Considered the standard-bearer of new Korean cinema in the 1980s, JANG started his movie career as the assistant director to [KIM Soo-yong]. His feature debut, (1985), grabbed three awards such as the Golden Bell Award for Best New Director. Through his best works, (1988), (1989), (1991), and others, he was steadfast in his critical views on the infiltration of the American culture that was threatening Korea’s traditional culture. The director also had a knack for reinterpreting best-selling novels in his own way and adapting them onto the big screen. Films considered to be his best works, such as , , and (1994) and his later works, (1998) and < The Crescent Moon>(2002), were all based on best-selling novels Edit Biography