Kim Ki-young
Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919 – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters.
Kim was born in Seoul during the colonial period, raised in Pyongyang, where he became interested in theater and cinema.
In Korea after the end of World War II, he studied dentistry while becoming involved in the theater.
During the Korean War, he made propaganda films for the United States Information Service.
In 1955, he used discarded movie equipments to produce his first two films.
With the success of these two films Kim formed his own production company and produced popular melodramas for the rest of the decade.
Kim Ki-young's first expression of his mature style was in his "The Housemaid" (1960), which featured a powerful "femme fatale" character.
It is widely considered to be one of the best Korean films of all time.
After a "Golden Age" during the 1960s, the 1970s were a low-point in the history of Korean cinema because of governmental censorship and a decrease in audience attendance.
Nevertheless, working independently, Kim produced some of his most eccentric cinematic creations in this era.
Films such as "Insect Woman" (1972) and "Iodo" (1977) were successful at the time and highly influential on the younger generations of South Korean filmmakers both at their time of release, and with their rediscovery years later.
By the 1980s, Kim's popularity had gone into decline, and his output decreased in the second half of the decade.
Neglected by the mainstream during much of the 1990s, Kim became a cult figure in South Korean film Internet forums in the early 1990s.
Widespread international interest in his work was stimulated by a career retrospective at the 1997 Pusan International Film Festival.
He was preparing a comeback film when he and his wife were killed in a house fire in 1998.
The Berlin International Film Festival gave Kim a posthumous retrospective in 1998, and the French Cinémathèque screened 18 of Kim's films, some newly rediscovered and restored, in 2006.
Through the efforts of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), previously lost films by Kim Ki-young continue to be rediscovered and restored.
Many current prominent South Korean filmmakers, including directors
Im Sang-soo, Kim Ki-duk, Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook, claim Kim Ki-young as an influence on their careers.
Ian Barry (director)
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Woman of Fire
Woman of Fire is a 1971 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.
This was the second film in Kim's" Housemaid" trilogy followed by" Woman of Fire' 82".
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Woman of Fire '82
The Woman of Fire '82  is a 1982 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Ki-young.
This was the third film in Kim's "Housemaid" trilogy.
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In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
The Housemaid (1960 film)
The Housemaid( 하녀," Hanyeo") is a 1960 black- and- white South Korean film.
It was directed by Kim Ki-young and starred Lee Eun-shim, Ju Jeung- nyeo and Kim Jin-kyu.
It has been described in Koreanfilm.org as a" consensus pick as one of the top three Korean films of all time".
This was the first film in Kim's" Housemaid" trilogy followed by" Woman of Fire" and" Woman of Fire' 82".
The film was remade in 2010 by director Im Sang- soo.
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Woman of Fire
Woman of Fire is a 1971 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.
This was the second film in Kim's" Housemaid" trilogy followed by" Woman of Fire' 82".

Question: Where did the director of film Woman Of Fire '82 die?
Answer: Seoul