yonggary	Movie	5.8
1967	Island Village Teacher	Movie	0.0
1966	Terminal Point	Movie	0.0
1966	A Black Scarf	Movie	0.0
1966	Horse-Year Bride	Movie	0.0
1965	The North and South	Movie	0.0
1964	The Barefooted Young	Movie	6.7
1963	Till Peonies Bloom	Movie	0.0
1962	There Are No Bad Men	Movie	0.0
1961	Five Marines	Movie	6.7

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1959	Madam Butterfly	Movie	0.0

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