Im Kwon-taek
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Im Kwon-taek (born May 2, 1936) 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.
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Chihwaseon (2002)
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Chunhyang (2000)
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Downfall (1997)
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Revivre (2014)
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The Surrogate Womb (1987)
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Sopyonje (1993)
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Low Life (2004)
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General's Son (1990)
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The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
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General's Son 3 (1992)
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Come, Come, Come Upward (1989)
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General's Son 2 (1991)
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Hanji (2011)
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Mandala (1981)
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Farewell to the Duman River (1962)
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Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin (1968)
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Yeonhwa 2 (1975)
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Cruel history of Myeong Dong (1972)
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Beyond the Years (2007)
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Fly High, Run Far (1991)
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Genealogy (1979)
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The Evergreen Tree (1978)
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters (1964)
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Festival (1996)
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Sinmungo (1963)
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Jagko (1983)
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A Swordsman (1967)
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The Life of Ok-rye (1977)
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Yeonhwa (1975)
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Gilsodom (1986)
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Wives on Parade (1974)
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Abenko Green Beret (1982)
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Battlefield and a Female Teacher (1966)
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A Second Mother (1972)
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The Testimony (1974)
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Bhiksuni (2017)
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Her Majesty Yeonghwa (1964)
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Man Is Not Popular (1963)
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The Village of Mist (1983)
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I Am a King (1966)
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One-eyed Park (1970)
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For My Husband (1963)
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I Won't Cry (1974)
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A Bout in 30 Years (1971)
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Adada (1987)
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A Man Like the Wind (1968)
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Nilliri (1966)
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Lady in Dream (1968)
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The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks (1971)
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Eagle of Wild Field (1969)
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Rainy Gomoryeong Hill (1969)
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Don't Torture Me Anymore (1971)
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Woman with Long Eyelashes (1970)
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The Result of the Ambition (1964)
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Seize the Precious Sword (1972)
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The King and the Servant Boy (1965)
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A Woman Pursued (1970)
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One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave (1972)
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Mrs. Speculator (1980)
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Ticket (1986)
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Five Hostesses for the Resistance (1973)
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Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry (1966)
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A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew (1970)
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The Heartbreaking Story (1964)
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Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong (1972)
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Why Did I Do That? (1975)
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Nostalgia (1967)
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A Sword Under the Moon (1970)
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Three Generations of Men (1969)
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Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace (1983)
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Escaping Shanghai (1969)
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A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern (1967)
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1979)
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The Night of Full Moon (1969)
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The Diary of King Yonsan (1988)
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Commando on the Nakdong River (1976)
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Rain Outside the Porthole (1970)
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Snowing on Grudge Street (1971)
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Revenge of the Sword (1971)
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The Hidden Hero (1980)
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Fading in the Rain (1965)
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Sorry to Give You Trouble (1969)
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The Big Chase (1973)
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High School Tears (1982)
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Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang (1977)
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The War and an Old Man (1962)
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The Power for Ten Years (1964)
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The Regular Tardy Student (1964)
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A Man Who Arrived by Night Train (1970)
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Weeds (1973)
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Divine Bow (1979)
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My Hometown (1976)
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Polluted Ones (1982)
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Returned Left-handed Man (1968)
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You Can't Stop a Flowing River (1984)
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A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder (1969)
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Wife (1976)
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The Little Adventurer (1979)
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Daughter of the Flames (1983)
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A Mysterious Sword (1970)
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1975)
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Bare Feet in the Snow (1976)
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Hand in Hand (1989)
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Near Yet Far Away (1978)
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A Warrior's Fighting Spirit (1979)
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