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.
Kim Ki-duk Biography / Wiki
| Name | Kim Ki-duk |
| Also Know | 김기ë•, 金基德, Ki-duk Kim, Ким Ки Дук |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Bonghwa, North Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Date of Birth | December 20, 1960 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 59 |
| Deathday | 2020-12-11 |
Kim Ki-duk Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Arirang | Himself | 2011-05-13 | Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career…. |
| My Mother | 2013-09-11 | A short film shot for Venice 70: Future Reloaded… | |
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring | Adult Monk | 2003-09-19 | An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as… |
| Amen | Masked Man | 2011-12-08 | A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a h… |
| The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema | Himself | 2006-04-08 | South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenome… |
| Breath | Prison Warden | 2007-04-26 | A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution o… |
| Ongoing Smile | Self | 2013-09-23 | Documentary about Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho…. |
| The Rocket Is Launched | 1997-03-15 | Actor Choi Jong-won is late to a movie shoot. He bemoans the state of the national economy when he sees a young man riding a fancy sports car…. | |
| Balkan Spirit | Self – Director | 2013-04-08 | Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of “Balkan spirit”…. |
Kim Ki-duk Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring | Director | 2003-09-19 | An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as… |
| Samaritan Girl | Director | 2004-03-05 | A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of… |
| 3-Iron | Director | 2004-10-15 | A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs o… |
| The Coast Guard | Director | 2002-11-22 | A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief th… |
| The Bow | Director | 2005-05-12 | On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthda… |
| Birdcage Inn | Director | 1998-10-31 | Streetwise Jin-a moves into a boarding house run by a small, close-knit family. But her unacceptable behavior threatens to destroy them all…. |
| The Isle | Director | 2000-04-22 | Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists… |
| Dream | Director | 2008-09-26 | In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger’s sleepwalking…. |
| Real Fiction | Director | 2000-06-24 | A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds … |
| Bad Guy | Director | 2001-11-11 | A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shar… |
| Wild Animals | Director | 1997-10-25 | Two Korean ex-pats in Paris are recruited by a French mobster. The duo find themselves at war with their mobster recruiters and each other…. |
| Breath | Director | 2007-04-26 | A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution o… |
| Crocodile | Director | 1996-11-16 | Under the Han River lives Crocodile, a rugged member of the lumpenproletariat who exists from schemes and stealing. His position as a scavenger of soc… |
| Time | Director | 2006-06-30 | Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love w… |
| Address Unknown | Director | 2001-06-02 | Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After su… |
| Arirang | Director | 2011-05-13 | Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career…. |
| Pietà | Director | 2012-09-05 | A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother…. |
| Amen | Director | 2011-12-08 | A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a h… |
| Moebius | Director | 2013-09-05 | A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction…. |
| One on One | Director | 2014-05-22 | On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of … |
| Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director | 2013-07-31 | Made for the Venice Film Festival’s 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of t… |
| Stop | Director | 2015-07-09 | The story of a young married couple who were exposed to radiation during the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor…. |
| The Net | Director | 2016-10-06 | A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer…. |
| Human, Space, Time and Human | Director | 2018-02-01 | A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, … |
| Dissolve | Director | 2019-05-15 | In Almaty, a sheltered and chaste woman named Din sees her life intertwined with the experiences of a prostitute who looks like her…. |
| My Mother | Director | 2013-09-11 | A short film shot for Venice 70: Future Reloaded… |
| Call of God | Director | 2022-09-06 | Anticipation of Love has settled in the heart of a young lady. The boundaries between dream and passion are very elusive. Life is full of physical de… |
Kim Ki-duk Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Samaritan Girl | Executive Producer | 2004-03-05 | A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of… |
| 3-Iron | Producer | 2004-10-15 | A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs o… |
| The Bow | Producer | 2005-05-12 | On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthda… |
| Poongsan | Producer | 2011-06-23 | Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When Sout… |
| Time | Producer | 2006-06-30 | Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love w… |
| Amen | Producer | 2011-12-08 | A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a h… |
| Made in China | Producer | 2014-10-25 | Chinese eel farmer Chen smuggles himself into Korea to prove that his eels are safe to eat…. |
| Stop | Producer | 2015-07-09 | The story of a young married couple who were exposed to radiation during the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor…. |
| One on One | Executive Producer | 2014-05-22 | On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of … |
| Beautiful | Producer | 2008-02-14 | Eun-young is a woman cursed with great beauty. Wherever she goes, she gets unwanted admiration from men and jealousy from women. One day, one of her s… |
| Rough Cut | Producer | 2008-09-11 | Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action … |
| The Net | Executive Producer | 2016-10-06 | A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer…. |
| Moebius | Executive Producer | 2013-09-05 | A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction…. |
| Godsend | Producer | 2013-10-06 | A woman who desperately wants a baby asks a girl who is considering abortion to give her the baby instead. The two arrive at an isolated vacation home… |
| Red Family | Producer | 2013-11-06 | Based on a screenplay by the prolific Kim Ki-duk. Two families live next door to each other in identical suburban white houses with green lawns. One f… |
| Dream | Producer | 2008-09-26 | In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger’s sleepwalking…. |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| 3-Iron | Screenplay | 2004-10-15 | A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs o… |
| Samaritan Girl | Screenplay | 2004-03-05 | A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of… |
