Im Kwon-taek (born May 2, 1936) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.
Filmography (116 movies)
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Walking in the Movies
2024
as Self
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964
Director
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Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1968
Director
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Sopyonje
1993
Director
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Festival
1996
Director
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The Surrogate Womb
1987
Director
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The Village of Mist
1983
Director
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Painted Fire
2002
Writer
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Jagko
1980
Director
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Rough Play
2013
as Jeonju Festival VIP
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Come Come Come Upward
1989
Director
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The Taebaek Mountains
1994
Director
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6.5
Chunhyang
2000
Director
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Fly High, Run Far
1991
Director
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Gilsodom
1986
Director
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Mandala
1981
Director
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Jury
2013
as Audience
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Beyond the Years
2007
Writer
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General's Son 3
1992
Director
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Hanji
2011
Director
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Adada
1987
Director
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The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2006
as Himself
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My Hometown
1976
Director
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Daughter of the Flames
1983
Director
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Hand in Hand
1989
Director
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Revivre
2014
Director
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Low Life
2004
Director
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Genealogy
1979
Director
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General's Son
1990
Director
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Polluted Ones
1982
Director
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Farewell to the Duman River
1962
Director
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General's Son 2
1991
Director
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Ticket
1986
Director
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5.2
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
as Himself
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5.0
The Cinema on the Road
1995
as Himself
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Wives on Parade
1974
Director
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4.8
Weeds
1973
Producer
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4.8
I Am a King
1966
Director
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4.7
Downfall
1997
Writer
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4.5
The Evergreen Tree
1978
Director
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4.5
The Hidden Hero
1980
Director
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4.0
Abenko Green Beret
1982
Director
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4.0
Mrs. Speculator
1980
Director
2.5
2.5
The Testimony
1974
Director
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2025
as Self
Through Korean Cinema
2010
as Self
Gravity of the Tea
2019
as Self
Cloud, Encore
2019
as Self
Bhiksuni
2017
Director
A Man Like the Wind
1968
Director
Returned Left-handed Man
1968
Director
Lady in Dream
1968
Director
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
1969
Director
Escaping Shanghai
1969
Director
A Sword Under the Moon
1970
Writer
One-eyed Park
1970
Director
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
1970
Director
Rain Outside the Porthole
1970
Director
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
1970
Director
A Mysterious Sword
1970
Writer
Don't Torture Me Anymore
1971
Director
Revenge of the Sword
1971
Director
Yeonhwa
1975
Director
Yeonhwa 2
1975
Director
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
1971
Director
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972
Director
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972
Director
The Big Chase
1973
Director
I Won't Cry
1974
Director
Why Did I Do That?
1975
Director
The Life of Ok-rye
1977
Director
A Warrior's Fighting Spirit
1979
Director
Commando on the Nakdong River
1976
Director
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1979
Director
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1975
Director
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
1983
Director
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
1986
Director
Wife
1976
Director
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
1966
Director
The War and an Old Man
1962
Director
High School Tears
1982
Director
Near Yet Far Away
1978
Director
A Swordsman
1967
Director
A Woman Pursued
1970
Director
Woman with Long Eyelashes
1970
Director
A Bout in 30 Years
1971
Director
The Little Adventurer
1979
Director
Bare Feet in the Snow
1976
Director
The Diary of King Yonsan
1988
Director
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
1972
Director
Eagle of Wild Field
1969
Director
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang