
Directing
Song Il-gon
Born 1971-01-01 · Seoul, South Korea
Acting credits
NRA documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007
7.5This debut feature from female Korean director Park Kyung-hee tells the story of a photographer whose life is changed indelibly when she discovers she has a rare disease which causes tunnel vision and possible eventual blindness. Divided into four sections, it depicts the break-up of her relationship with her boyfriend, her problems with her old-fashioned family, her attempts to deal with her disease through her art and, finally, her desire to fly an airplane before she loses her sight entirely.
A Smile
2003
Behind the camera
7.8A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.
Always
2011
7.8A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.
Always
2011
6.6TV Producer Kang Min enters Spider Forest for a documentary. He enters a cabin and discovers two brutally murdered bodies. One is his girlfriend Hwang Soo-Young and the other is his colleague Choi Jong-Pil. Kang Min also senses someone watching him and runs after that person into to the forest. He's soon knocked unconscious. When he awakens again he continues his chase into a tunnel. Kang Min is then struck by a speeding car.
Spider Forest
2004
6.6TV Producer Kang Min enters Spider Forest for a documentary. He enters a cabin and discovers two brutally murdered bodies. One is his girlfriend Hwang Soo-Young and the other is his colleague Choi Jong-Pil. Kang Min also senses someone watching him and runs after that person into to the forest. He's soon knocked unconscious. When he awakens again he continues his chase into a tunnel. Kang Min is then struck by a speeding car.
Spider Forest
2004
5.8Two long time friends who used to play in the band "The Magicians" are sitting and drinking in Jae-sung's own bar/café situated deep in the forest.
The Magicians
2006
5.8Two long time friends who used to play in the band "The Magicians" are sitting and drinking in Jae-sung's own bar/café situated deep in the forest.
The Magicians
2006
NRIn the 1940s, Soon-ok and Jeong-eem dream of leaving home to chase music and freedom. But a sudden tragedy in the community shatters innocence, forcing Soon-ok into an unexpected marriage. Jeong-eem disappears under mysterious circumstances, leaving Soon-ok burdened with guilt and unanswered questions. Decades later, the elderly Soon-ok reunites with Jeong-eem, who remembers nothing of their past.
Still Shining
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NRPark Yong-woo decides to embark on a journey to "the forest." Located on Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, the Unesco World Heritage site is home to the renowned forest that is said to have inspired the Miyazaki Hayao animated film "Princess Mononoke" (1997). For his ten-day journey, Park finds the young and beautiful Tagaki Rina to keep him company.
Forest of Time
2012
Set during wartime, Song Il-gon's student film reimagines the biblical story of Cain and Abel in a contemporary setting. When Cain takes his wounded brother to a doctor, he is offered a choice that could save his family from starvation. A nearly dialogue-free, intimate study of the value—and literal price—of human life.
Wątroba i Ziemniaki
1998
Set during wartime, Song Il-gon's student film reimagines the biblical story of Cain and Abel in a contemporary setting. When Cain takes his wounded brother to a doctor, he is offered a choice that could save his family from starvation. A nearly dialogue-free, intimate study of the value—and literal price—of human life.
Wątroba i Ziemniaki
1998
6.6The film is in three parts. The first introduces three women who are separately suffering from their own psychological injuries. In the second part, the three women encounter each other and other people as they are each on a journey to an island reputed to have healing powers. The last third of the film deals with the characters on a boat headed to the island.
Flower Island
2001
6.6The film is in three parts. The first introduces three women who are separately suffering from their own psychological injuries. In the second part, the three women encounter each other and other people as they are each on a journey to an island reputed to have healing powers. The last third of the film deals with the characters on a boat headed to the island.
Flower Island
2001
9.0In early winter, a business man who has drown in debt gives his family a ride to commit a joint suicide. His child asks mom where they are going to and she answers they are going to a picnic…
The Picnic
1998
9.0In early winter, a business man who has drown in debt gives his family a ride to commit a joint suicide. His child asks mom where they are going to and she answers they are going to a picnic…
The Picnic
1998
9.0In early winter, a business man who has drown in debt gives his family a ride to commit a joint suicide. His child asks mom where they are going to and she answers they are going to a picnic…
The Picnic
1998
6.0An impossibly cute and thoroughly touching omnibus of 4 short fillms about how humans can elevate their own relationships through bonding with animals - featuring some of the cutest puppies and kittens ever on the silver screen!
Sorry and Thank You
2011
6.0An impossibly cute and thoroughly touching omnibus of 4 short fillms about how humans can elevate their own relationships through bonding with animals - featuring some of the cutest puppies and kittens ever on the silver screen!
Sorry and Thank You
2011
6.0In the early 20th century, a group of Joseon people traveled from Korea to Cuba in the hope of making money, a century later their descendants continue to make a home there.
Dance of Time
2009
Three digital short films: 'Worldly Desires' by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 'Haze' by Tsukamoto Shinya, 'Magician(s)' by Song Il-Gon
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
2005
7.0Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island he stayed 10 years ago to fulfill a promise he made with his girlfriend at the time. As he waits on the secluded island to see if the promise will also be kept by now his ex-girlfriend, he gets to know an oddly charming young motel operator So-yeon.
Feathers in the Wind
2005
7.0Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island he stayed 10 years ago to fulfill a promise he made with his girlfriend at the time. As he waits on the secluded island to see if the promise will also be kept by now his ex-girlfriend, he gets to know an oddly charming young motel operator So-yeon.
Feathers in the Wind
2005
