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KIM HAN-MIN

Name in korean:

김한민

Name pronunciation:

gim han-min

Profession:

Director

Date of Birth:

05 Novembre 1969

Gender:

Man

Biography

Born in 1969, after graduating from the University of Dongguk Graduate School of Film Arts, Kim Han-min earned his first awards for the short films Sunflower Blues and Three Hungry Brothers. In 2007 he made his directorial debut with the thriller Paradise Murdered, but his first major success came with War of the Arrows, set during the second Chinese invasion of 1936. It was the highest-grossing Korean film of 2011 and won at the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
Kim's next film is Roaring Currents (2014), set in another historical period. In August 2014, the film exceeded 15 million tickets sold, reaching the most successful ever in South Korea.

Filmography