Kwak Kyung-taek

Kwak Kyung-taek

Nascimento : 1966-05-20, Busan, South Korea

História

Kwak Kyung-taek (born 23 May 1966 in Busan, South Korea) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend.

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Kwak Kyung-taek
Kwak Kyung-taek

Filmes

School Caste
Adaptation
Aspiring writer Je-a unveils a shocking truth from the observations she makes of the fellow students at her high school where there is something akin to a caste system.
School Caste
Director
Aspiring writer Je-a unveils a shocking truth from the observations she makes of the fellow students at her high school where there is something akin to a caste system.
Battle of Jangsari
Director
Guerra da Coréia, setembro de 1950. Com o intuito de combater as forças inimigas estacionadas no sul da península, o general MacArthur ordena o início da Operação de Aterragem de Incheon, empregando ataques em locais diversificados. Sem forças militares de sobra, 772 estudantes coreanos muito jovens, mal treinados, são enviados para a praia de Jangsari, onde enfrentarão um destino heróico e descobrirão o valor da amizade... (Uma sequela da Operação Chromite, lançada em 2016).
Dark Figure of Crime
Producer
Ao ser preso por suspeita de homicídio, Tae-oh decide negociar uma redução de sua sentença com o detetive Hyung-min. Ele passa a dar pequenas pistas sobre uma série de outras vítimas até então desconhecidas, envolvendo a polícia em um jogo de manipulação psicológica. Baseado em uma história real.
Dark Figure of Crime
Screenplay
Ao ser preso por suspeita de homicídio, Tae-oh decide negociar uma redução de sua sentença com o detetive Hyung-min. Ele passa a dar pequenas pistas sobre uma série de outras vítimas até então desconhecidas, envolvendo a polícia em um jogo de manipulação psicológica. Baseado em uma história real.
Stay With Me
Executive Producer
RV: Resurrected Victims
Writer
Based on the Resurrected Victims Phenomenon where murder victims come back to life to avenge the murderer, a prosecutor is suspected of his mother’s murder.
RV: Resurrected Victims
Director
Based on the Resurrected Victims Phenomenon where murder victims come back to life to avenge the murderer, a prosecutor is suspected of his mother’s murder.
The Classified File
Director
A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story.
Friend: The Great Legacy
Screenplay
Joon-seok is sent to prison for his involvement in Dong-soo's death. He meets Dong-soo's son in prison, keeps his identity a secret, and agrees to join forces when he is released. All of their plans fall apart when Sung-hoon finds out the truth.
Friend: The Great Legacy
Director
Joon-seok is sent to prison for his involvement in Dong-soo's death. He meets Dong-soo's son in prison, keeps his identity a secret, and agrees to join forces when he is released. All of their plans fall apart when Sung-hoon finds out the truth.
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
The Ugly Duckling
Writer
A man joins the national army as a soldier who does haircuts for other soldiers. However, he feels frustrated for being on miscellaneous duties rather than what he was conscripted for.
The Ugly Duckling
Director
A man joins the national army as a soldier who does haircuts for other soldiers. However, he feels frustrated for being on miscellaneous duties rather than what he was conscripted for.
Pained
Director
After losing his family when he was young, Nam-soon feels no pain. He cannot feel physical pain and is emotionally barren until he meets Dong-hyeon, who calls herself a vampire because she suffers from hemophilia. Unlike Dong-hyeon, when Nam-soon is injured, she bleeds from even the smallest wound. As the two grow closer, Dong-hyeon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him.
Goodbye, Boy
Executive Producer
Winter 1988 - Middle school student Jin-Woo lives with his unemployed alcoholic father and his mother who frequently attempts to run away from home due to her unhappiness with her husband. Jin-Woo's older sister does whatever she wants and fumes at her mother for the life she lives. Jin-Woo feels sorry for his mom who has to support the family alone and starts to work as a newspaper delivery boy. At the newspaper distribution plant, he meets another boy named Chang-Geun who works hard to save money. Jin-Woo learns from Chang-Geun things like how to smoke, drink alcohol and how to deal with girls. Jin-Woo learns about life through Chang-Geun.
Bronze Medalist
Co-Executive Producer
Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts.
Eye For An Eye
Screenplay
The devious brain behind a heist draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge.
Eye For An Eye
Director
The devious brain behind a heist draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge.
A Love
Writer
In-ho is willing to do anything to protect his first love, Mi-ju, including murder. They cannot forget each other while In-ho is in prison, but their love does not go smoothly.
A Love
Director
In-ho is willing to do anything to protect his first love, Mi-ju, including murder. They cannot forget each other while In-ho is in prison, but their love does not go smoothly.
Typhoon
Writer
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.
Typhoon
Director
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.
Mutt Boy
Writer
Life is tough for Chol-Min - his mother died during labor, forcing him to grow up alonge with his stoic police officer father. However, Chol-Min lives a high-spirited life and roams around town with his own mutt, a half-bred police dog, making friends and enemies along the way.
Mutt Boy
Director
Life is tough for Chol-Min - his mother died during labor, forcing him to grow up alonge with his stoic police officer father. However, Chol-Min lives a high-spirited life and roams around town with his own mutt, a half-bred police dog, making friends and enemies along the way.
Champion
Director
This biopic tells the true story of Korean boxer Kim Deuk-gu. Born into poverty, Kim used boxing to free himself from his bleak surroundings, eventually becoming the world's top lightweight. Tragically, Kim's life was cut short when he died from a blood clot in his brain during a championship fight with Ray Boom Boom Mancini.
Friend
Writer
O filme conta a emocionante história de quatro amigos desde a infância até a idade adulta e o impacto dessa amizade na vida uns dos outros. Joon Suk é o líder do grupo, sempre foi um menino bom de briga e é filho de um gangster. Dong Su filho de um agente funerário que entra para o grupo na terceira série. Sang Taek um garoto esforçado e um aluno exemplar. Joong Ho o palhaço do grupo, sempre fazendo gracinhas.
Friend
Director
O filme conta a emocionante história de quatro amigos desde a infância até a idade adulta e o impacto dessa amizade na vida uns dos outros. Joon Suk é o líder do grupo, sempre foi um menino bom de briga e é filho de um gangster. Dong Su filho de um agente funerário que entra para o grupo na terceira série. Sang Taek um garoto esforçado e um aluno exemplar. Joong Ho o palhaço do grupo, sempre fazendo gracinhas.
Doctor K
Writer
Terminally ill patients are magically cured by a neurosurgeon who transfers their tumors to his own brain.
Doctor K
Director
Terminally ill patients are magically cured by a neurosurgeon who transfers their tumors to his own brain.
3pm Paradise
Writer
A mix of social classes and characters mingle at the Eoksutang, a popular public sauna, every afternoon. Wan-ki, a wannabe movie director, a monk with VD, nude photographer searching for the perfect body, a Russian model and a peeping Tom are among the clients.
3pm Paradise
Director
A mix of social classes and characters mingle at the Eoksutang, a popular public sauna, every afternoon. Wan-ki, a wannabe movie director, a monk with VD, nude photographer searching for the perfect body, a Russian model and a peeping Tom are among the clients.
Firefighters
Director