# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yu-hyun-mok
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:20:06.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yu-hyun-mok"
name: "Yu Hyun-mok"
slug: "yu-hyun-mok"
description: "Yu Hyun-mok was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Korea, Empire of Japan, he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan \"has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls.\" Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a \"remarkable film\", and praised Yu's \"[b]rilliantly detailed camera\" and the film's \"probing sympathy and rich characterizations.\""
tagline: "South Korean film director (1925–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Yu_Hyun-mok.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-07-02"
deathDate: "2009-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.14838133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948577/"
    handle:    "nm0948577"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9E%E8%B3%A2%E7%A9%86"
    title: "俞賢穆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ياو هيون موك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%DB%86%DA%A9"
    title: "یو ھیون-مۆک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Hyun-mok"
    title: "Yu Hyun-mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "یو هیون-موک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Hy%C7%92n-mok"
    title: "Yu Hyǒn-mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Hyun-mok"
    title: "Yu Hyun-mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ユ・ヒョンモク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%ED%98%84%EB%AA%A9"
    title: "유현목"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Hyun-mok"
    title: "Yu Hyun-mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Hyun-mok"
    title: "Yu Hyun-mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE_%D0%A5%D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BA"
    title: "Ю Хён Мок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318144"
    title: "Yu Hyun-mok"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump