Kim Ki-young

Regisseur, Schrijver, Producer, Redacteur

10 oktober 1919 — 5 februari 1998 (78 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Be a Wicked Woman
    Be a Wicked Woman1995

Known For

  • Hanyo
    Hanyo2010
  • The Housemaid
    The Housemaid1960
  • Ieoh Island
    Ieoh Island1977
  • Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death
    Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death1978
  • Woman of Fire
    Woman of Fire1971
  • Promise of the Flesh
    Promise of the Flesh1975
  • Revenge of the Shaolin Temple
    Revenge of the Shaolin Temple1982
  • Transgression
    Transgression1974
  • Be a Wicked Woman
    Be a Wicked Woman1995
  • Ban Geum-ryun
    Ban Geum-ryun1982
  • Hunting for Idiots
    Hunting for Idiots1984