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