Bong Joon-ho made his feature film debut in 2000 with the film "Barking Dogs Never Bite." Of a crowd of talented new Korean directors emerging at the time, Bong appeared to attract the least attention and achieve the least commercial success. Despite earlier strong support for his short film "Incoherence" in 1994, Bong appeared headed for failure.
Three years later, however, the tables turned again for Bong. His thriller "Memories of Murder." based on a real-life unsolved serial killer case from recent Korean history, proved a hit. Already noted from its earlier stages as having an...
Bong Joon-ho made his feature film debut in 2000 with the film "Barking Dogs Never Bite." Of a crowd of talented new Korean directors emerging at t...
Born in Seoul in 1922, Kim Ki-young graduated from the Dentistry School of Seoul National University. After working both as a performer and as director his own performances, he debuted as a film director in 1955 with "The Box of Death." This was followed by more than 30 film works, including "The Housemaid" (1960), "The Sea Knows" (1961), "Woman of Fire" (1971) and "Chungnyeo" (1972). A retrospective session of Kim's works was prepared for the 2nd Pusan International Film Festival, and with this event his unique works were rediscovered. Later, Kim's works gained a new group of exuberant fans...
Born in Seoul in 1922, Kim Ki-young graduated from the Dentistry School of Seoul National University. After working both as a performer and as directo...
Im Kwon-taek was born on May 2, 1936, in Jangseong, Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province). He grew up in the southern city of Gwangju, where he completed high school. During the Korean War his family suffered considerable hardships and losses in the fighting, and he moved to Busan in search of work. From Busan he moved to Seoul in 1955, and met the film director Chung Chang-hwa. From this time Im started to work as a production assistant on Chung's film "The Story of Janghwa & Hongryun" (1956). After five years Im was recommended by Chung for the position of film director, and he completed his...
Im Kwon-taek was born on May 2, 1936, in Jangseong, Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province). He grew up in the southern city of Gwangju, where he complet...
When Hong Sangsoo's debut work, "The Day a Pig Fell into the Well," was released in May 1996, the nation's film critics were thrown into shock. The cinematic language in the film was unprecedented in Korean film history. Since then, Hong has continued to show his own distinctive style with near perfection in his following works. This book, written by Huh Moonyung, one of the most distinguished film critics in Korea, is intended to help readers to better understand the cinematic world of Hong Sangsoo. The book also includes the analyses of a prominent film critic, David Bordwell, and a...
When Hong Sangsoo's debut work, "The Day a Pig Fell into the Well," was released in May 1996, the nation's film critics were thrown into shock. The ci...
Born in 1926, Shin Sang-ok is recognized as one of the masters of Korean cinema. After graduating from Tokyo Art School, he debuted as a director with "The Evil Night" in 1952 and went on to direct more than 70 films in five decades. Highly-acclaimed retrospectives of his work were screened at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Shin was awarded the 1st Daejong Film Awards' Best Director prize for "Mother and a Guest in the Room of Master" and the 1st Baeksang Art Awards' Best Director prize for "Deaf Samryong-I" and the 11th Asia-Pacific...
Born in 1926, Shin Sang-ok is recognized as one of the masters of Korean cinema. After graduating from Tokyo Art School, he debuted as a director with...
