Im Kwon Taek

Name: Im Kwon Taek
Native name: 임권택
Nationality: South Korean
Gender: Male
Born: May 2, 1936
Age: 89

Im Kwon Taek 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. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2019	Gravity of the Tea	Movie	0.0
2015	Revivre	Movie	6.9
2007	Beyond The Years	Movie	6.7
2000	Chunhyang	Movie	7.1
1996	Festival	Movie	7.4
1994	The Taebaek Mountains	Movie	7.2
1993	Sopyonje	Movie	7.4
1992	The General's Son 3	Movie	6.0
1991	Fly High, Run Far	Movie	9.0
1991	The General's Son 2	Movie	6.5
1990	The General's Son	Movie	7.0
1989	Come, Come, Come Upwards!	Movie	6.9
1988	Prince Yeon San's Life	Movie	0.0
1987	The Surrogate Woman	Movie	6.9
1987	Adada	Movie	0.0
1986	Ticket	Movie	6.1
1986	Gilsotteum	Movie	7.6
1984	How to Stop the River from Flowing?	Movie	0.0
1984	Bhiksuni	Movie	0.0
1983	Daughter of Fire	Movie	0.0
1983	Mismatched Nose	Movie	6.3
1983	Crying in the Arms of Butterfly	Movie	0.0
1983	The Village of Mist	Movie	6.6
1982	Abenko Green Beret	Movie	0.0
1982	Tears of the Idol	Movie	0.0
1981	Mandala	Movie	7.2
1980	No Glory, No Flag	Movie	0.0
1979	Divine Bow	Movie	0.0
1979	Mother's Face Above Those Waves	Movie	0.0
1979	The Family Pedigree	Movie	7.9
1979	Tomorrow After Tomorrow	Movie	4.0
1976	The Longest Summer	Movie	0.0
1976	A Byegone Romance	Movie	0.0
1975	Why Did I Do That?	Movie	0.0
1974	Parade of Wives	Movie	0.0
1973	Weeds	Movie	0.0
1973	Obaekhwa	Movie	0.0
1972	Cruelty on the Streets of Myongdong	Movie	0.0
1972	Gangsters of Myongdong	Movie	0.0
1972	A Stepmother's Heartache	Movie	0.0
1971	The 30 Year Showdown	Movie	0.0
1970	One-Eyed Mr. Park	Movie	0.0
1970	A Woman With Long Eyelashes	Movie	0.0
1969	Rainy Gomoryeong Hill	Movie	0.0
1968	Lady in Dream	Movie	0.0
1968	Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin	Movie	7.0
1968	A Man Called the Wind	Movie	0.0
1967	A Swordsman	Movie	0.0
1967	Would You Help Me?	Movie	0.0
1966	Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry	Movie	0.0
1966	War and a Female Teacher	Movie	0.0
1966	Jeonjaenggwa Yeogyosa	Movie	10.0
1964	The Heartbreaking Story	Movie	0.0
1964	The Power for Ten Years	Movie	0.0
1963	Mangbuseok	Movie	0.0
1963	Sinmungo	Movie	0.0
1962	Old Man in the Combat Zone	Movie	0.0
1962	Farewell Duman River	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2011	Scooping Up the Moonlight	Movie	6.3
2004	Low Life	Movie	7.2
2002	Chihwaseon	Movie	6.9
1997	Downfall	Movie	6.7

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Journey into Sato Tadao Japanese Movie, 2025, [Himself] (Support Role)	[Himself] Support Role	0.0
2019	Cloud, Encore Korean Movie, 2019, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
2019	Gravity of the Tea Korean Movie, 2019, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
2013	Rough Play Korean Movie, 2013, [Jeonju film festival VIP] (Guest Role)	[Jeonju film festival VIP] Guest Role	6.5
2012	Ari Ari the Korean Cinema Korean Movie, 2012, [Himself] (Support Role)	[Himself] Support Role	7.0

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2019	Movie Room Season 2 Korean TV Show, 2019, 116 eps (Ep. 100) (Guest)	116	(Ep. 100) Guest	0.0

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