Kim Sang-man (; born January 28, 1970) is a South Korean

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and

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Career

Kim Sang-man began his career in films designing

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s, starting with '' The Contact'' in 1997. He had designed posters for about 30 films when he was given the opportunity to be the

on ''

If the Sun Rises in the West ''If the Sun Rises in the West'' () is a List of South Korean films of 1998, 1998 South Korean film, and was the commercial directorial debut of Lee Eun. Plot Beom-soo is a traffic control officer who aspires to become a Umpire (baseball), baseb ...

'' in 1998. The highlight of his career as an art director came two years after that when he worked on the now-classic '' Joint Security Area''. Sometime afterwards, Kim joined a band as a

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and recorded under an independent label. Because of this, in the next film he worked on, '' Bloody Tie'' in 2006, he held two positions: art director and film score

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. In 2008, he directed his first film, the

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/ comedy '' Girl Scout'' which was fairly well received. He wrote and directed his sophomore feature, the 2010

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'' Midnight FM''. Kim reunited with ''Midnight FM'' actor Yoo Ji-tae for his third film '' The Tenor – Lirico Spinto'', a 2014

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of South Korean tenor Bae Jae-chul.

Filmography

As director

*'' The Tenor – Lirico Spinto'' (2014) - director, screenplay *'' Midnight FM'' (2010) - director, screenplay *'' Girl Scout'' (2008) - director, music

As art director

*'' Bloody Tie'' (2006) - art director, music, sound department *'' Joint Security Area'' (2000) - art director *'' Happy End'' (1999) - art director *''

'' (1998) - art director

As crew

*'' Battlefield Heroes'' (2011) - art department *'' Paju'' (2009) *''

Voice of a Murderer ''Voice of a Murderer'' (; lit. "His Voice") is a 2007 South Korean crime thriller-drama film written and directed by Park Jin-pyo, starring Sol Kyung-gu and Kim Nam-joo. It was the third top-grossing domestic film of 2007, with 3,143,247 tickets ...

'' (2007) *'' My Wife Is a Gangster 3'' (2006) *'' The Restless'' (2006) *'' I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK'' (2006) *''

The Fox Family ''The Fox Family'' () is a 2006 South Korean film. Made on a budget of (), the film is a musical comedy about the kumiho of Korean mythology. Plot Disguising themselves as humans, a family of kumiho travel from their home in the mountains to ...

'' (2006) *'' The Host'' (2006) *'' Barefoot Ki-bong'' (2006) *'' Blue Swallow'' (2005) *'' Typhoon'' (2005) *'' Bystanders'' (2005) *''

Love Talk ''Love Talk'' (러브토크) is the second film by South Korean director Lee Yoon-ki. It tells the story of a group of expatriated South Koreans trying to adapt to living in the Los Angeles area. The film was shot entirely on location in California ...

'' (2005) *''Blossom Again'' (2005) *'' You Are My Sunshine'' (2005) *'' Short Time'' (2005) *''

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance ''Lady Vengeance'' (; ; titled ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' in Australia and Russia) is a 2005 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. The film is the third and final installment in Park's '' Vengeance Trilogy'', ...

'' (2005) *'' Heaven's Soldiers'' (2005) *'' Voice'' (2005) *'' Rules of Dating'' (2005) *''A Bold Family'' (2005) *''

Hello, Brother ''Hello, Brother'' (), also known as ''Little Brother'', is a 2005 South Korean drama film directed by Lim Tai-hyung. The film starred Bae Jong-ok, Park Won-sang, and Park Ji-bin. Plot ''Hello, Brother'' is a family drama which portrays a mischi ...

'' (2005) *'' Blood Rain'' (2004) *'' The President's Last Bang'' (2005) *'' A Moment to Remember'' (2004) *'' Bunshinsaba'' (2004) *'' The President's Barber'' (2004) *''

The Big Swindle ''The Big Swindle'' is a 2004 South Korean heist film written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon. It was Choi's feature film directorial debut. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots ...

'' (2004) *''Dance with Solitude (Sweet Sixties)'' (2004) *'' A Good Lawyer's Wife'' (2003) *''Who R U?'' (2002) *''L'Abri (Bus Stop)'' (2001)

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