Kim Han-min
Kim Han-min | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 5, 1969 |
| Education | Dongguk University Graduate School of Film Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김한민 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Han-min |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hanmin |
Template:Contains Korean text Kim Han-min (born November 5, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
Career
After graduating from Dongguk University's Graduate School of Film Arts, Kim Han-min gained accolades for two of his short films - Sunflower Blues which screened at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival as well as the New York Independent Film Festival; and Three Hungry Brothers which received awards at the Mise-en-scene Genre Film Festival, the Asiana International Short Film Festival, and the Seoul Digital Film Festival.[1]
In 2007 he made his feature directorial debut with the mystery-thriller Paradise Murdered starring Park Hae-il, Park Sol-mi and Sung Ji-roo. A fictionalized account of a murder that took place on a secluded island in the 1980s involving rational and irrational horrors, the film sold over 2 million tickets nationwide.[2] In his second feature, Kim shifted his setting to the big city, with blackmail thriller Handphone (2009) revolving around every urbanite's essential hardware, the cell phone. Starring Uhm Tae-woong and Park Yong-woo, it fell short of both the commercial and critical successes of his first film.[3]
Set during the second Manchu invasion of 1636, Kim's third film War of the Arrows (2011) combined well-choreographed combat sequences and special effects, fast pacing, a tense plotline and the thrill of the chase to tell the story of a master archer and his quest to rescue his sister from Qing Dynasty soldiers.[4][5] The period action film unexpectedly drew an audience of 7.46 million, making it the highest grossing Korean film of 2011.[6] It also won recognition at the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards, notably for its lead actors Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong and Moon Chae-won.[7][8][9][10][11]
Kim's follow-up will be another period epic, Battle of Myeongryang (2014), which depicts a legendary sea battle between 12 vessels of the Korean navy led by the most admired military figure in Korea, General Yi Sun-sin (played by Choi Min-sik), and 330 invading Japanese ships, which are eventually defeated. Given the disparity in numbers, the battle is regarded as one of Yi's most remarkable victories.[12]
Filmography
- Battle of Myeongryang (2014) - director
- War of the Arrows (2011) - director, screenplay
- Handphone (2009) - director, script editor, actor
- Paradise Murdered (2007) - director, screenplay
- A Wintering (2007) - actor
- Three Hungry Brothers (short film, 2003) - director, screenplay, editor
- Sunflower Blues (short film, 1999) - director, screenplay, editor
- Rush (short film, 1998) - director
- Sympathy (short film, 1997) - director
- Beyond... (short film, 1995) - director
- A Painter Story (short film, 1995) - director
References
- ^ "Sunflower Blues". IndieStory. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "KIM Han-min". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (12 February 2009). "Hand Phone Showcases Top Talent". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Kwaak, Je-yup (24 June 2011). "Arrow aims ultimate summer success". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (4 August 2011). "Arrow aims for new horizons". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy (8 January 2012). "South Korean box office in 2011". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Carla, Sunwoo (24 May 2012). "War of the Arrows to target Japan". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Quinn, Paul (16 September 2011). "Kim Han-min Interview". Hangul Celluloid. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Heskins, Andrew (19 September 2011). "LKFF Press Launch and Kim Han-min Q&A". easternKicks. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ London, Ian (1 November 2011). "Interview with Kim Han-min, Korean director of War of the Arrows". You Know, I Learned Something Today. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Kim Han Min talks Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon and more". Korea.com. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (1 August 2013). "CHOI Min-sik Wraps Naval War Epic BATTLE OF MYEONGRYANG". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
External links
- Kim Han-min at the Korean Movie Database
- Kim Han-min at IMDb
- Kim Han-min at HanCinema
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