Directing
Bae Yong-kyun
Born
1951-11-20 (74)
Place of birth
Daegu, South Korea
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Mr. Bae studied visual arts in South Korea and France, and he's an art professor in Korea. His first feature length film, "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?" Is probably the only film in Korean film history to be released abroad first. Its sudden debut caused quite a stir Korea, and only after a successful film festival cicuit tour in Europe, it made its screening in Korea. Despite high media and public attention, Bae remained and still remains unknown and mysterious. It is known, however, that it took more than 7 years to complete the film, and that he used his own resources for the film and did not use any professional actors. Offers from large film studios poured in, but Bae decline…
Known for
7.1About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989
6.2After many years in an insane asylum a man returns to find that the village of his birth is gone and a massive, mysteriously empty factory has sprung up in its place.
The People in White
1995
Behind the camera
7.1About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989
7.1About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989
7.1About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989
6.2After many years in an insane asylum a man returns to find that the village of his birth is gone and a massive, mysteriously empty factory has sprung up in its place.
The People in White
1995
6.2After many years in an insane asylum a man returns to find that the village of his birth is gone and a massive, mysteriously empty factory has sprung up in its place.
The People in White
1995
6.2After many years in an insane asylum a man returns to find that the village of his birth is gone and a massive, mysteriously empty factory has sprung up in its place.
The People in White
1995