Biography
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.
Directed 103
2010s
- 2017
Bhiksuni
Director
- 2014
Revivre
Director
- 2011
Hanji
Director
2000s
- 2007
- 2004
- 2002
- 2000
Chunhyang
Director
1990s
- 1997
Downfall
Director
- 1996
Festival
Director
- 1994
The Taebaek Mountains
Director
- 1993
Sopyonje
Director
- 1992
General's Son 3
Director
- 1991
Fly High, Run Far
Director
General's Son 2
Director
- 1990
General's Son
Director
1980s
- 1989
Come, Come, Come Upward
Director
Hand in Hand
Director
- 1988
The Diary of King Yonsan
Director
- 1987
The Surrogate Womb
Director
Adada
Director
- 1986
Ticket
Director
Gilsodom
Director
- 1984
You Can't Stop a Flowing River
Director
- 1983
Daughter of the Flames
Director
Pursuit of Death
Director
Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace
Director
The Village of Mist
Director
- 1982
Polluted Ones
Director
Abenko Green Beret
Director
High School Tears
Director
- 1981
Mandala
Director
- 1980
The Hidden Hero
Director
Mrs. Speculator
Director
1970s
- 1979
Divine Bow
Director
The Little Adventurer
Director
Genealogy
Director
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Director
- 1978
Near Yet Far Away
Director
The Evergreen Tree
Director
- 1977
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
Director
The Life of Ok-rye
Director
- 1976
Wife
Director
Commando on the Nakdong River
Director
My Hometown
Director
- 1975
Why Did I Do That?
Director
Yeonhwa
Director
Yeonhwa 2
Director
- 1974
I Won't Cry
Director
Wives on Parade
Director
The Testimony
Director
- 1973
Weeds
Director
The Big Chase
Director
Five Hostesses for the Resistance
Director
- 1972
Seize the Precious Sword
Director
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Director
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Director
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Director
A Second Mother
Director
- 1971
Revenge of the Sword
Director
Don't Torture Me Anymore
Director
The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
Director
A Bout in 30 Years
Director
Snowing on Grudge Street
Director
- 1970
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Director
Rain Outside the Porthole
Director
A Mysterious Sword
Director
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
Director
A Woman Pursued
Director
A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
Director
One-eyed Park
Director
A Sword Under the Moon
Director
1960s
- 1969
Three Generations of Men
Director
Sorry to Give You Trouble
Director
Rainy Gomoryeong Hill
Director
A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
Director
The Night of Full Moon
Director
Escaping Shanghai
Director
Eagle of Wild Field
Director
- 1968
Returned Left-handed Man
Director
Lady in Dream
Director
A Man Like the Wind
Director
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
Director
- 1967
Nostalgia
Director
A Swordsman
Director
A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
Director
- 1966
Nilliri
Director
I Am a King
Director
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Director
Battlefield and a Female Teacher
Director
- 1965
The King and the Servant Boy
Director
Fading in the Rain
Director
- 1964
Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Director
The Power for Ten Years
Director
The Regular Tardy Student
Director
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Director
The Result of the Ambition
Director
The Heartbreaking Story
Director
- 1963
Sinmungo
Director
For My Husband
Director
Man Is Not Popular
Director
- 1962
The War and an Old Man
Director
Farewell to the Duman River
Director
- 1961
Bonanza
Assistant Director
Wrote 9
2010s
- 2011
Hanji
Screenplay
2000s
- 2007
- 2004
- 2002
1990s
- 1997
Downfall
Writer
1970s
- 1970
A Mysterious Sword
Writer
A Man Who Arrived by Night Train
Original Story
A Sword Under the Moon
Writer
1960s
- 1964
The Power for Ten Years
Adaptation
Acted in 2
2010s
- 2013
Jury
Audience
Produced 1
1970s
- 1973
Weeds
Producer
Edited 1
1980s
- 1988
The Diary of King Yonsan
Editor
Appearances9
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
Walking in the Movies
Self
2010s
- 2019
Cloud, Encore
Self
Gravity of the Tea
Self
- 2018
- 2017
Bhiksuni
Self
- 2012
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Self
- 2010
Through Korean Cinema
Self
1990s
- 1995
The Cinema on the Road
Self