What is Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934)?
{{for|the later Korean director of the same name|Kim Ki-duk}} {{Korean name|Kim}} {{Infobox Korean name |hangul=김기덕 |hanja=金基德 |rr=Gim Gideok |mr=Kim Kidŏk }} '''Kim Ki-duk''' (29 September 1934 – 7 September 2017) was a [[South Korea]]n [[movie director]] and [[professor]]. He was best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster movie ''[[Yongary: Monster from the Deep|Yongary]]''. Kim directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the movie industry in 1977. Along with [[Kim Soo-yong]] and [[Lee Man-hee (movie director)|Lee Man-hee]], Kim was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the [[melodrama]] ([[hangul|청춘영화]] - ''cheongchun yeonghwa''). He was not related to [[Kim Ki-duk]], the South Korean director of ''[[3-Iron]]''. Kim died on 7 September 2017 at the age of 83 from [[lung cancer]] in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref>[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/09/07/0200000000AEN20170907010600315.html Veteran film director dies at 83]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web|url=http://www.cine21.com/Movies/Mov_Person/person_info.php?id=19597|title=김기덕 (''Kim Ki-duk'')|access-date=2007-12-28|publisher=cine21.com|language=ko}} * {{IMDb name|0453580|Kim Ki-duk}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Ki-duk}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:South Korean movie directors]] [[Category:South Korean academics]] [[Category:People from Seoul]] {{bio-stub}}