Ki Duk Kim

Kim Ki Duk

  • Name: Kim Ki Duk
  • Native name: 김기덕
  • Also Known as: Kim Kee Duk, Kim Ki Deok
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: September 29, 1934
  • Died: September 7, 2017
Kim Ki Duk was a South Korean film director and professor. Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film "Yongary", Kim 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 (청춘영화 - cheongchun yeonghwa).
He died on 7 September 2017 at the age of 83 from lung cancer

He is not related to Kim Ki Duk, the South Korean director of 3-Iron. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1974 Yoo Kwan Soon
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1972 The Wedding Ring
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1969 Devotion of Youth
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1969 Beauty in Black Rose Castle
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1969 Until That Day
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1969 Reminiscence
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1968 The Angry Land
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1968 The Snowstorm
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1968 Confessions of Youth
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1968 Your Name
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1967 Yonggary
Movie
5.9
1967 Island Village Teacher
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1966 Terminal Point
Movie
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1966 A Black Scarf
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1966 Horse-Year Bride
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1965 The North and South
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1964 The Barefooted Young
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6.7
1963 Till Peonies Bloom
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1962 There Are No Bad Men
Movie
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1961 Five Marines
Movie
6.7
Editor
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1959 Madam Butterfly
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  • First Name: Ki Duk
  • Family Name: Kim
  • Native name: 김기덕
  • Also Known as: Kim Kee Duk, Kim Ki Deok
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: September 29, 1934
  • Died: September 7, 2017

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