{"id":706,"date":"2010-08-30T02:55:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T02:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=706"},"modified":"2017-12-21T06:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T11:59:57","slug":"korean-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Korean films are starting to receive some attention on the international stage. Part of this is due to clever marketing, but there is the fact that some of the greatest Korean directors are making these films.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bong Joonho (<strong>\ubd09\uc900\ud638<\/strong>) is a talented director. Two of his films that he made while he was a film student, screened at the Vancouver and Hong Kong international film festivals. He is known for <em>Memories of Murder<\/em> (<strong>\uc0b4\uc778\uc758<\/strong><strong>\ucd94\uc5b5<\/strong>) and <em>The Host<\/em> (<strong>\uad34\ubb3c<\/strong>). His 2009 film <em>Mother<\/em> (<strong>\ub9c8\ub354<\/strong>) competed in the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kang Jegyu (<strong>\uac15\uc81c\uaddc<\/strong>) directed<em>Shiri<\/em> (<strong>\uc26c\ub9ac<\/strong>) and <em>Taegukgi Hwinallimyo<\/em> (<strong>\ud0dc\uadf9\uae30<\/strong><strong>\ud718\ub0a0\ub9ac\uba70<\/strong>). <em>Shiri <\/em>was released in 1999 and <em>Taegukgi Hwainallimyo<\/em> was released in 2004. As of now, <em>Taegukgi Hwinallimyo<\/em> is the third most watched Korean film, with about 13 million people claiming to have watched it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jiwoon (<strong>\uae40\uc9c0\uc6b4<\/strong>) is known for <em>A Tale of Two Sisters<\/em> (<strong>\uc7a5\ud654<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong>\ud64d\ub828<\/strong>) (a horror film), <em>A<\/em> <em>Bittersweet Life<\/em> (<strong>\ub2ec\ucf64\ud55c<\/strong><strong>\uc778\uc0dd<\/strong>) (gangster film), <em>The Good, The Bad, The Weird<\/em> (<strong>\uc88b\uc740 \ub188, \ub098\uc05c \ub188, \uc774\uc0c1\ud55c \ub188<\/strong>) (comedy\/wild west theme) and <em>I saw the Devil<\/em> (<strong>\uc545\ub9c8\ub97c<\/strong><strong>\ubcf4\uc558\ub2e4<\/strong>). He likes to work in a variety of genres, and all his films seem to do commercially well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kim Kiduk (<strong>\uae40\uae30\ub355<\/strong>) is best known for <em>Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring<\/em> (<strong>\ubd04<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>\uc5ec\ub984<\/strong>, <strong>\uac00\uc744<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>\uaca8\uc6b8<\/strong><strong>\uadf8\ub9ac\uace0<\/strong><strong>\ubd04<\/strong>), <em>3 Iron<\/em> (<strong>\ube48\uc9d1<\/strong>), and <em>The Isle<\/em> (<strong>\uc12c<\/strong>). Kim\u2019s films have a tendency to do better with abroad audiences. His films are noted for being contemplative, idosyncratic, with very little dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Park Chanwook (<strong>\ubc15\ucc2c\uc6b1<\/strong>) is famous for works such as <em>Joint Security Area<\/em> (<strong>\uacf5\ub3d9\uacbd\ube44\uad6c\uc5ed<\/strong>), <em>Sympathy for Mr. Vengence<\/em> (<strong>\ubcf5\uc218\ub294 \ub098\uc758 \uac83<\/strong>), <em>Oldboy <\/em>(<strong>\uc62c\ub4dc\ubcf4\uc774<\/strong>), <em>Sympathy for Lady<\/em> <em>Vengence<\/em> (<strong>\uce5c\uc808\ud55c \uae08\uc790\uc528<\/strong>). <em>His film, I<\/em><em>\u2019m a Cybor, But That\u2019s Okay<\/em> (<strong>\uc2f8\uc774\ubcf4\uadf8\uc9c0\ub9cc \uad1c\ucc2e\uc544<\/strong>) was a departure from his previous films, in that it didn\u2019t do so well in ticket sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"223\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/08\/Park_Chan-wook_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2009-223x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/08\/Park_Chan-wook_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2009-223x350.png 223w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/08\/Park_Chan-wook_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2009-654x1024.png 654w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/08\/Park_Chan-wook_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2009.png 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><p>Korean films are starting to receive some attention on the international stage. Part of this is due to clever marketing, but there is the fact that some of the greatest Korean directors are making these films. &nbsp; Bong Joonho (\ubd09\uc900\ud638) is a talented director. 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