In the Kwon-taek

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 임권택
Hanja 林 權 澤
Revised
Romanization 		In the Gwon-taek
McCune-
Reischauer 		In the Kwǒnt'aek
In Kwon-taek, 2013

In Kwon-taek (born November 2, 1934 in Jangseong-gun County , Zenra-nandō Sub - Province, Chōsen Province , former Japanese Empire , now South Korea ) is a South Korean filmmaker . He is considered the most important representative of South Korean post-war cinema.

His parents did not register him until March 2, 1936 . This is why the wrong birthday is given in many biographies.

Life

In Kwon-taek grew up in Kōshū as one of seven children, where he also went to high school. His parents were farmers. At the age of 18 he still moved to Busan to work there (as a bricklayer or in a workshop where old American Army lace-up boots were converted into shoes for South Koreans). He came to the film by chance and without much initial interest. Friends offered him to do unskilled labor in Seoul in exchange for board and lodging. In 1956 he moved to Seoul, where the director Chung Chang-hwa offered him work as a production assistant. In 1962 he was allowed to make his first film as a director ( Dumanganga jal itgeola - Farewell to the Duman River).

Until the late 1970s , he mainly made entertainment films of a purely commercial nature of all kinds ( war films , action films , historical productions, comedies and, above all, melodramas ). In 1970 alone he made eight films. Later, his films got more serious and dealt with significant topics of Korean culture , Korean society, or Korean history . Im describes Jabcho (The Deserted Widow), shot in 1973, as the first film in its own right. Of the first 77 films before Jokbo (The Genealogy, 1979), only 26 have survived , 18 of them only in negative.

In 1993 he achieved the greatest financial success in South Korean cinema history (1.3 million moviegoers) with Seopyeonje (Sopjonye - The Blind Singer).

Im Kwon-taek was invited to the Berlin Film Festival in 1981 with his film Mandala . Thanks to the film, Im became the film great in South Korea. Mandala is about two monks who want to explore the role and importance of Buddhism in Korean society. In 1995 he competed with Taebek sanmaek (The Taebaek Mountains) for the first time in Berlin. And The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang (Chunhyang) was the first ever South Korean film to be invited to the Cannes International Film Festival in 2000 . In 2015 his film Revivre (Hwajang) was part of the Critique Week program in Berlin.

He is married to the actress Chae Ryeong and has two sons with her. The younger son, Im Dong-jae (known as Kwon Hyun-sang ), is also in show business. He is a well-known South Korean film and television actor.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1962: Dumanganga jal itgeola
  • 1962: Jeonjaenggwa noin
  • 1963: Danjang lok
  • 1963: Mangbuseog
  • 1968: Yohwa jang huibin
  • 1971: Samsin nyeonmanui daegyeol
  • 1973: Jabcho
  • 1975: Wae guraetdeonga
  • 1976: Wangsimni
  • 1979: Jokbo
  • 1980: Gitbaleobtneun gisu
  • 1980: Jagko
  • 1981: Mandala - The blind eyes of the heart (Mandala)
  • 1982: Abenko gongsugunda
  • 1983: Bul-ui ttal
  • 1984: Herueneun gangbuleul eojji makeurya
  • 1986: Gilsodom - Torn Land ( 길소뜸 Gilsotteum )
  • 1986: Ticket (Ticket)
  • 1987: Adada (Adada)
  • 1987: The surrogate mother (Sibaji)
  • 1988: Yeonsan ilgi
  • 1989: The Path of Enlightenment (Aje aje bara aje)
  • 1990: Janggunui adeul
  • 1991: Gaebyeok
  • 1991: Janggunui adeul II
  • 1993: Sopyonje - The Blind Singer (Seopyeonje)
  • 1994: The Taebaek Mountains (Taebek sanmaek)
  • 1996: Chukje
  • 1997: Downfall
  • 2000: The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang (Chunhyangdyeon)
  • 2002: In the intoxication of colors and love (Chihwaseon)
  • 2004: Haryu insaeng
  • 2007: Cheonnyeonhak
  • 2011: Hanji
  • 2014: Revivre ( 화장 Hwajang )

