Kim Han-min

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Kim Han-min
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Kim in 2022
Born (1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 (age 54)
Suncheon, South Korea
Education Dongguk University Graduate School of Film Arts
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter
Years active1995–present
Korean name
Hangul
김한민
Revised Romanization Gim Han-min
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hanmin

Kim Han-min (born November 5, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed the feature films Paradise Murdered (2007), Handphone (2009), War of the Arrows (2011), and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014).

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Career

After graduating from Dongguk University's Graduate School of Film Arts, Kim Han-min gained accolades for two of his short films - Sunflower Blues which screened at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival as well as the New York Independent Film Festival; and Three Hungry Brothers which received awards at the Mise-en-scene Genre Film Festival, the Asiana International Short Film Festival, and the Seoul Digital Film Festival. [1]

In 2007 he made his feature directorial debut with the mystery-thriller Paradise Murdered starring Park Hae-il, Park Sol-mi and Sung Ji-ru. A fictionalized account of a murder that took place on a secluded island in the 1980s involving rational and irrational horrors, the film sold over 2 million tickets nationwide. [2] In his second feature, Kim shifted his setting to the big city, with blackmail thriller Handphone (2009) revolving around every urbanite's essential hardware, the cell phone. Starring Uhm Tae-woong and Park Yong-woo, it fell short of both the commercial and critical successes of his first film. [3]

Set during the second Manchu invasion of 1636, Kim's third film War of the Arrows (2011) combined well-choreographed combat sequences and special effects, fast pacing, a tense plot and the thrill of the chase to tell the story of a master archer and his quest to rescue his sister from Qing Dynasty soldiers. [4] [5] The period action film unexpectedly drew an audience of 7.46 million, making it the highest grossing Korean film of 2011. [6] It also won recognition at the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards, notably for its lead actors Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong and Moon Chae-won. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Kim's follow-up in 2014 was another period epic, Battle of Myeongryang, Whirlwind Sea (released internationally as The Admiral: Roaring Currents ), which depicted the legendary sea battle between 12 vessels of the Korean navy led by the most admired military figure in Korea, General Yi Sun-sin (played by Choi Min-sik), and 330 invading Japanese ships, which are eventually defeated. Given the disparity in numbers, the battle is regarded as one of Yi's most remarkable victories. [12] [13] It became the all-time most successful film in South Korean box office history, the first ever to reach 15 million admissions and the first local film to gross more than US$100 million. [14]

To commemorate Yi's 407th birth anniversary in 2015, Kim and Jung Se-kyu co-directed Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral, a documentary prequel to The Admiral: Roaring Currents in which cast members of the 2014 film retraced the 450-kilometer path that the admiral walked in preparation for the Battle of Myeongnyang, based on the war diary that Yi wrote. [15]

Beginning with 2014 film, The Admiral: Roaring Currents , Kim created Yi Sun-sin trilogy , based on three major naval battles led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The second film Hansan: Rising Dragon , based on Battle of Hansan Island which took place 5 years before Battle of Myeongnyang depicted in The Admiral, was released in 2022. Park Hae-il portrayed Admiral Yi in the film. [16]

Filmography

Feature films

YearFilmCredited asNotes
Director Writer Producer
2007 Paradise Murdered YesYesNo
2009 Handphone YesYesNoalso script editor, actor
2011 War of the Arrows YesYesNo
2014 The Admiral: Roaring Currents YesYesYes
2015The HuntNoAdaptationYes
Roaring Currents: The Road of the AdmiralYesNoYesDocumentary
2019 The Battle: Roar to Victory NoAdaptationYes
2020Oh! My GranNoAdaptationYes
2022 Hansan: Rising Dragon YesYesNoalso actor [17]
2023 Noryang: Deadly Sea YesYesNo

Short films

YearFilmCredited asNotes
Director Writer Producer
1995A Painter StoryYesNoNo
1995Beyond...YesNoNo
1997SympathyYesNoNo
1998RushYesNoNo
1999Sunflower BluesYesYesNoeditor
2003Three Hungry BrothersYesYesNoeditor
2007A WinteringNoNoNoActor

Accolades

Awards and nominations
YearAward ceremonyCategoryNominee / WorkResultRef.
2007 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Director; Best Screenplay Paradise Murdered Won
Best ScreenplayWon
2011 48th Grand Bell Awards Best Film War of the Arrows Nominated
2011 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best FilmNominated
Best DirectorNominated
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular FilmWon
2014 23rd Buil Film Awards Best Film The Admiral: Roaring Currents Won [18]
Best DirectorNominated
201434th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Critics' Top 10Won [19]
2014 51st Grand Bell Awards Best FilmWon [20]
[21]
[22]
[23]
[24]
Best DirectorNominated
Best PlanningWon
2014 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best FilmNominated [25]
[26]
Best DirectorWon
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular FilmWon
201510th Max Movie AwardsBest FilmWon
Best DirectorNominated
Best TrailerNominated
Best PosterNominated
2015 Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Director (Grand Prix)Nominated [27]
2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best FilmNominated
2023 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Film Hansan: Rising Dragon Nominated [28]
Best Director Nominated
2022 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Nominated [29]
Best Screenplay Nominated
2022 Buil Film Awards Best DirectorWon [30]
Best FilmNominated [31]
2022 Chunsa Film Art Awards Best ScreenplayWon [32]
Best DirectorNominated [33]
2023 Director's Cut Awards Best Director in filmNominated [34]
2022 Grand Bell Awards Best DirectorNominated
Best FilmNominated [35]
Best ScreenplayNominated
2022 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seungWon [36]

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