Kim Ki-young

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Kim Ki-young

Directing October 10, 1919

Seoul, South Korea

Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919 – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psyc…

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The Housemaid

The Housemaid

6.3 2010 Movie
The Housemaid

The Housemaid

7.1 1960 Movie
Ieoh Island

Ieoh Island

6.6 1977 Movie
Woman of Fire

Woman of Fire

4.8 1971 Movie
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly

A Woman After a Killer Butterfly

5.6 1978 Movie
Woman of Fire '82

Woman of Fire '82

4.8 1982 Movie
Insect Woman

Insect Woman

5.1 1972 Movie
Beasts of Prey

Beasts of Prey

4.5 1985 Movie
Goryeojang

Goryeojang

7.4 1963 Movie
Promises

Promises

4.5 1975 Movie
Elegy of Ren

Elegy of Ren

6.0 1969 Movie
Yangsan Province

Yangsan Province

5.0 1955 Movie

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Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919 – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the colonial period, raised in Pyongyang, where he became interested in theater and cinema. In Korea after the end of World War II, he studied dentistry while becoming involved in the theater. During the Korean War, he made propaganda films for the United States Information Service. In 1955, he used discarded movie equipments to produce his first two films. With the success of these two films Kim formed his own production company and produced popular melodramas for the rest of the decade.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Be a Wicked Woman

    Movie Director

  2. 2010
    The Housemaid

    Movie Original Story

  3. 1985
    Beasts of Prey

    Movie Director

  4. 1984
    Hunting of Fools

    Movie Writer

  5. 1982
    Free Woman

    Movie Director

  6. 1982
    Woman of Fire '82

    Movie Director

  7. 1981
    Ban Geum-ryeon

    Movie Director

  8. 1980
    The Deaf Worker

    Movie Adaptation

  9. 1980
    Magnificent Experience

    Movie Producer

  10. 1979
    A Barmaid

    Movie Producer

  11. 1979
    Water Lady

    Movie Writer

  12. 1978
    A Woman After a Killer Butterfly

    Movie Director

  13. 1978
    Soil

    Movie Director

  14. 1977
    Ieoh Island

    Movie Director

  15. 1976
    Love Of Blood Relations

    Movie Director

  16. 1975
    Promises

    Movie Director

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  1. 1974
    Transgression

    Movie Director

  2. 1972
    Insect Woman

    Movie Writer

  3. 1971
    Woman of Fire

    Movie Director

  4. 1969
    Elegy of Ren

    Movie Director

  5. 1969
    Lady Hong

    Movie Director

  6. 1968
    Woman

    Movie Writer

  7. 1966
    A Soldier Speaks after Death

    Movie Director

  8. 1964
    Asphalt

    Movie Editor

  9. 1963
    Goryeojang

    Movie Writer

  10. 1961
    The Sea Knows

    Movie Producer

  11. 1960
    The Housemaid

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1960
    A Sad Pastorale

    Movie Editor

  13. 1959
    A Defiance of Teenager

    Movie Director

  14. 1958
    The First Snow

    Movie Director

  15. 1957
    The Twilight Train

    Movie Director

  16. 1957
    A Woman's War

    Movie Director

  17. 1956
    Touch-Me-Not

    Movie Producer

  18. 1955
    Yangsan Province

    Movie Screenplay

  19. 1955
    Boxes of Death

    Movie Director

  20. 1953
    I Am a Truck

    Movie Director