Kwak Kyung-taek (; born 23 May 1966) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film ''

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''.

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

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for the boxing drama film ''

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''. His 2005 action film ''

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'', however, was a commercial failure.

Filmography as director

* ''3pm Bathhouse Paradise'' (1997) * ''Dr. K'' (1999) * ''

'' (2001) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Mutt Boy'' (2003) * ''

'' (2005) * '' A Love'' (2007) * '' Eye for an Eye'' (2008) * ''

Pained ''Pained'' (; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and ...

'' (2011) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (2012) * '' Friend: The Great Legacy'' (2013) * ''

The Classified File ''The Classified File'' () is a 2015 South Korean crime drama film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek based on a real-life 33-day kidnapping case in Busan in 1978. It stars Kim Yoon-seok and Yoo Hae-jin in the lead roles. Plot A young girl named Eun-joo ...

'' (2015) * '' RV: Resurrected Victims'' (2017) * ''

The Battle of Jangsari ''The Battle of Jangsari'' () is a 2019 South Korean action-war film co-directed by Kwak Kyung-taek and Kim Tae-hoon, starring Kim Myung-min, Megan Fox, and Choi Min-ho in the lead roles. The second installment in a trilogy following ''Operation ...

'' (2019)

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* * 1966 births Living people South Korean film directors People from Busan South Korean Buddhists {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub