Born in Hamhung, Hamgyeongnam-do. He was the first Korean assistant director working for Nitkkatsu Corp. After returning to Korea in 1940, he co-established Myungbo Film Company and released debut film, <Spring of the Korean Peninsula>. After independence of Korea, he went to America to study film at USC and returned to South Korea in 1954. His comeback film, <The Wedding Day>, earned the Asia Film Festival’s top honor, and was successful in the box office. He ...More

Born in Hamhung, Hamgyeongnam-do. He was the first Korean assistant director working for Nitkkatsu Corp. After returning to Korea in 1940, he co-established Myungbo Film Company and released debut film, <Spring of the Korean Peninsula>. After independence of Korea, he went to America to study film at USC and returned to South Korea in 1954. His comeback film, <The Wedding Day>, earned the Asia Film Festival’s top honor, and was successful in the box office. He directed <The Love Marriage> (1958), <A Youth Diary> (1959), <The Way to Seoul> (1962), <A Returning Ship> (1963), and <Peacock Lady> (1964), etc. He died in 1978 at the age of 68.Less