Biography
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.
Filmography
all 37
Movies 37
Director 30
Producer 5
Writer 1
Be a Wicked Woman (1990)
Beasts of Prey (1985)
Hunting of Fools (1984)
Free Woman (1982)
Woman of Fire '82 (1982)
The Phantom Thief (1981)
Ban Geum-ryeon (1981)
The Deaf Worker (1980)
Water Lady (1979)
Soil (1978)
Ieoh Island (1977)
Promise of the Flesh (1975)
Transgression (1974)
Insect Woman (1972)
Woman of Fire (1971)
Elegy of Ren (1969)
Lady Hong (1969)
Woman (1968)
A Soldier Speaks after Death (1966)
Asphalt (1964)
Goryeojang (1963)
The Sea Knows (1961)
The Housemaid (1960)
A Sad Pastorale (1960)
The First Snow (1958)
Twilight Train (1957)
A Woman's War (1957)
Touch-Me-Not (1956)
Yangsan Province (1955)
Boxes of Death (1955)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1919-10-10
Deathday1998-02-05 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceSeoul, South Korea
CitizenshipsSouth Korea
Also Known AsKi-young Kim, 김기영, Kim Gi-yeong, 金绮泳
AwardsBlue Dragon Film Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards
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