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Kang Je-gyu (born December 23, 1962) is a South Korean film director.


Career

After graduating from ChungAng University, Kang received his first prize at the Korea Youth Film Festival and
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in 1991. Kang's most notable contributions to
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have been '' Shiri'' and ''
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''. ''Shiri'' was the first big budget
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-style action film made in Korea, which broke box office records and was partially responsible for the popularization of domestic films in the country. ''Taegukgi'', directed five years later, again rewrote box office records, having been seen by over ten million people in South Korea alone. After establishing his own production film company under his name, he merged it with Myung Films in 2004, forming MK Pictures. In an interview for the BBC special Asian Invasion, Kang revealed that he wanted his next project to be a science fiction film. He said, "I have produced two movies about Korea. So now I'm preparing a new movie that is related to something more global--a problem that the whole world is facing right now." After a 7-year hiatus, in 2011 Kang unveiled his film ''
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'', set during
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with a star-studded pan-Asian cast and the highest budget to date for a Korean film.


Filmography


As director

*'' Gingko Bed'' (1996) *'' Shiri'' (1999) *''
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'' (2004) *''
My Way "My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its E ...
'' (2011) *''
Awaiting ''Awaiting'' (; lit. "The Day Min-woo Arrives") is a 2014 South Korean short film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu, starring Moon Chae-won and Go Soo. It is one of four short films comprising ''Beautiful 2014'', the third annual omnibus proj ...
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) *''
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'' (2015) *''
Boston 1947 ''Boston 1947'' () is an upcoming South Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu starring Ha Jung-woo, Bae Seong-woo, and Im Si-wan. It tells the story of Korean athletes who participated in the Boston International Marathon in 1947, t ...
'' (TBA)


As writer

*'' Well, Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes'' - 1990 *''
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'' - 1991 *'' Days of Roses'' - 1994 *'' Rules of the Game'' - 1994 *'' Legend of Gingko 2'' (1996) *''Lament'' (1997) *'' Shiri'' (1999) *''
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'' (2004) *''
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'' (2009) *''
My Way "My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its E ...
'' (2011) *''
Awaiting ''Awaiting'' (; lit. "The Day Min-woo Arrives") is a 2014 South Korean short film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu, starring Moon Chae-won and Go Soo. It is one of four short films comprising ''Beautiful 2014'', the third annual omnibus proj ...
'' (2014) (
short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
) *''
Salut d'Amour ''Salut d'Amour'' (''Liebesgruß''), Op. 12, is a musical work composed by Edward Elgar in 1888, originally written for violin and piano. History Elgar finished the piece in July 1888, when he was romantically involved with Caroline Alice Ro ...
'' (2015) *''
Boston 1947 ''Boston 1947'' () is an upcoming South Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu starring Ha Jung-woo, Bae Seong-woo, and Im Si-wan. It tells the story of Korean athletes who participated in the Boston International Marathon in 1947, t ...
'' (TBA)


As producer

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The Legend of Gingko ''The Legend of Gingko'' () is a 2000 South Korean film starring Choi Jin-sil Choi Jin-Sil (December 24, 1968 – October 2, 2008) was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the best actresses in South Korea, nicknamed "The Nation' ...
'' (2000) *''
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'' (2001) *''
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'' (2009) *''
My Way "My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its E ...
'' (2011) *''
Bad Guys Always Die ''Bad Guys Always Die'' () is a 2015 suspense crime action comedy film directed by Sun Hao. A China-South Korea-Hong Kong co-production, the film was released in China on November 27, 2015 and in South Korea on January 7, 2016. Plot Qingzi, a Chi ...
'' (2015) *''
Boston 1947 ''Boston 1947'' () is an upcoming South Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu starring Ha Jung-woo, Bae Seong-woo, and Im Si-wan. It tells the story of Korean athletes who participated in the Boston International Marathon in 1947, t ...
'' (TBA)


See also

* List of Korean film directors *
Cinema of Korea The term "Cinema of Korea" (or "Korean cinema") encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea. As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, ...
*
Contemporary culture of South Korea The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea which was prevalent in the early Korean nomadic tribes. By maintaining thousands of years of ancient Korean culture, with influence from ancient Chinese cul ...


References


External links

*
Detailed information about Kang Je-gyu
at the
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