Kim Ki

Directing

Kim Ki

Born

1929-02-15 (97)

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Kim Ki is a former South Korean film director.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Last Secret Love poster
10.0

Yeong-kyeong is a famous musician who is seduced by Dong-min. Dong-min wanted a one night fling, but Yeong-kyeong pities him, believing hs story of being trapped in a loveless marriage. Dong-min has no intention of leaving his wife, however she finds out about his affair and leaves him. Dong-min escapes to his uncle's cabin in the mountains, but Yeong-kyeong follows him even there.

The Last Secret Love

1980

An Old Man's Death poster
10.0

An elderly man's son, dissatisfied at living with his father's senility, forces his wife to abandon his father in the park. Another couple take pity on him and invite him to their home, but when they realize how much care he requires, they return him to the park.

An Old Man's Death

1979

Tearful Sandbag poster
10.0

The story of Yu Je-du who overcame many obstacles to become the World Boxing Association's Junior Middleweight Champion.

Tearful Sandbag

1975

The Trappings of Youth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Trappings of Youth

1979

Compassion poster
NR

Choi Seok, a historian, raises Jeong-im after her parents pass away. But when her gratitude turns into feelings for him, he is criticized and so leaves the school. When Jeong-im is hospitalized, he gives her a lump sum of money and leaves for Hokkaido, Japan. When Jeong-im finds out the truth, she and Oh Jin-wu, an admirer of hers, go to Choi Seok who's now fighting brain tumor...

Compassion

1987

Temptation poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Temptation

1982

No artwork available
7.0

A woman and a man she claims to be her brother convince a naive employee of a prosperous company to help them steal the company funds, promising to divide the money three ways.

Winter Hunting

1982

No artwork available
8.0

While studying wild ginseng, a botanist Choi Kwang-Ho goes to the mountain, believing that people in the southern part grow wild ginseng, living almost primitive lives a like half man and half beast and leading wolves like dogs. From that time, nothing has been heard. Thirty years later, Choi Ji-Wung finds out his father Choi Kwang-Ho, but thirty years isolated period makes Kwang-Ho leave forever the mundane world contaminated with pollution. With wolves and southern people, the father goes back to the mountain, and the son climbs down the mountain looking at his father's back.

Half Man and Half Beast

1975

A Journey poster
NR

Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea, Bun-yi is sold into marriage as the wife of Young-gu, the intellectually disabled son of a wealthy family involved in secretly funding the independence movement. As she endures hardship and family conflict, betrayal from within the household leads to her expulsion. After Korea’s liberation, both Bun-yi and Young-gu struggle to rebuild their lives separately. Years later, through perseverance and changing fortunes, the fractured family is reunited, leading to reconciliation and renewal. Film adaptation of the 1972 KBS TV series A Journey

A Journey

1973

A Journey 2 poster
NR

After the Korean War, Young-gu and his family establish a successful restaurant in Seoul. Their son grows up to graduate from university and eventually becomes a prosecutor, fulfilling his parents’ hopes for upward mobility. Proud but socially awkward, Young-gu becomes involved in a series of comedic situations that test those around him. Over time, his sincerity wins people over, and the family looks ahead to a stable and happy future.

A Journey 2

1973

No artwork available
10.0

Hyeong-gu deserts Min-hie when he discovers that his first love, Hye-shil is widowed and raising a child alone. However, Hyeong-gu also learns that he has cancer and that the only person with enough money to help him with a life-saving operation is Min-hie.

Warm Rain in Winter

1981

Hwa-nyeo Village poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hwa-nyeo Village

1985

North and South poster
7.0

Jang, a North Korean general, surrenders to Captain Lee of the South. Lee presses him for information which Jang agrees to supply on the condition that Lee helps him locate his wife who had defected to South Korea many years earlier. Coincidently, Jang's wife is now married to Captain Lee who must decide whether or not to re-unite them for the sake of his country.

North and South

1984

Promised Woman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Promised Woman

1983

No artwork available
2.5

A powerful Minister Oh sends his political enemy Governor Jeong to exile and takes his son Jeong junior as a hostage. Oh's widowed daughter becomes in love for Jeong junior but he rejects her saying he is engaged with Bae Baeng-Yi who is a daughter of a noble family in Jeong Seung Gol village. Lady Oh is driven mad at jealousy of Bae Baeng-Yi. She disguises as a shaman and invites Bae Baeng-Yi to a mountain where she kills the girl. At her funeral as Bae Baeng-Yi's coffin doesn't move, a shaman holds an exorcism and asks Jeong junior to soothe for her spirit and fidelity. Finally funeral service is over without problem. By the way lady Oh, who is annoyed by Bae Baeng-Yi's resented spirit, falls from a cliff to death in a half-mad state. Those who exploited illicit and superstition die out.

Baebaeng-i

1973