Kim Ki Duk: the filmography and biography (photo)

To date, Kim Ki Duk is the world's most famous South Korean film director. Despite the fact that he started his career rather late, on the account of a talented figure a lot of popular films and prestigious awards. Kim Ki Dook is considered one of the most ingenious gurus of cinema, every work of which turns for the viewer into a real revelation. And many fans are interested in his life and work.

Biography: Kim Ki Duk - a boy from the province

Today he is known as the genius of cinema. But not all his admirers know that he was born in one of the South Korean provinces called Kensan-Pukto, in a small village of Sobenny. After some time the family moved to Seoul. The date of his birth is December 20, 1960. Kim was a rather problem child. Soon his parents gave him to an agricultural school.

Nevertheless, the young man did not complete his education, and at the age of seventeen he went to work at the plant. Here he stayed for three years, after which he joined the army. When the guy was 20 years old, he joined the unit of the Korean Marine Corps, where he served for five years.

On his return from the service, Kim Ki Duk spent almost two years in the church for the blind. Here he was preparing to become a priest. Nevertheless, the confessor of it did not turn out, because at that time his old passion for painting had awakened. To gain experience and become famous, the guy goes to Paris, where, beginning in 1990, he studies fine arts. After 1992, he traveled for a while to various countries in Europe, where he exhibited his work as an artist.

The first samples in the cinema

For the first time, Kim Ki Duk saw the movie when he was 32 years old. It was at that time that he realized that cinematography and film art was his true recognition. Soon he wrote a script for a film called "The Artist and the Culprit, Sentenced to Death." For this work, he received the encouragement and award of the Institute of Script writers.

And in 1996, the first film "Crocodile" was released, which showed viewers and critics what kind of director Kim Ki Duk. A hard but touching scenario will tell the story of love between a ruthless robber who drags out a miserable existence under the bridge, and a gentle light girl who has decided to settle scores with life. This work was really innovative and deserved a lot of positive feedback.

The first successful films and the first awards

In 1998 two works by a popular director came out at once. The film "Wild Animals" is a story of two completely different, but at the same time similar to each other people. By the way, the pictures were shot on the territory of France, and some roles are performed by French actors.

The second film entitled "The Bird Cage Hotel" will allow the viewer to observe the life of the girl of easy virtue, Yin-s, who, after the destruction of the red light district, decides to move to another city and continue to make a living selling her own body.

In 2000, there is another work that made Kim Ki-Duc even more popular. Erotic drama, full of scenes of violence and passion, was known as scandalous and extraordinary. The history of Hwi-Jin, mistress of houseboats, and the former policeman became a true symbol of insane love. For this film in 2000, its creator was awarded the Venice International Film Festival. A year later, the director was awarded at the International Film Festival in Moscow. He also received two awards at the film festival in Oporto and became the owner of the Golden Crow.

Already in 2001, Kim Ki Duk offers the public two of his works: "Real fiction" and "Address unknown." By the way, "Real fiction" is quite an experimental film, which was shot by ten movie cameras in just two hundred minutes.

"Bad guy" and world recognition

In the same year 2001, the premiere of a new, but no less daring and scandalous film by Kim Ki-Dook called "Bad Guy". This is a cruel love story of a young bandit who decided to take revenge on the girl who rejected him, making her a sexual slave. The drama unfolding on the screen does not allow you to take your eyes off.

And this work, of course, secured for the director the title of an unusual and extraordinary man. In 2002, at the Catalan International Film Festival, he was awarded the "Orient Express" award. In the same year in the Republic of Korea, Kim Ki Duk received the Big Bell award. The painting also won the Grand Prix of the Asian Film Festival in Japan.

"Spring, summer, autumn, winter ... and again spring"

If you are interested in the best films of Kim Ki-Duk, then certainly you should not miss one of his most famous and popular paintings called "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Spring Again," which premiered in 2003.

A film with a leisurely plot, in which the scenes of cruelty were left behind, is a kind of Buddhist prayer, which explains the peculiarities of Eastern philosophy. All living things are subject to a certain cycle - everything is once born, grows, develops, reaches the limit, and finally dies. And man is no exception.

In 2003, the painting received four awards at the International Film Festival in Locarno. In the same year, she won the audience award at the film festival in San Sebastian. And two years later the film received the prestigious Prize of the Argentinean Association of Film Critics "Golden Condor".

Kim Ki Duk: The filmography

Naturally, after the success, new projects began to appear, each of which in the circle of experts is considered a true masterpiece. In 2004, there is a picture called "Samaritan", which tells the story of two schoolgirls trying to save some money for a trip to Europe, doing prostitution. Kim Ki Duk won the Silver Bear Prize for his directing at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004. In addition, he was nominated for the Golden Bear Award.

In the same year 2004, the drama "Empty House" comes out, telling of a strange relationship between a tramp who lives in empty houses and saved by a woman from beating her husband. The painting won four awards at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the "Fipressi" prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

In 2005, there is a new drama called "Stretched Bow". This is the story of an old man who lives on a boat with a young girl and is preparing to make her his wife. But his plans are not meant to come true, since a young fisherman appears in their lives.

In 2006, a new film "Time" was released, the story of which will tell about a young couple whose feelings have already cooled down. In order to keep her husband, the woman decides to change her appearance.

And after a year Kim Ki Duk pleased his fans with a new drama called "Sigh". This film tells about a young housewife, who for strange reasons seeks a meeting with a suicide bomber and becomes his mistress.

And in 2008, the premiere of two more paintings: "Unmounted film" and "Dream".

New works of the genius director

Of course, Kim Ki Duk is not going to stop there - almost every year there are new works. In 2012, at the Cannes Film Festival , a thriller was presented by a talented director called "Pieta", in which the author tried to explain that, for the most part, social problems are related to money in one way or another. And the main character of the picture is Lee Kang Do, who earns, beating people out of debts, and often in a very cruel way. A man does not feel remorse for the crimes committed by him, as the only measure of appreciation for him is money. But everything changes when a woman appears in the life of a bandit, claiming that she is his mother.

And in 2013 appeared "Mobius." The film Kim Ki Duk devoted to the problems of marital relations. The premiere took place at the Venice Film Festival. To date, this picture is considered one of the most provocative works of the famous director.

In what films was he shot?

Naturally, in most of his films Kim Ki Duk acted as a director. It is his hand and fantasies that belong to the script for each picture he created. In most films, he is also a producer, and sometimes an operator.

But in some of his paintings he acts as an actor. In particular, in the film "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Again Spring," he replaced the actor and played the Young Monk in the last two episodes. And in the film "Sigh" he appears in the role of the head of the prison. Also, Kim was shot in two films in 2011 - "Amen" and "Ariran".

Kim Ki-Duk's films and their features

In fact, all the films of the famous director are to some extent provocative. They are full of violence (even if not open and frank, then at least emotional), but at the same time, there is almost always a certain amount of hope.

Of course, every work of Kim Ki-Duk makes the viewer not only watch, but also feel, empathize. And, of course, we should not forget that the plots are of great importance, they give an opportunity to understand and look not only at a person's life, but also on his feelings and the ability to develop or degrade. Even if there is not a single line in the film, it still remains extremely emotional.