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Kim Ki-young
South Korean film director (1919-1998) · South Korea · On the map · Directors · Died at 78
Kim Ki-young was a South Korean film director known for intensely psychosexual, melodramatic, and grotesque films, often centred on female characters.
Kim Ki-young is read about 56 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Hunting of FoolsFilm, Director, Writer1981
Ban Geum-ryunFilm, Director1979A BarmaidFilm, Producer1977
Ieoh IslandFilm, Director1975
PromisesFilm, Director1972
Insect WomanFilm, Director, Writer1969
Elegy of RenFilm, Director1966A Soldier Speaks after DeathFilm, Director, Writer1963
GoryeojangFilm, Director, Writer1960
A Sad PastoraleFilm, Director1958The First SnowFilm, Director1956
Touch-Me-NotFilm, Director, Producer1953
I Am a TruckFilm, Director1919Born10 October 1919People around Kim
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Kim Ji-mee Kim directed Woman of Fire '82 (1982)
Youn Yuh-jung Kim directed Woman of Fire and Be a Wicked Woman
Kim Ja-ok Kim directed Water Lady (1979)
Jo Mi-ryeong Kim directed A Woman's War (1957)- Choi Moo-ryong Kim directed Box of Death (1955)
Lee Soon-jae Kim directed Lady Hong (1969)
Ahn Sung-ki Kim directed The Housemaid (1960)
Chang Mi-hee Kim directed Neumi (1980)
Choi Bool-am Kim directed Transgression (1974)
Na Young-hee Kim directed Woman of Fire '82 (1982)
Moon Hee Kim directed Lady Hong (1969)
Shin Seong-il Kim directed Ban Geum-ryeon (1982)
Um Aing-ran Also in A Defiance of Teenager and The Housemaid
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About this person
Born in Seoul and raised in Pyongyang, he developed an interest in theatre before moving south after World War II, where he studied dentistry while continuing to work in theatre. During the Korean War, he made propaganda films for the United States Information Service, and in 1955 used discarded equipment to produce his first two features, whose success led him to establish his own production company.
