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| Hanja | 金基德 |
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Kim Ki-duk is a Korean film director noted for his idiosyncratic "arthouse" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit (He is not related to the other director with the same name in Yonggary).
Biography
Kim Ki-duk was born on December 20, 1960 in Bonghwa (Kyongsang province), South Korea. He studied fine arts in Paris 1990-1992.
In 2004, he received Best Director awards at two different film festivals, for two different films: at the Berlin International Film Festival for Samaritan Girl, and at the Venice Film Festival for 3-Iron.
Kim Ki-duk has the same name as another filmmaker who directed over 50 features in the 1960s and 1970s, including such classics as Five Marines (1961), Barefooted Youth (1964), South and North (1965), and Grand Evil Master Yonggary (1967). They are not related.
Animal cruelty
There is a case of cruelty to animals in the South Korean film The Isle, according to its director Kim Ki-Duk. In the film, a real frog is skinned alive while fishes are mutilated.
Filmography
- Ag-o / Crocodile (1996)
- Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog / Wild Animals (1996)
- Paran daemun / The Birdcage Inn (1998)
- Shilje sanghwang / Real Fiction (2000)
- Seom / The Isle (2000)
- Suchwiin bulmyeong / Address Unknown (2001)
- Nabbeun namja / Bad Guy (2001)
- Hae anseon / The Coast Guard (2002)
- Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom / Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)
- Samaria / Samaritan Girl (2004)
- Bin-jip / 3-Iron (2004)
- Hwal / The Bow (2005)
- Shi gan / Time (2006)
- Soom / Breath (2007)
See also
External links
- Kim Ki-duk at IMDb
- Kim Ki-Duk: the past, the persistent problems and the near future About Kim Ki-Duk's 2006 controversial declarations
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