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Yu Hyun-mok

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South Korean film director (1925-2009)

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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

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Grand Bell Awards

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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."

Country
South Korea
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2009 · aged 83
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12 languages

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