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Yu Hyun-mok
Sariwon, Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Cr…
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Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls." Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's "[b]rilliantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations." His dedication to the intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal with social and political issues led him to have difficulties both with box-office-oriented producers, and with Korea's military government during the 1960s and 1970s. Korean critics have said his directing style is "in the tradition of the Italian Neorealists," yet "the terms 'modernist' or 'expressionistic' [are] just as applicable to his works." Besides his directing activities, he has taught film, and made a significant contribution to Korean animation by producing Kim Cheong-gi's 1976 animated film, Robot Taekwon V. A retrospective of Yu's career was held at the 4th Pusan International Film Festival in 1999. Yu died from a stroke on June 28, 2009.
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1995
Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
Movie Director
- 1987
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1980
Son of a Man
Movie Director
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1979
Rainy Days
Movie Director
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1978
Once Upon a Time
Movie Director
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1978
The Door
Movie Director
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1978
Kongjwi and Patjwi
Movie Producer
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1975
Flame
Movie Director
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1971
Bun-rye's Story
Movie Director
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1969
I Want to Be Human
Movie Director
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1969
School Excursion
Movie Director
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1968
Woman
Movie Director
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1968
I'll Give You Everything
Movie Director
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1968
Descendants of Cain
Movie Director
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1968
Grudge
Movie Director
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1967
Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train
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1967
A Regret
Movie Director
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1967
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Movie Director
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1966
Hand
Movie Director
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1965
An Empty Dream
Movie Director
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1965
The Martyrs
Movie Executive Producer
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1964
Wife's Confession
Movie Director
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1964
The Extra Mortals
Movie Director
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1963
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
Movie Director
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1962
Only for You
Movie Director
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1961
Lim Kkeok-jeong
Movie Director
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1961
Aimless Bullet
Movie Director
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1959
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Movie Director
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1958
The Seizure of Life
Movie Director
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1958
Forever with You
Movie Editor
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1957
The Lost Youth
Movie Director
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1948
홍차기의 일생
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