Kim Sung-su (Director, 1961)

Kim Sung-su is a redirect to this article. For other people, see Kim Seong-su .

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김성수
Hanja	金 性 洙
Revised Romanization	Gim Seong-su
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Sŏngsu
See also : Korean name

Kim Sung-su (* 1961 ) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter .

Life

In the 1990s, Kim Sung-su began his career in the film industry as a screenwriter, prop master and assistant director on films such as Blue in You , Berlin Report and They Were Like Us . His debut film Scream City received critical acclaim and the Seoul Independent Film Festival's Critics' Prize . In 1997 his film Beat ensured star status for the leading actors, Jung Woo-sung and Ko So-young . In 1998 he released the film City of the Rising Sun , with Lee Jung-jae and again with Jung Woo-sung. In 2001 he released the lavish period film Musa - The Warrior with Jung Woo-sung and Zhang Ziyi . In 2003 he published the comedy Please Teach Me English before taking a ten-year break. In 2013 he returned with the disaster film Pandemie ( Gamgi 'Flu'; international title: The Flu ). The film was relatively successful with over three million moviegoers, but received mostly bad reviews. In 2016 he returned with the more successful gangster film Asura: The City of Madness , in which Jung Woo-sung again played the lead role.

Filmography

• 1990: Black Republic (screenplay)
• 1991: Berlin Report (assistant director)
• 1991: Fly High Run Far (staff)
• 1992: Blue in You (Script Editor)
• 1994: Out to the World (Script Editor)
• 1995: Runaway (Director, Screenplay)
• 1995: Sunset into the Neon Lights (Script Editor)
• 1997: Beat (director)
• 1998: City of the Rising Sun (Director, Screenplay)
• 2001: Musa - The Warrior (Director, Screenplay)
• 2003: Please Teach Me English (Director, Screenplay, Producer)
• 2006: The Restless (producer)
• 2010: My Ex-Wife's Wedding (producer)
• 2013: Pandemic (Director)
• 2016: Asura: The City of Madness (Director, Screenplay)

Web links

• Kim Sung-su in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Kim Sung-su (director, 1961) in the Korean Movie Database (English)
• Kim Sung-su on HanCinema

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KIM Sung-soo. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (English). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Sung-su is the first name.