KIM Ho-sun directed a some of the highest-grossing and most sensational movies of the 1970-80s. His second movie, <Yeong-Ja’s Heydays>(1975), was a social melodrama that portrayed women who get damaged and cast away in the process of modernization. KIM, who made his directorial debut in the time of military junta, knew how to make movies that conveyed his ideas without censorship and succeeded commercially at the same time. <Winter Woman>(1977) was a melodrama ...More

KIM Ho-sun directed a some of the highest-grossing and most sensational movies of the 1970-80s. His second movie, <Yeong-Ja’s Heydays>(1975), was a social melodrama that portrayed women who get damaged and cast away in the process of modernization. KIM, who made his directorial debut in the time of military junta, knew how to make movies that conveyed his ideas without censorship and succeeded commercially at the same time. <Winter Woman>(1977) was a melodrama about a beautiful woman and her man-hopping habit. It turned [CHANG Mi-hee], a relatively unknown actress then, into an overnight sensation. Building on the fame she earned, [CHANG Mi-hee] would become a star actress that represented Korean movies in the 1980s. After the era of military ruling gave way to democracy, KIM Ho-sun directed <Rainbow Over Seoul> in 1989, which was a satire on dictatorial tyranny shown through a ruined life of an actress. Less