Han Jae-rim

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Han Jae-rim
Born (1975-07-14) July 14, 1975 (age 48)
Jeju Province, South Korea
Alma mater Seoul Institute of the Arts
Occupation(s) Film director,
screenwriter,
producer
Years active2003-present
Korean name
Hangul
한재림
Hanja
Revised Romanization Han Jae-rim
McCune–Reischauer Han Chae-rim

Han Jae-rim (born July 14, 1975) is a South Korean film director. He directed Rules of Dating (2005), The Show Must Go On (2007), The Face Reader (2013), The King (2017), and Emergency Declaration (2021).

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Career

Born in 1975, Han Jae-rim graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts in 1998. He began his filmmaking career in 2003 as an assistant director and script editor for Min Byung-chun's Natural City . [1]

Han was the runner-up for Best Screenplay at the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Screenplay Contest in 2003 with To Do or Not to Do, which he had co-written with Go Yoon-hee. Retitled Rules of Dating , it became his directorial debut in 2005. [2] Featuring sexually frank dialogue between teacher colleagues played by Park Hae-il and Kang Hye-jung, the film explored controversial gender politics, sexual harassment and moral relativism in a cynical and unsettling take on the romantic comedy. [3] Rules of Dating drew critical praise and became a sleeper hit with 1.6 million admissions. [4] Han won Best Screenplay at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, along with Best New Director at the Busan Film Critics Awards and the Grand Bell Awards. [5] [6]

Han, Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung then signed on to each shoot a short film for the omnibus Doomsday Book in 2006. Han's segment "The Christmas Gift" was supposed to have been a science-fiction musical retelling of O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi , but it was never shot after financing fell through. The film was later released in 2012, but without Han's involvement (Kim and Yim co-directed the third short with a completely new script). [7]

In 2007, he wrote and directed his second film, The Show Must Go On . Starring Korea's top actor Song Kang-ho as a mid-level gangster dealing with family and work troubles, Han injected off-kilter comedy and pathos into the Korean film noir genre. [8] The Show Must Go On won Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. [9]

Han entered pre-production for his purported third film, Trace in 2009. Based on the webtoon of the same title, it follows a young man who wakes up from a coma with superpowers after an assault that took his father's life. [10] [11] But despite winning the Kodak Award (with a cash prize of US$17,000) at the Busan International Film Festival's Pusan Promotion Plan, Han was unable to secure financing for the US$7.7 million blockbuster, and the project was shelved. [12]

Six years after his last completed film, Han returned to the big screen in 2013 with period drama The Face Reader . [13] The film delved into the philosophical question whether character determines fate or vice versa, in a story about a Joseon fortuneteller skilled in physiognomy who becomes swept up in court intrigues and power struggles. [14] Again starring Song Kang-ho as the titular character opposite Lee Jung-jae as the ambitious Grand Prince Suyang, The Face Reader scored 9.1 million admissions at the local box office, making it the 13th highest grossing Korean film of all time. [15] It won six trophies at the 50th Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Han. [16] [17]

Han also produced Roh Deok's films Very Ordinary Couple (2013) and The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2015). [18]

Filmography

Film

Film credits [19]
YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKorean Director Screenplay Producer
2003 Natural City 내츄럴 시티 assistant director script editor— [1]
2005 Rules of Dating 연애의 목적Yes [2]
2007 The Show Must Go On 우아한 세계Yes [8]
2013 Very Ordinary Couple 연애의 온도——Yes [18]
2013 The Face Reader 관상Yesscript editor— [13]
2015 The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo 특종: 량첸살인기——Yes [18]
2017 The King 더킹YesYes— [20]
2021 Emergency Declaration 비상선언— [21]

Web series

YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKorean Director Screenplay Producer
2024 The 8 Show 머니게임YesYesYes [22] [23]
TBADeception현혹YesYes— [24]
Exorcism퇴마록TBDYesYes [25]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryRecipientResultRef
Busan Film Critics Awards 2005Best Film Rules of Dating Won [26]
Best New DirectorWon
26th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New DirectorNominated [27]
Korean Film Awards Best New DirectorNominated
43rd Grand Bell Awards 2006 Best New DirectorWon
50th Grand Bell Awards 2013 Best Film The Face Reader Won [16] [17]
Best DirectorWon
34th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2013 Best FilmNominated
Best Director Nominated
9th Max Movie Awards2014Best PosterWon
Best PreviewNominated
19th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2014Best DirectorNominated
50th Baeksang Arts Awards 2014 Best FilmNominated
54th Grand Bell Awards 2017 Best Film The King Nominated [28]
Best DirectorNominated
Best ScreenplayWon
1st The Seoul Awards 2017Best FilmNominated [29]
38th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2017 Nominated
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 Best Director Han Jae-rimNominated [30]
Buil Film Awards 2022 Best Film Emergency Declaration Nominated [31]
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2022Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seungWon [32]

See also

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