KIM Ki-duk is a South Korean film director and professor. Best-known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant-monster film, Yonggary, KIM Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with KIM Soo-yong and LEE Man-hee, KIM was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 1975년 가수왕 연출을 맡았다. 1970년 무작정 상경 연출을 맡았다. 1969년 늦어도 그 날까지 연출을 맡았다.