Awards

Im Kwon-taek and his films have won every conceivable award in South Korea. Here are some examples:

  • Wangshibri : Award for the best film and the best director at the 12th Korean Drama and Film Award
  • Nakdongkanuen heureuneunga : Director Award at the 13th Korean Drama and Film Award
  • Jokbo : Awards for the best film and the best director at the 17th Daejong Film Awards (Grand Bell Award Film Festival, Seoul), as well as the Movie Reporter Award
  • Gitbaleobtneun gisu : Prize for the best film at the 18th Dae Jong Award
  • Chakko : Award for the best anti-communist film at the 19th Daejong Film Awards
  • Mandala : Award for the best film and the best director at the 20th Daejong Film Awards
  • Angae maeul : Prize for the best film and the best director at the 19th Korean Drama and Film Award
  • Gilsoddeum : Award for best director at the 22nd Korean Drama and Film Award and the 6th Film Critics Award, as well as the award for the best film at the 24th Dae Jong Award
  • Ticket : Prize for the best film and the best director at the 7th Film Critics Award, as well as the prize for the best director at the 25th Daejong Film Prize
  • Yeonsan ilgi : Award for the best film and the best director at the 26th Daejong Film Award
  • Aje aje bara aje : Award for the best film at the 27th Daejong Film Award
  • Janggunui adeul : Film of the Year 1990, Best Korean Film Award and Best Popular Film at the 11th Chung Ryong Award
  • Gaebyeok : Film of the Year 1991, Best Picture Award at the 30th Daejong Film Awards, and the Best Director award at the 12th Chung Ryong Award
  • Janggunui adeul III : Film of the Year 1992
  • Seopyeonje : among other things, the prize for the best film at the 30th Daejong Film Prize
  • Taeken sanmaek : Film of the year 1994 and the prize for the best film at the 5th Chun Sa Film Award
  • Chukje : Film of the Year 1996, as well as the awards for best film and best director at the 17th Chung Ryong Award and the 16th Film Critics Award
  • Chunhyang : Special Jury Award at the 37th Dae Jong Award and the NETPAC Award for Im Kwon-taek at the Pusan ​​International Film Festival

He has also received honors at international film festivals. Mandala (1981) won the Grand Prix at the Hawaii Film Festival . At the 1986 Chicago International Film Festival , Im received the World Peace Medal Award for Gilsoddeum . In 1987 Sibaji won the prize for best film and best director at the 32nd Asia-Pacific Film Festival . Chunhyang won the Best Feature Film Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival in 2000 and was awarded the Silver Screen Award in the Best Asian Director category at the Singapore International Film Festival .

Im was awarded the prize for best director at the 2002 Cannes International Film Festival for Intoxication of Colors and Love .

In 2005 Im Kwon-taek was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005 for his life's work.

Seopyeonje (1993) is the most award-winning South Korean film ever made. He received 27 South Korean and three international awards, for example: Award for Best Director (Golden Goblet).

In addition, his leading actress Kang Soo-yeon for Sibaji (The Surrogate Mother) was awarded the Prize for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1987 .

In 2015 he was honored for his life's work at the Asian Film Awards .

Web links

literature

  • Kinemathek 98: Im Kwon-Taek (Friends of the Deutsche Kinemathek eV, Berlin, February 2005), ISBN 3-927876-22-4
  • David E. James, Kyung Hyun Kim: Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema . Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 2001, ISBN 978-0-8143-2869-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Darcy Paquet: A Short History of Korean Film. In: koreanfilm.org. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ In Kwon-taek's Son Follows Dad into Showbiz . In: english.chosun.com . August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Sonia Kil: Asian Film Awards to Honor Korea's Im Kwon-taek. In: Variety . March 17, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Karen Chu: Asian Film Awards: China's 'Gone With the Bullets' Nabs Three Wins. In: Hollywood Reporter . March 25, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Im is the family name here, Kwon-taek is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Im, Kwon-taek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 임권택 (Hangeul); 林 權 澤 (Hanja); Im, Gwon-taek (revised romanization); Im, Kwǒnt'aek (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Jangseong-gun County , Zenra-nandō Sub - Province, Chōsen Province , former Japanese Empire , now South Korea