Im Kwon-taek ( Korean : 임권택 ; born December 8, 1934) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards, as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.
22-604: Im Kwon-taek was born in Jangseong , Zenranan-dō ( South Jeolla Province ), Korea, Empire of Japan , and grew up in Gwangju . After the Korean War , he moved to Busan in search of work. He then moved to Seoul in 1956, where Jeong Chang-hwa , director of Five Fingers of Death (1972), offered him room and board for work as a production assistant. Jeong recommended him for directing in 1961 . Im's directorial premiere
44-491: A long history of voting for left-leaning politicians and is the main stronghold for the liberal Democratic Party of Korea along with its predecessors, as well as the progressive Justice Party . Gwangju held many sports events such as 2002 FIFA World Cup , 2015 Summer Universiade , 2019 World Aquatics Championships . Gwangju is divided into 5 districts ("Gu"). [REDACTED] Religion in Gwangju (2015) According to
66-415: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gwangju Gwangju ( Korean : 광주 ; Korean: [kwaŋ.dʑu] ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis . It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province Province until
88-428: Is a private community college offering associate degrees in humanities and social sciences, healthcare sciences, and a bachelor's degree in nursing. Gwangju has 593 schools, consisting of 234 kindergartens, 145 elementary schools, 84 middle schools, 65 high schools, 1 science high school, 7 junior colleges, 9 universities, 38 graduate schools, and 11 others (as of 1 May 2009) with a total of 406,669 students, or 28.5% of
110-553: The Special Operations Command . The situation escalated after a violent crackdown, resulting in the Gwangju Uprising , where civilians raided armories and armed themselves. By the time the uprising was suppressed 9 days later, many hundreds of civilians and several police forces / soldiers were dead. After civilian rule was reinstated in 1987, a national cemetery was established to honor the victims of
132-554: The Three Kingdoms period . During the Imperial Japanese rule , the city was known as Kōshū. In 1929, a confrontation between Korean and Japanese students in the city turned into Gwangju Student Independence Movement , a regional demonstration, which culminated in one of the major nationwide uprisings against Imperial Japanese cruelty during the colonial period. The modern industry was established in Gwangju with
154-462: The Korean peninsula and Gwangju and Naju is the nearest city from Jangseong. In South Jeolla, it near the northern border of its province, meeting North Jeolla. Jangseong is assumed to be the birthplace of Hong Gildong . The festival host bowing place with local river. Hong Gildong festival was chosen as superior festival of South Jeolla . The Republic of Korea Army Armor School is located in
176-773: The Years , an informal sequel to Sopyonje . In November 2007 the French government announced that it would make Im a knight of the French Legion of Honor . In 2013, a museum dedicated to Im opened in Busan, on the Dongseo University Centum City Campus . A documentary on Im, Cloud, Encore (2018) by well-known film critic-turned-director Jung Sung-il , made its world premiere at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival in 2018. He married
198-481: The actress Chae Ryeong ( ko ), who appeared in several of his films. Their two sons Im Dong-joon and Im Dong-jae (the latter uses the stage name Kwon Hyun-sang ) are also active in the film industry. Jangseong Jangseong County ( Korean : 장성군 ; RR : Jangseong-gun ) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea . Jangseong is in the southern region of
220-607: The census of 2015, 9.5% of the population followed Buddhism and 28.7% followed Christianity (20% Protestantism and 8.7% Catholicism ) 61% of the population are irreligious. The estimated population of Gwangju is as follows: One of the largest ethnic enclaves of Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union) in South Korea is located in Gwangju: the Gwangju Koryoin Village . Schools in
242-729: The city's southwesterly position in the Korean peninsula. Summers are hot and humid with abundant precipitation, particularly in the form of thunderstorms. Gwangju is one of the warmest cities in Korea in the summer due to its geographic location. Chonnam National University , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology , and Gwangju Education University are public universities in Gwangju. Honam University , Gwangju University , Gwangshin University, Gwangju Women's University, Nambu University, Chosun University , and Honam Christian University are private universities. Gwangju Health University
