Im Kwon-taek
Selected Filmography:
1973: The Deserted Widow (aka Weeds)
1981: Mandala
1982: The Polluted One
1983: Village in the Mist
1984: Daughter of the flames
1985: Gilsodom
1986: Ticket
1986: The Surrogate Woman
1987: Diary of King Yeonsan
1993: Sopyonje
1996: Festival
2000: Chunhyang
2001: Painted Fire
2004: Raging Years
2007: Beyond the years
2011: Hanji
Selection:
Im Kwon-taek was born in 1936 in Southern part of Korea. He had to earn his own money at early age. He started as a production assistant, before directing his first movie Farewell to the Duman river in 1962.
He gains worldwide fame on International Film Festival circuit in the 1980s. He directed 101 long features so far and is one of the most prominent Korean directors.
