Kwak Kyung-taek (; born 23 May 1966) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film ''
Friend''.
Career
''Friend'', a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. In 2003 he received an award at the
Philadelphia Film Festival for the boxing drama film ''
Champion
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, ...
''. His 2005 action film ''
Typhoon
A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...
'', however, was a commercial failure.
Filmography as director
* ''3pm Bathhouse Paradise'' (1997)
* ''Dr. K'' (1999)
* ''
Friend'' (2001)
* ''
Champion
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, ...
'' (2002)
* ''
Mutt Boy
''Mutt Boy'' (; lit. "Shit dog") is a 2003 South Korean film starring Jung Woo-sung, Kim Kap-soo and Uhm Ji-won. A developmentally-disabled boy grows up in a rural town, and eventually attracts a small gang of followers due to his fighting skills. ...
'' (2003)
* ''
Typhoon
A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...
'' (2005)
* ''
A Love'' (2007)
* ''
Eye for an Eye
"An eye for an eye" ( hbo, עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ) is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The principle exists also in Babylonian law.
In Roman c ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Pained'' (2011)
* ''The Ugly Duckling'' (2012)
* ''
Friend: The Great Legacy'' (2013)
* ''
The Classified File'' (2015)
* ''
RV: Resurrected Victims'' (2017)
* ''
The Battle of Jangsari'' (2019)
External links
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1966 births
Living people
South Korean film directors
People from Busan
South Korean Buddhists
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