Kim Kee-duk

Director

Born: September 29, 1934 (82 years old)

Died: September 7, 2017

Place of birth: Seoul, Korea

Biography

KIM Ki-duk is a South Korean film director and professor. Best-known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant-monster film, Yonggary, KIM Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with KIM Soo-yong and LEE Man-hee, KIM was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama.

Filmography (3)

• The Barefooted Young (1964, ★ 6.7)
• Five Marines (1961, ★ 5.6)
• Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967, ★ 4.8)