Kim Ki-duk

Born: 1960-12-20

Kim Ki-duk (December 20, 1960 – December 11, 2020) was a prolific South Korean writer-director of idiosyncratic, allegorical, and often extreme and transgressive arthouse dramas, best known for "The Isle" (2000), "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring" (2003), "Samaritan Girl" (2004), "3-Iron" (2004) and "Pieta" (2012). His films have received many distinctions on the international festival circuit.


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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

as Adult Monk
Released: 2003-09-19

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy...

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Breath

as Prison Warden
Released: 2007-04-26

A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his...

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Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-10-29

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...

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Balkan Spirit

as Himself - Director
Released: 2013-04-08

Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the...

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Arirang

as Himself
Released: 2011-05-13

Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career.

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The Rocket Is Launched

as uncredited
Released: 1997-03-15

Actor Choi Jong-won is late to a movie shoot. He bemoans the state of the national economy when...

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Life is a Thrill

as Self
Released: 2020-12-14

This is a story about an amazing person who devotes his life to his students. Vladimir Fenchenko...

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Amen

as Masked Man
Released: 2011-12-08

A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has...

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My Mother

as uncredited
Released: 2013-09-11

A short film shot for Venice 70: Future Reloaded

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