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Kwak Kyung-taek (Korean: 곽경택; born 23 May 1966) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend. Career [ edit ] Friend , a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival.
Name: Kyung-Taek Kwak Hangul: 곽경택 Birthdate: May 23, 1966 Birthplace: Busan, South Korea Height: Blood Type: Director Movies. Battle of Jangsari | Jangsari: Yitheojin Youngwoongdeul (2019) RV: Resurrected Victims | Heesaengboohwalja (2017) The Classified File | Keukbisoosa (2015) Friend, The Great Legacy | Chingoo 2 (2013)
Sep 26, 2019 · Kwak Kyung-taek “Battle of Jangsari” is a film about the Korean War (1950-1953). But the story it tells differs from other war films due to the fact that it is about a forgotten, yet important, battle that determined the fate of the country the day before the famous Battle of Incheon on Sept. 14, 1950.
Kyung-taek Kwak. Director: Friend. Kyung-taek Kwak was born on 23 May 1966 in Pusan, South Korea. Kyung-taek is a director and writer, known for Friend (2001), A Love (2007) and The Classified File (2015).
Friend ( Korean : 친구; RR : Chin-gu) is a 2001 South Korean neo-noir action film written and directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Upon its release, it became the highest-grossing South Korean movie up to that time. Its record was surpassed in 2003 by Silmido . This film is the director's experiences with his friends, a semi- autobiography set in his ...
KWAK Kyung-taek has a knack for using the cityscape of Busan, “the film capital of Korea,” in his movies that are also known for main characters who personify traditional Korean male values of male bonding and camaraderie, perseverance, and passion. He made his directorial debut with the small-budget (1997) and gained national fame with the huge success of (2001). The movie attracted 8 million viewers across Korea and set a new box office record as the most popular Korean film at the ...
Sep 1, 2022 · Veteran filmmaker Kwak Kyung-taek, best known for directing 2001 box-office hit “Friend,” has taken on new challenges in his new audio movie, “Far East.” “There were challenges that I ...
