Kim Ki-young

Directing·Oct 10, 1919·Seoul, South Korea

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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.

Film	Credit
Be a Wicked Woman2021 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Beasts of Prey1985 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Hunting of Fools1984 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Free Woman1982 · Director	Director
Woman of Fire '821982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ban Geum-ryeon1981 · Director	Director
The Deaf Worker1980 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
MMagnificent Experience1980 · Producer	Producer
AA Barmaid1979 · Producer	Producer
Water Lady1979 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly1978 · Director	Director
Soil1978 · Director	Director
Ieoh Island1977 · Director	Director
Love Of Blood Relations1976 · Director	Director
Promises1975 · Director	Director
Transgression1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Insect Woman1972 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Woman of Fire1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Elegy of Ren1969 · Director	Director
LLady Hong1969 · Director	Director
Woman1968 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
AA Soldier Speaks after Death1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Asphalt1964 · Director	Director
Goryeojang1963 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
The Sea Knows1961 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Housemaid1960 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
A Sad Pastorale1960 · Director	Director
DDefiance of a Teenager1959 · Director	Director
TThe First Snow1958 · Director	Director
Twilight Train1957 · Director	Director
A Woman's War1957 · Director	Director
Touch-Me-Not1956 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Yangsan Province1955 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Boxes of Death1955 · Director	Director
I Am a Truck1953 · Director	Director