Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 02, 1925
Died
Jun 28, 2009
Place of Birth
Sariwon, Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Credits
32 titles
Yu Hyun-mok
Biography
Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls." Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's "[b]rilliantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations." His dedication to the intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal with social and political issues led him to have difficulties both with box-office-oriented producers, and with Korea's military government during the 1960s and 1970s. Korean critics have said his directing style is "in the tradition of the Italian Neorealists," yet "the terms 'modernist' or 'expressionistic' [are] just as applicable to his works." Besides his directing activities, he has taught film, and made a significant contribution to Korean animation by producing Kim Cheong-gi's 1976 animated film, Robot Taekwon V. A retrospective of Yu's career was held at the 4th Pusan International Film Festival in 1999. Yu died from a stroke on June 28, 2009.
Known For
Filmography
Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
Director
Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day
Son of a Man
Director
Rainy Days
Director
Once Upon a Time
Director
The Door
Director
Kongjwi and Patjwi
Producer
Flame
Director
Bun-rye's Story
Director
I Want to Be Human
Director
School Excursion
Director
Woman
Director
I'll Give You Everything
Director
Descendants of Cain
Director
Grudge
Director
Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train
Director
A Regret
Director
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Director
Hand
Director
An Empty Dream
Director
The Martyrs
Executive Producer
Wife's Confession
Director
The Extra Mortals
Director
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
Director
Only for You
Director
Lim Kkeok-jeong
Director
Aimless Bullet
Director
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Director
The Seizure of Life
Director
Forever with You
Editor
The Lost Youth
Director
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