Yu Hyun-mok
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-07-02 (84 years old)
Deathday
2009-06-28
Place of Birth
Sariwon, Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Also known As
유현목
Hyun-Monk Yu
Hyun-mok Yoo
Yoo Hyun Mok
Yoo Hyun-mok
Yoo Hyunmok
Hyunmok Yu
Yu Hyun Mok
Yu Hyun-mok
Yu Hyunmok
Ю Хён Мок
Ю Хён-мок
Ю Хёнмок
Хёнмок Ю
Yu Hyun-mok
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 intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal...
Acting
Production
1958
as Editor
1966
as Director
1979
as Director
1959
as Director
1961
as Director
1969
as Director
1963
as Director
1980
as Director
1965
as Executive Producer
1967
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Director
1965
as Director
1958
as Director
1965
as Director
1975
as Director
1971
as Director
1963
as Editor
1967
as Director
1978
as Director
1995
as Director
1964
as Director
1964
as Director
1968
as Director
1969
as Director
1967
as Director
1978
as Producer
1957
as Director
1962
as Director
1958
as Director
1978
as Director
1968
as Director
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