Kim Sung-su
Kim Sung-su (born November 15, 1961) is a South Korean film director, known mainly for Beat (1997), City of the Rising Sun (1999), Musa (2001), Please Teach Me English (2003), Flu (2013), Asura: The City of Madness (2016), and 12.12: The Day (2023).
Also recorded as Kim Seong-su
Kim Sung-su
- Name
- Kim Sung-soo
- Born
- 15 November 1961
- Birthplace
- South Korea
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Education
- * Sejong University – English Language and Literature (BA)
- Languages
- Korean
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Kim Sung-su (born November 15, 1961) is a South Korean film director, known mainly for Beat (1997), City of the Rising Sun (1999), Musa (2001), Please Teach Me English (2003), Flu (2013), Asura: The City of Madness (2016), and 12.12: The Day (2023).
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• Name — Kim Sung-soo • Born — 15 November 1961 • Birthplace — South Korea • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • Education — * Sejong University – English Language and Literature (BA) • Dongguk University – Theater and Film Master (MA) • Years Active — 1990–present
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Kim Sung-su is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded as film director and screenwriter.
Feature films
Feature films
• Year — Title — Credited as — Reference • Director — Writer — Producer • 1990 — Black Republic • 1991 — Berlin Report — Assistant director • 1995 — Runaway • 1997 — Beat • 1999 — City of the Rising Sun • 2001 — Musa • 2003 — Please Teach Me English • 2006 — The Restless • 2010 — My Ex-Wife's Wedding • 2013 — Flu • 2016 — Asura: The City of Madness • 2023 — 12.12: The Day
Short films
Short films
• Year — Title — Credited as • Director — Writer • 1993 — Dead End • 2004 — Back
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Recipient — Result — Ref. Reference(s) • 2016 — 36th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards — Ten Best Films of the Year — Asura: The City of Madness • 2017 — 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards — Best Film • Best Director • Best Screenplay • 26th Buil Film Awards — Best Film • Best Director • 2024 — 60th Baeksang Arts Awards — Grand Prize – Film — Kim Sung-su • Best Film — 12.12: The Day • Best Director – Film
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