Kim Ki-young

Oct 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 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.

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Movie	1961	The Sea Knows	Producer	Production
Movie	1961	The Sea Knows	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1955	Yangsan Province	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1955	Yangsan Province	Editor	Editing
Movie	1960	The Housemaid	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1960	The Housemaid	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Ieoh Island	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	A Woman After a Killer Butterfly	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Woman of Fire	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Goryeojang	Writer	Writing
Movie	1963	Goryeojang	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Love Of Blood Relations	Director	Directing
Movie	1982	Woman of Fire '82	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Promises	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Insect Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Insect Woman	Writer	Writing
Movie	1955	Yangsan Province	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	The Housemaid	Original Story	Writing
Movie	1985	Beasts of Prey	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Beasts of Prey	Writer	Writing
Movie	1969	Lady Hong	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Be a Wicked Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Water Lady	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	The Sea Knows	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Water Lady	Writer	Writing
Movie	1984	Hunting of Fools	Writer	Writing
Movie	1984	Hunting of Fools	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Woman of Fire	Writer	Writing
Movie	1974	Transgression	Writer	Writing
Movie	1974	Transgression	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Soil	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Woman	Writer	Writing
Movie	1981	Ban Geum-ryeon	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	Touch-Me-Not	Producer	Production
Movie	1957	A Woman's War	Editor	Editing
Movie	1956	Touch-Me-Not	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	Touch-Me-Not	Editor	Editing
Movie	1957	A Woman's War	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	Boxes of Death	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Twilight Train	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Twilight Train	Editor	Editing
Movie	1959	Defiance of a teenager	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	A Soldier Speaks after Death	Writer	Writing
Movie	1960	A Sad Pastorale	Editor	Editing
Movie	1958	The First Snow	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	A Sad Pastorale	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	A Soldier Speaks after Death	Editor	Editing
Movie	1958	The First Snow	Editor	Editing
Movie	1966	A Soldier Speaks after Death	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Elegy of Ren	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Asphalt	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Asphalt	Editor	Editing
Movie	1968	Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	The Deaf Worker	Producer	Production
Movie	1982	Free Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	The Deaf Worker	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1963	Goryeojang	Editor	Editing
Movie	1963	Goryeojang	Producer	Production
Movie	1960	The Housemaid	Producer	Production
Movie	1982	Woman of Fire '82	Writer	Writing
Movie	1953	I Am a Truck	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	The Deaf Worker	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Be a Wicked Woman	Writer	Writing

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