Yu Hyun-mok
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Biography
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." His dedication to the intellectu…
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유현목 · Hyun-Monk Yu · Hyun-mok Yoo · Yoo Hyun Mok · Yoo Hyun-mok · Yoo Hyunmok
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Aimless Bullet
1961 · Movie
The Martyrs
1965 · Movie
Son of a Man
1980 · Movie
An Empty Dream
1965 · Movie
Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
1995 · Movie
School Excursion
1969 · Movie
The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy
1963 · Movie
Kongjwi and Patjwi
1978 · Movie
Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day
1987 · Movie
The Door
1978 · Movie
Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train
1967 · Movie
Lim Kkeok-jeong
1961 · Movie