Yu Hyun-mok

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South Korean film director (1925-2009)

South Korea DirectorsLived 1925 to 2009 · aged 83

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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).

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Filmography 32

Aimless Bullet1961

Even the Clouds Are Drifting1959

The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy1963

Descendants of Cain1968

Rainy Days1979

Forever with You1958

An Empty Dream1965

Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train1967

Bun-rye's Story1971

The Martyrs1965

Wife's Confession1964

The Extra Mortals1964

Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone1995

I Want to Be Human1969

The Three Hen-pecked Generations1967

Son of a Man1980

Woman1968

School Excursion1969

Flame1975

A Regret1967

Lim Kkeok-jeong1961

Grudge1968

Once Upon a Time1978

The Lost Youth1957

The Seizure of Life1958

Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day1987

The Door1978

Kongjwi and Patjwi1978

I'll Give You Everything1968

Hand1966

Only for You1962

홍차기의 일생1948

36 credits on file

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Grand Bell Awards

Connected to Yu 6

Yi Mun-yolAlso in Son of a Man (1980)

Baek Il-seobAlso in Once Upon a Time (1978)

Choi Moo-ryongAlso in Aimless Bullet (1961)

Do Kum-bongAlso in Forever with You (1958)

Hwang Sun-wonAlso in Descendants of Cain (1968)

Moon Jeong-sukAlso in Aimless Bullet (1961)

About this person

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."

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South Korea