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Kim Dae-woo

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Kim Dae-woo

Born January 1, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea14 films

Kim Dae-woo is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim started his filmmaking career by winning the 1991 Korean Film Council Screenplay Contest. He was an accomplished screenwriter with a number of hit scripts, including The Girl for Love and The One for Marriage (1993), An Affair (1998), Rainbow Trout (1999), and Untold Scandal (2003). Making a switch to directing, he debuted with the hit period drama film Forbidden Quest (2006), followed by The Servant (2010) and Obsessed (2014). Forbidden Quest won the Best New Director at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards, and Best New Director and Best Screenplay at the 26th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards in 2006.

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The Foul King posterFirst watchThe Foul King20006.9Dae-ho is a timid, unproductive, constantly harassed bank clerk. He starts secretly wrestling and adopts the persona of the cheating villain wrestler "The Foul King".View film

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Filmography

14 films
  1. 2024Hidden FaceAdaptation
  2. 2014ObsessedScreenplay
  3. 2010The ServantScreenplay
  4. 2006Forbidden QuestScreenplay
  5. 2003Untold ScandalScreenplay
  6. 2002Road MovieAdaptation
  7. 2000The Foul KingWriter
  8. 1999Rainbow TroutWriter
  9. 1998An AffairWriter
  10. 1997Ivan the MercenaryScreenplay
  11. 1996The Rules of a GangsterAdaptation
  12. 1994The PiratesScreenplay
  13. 1994Marriage Story 2Writer
  14. 1993The Girl for Love and The One for MarriageWriter