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Kim Su-yong

South Korean film director (1929-2023) · South Korea · On the map · Directors · Died at 94

Kim Soo-yong was a South Korean film director. Kim made his debut in 1958 with A Henpecked Husband and directed more than 100 movies through 1999 with Scent of Love (2000).

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2023Died3 December 20232000Scent of LoveFilm, Director1982Bird that Cries at NightFilm, Director1981Girl Going to the CityFilm, Director1979Love's ConditionFilm, Director197820 Years as a Woman ReporterFilm, Director1976Windmill of My MindFilm, Director1975The InstinctFilm, Director1972Flower in the RainFilm, Director1970Mi-aeFilm, Director1968Salt PondFilm, Director1967Confession of an ActressFilm, Director1965Sorrow Even Up in HeavenFilm, Director1963KinshipFilm, Director1960A Returned ManFilm, Director1929Born23 September 1929

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Awards

Grand Bell Awards
Blue Dragon Film Awards
Buil Film Awards
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

About this person

He made many popular commercial films of the past decades, such as Sad Story of Self Supporting Child (1965) as well as some 50 literary movies based on popular Korean novels such as The Sea Village (1965) and Mist (1967). Kim died on 3 December 2023, at the age of 94.

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Country
South Korea
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2023 · aged 94

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