Kim Ki-young
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 10, 1919
- Died
- February 5, 1998
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Be a Wicked Woman 2021
Director, Writer
The Housemaid 2010
Original Story
Beasts of Prey 1985
Director, Writer
Hunting of Fools 1984
Writer, Director
Free Woman 1982
Director
Woman of Fire '82 1982
Director, Writer
Ban Geum-ryun 1981
Director
The Deaf Worker 1980
Adaptation, Producer, Director
- Magnificent Experience
Magnificent Experience 1980
Producer
- A Barmaid
A Barmaid 1979
Producer
Water Lady 1979
Director, Writer
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly 1978
Director
Soil 1978
Director
Ieoh Island 1977
Director
Love Of Blood Relations 1976
Director
Promises 1975
Director
Transgression 1974
Director, Writer
Insect Woman 1972
Director, Writer
Woman of Fire 1971
Director, Writer
Elegy of Ren 1969
Director
- Lady Hong
Lady Hong 1969
Director
Woman 1968
Writer, Director
- A Soldier Speaks after Death
A Soldier Speaks after Death 1966
Director, Writer, Editor
Asphalt 1964
Director, Editor
Goryeojang 1963
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
The Sea Knows 1961
Adaptation, Producer, Director
The Housemaid 1960
Screenplay, Director, Producer
A Sad Pastorale 1960
Director, Editor
A Defiance of Teenager 1959
Director
- The First Snow
The First Snow 1958
Director, Editor
The Twilight Train 1957
Director, Editor
A Woman's War 1957
Director, Editor
Touch-Me-Not 1956
Director, Producer, Editor
Yangsan Province 1955
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Boxes of Death 1955
Director
I Am a Truck 1953
Director
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