| The Coast Guard | Screenplay | 2002-11-22 | A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief th… |
| The Bow | Screenplay | 2005-05-12 | On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthda… |
| Birdcage Inn | Screenplay | 1998-10-31 | Streetwise Jin-a moves into a boarding house run by a small, close-knit family. But her unacceptable behavior threatens to destroy them all…. |
| The Isle | Writer | 2000-04-22 | Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists… |
| Time | Writer | 2006-06-30 | Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love w… |
| Breath | Writer | 2007-04-26 | A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution o… |
| Wild Animals | Writer | 1997-10-25 | Two Korean ex-pats in Paris are recruited by a French mobster. The duo find themselves at war with their mobster recruiters and each other…. |
| Address Unknown | Writer | 2001-06-02 | Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After su… |
| Bad Guy | Writer | 2001-11-11 | A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shar… |
| Real Fiction | Writer | 2000-06-24 | A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds … |
| Crocodile | Writer | 1996-11-16 | Under the Han River lives Crocodile, a rugged member of the lumpenproletariat who exists from schemes and stealing. His position as a scavenger of soc… |
| Rough Cut | Writer | 2008-09-11 | Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action … |
| Arirang | Writer | 2011-05-13 | Documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career…. |
| Godsend | Writer | 2013-10-06 | A woman who desperately wants a baby asks a girl who is considering abortion to give her the baby instead. The two arrive at an isolated vacation home… |
| Moebius | Screenplay | 2013-09-05 | A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction…. |
| Rough Play | Screenplay | 2013-10-24 | Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight…. |
| Red Family | Screenplay | 2013-11-06 | Based on a screenplay by the prolific Kim Ki-duk. Two families live next door to each other in identical suburban white houses with green lawns. One f… |
| Poongsan | Screenplay | 2011-06-23 | Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When Sout… |
| Amen | Writer | 2011-12-08 | A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a h… |
| Made in China | Screenplay | 2014-10-25 | Chinese eel farmer Chen smuggles himself into Korea to prove that his eels are safe to eat…. |
| Stop | Screenplay | 2015-07-09 | The story of a young married couple who were exposed to radiation during the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor…. |
| Excavator | Writer | 2017-07-27 | 20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Up… |
| The Net | Writer | 2016-10-06 | A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer…. |
| Human, Space, Time and Human | Writer | 2018-02-01 | A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, … |
| One on One | Screenplay | 2014-05-22 | On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of … |
| Dissolve | Writer | 2019-05-15 | In Almaty, a sheltered and chaste woman named Din sees her life intertwined with the experiences of a prostitute who looks like her…. |
| Pietà | Writer | 2012-09-05 | A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother…. |
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring | Writer | 2003-09-19 | An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as… |
| Beautiful | Story | 2008-02-14 | Eun-young is a woman cursed with great beauty. Wherever she goes, she gets unwanted admiration from men and jealousy from women. One day, one of her s… |
| Call of God | Screenplay | 2022-09-06 | Anticipation of Love has settled in the heart of a young lady. The boundaries between dream and passion are very elusive. Life is full of physical de… |
| Dream | Screenplay | 2008-09-26 | In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger’s sleepwalking…. |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Samaritan Girl | Set Decoration | 2004-03-05 | A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of… |
| The Isle | Production Design | 2000-04-22 | Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists… |
| The Isle | Set Designer | 2000-04-22 | Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists… |
| Real Fiction | Production Design | 2000-06-24 | A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds … |
| Wild Animals | Art Direction | 1997-10-25 | Two Korean ex-pats in Paris are recruited by a French mobster. The duo find themselves at war with their mobster recruiters and each other…. |
| Stop | Art Direction | 2015-07-09 | The story of a young married couple who were exposed to radiation during the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor…. |
| Stop | Director of Photography | 2015-07-09 | The story of a young married couple who were exposed to radiation during the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor…. |
| One on One | Director of Photography | 2014-05-22 | On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of … |
| The Net | Director of Photography | 2016-10-06 | A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer…. |
| Moebius | Director of Photography | 2013-09-05 | A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction…. |
| Call of God | Director of Photography | 2022-09-06 | Anticipation of Love has settled in the heart of a young lady. The boundaries between dream and passion are very elusive. Life is full of physical de… |
| Amen | Cinematography | 2011-12-08 | A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a h… |
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring | Editor | 2003-09-19 | An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as… |
| Samaritan Girl | Editor | 2004-03-05 | A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of… |
| 3-Iron | Editor | 2004-10-15 | A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs o… |
| The Bow | Editor | 2005-05-12 | On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthda… |
| Pietà | Editor | 2012-09-05 | A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother…. |
| Red Family | Editor | 2013-11-06 | Based on a screenplay by the prolific Kim Ki-duk. Two families live next door to each other in identical suburban white houses with green lawns. One f… |
| Stop | Editor | 2015-07-09 | The story of a young married couple who were exposed to radiation during the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor…. |
| One on One | Editor | 2014-05-22 | On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of … |
| Human, Space, Time and Human | Editor | 2018-02-01 | A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, … |
| Dream | Editor | 2008-09-26 | In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger’s sleepwalking…. |
| Dissolve | Editor | 2019-05-15 | In Almaty, a sheltered and chaste woman named Din sees her life intertwined with the experiences of a prostitute who looks like her…. |
| Moebius | Editor | 2013-09-05 | A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction…. |
| Amen | Editor | 2011-12-08 | A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a h… |
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