May 2, 1936 - Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Im Kwon-taek (born May 2, 1936) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.
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| Movie | 2024 | Walking in the Movies | Self | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema | Himself | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Cinema on the Road | Himself | |
| Movie | 2010 | Through Korean Cinema | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Gravity of the Tea | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Cloud, Encore | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Ari Ari the Korean Cinema | Himself | |
| Movie | 2013 | Rough Play | Jeonju Festival VIP | |
| Movie | 2013 | Jury | Audience | |
| Movie | 2017 | Bhiksuni | Self | |
| TV Show | 2018 | Movie Room | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1972 | A Second Mother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Painted Fire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Hanji | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Hanji | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Chunhyang | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Sopyonje | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Daughter of the Flames | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Ticket | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Beyond the Years | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Beyond the Years | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Low Life | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Low Life | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | The Surrogate Womb | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Fly High, Run Far | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Come Come Come Upward | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | Downfall | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | Downfall | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | General's Son | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | A Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1994 | The Taebaek Mountains | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Festival | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Power for Ten Years | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | Mandala | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Mrs. Speculator | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | General's Son 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | General's Son 3 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | For My Husband | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Five Hostesses for the Resistance | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Gilsodom | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Genealogy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Jagko | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | My Hometown | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Sorry to Give You Trouble | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Revivre | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | The Village of Mist | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Her Majesty Yeonghwa | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1962 | Farewell to the Duman River | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1962 | The War and an Old Man | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1961 | Bonanza | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | I Am a King | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | A Swordsman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Woman Pursued | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | Woman with Long Eyelashes | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | The Hidden Hero | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Adada | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | Wives on Parade | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | A Bout in 30 Years | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1978 | The Evergreen Tree | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | The Little Adventurer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Bare Feet in the Snow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | The Diary of King Yonsan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | The Testimony | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | Battlefield and a Female Teacher | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1978 | Near Yet Far Away | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Cruel history of Myeong Dong | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | High School Tears | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Snowing on Grudge Street | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1961 | Horizon | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1962 | Fighting Lions | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1969 | Eagle of Wild Field | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Hand in Hand | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Seize the Precious Sword | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Yeonhwa | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Yeonhwa 2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | The Two Revengeful Hunchbacks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | The Big Chase | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | I Won't Cry | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | Man Is Not Popular | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | Sinmungo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Result of the Ambition | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Teacher with Ten Daughters | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Power for Ten Years | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Regular Tardy Student | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Rainy Gomoryeong Hill | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Heartbreaking Story | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Escaping Shanghai | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | Fading in the Rain | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | The King and the Servant Boy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | Nilliri | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Sword Under the Moon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Sword Under the Moon | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | One-eyed Park | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | Rain Outside the Porthole | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | Nostalgia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | A Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | A Man Like the Wind | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Returned Left-handed Man | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Lady in Dream | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Why Did I Do That? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | The Life of Ok-rye | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | A Warrior's Fighting Spirit | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Weeds | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1970 | A Man Who Arrived by Night Train | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Man Who Arrived by Night Train | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Mysterious Sword | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Mysterious Sword | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1971 | Don't Torture Me Anymore | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Revenge of the Sword | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Polluted Ones | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | You Can't Stop a Flowing River | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Wife | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Weeds | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Painted Fire | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | The Diary of King Yonsan | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1969 | Three Generations of Men | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | The Night of Full Moon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Abenko Green Beret | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Divine Bow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Commando on the Nakdong River | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2017 | Bhiksuni | Director | Directing |
