Kim Ji-hoon (born 1971), also spelled Kim Ji-hun, is a South Korean film director.

Life and career

Kim Ji-hoon was born in

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. After graduating from

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's Theater and Film Art Department, he worked as an

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on a number of films. He made his feature directorial debut in 2004 with the film '' Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise'', starring Cha In-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun. His 2007 film ''

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'', about the Gwangju Massacre of 1980 and which starred Kim Sang-kyung,

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and Lee Joon-gi, earned him the Best Director award at the 2008 Korea Movie Star Awards. He went on to direct '' Sector 7'', a 2011 action/horror film about a

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which attacked

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s, with an ensemble cast led by

Ha Ji-won Jeon Hae-rim (; born 28 June 1978), better known by her stage name Ha Ji-won () is a South Korean actress. She is best known for the films ''Phone (film), Phone'' (2002), ''Sex Is Zero'' (2002), ''Miracle on 1st Street'' (2007), ''Tidal Wave (2 ...

and

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. Distributor CJ E&M Pictures stated that ''Sector 7'' was the highest-grossing South Korean film in China, but it was not well received by South Korean audiences, nor by critics, who panned its "flat" main characters and low-quality

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. Kim's next work after that was '' The Tower'', a

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about a fire in a high-rise apartment building, starring Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Sang-kyung and

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. In response to the criticisms of ''Sector 7'', Kim spent nearly two years working with the

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team on CGI; the film was finally released in December 2012. Kim stated that he got the idea for ''The Tower'' from a variety of boyhood experiences, including his first visit to

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where he saw the 63 Building and wondered what it would be like to get trapped inside, and a later incident where he got stuck in an elevator, which he described as "the moment when I first felt dread". His most recent work, of ''I Want to Know Your Parents'', has been postponed indefinitely following the sexual assault scandal of actor

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, with no release date set to date.

Filmography

*''The Aquarium'' (

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, 1996) - director *''Egoism'' (

, 1996) - director *''Greenhouse'' (

, 1997) - director, screenplay, editor, sound *''

Whispering Corridors ''Whispering Corridors'' () is a 1998 South Korean supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Park Ki-hyung. It was part of the explosion in South Korean cinema following the liberalization of censorship in the aftermath of the end of t ...

'' (1998) - assistant director *''Full Moon Full Sun'' (

, 1999) - actor *''Rush'' (1999) - assistant director *''The Secret'' (2000) - assistant director *'' Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise'' (2004) - director, screenplay *''

'' (2007) - director *'' Sector 7'' (2011) - director, screenplay *'' The Tower'' (2012) - director, script editor * ''

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'' (2021) - director *''

I Want to Know Your Parents ''I Want to Know Your Parents'' () is a 2022 South Korean mystery drama film directed by Kim Ji-hoon and written by Gim Gyung-mi. Based on a Japanese theatrical play ''Oya no Kao ga Mitai'' by Seigo Hatasawa, the film stars Sul Kyung-gu, Ch ...

'' (2022) - director

References

External links

* * * 1971 births Living people Hanyang University alumni South Korean film directors {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub