Kim Soo-yong (born September 23, 1929) is a South Korean

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. 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'' (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 ''The Sea Village'' ( 갯마을 - ''Gaetmaeul'') is a 1965 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was chosen as Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards. Plot A woman in a fishing village is widowed when her husband dies in a fishing boat. She ...

'' (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) *'' Sad Story of Self Supporting Child'' (a.k.a. ''Sorrow in the Heavens'') (1965) *''Madam Wing'' (1965) *''The Legal Wife'' (1965) *''

'' (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 sneaked ...

'' (1967) *''The Freezing Point'' (1967) *''Accusation'' (1967) *''

Mist Mist is a phenomenon caused by small droplets of water suspended in the cold air, usually by condensation. Physically, it is an example of a dispersion. It is most commonly seen where water vapor in warm, moist air meets sudden cooling, such ...

'' (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 ''When a Woman Breaks Her Jewel Box'' () is a 1971 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony. Name The title of the film is a reference to anointment of jesus christ at bethany i ...

'' (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 The Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by '' Sports Chosun'' (a sister brand of the ''Chosun Ilbo'') for excellence in film in South Korea. The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popul ...

: Best Director ('' Sad Story of Self Supporting Child'') *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 ...

: Best Director (''

'') *1967 6th

Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

: Best Director (''Mist'') *1967 5th

: Best Director (''Children in the Firing Range'') *1968 11th

: Best Director (''Mist'') *1974 13th

: 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: Award for Contribution to Cinema

References

External links

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