Im Kwon-taek

Director 90 / Writer 9 / Actor 4 · 1962 – 2026 · 🎬 103 · 🇰🇷 South Korea

Im Kwon-taek is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards, as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.

All · 103 🎬 Movies · 103

Drama Action History Romance Crime

Highlights

Come, Come, Come Upward

Come, Come, Come Upward

1989

Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

1989

The Surrogate Womb

The Surrogate Womb

1987

Frequent Collaborators

Lee Ye-min

30 shared

Yoon Yang-ha

23 shared

Dokgo Sung

23 shared

Kim Ki Beom

21 shared

Heo Chang-kang

19 shared

Han Eun-jin

17 shared

All decades 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

Come, Come, Come Upward

Come, Come, Come Upward

director

1989

Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

director

1989

The Surrogate Womb

The Surrogate Womb

director

1987

Adada

Adada

director

1987

You Can't Stop a Flowing River

You Can't Stop a Flowing River

director

1984

Jagko

Jagko

director

1983

Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace

Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace

director

1983

The Village of Mist

The Village of Mist

director

1983

Polluted Ones

Polluted Ones

director

1982

Abenko Green Beret

Abenko Green Beret

director

1982

Mandala

Mandala

director

1981

The Hidden Hero

The Hidden Hero

director

1980

Mrs. Speculator

Mrs. Speculator

director

1980

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