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