Kim Soo-yong (born September 23, 1929) is a South Korean film director. Kim made his debut in 1958 with ''A Henpecked Husband'' and directed more than 100 movies through 1999 with ''Scent of Love'' (2000). He made many popular commercial films of the past decades, such as ''

Sad Story of Self Supporting Child ''Sad Story of Self Supporting Child'' ( 저 하늘에도 슬픔이 - ''Jeo haneuledo seulpeumi'') ''aka'' ''Sorrow in the Heavens'' is a 1965 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards cerem ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Sorrow in the Heavens'') (1965) as well as some 50 literary movies based on popular Korean novels such as '' The Sea Village'' (1965) and ''Mist'' (1967).

Filmography

*''A Henpecked Husband'' (1958) *''Three Brides'' (1959) *''Delivery of Youths'' (1959) *''A Grief'' (1959) *''A Band for Proposal'' (1959) *''A Love Front'' (1960) *''A Returned Man'' (1960) *''A Deserted Angel'' (1960) *''How to Become Man and Wife'' (1961) *''An Upstart'' (1961) *''My Only Love'' (1961) *''Bravo, Young Ones!'' (1962) *''Son Ogong'' (1962) *''Farewell to My Adolescence'' (1962) *''The Fiancee'' (1963) *''Flyboy's Penniless Trip'' (1963) *''Dried Yellow Croaker Fish'' (1963) *''My Wife Is Best'' (1963) *''The Classroom of Youth'' (1963) *''

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'' (a.k.a. ''Kinship'') (1963) *''An Aristocrat's Love Affair'' (1963) *''The Opium War'' (1964) *''Are You Really a Beauty?'' (1964) *''The Dangerous Flesh'' (1964) *''The Pay Envelope'' (1964) *''The Student Couple'' (1964) *''The Girl Is Nineteen'' (1964) *''The Life in the Red Figures'' (1965) *''The Youngest Daughter '' (1965) *''The Seashore Village'' (1965) *''The Heir'' (1965) *''

'' (a.k.a. ''Sorrow in the Heavens'') (1965) *''Madam Wing'' (1965) *''The Legal Wife'' (1965) *'' The Sea Village'' (1965) *''The Third Doom'' (1965) *''Affection'' (1966) *''A Gisaeng with a Bachelor's Degree'' (1966) *''Nostalgia'' (1966) *''Love Detective'' (1966) *''Goodbye, Japan'' (1966) *''Full Ship'' (1967) *''Confession of an Actress'' (1967) *''Lost Migrant'' (1967) *''Lovers'' (1967) *''

Flame in the Valley ''Flame in the Valley'' () is a 1967 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony. Synopsis In this melodrama, a man in a village in Jirisan hides a Communist soldier who has sneak ...

'' (1967) *''The Freezing Point'' (1967) *''Accusation'' (1967) *'' Mist'' (1967) *''Children in the Firing Range'' (1967) *''Sound of Magpies'' (1967) *''Chunhyang'' (1968) *''A Devoted Love'' (1968) *''Glory of Barefoot'' (1968) *''Salt Pond'' (1968) *''A Japanese'' (1968) *''Correspondent in Tokyo'' (1968) *''Bun-nyeo'' (1968) *''Starting Point'' (1969) *''Rejected First Love'' (1969) *''Spring, Spring'' (1969) *''Parking Lot'' (1969) *''Chaser'' (1969) *''A Barren Woman'' (1969) *''Mi-ae'' (1970) *''The Bride's Diary'' (1970) *''The Pagoda of No Shadow'' (1970) *''Agony of Man'' (1970) *''That Is the Sky over Seoul'' (1970) *''Love in the Snowfield'' (1970) *''The Alimony'' (1971) *'' When a Woman Breaks Her Jewel Box'' (1971) *''His Double Life'' (1971) *''The Merry Wife'' (1972) *''When a Little Dream Blooms'' (1972) *''Flower in the Rain'' (1972) *''A Family with Many Daughters'' (1973) *''Guests on Sunday'' (1973) *'' The Land'' (1974) *''The Instinct'' (1975) *''Bird of Paradise'' (1975) *''Truth of Tomorrow'' (1975) *''Wasteland'' (1975) *''Windmill of My Mind'' (1976) *''Hot Wind in Arabia'' (1976) *''Similar Toes'' (1976) *''My Love, Elena'' (1977) *''Night Journey'' (1977) *''Scissors, Rock, and Wrap'' (1977) *''Forest Fire'' (1977) *''Two Decades as a Woman Journalist'' (1977) *''A Splendid Outing'' (1978) *''The Swamp of Exile'' (1978) *''The Sound of Laughter'' (1978) *''Yeosu (The Loneliness of the Journey)'' (1979) *''The Terms of Love'' (1979) *''Flowers and Birds'' (1979) *''Man-suk, Run!'' (1980) *''Rainbow'' (1980) *''White Smile'' (1980) *''Water Spray'' (1980) *''The Maiden Who Went to the City'' (1981) *''Late Autumn'' (1982) *''Bird That Cries At Night'' (1982) *''The Chrysanthemum and the Clown'' (1982) *''Sadness Even in the Sky'' (1984) *''Jung-kwang's Nonsense'' (1986) *''The Apocalypse of Love'' (1995) *''Scent of Love'' (2000)

Awards

*1965 3rd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Director (''

'') *1966 9th

Buil Film Awards The Buil Film Awards () is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the ''Busan Ilbo'' newspaper. It began in 1958 as one of the earliest film awards in the country. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was the biggest film awards event in the B ...

: Best Director ('' The Sea Village'') *1967 6th Grand Bell Awards: Best Director (''Mist'') *1967 5th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Director (''Children in the Firing Range'') *1968 11th

: Best Director (''Mist'') *1974 13th Grand Bell Awards: Best Director ('' The Land'') *2008 16th

Chunsa Film Art Awards The Chunsa Film Art Awards (also known as the Icheon Chunsa Film Festival) have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society in 1990. The awards take their name from the pen name of the early ...

: Chunsa Daesang (Grand Prize) *2009 29th

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (), also known as the Critics Choice Awards (), is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It was established in 1980 by the Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC). The c ...

: Award for Contribution to Cinema

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Soo-yong 1929 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean Buddhists Best Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners