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