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#1732788000350264-501: The construction of a railway to Seoul . Some of the industries that took hold include cotton textiles, rice mills and breweries . Construction of a designated industrial zone in 1967 encouraged growth in industry, especially in the sectors linked to the automobile industry. In May 1980, peaceful demonstrations took place in Gwangju against Chun Doo-hwan , leader of the military coup d'état of 12 December 1979 . The demonstrations were suppressed by military forces, including elite units of
286-491: The county. A fire at a 397-bed hospital, which had opened in 2007 in Jangseong was the scene of a major fire just after midnight on 28 May 2014. Twenty one patients and a nurse died in the fire, while several more people were injured. Jangseong is twinned with: 35°18′06″N 126°47′05″E / 35.301782°N 126.784755°E / 35.301782; 126.784755 This South Korea location article
308-483: The incident. In 1986, Gwangju separated from South Jeolla Province to become a Directly Governed City (Jikhalsi), and then became a Metropolitan City (Gwangyeoksi) in 1995. Due to a variety of factors, including the ancient rivalry between Baekje and Silla , as well as the biased priority given to the Gyeongsang Province region by political leaders in the 2nd half of the 20th century, Gwangju has
330-453: The land to establish the provinces of Gwangju, Ungju, Jeonju, Muju and various counties, plus the southern boundary of Goguryeo and the ancient territories of Silla" in the Samguk sagi . In the heart of the agricultural Jeolla region, the city is also famous for its rich and diverse cuisine . The city was established in 57 BC. It was one of the administrative centers of Baekje during
352-508: The provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla Province . Its name is composed of the words gwang ( Korean : 광 ; Hanja : 光 ) meaning "light" and ju ( 주 ; 州 ) meaning "province". Gwangju was historically recorded as Muju ( 무주 ; 武州 ), in which " Silla merged all of
374-644: The total city population. The average number of students per household is 0.8. The city is served by the Gwangju Subway . An extension was completed in April 2008 with the remainder being completed in 2012. There are two KTX stations in the city: Gwangju station and Gwangju Songjeong Station . Gwangju Songjeong Station connects to the Gwangju Subway and local bus system. Now the Songjeong station
396-542: The traditional Korean musical art of pansori . The latter film was also based on a traditional Korean legend. Apart from being a critical success, Sopyonje was also a success at the box office, becoming the first domestic film to draw over a million viewers in Seoul alone. Chihwaseon (2002) was also a critical success, earning him Korea's first Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival . Im Kwon-taek
418-471: The turning point of his career came with the 1981 film Mandala . From this point his films have been regarded as art-house cinema , and have been regularly shown at international film festivals, and have won numerous awards. Im has continued to explore themes from Korea's past while also focusing on the Korean cultural identity in modern times. Among Im's most notable recent films are Sopyonje (1993) and Chunhyang (2000), both of which concentrate on
440-599: The vicinity of the village, such as Ha-nam Jung-ang Elementary School [ ko ] , have significant proportions of Russian speakers as a result. Gwangju has a cooler version of the humid subtropical climate ( Köppen : Cfa/Cwa ) with four distinct seasons and rainfall year-round but particularly during the East Asian Monsoon Season in the summer months. Winters, while still somewhat cold, are milder than in Seoul and cities further north due to
462-591: Was awarded an Honorary Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2005. Im Kwon-taek's status, brought on by the critical success of his films, overlapped with a period of the film movement called "New Korean Cinema" or "Korean New Wave". Along with other directors, such as Park Gwang-su and Jang Sun-woo , Im is recognized as one of the founding figures of the movement, which gained international critical recognition and acclaim for Korean Cinema. In April 2007, Im released his 100th film Beyond
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#1732788000350484-502: Was with the 1962 film, Farewell to the Duman River ( Dumanganga jal itgeola ). Before 1980, he was known primarily as a commercial filmmaker who could efficiently direct as many as eight genre pictures a year, helping to fulfill the quota for domestic pictures set by the government [1] . His desire to make more artistically satisfying films began to show itself with his 1978 film Jokbo ( Genealogy or The Family Tree ), but
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