Im Kwon-taek

South Korea · The New School

Contemporary Asian Cinema

Im Kwon-taek (born 1936) is the leading figure of Korean cinema, who has made over a hundred films, and won Best Director at Cannes for Chihwaseon (2002).

Filmography

• The Surrogate Woman (1987)
• The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
• Festival (1996)
• Chunhyang (2000)
• Chihwaseon (2002)