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person_profile-Kim Ki-young

Kim Ki-young Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kim Ki-young

Date of Birth:

Oct 10, 1919

Country of birth:

South Korea

Died:

Feb 05, 1998

Biography of

Kim Ki-young

    Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919 – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the colonial period, raised in Pyongyang, where he became interested in theater and cinema. In Korea after the end of World War II, he studied dentistry while becoming involved in the theater. During the Korean War, he made propaganda films for the United States Information Service. In 1955, he used discarded movie equipments to produce his first two films. With the success of these two films Kim formed his own production company and produced popular melodramas for the rest of the decade.

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Kim Ki-young

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Filmography of

Kim Ki-young

Found 24 Movies in total

... 1990

... 1985

... 1984

Free Woman

Director

... 1982

... 1981

... 1980

... 1979

... 1978

Soil

Director

... 1978

Ieoh Island

Director

... 1977

... 1976

... 1975

... 1974

... 1972

... 1971

... 1969

Woman

Screenplay

... 1968

... 1963

The Sea Knows

Adaptation

... 1961

The Housemaid

Screenplay

... 1960

... 1957

... 1957

... 1955

... 1955