Jang Sun-woo (born 20 March 1952) is a South Korean
film director
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.
Life
Jang attended
Seoul National University
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and received a
bachelor's degree
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in
anthropology
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.
Before his directorial debut, Jang made a name for himself by writing film criticism and scripts. His first film, ''Seoul Jesus'' (
1986
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), based on one of his scripts, was noted for its "sarcasm and pronounced realism."
His 1993 film ''
Hwa-Om-Kyung
''Hwa-Om-Kyung'' (also known as Passage to Buddha) is a 1993 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Sun-woo. It is an adaptation of the famous Mahayana sutra, '' Avatamsaka Sutra''.
Plot
The film presents a Buddhist-themed story of a boy s ...
'' won the
Alfred Bauer Prize
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at the
44th Berlin International Film Festival
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.
Filmography
* ''
Seoul Jesus
''Seoul Jesus'' (; lit. "Seoul Emperor") is a 1986 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Sun-woo.
Synopsis
A mental patient who believes himself to be Jesus escapes from a mental institution and travels to Seoul planning to save the city ...
'' (1986)
* ''
The Age of Success'' (1988)
* ''
The Lovers of Woomook-baemi
''Lovers of Woomuk-Baemi'' (), also known as ''A Short Love Affair'', is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Jang Sun-woo.
Synopsis
The film is a melodrama about the love affair of a tailor from the countryside.Synopsis from
Cast
* Park Joong-h ...
'' (1989)
* ''
Road to the Racetracks
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There are many types of ...
'' (1991)
* ''
Hwa-Om-Kyung
''Hwa-Om-Kyung'' (also known as Passage to Buddha) is a 1993 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Sun-woo. It is an adaptation of the famous Mahayana sutra, '' Avatamsaka Sutra''.
Plot
The film presents a Buddhist-themed story of a boy s ...
'' (1993)
* ''
To You from Me
''To You, from Me'' () is a 1994 South Korean film directed by Jang Sun-woo. It was the fifth-highest grossing Korean film for the period 1990–95.
Synopsis
This erotic drama is about a writer involved in a plagiarism suit who becomes romantical ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Cinema on the Road
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* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
...
'' (1995)
* ''
A Petal
''A Petal'' () is a 1996 South Korean film directed by Jang Sun-woo.
Plot
The film tells the story of a girl who experienced the Gwangju Uprising at the age of 15, and its effect on her life in later years.
Cast
* Lee Jung-hyun as Girl
* Moon S ...
'' (1996)
* ''
Bad Movie
''Bad Movie'' (), also known as ''Timeless, Bottomless Bad Movie'', is a 1997 South Korean docudrama film directed by Jang Sun-woo.
Upon its initial release in South Korea, around thirty minutes of footage was censored due to objectionable mater ...
'' (1997)
* ''
Lies'' (1999)
* ''
Resurrection of the Little Match Girl
''Resurrection of the Little Match Girl'' () is a 2002 South Korean action film. It was screened at the 2003 London Film Festival and was the opening film of the Fantasia Festival that same year.
The film was inspired by the 1845 Hans Christian ...
'' (2002)
See also
*
Cinema of Korea
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*
List of Korean film directors
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References
External links
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Detailed information about Jang Sun-wooat the KMDb
Bibliography
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1952 births
Living people
South Korean film directors
Seoul National University alumni