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.
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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.
Love of Life (disambiguation)
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Bloedverwanten
Bloedverwanten(" Blood Relations") is a 1977 Dutch comedy film directed by Wim Lindner.
Guido Brignone
Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor.
He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone.
Brignone was born in Milan, Italy.
He was the first Italian Director to win the Venice Film Festival or Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, the oldest film festival in the world, with Best Italian Film, "Teresa Confalonieri" (1934).
He died in Rome in 1959.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Love of Blood Relations
Love of Blood Relations( 혈육애-" Hyeolyukae") is a 1976 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.
When the South Korean government pressured Kim to make an anti-Communist film, he responded with this film.
By focusing on a" femme fatale" from North Korea, Kim was able to transcend the propagandistic origins to make a characteristically personal work.
Il nido di Falasco
Il nido di falasco is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone.
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Time and Love
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Question: Do both directors of films Il Nido Di Falasco and Love Of Blood Relations share the same nationality?
Answer: no