Directing
Yu Hyun-mok
1925 · Sariwon, Hwanghae Province, North Korea
30 films
Bio
Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls." Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's "[b]rilliantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations."
Filmography
Son of a Man
Director
Flame
Director
Wife's Confession
Director
The Martyrs
Executive Producer
An Empty Dream
Director
Aimless Bullet
Director
School Excursion
Director
Descendants of Cain
Director
홍차기의 일생
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
Director
The Three Hen-pecked Generations
Director
Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
Director