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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birth DateMay 2, 1936 (90 years old)

Zodiac Sign♉Taurus

Place of BirthJangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea

Career Span1961 – Present (66 yrs)

Known Credits113 Titles

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DirectingPopularity Score 0.7

Im Kwon-taek

Also known as:임권택Kwon-taek Im

Total Works

113

112 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

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Global Reach

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Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Im Kwon-taek's career

7.0

Chihwaseon

2002•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Chunhyang

2000•movie

Role: Director

7.8

Sopyonje

1993•movie

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 113 titles featuring Im Kwon-taek

7.0

Chihwaseon

2002•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Chunhyang

2000•movie

Role: Director

7.8

Sopyonje

1993•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Rough Play

2013•movie

as Jeonju Festival VIP

6.5

Mandala

1981•movie

Role: Director

5.7

General's Son

1990•movie

Role: Director

7.1

The Surrogate Womb

1987•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Revivre

2014•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Beyond the Years

2007•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Low Life

2004•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Come, Come, Come Upward

1989•movie

Role: Director

5.2

Downfall

1997•movie

Role: Writer

6.9

The Taebaek Mountains

1994•movie

Role: Director

5.4

General's Son 2

1991•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Jagko

1983•movie

Role: Director

6.1

General's Son 3

1992•movie

Role: Director

6.8

The Village of Mist

1983•movie

Role: Director

7.4

Festival

1996•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Gilsodom

1986•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Hanji

2011•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Fly High, Run Far

1991•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012•movie

as Self

5.8

Ticket

1986•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Farewell to the Duman River

1962•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Adada

1987•movie

Role: Director

5.6

The Cinema on the Road

1995•movie

as Self

9.4

1 eps

Movie Room

2018•series

as Self

5.2

I Am a King

1966•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Hand in Hand

1989•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Genealogy

1979•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Wives on Parade

1974•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Jury

2013•movie

as Audience

7.0

My Hometown

1976•movie

Role: Director

4.0

The Testimony

1974•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Weeds

1973•movie

Role: Producer

7.5

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

2026•movie

as Self

7.0

Daughter of the Flames

1983•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Mrs. Speculator

1980•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Bonanza

1961•movie

Role: Assistant Director

6.2

The Hidden Hero

1980•movie

Role: Director

6.5

A Bout in 30 Years

1971•movie

Role: Director

5.8

The Evergreen Tree

1978•movie

Role: Director

9.5

Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin

1968•movie

Role: Director

8.5

The Teacher with Ten Daughters

1964•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Walking in the Movies

2024•movie

as Self

7.0

Gravity of the Tea

2019•movie

as Self

7.0

Cloud, Encore

2019•movie

as Self

10.0

A Second Mother

1972•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder

1969•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Power for Ten Years

1964•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Her Majesty Yeonghwa

1964•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry

1966•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The War and an Old Man

1962•movie

Role: Director

9.0

A Swordsman

1967•movie

Role: Director

8.0

A Woman Pursued

1970•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Woman with Long Eyelashes

1970•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Little Adventurer

1979•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Diary of King Yonsan

1988•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Battlefield and a Female Teacher

1966•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Near Yet Far Away

1978•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Cruel history of Myeong Dong

1972•movie

Role: Director

8.0

High School Tears

1982•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Eagle of Wild Field

1969•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Seize the Precious Sword

1972•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Yeonhwa

1975•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Yeonhwa 2

1975•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks

1971•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong

1972•movie

Role: Director

8.0

One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave

1972•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Big Chase

1973•movie

Role: Director

7.0

I Won't Cry

1974•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Man Is Not Popular

1963•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Sinmungo

1963•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Result of the Ambition

1964•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Regular Tardy Student

1964•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Rainy Gomoryeong Hill

1969•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The Heartbreaking Story

1964•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Escaping Shanghai

1969•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Fading in the Rain

1965•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The King and the Servant Boy

1965•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Nilliri

1966•movie

Role: Director

9.0

A Sword Under the Moon

1970•movie

Role: Director

9.0

One-eyed Park

1970•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew

1970•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Rain Outside the Porthole

1970•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Nostalgia

1967•movie

Role: Director

9.0

A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern

1967•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Man Like the Wind

1968•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Returned Left-handed Man

1968•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Lady in Dream

1968•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Why Did I Do That?

1975•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Life of Ok-rye

1977•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Man Who Arrived by Night Train

1970•movie

Role: Director

9.0

A Mysterious Sword

1970•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Don't Torture Me Anymore

1971•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Revenge of the Sword

1971•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1979•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Polluted Ones

1982•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Wife

1976•movie

Role: Director

4.0

Abenko Green Beret

1982•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

1977•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Commando on the Nakdong River

1976•movie

Role: Director

Through Korean Cinema

2010•movie

as Self

Bhiksuni

2017•movie

as Self

For My Husband

1963•movie

Role: Director

Five Hostesses for the Resistance

1973•movie

Role: Director

Sorry to Give You Trouble

1969•movie

Role: Director

Snowing on Grudge Street

1971•movie

Role: Director

Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace

1983•movie

Role: Director

You Can't Stop a Flowing River

1984•movie

Role: Director

Three Generations of Men

1969•movie

Role: Director

The Night of Full Moon

1969•movie

Role: Director

Divine Bow

1979•movie

Role: Director