Kim Han-min | |
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Born | |
Education | Dongguk University Graduate School of Film Arts |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1995–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).
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Feature films
[edit]Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||
2007 | Paradise Murdered | Yes | Yes | No | |
2009 | Handphone | Yes | Yes | No | also script editor, actor |
2011 | War of the Arrows | Yes | Yes | No | |
2014 | The Admiral: Roaring Currents | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | The Hunt | No | Adaptation | Yes | |
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral | Yes | No | Yes | Documentary | |
2019 | The Battle: Roar to Victory | No | Adaptation | Yes | |
2020 | Oh! My Gran | No | Adaptation | Yes | |
2022 | Hansan: Rising Dragon | Yes | Yes | No | also actor[17] |
2023 | Noryang: Deadly Sea | Yes | Yes | No |
Short films
[edit]Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||
1995 | A Painter Story | Yes | No | No | |
1995 | Beyond... | Yes | No | No | |
1997 | Sympathy | Yes | No | No | |
1998 | Rush | Yes | No | No | |
1999 | Sunflower Blues | Yes | Yes | No | editor |
2003 | Three Hungry Brothers | Yes | Yes | No | editor |
2007 | A Wintering | No | No | No | Actor |
Accolades
[edit]Year | Award ceremony | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best New Director; Best Screenplay | Paradise Murdered | Won | |
Best Screenplay | Won | ||||
2011 | 48th Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | War of the Arrows | Nominated | |
2011 | 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film | Won | ||||
2014 | 23rd Buil Film Awards | Best Film | The Admiral: Roaring Currents | Won | [18] |
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
2014 | 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Critics' Top 10 | Won | [19] | |
2014 | 51st Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | Won | [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] | |
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Planning | Won | ||||
2014 | 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [25] [26] | |
Best Director | Won | ||||
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film | Won | ||||
2015 | 10th Max Movie Awards | Best Film | Won | ||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Trailer | Nominated | ||||
Best Poster | Nominated | ||||
2015 | Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Director (Grand Prix) | Nominated | [27] | |
2015 | 51st Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
2023 | 59th 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 Director | Won | [30] | |
Best Film | Nominated | [31] | |||
2022 | Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Screenplay | Won | [32] | |
Best Director | Nominated | [33] | |||
2023 | Director's Cut Awards | Best Director in film | Nominated | [34] | |
2022 | Grand Bell Awards | Best Director | Nominated | ||
Best Film | Nominated | [35] | |||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
2022 | Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seung | Won | [36] | |
2024 | 60th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Film | Noryang: Deadly Sea | Nominated | [37] |
Best Director | Nominated |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sunflower Blues". IndieStory. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "KIM Han-min". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (12 February 2009). "Hand Phone Showcases Top Talent". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Kwaak, Je-yup (24 June 2011). "Arrow aims ultimate summer success". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (4 August 2011). "Arrow aims for new horizons". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy (8 January 2012). "South Korean box office in 2011". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Carla, Sunwoo (24 May 2012). "War of the Arrows to target Japan". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
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- ^ Heskins, Andrew (19 September 2011). "LKFF Press Launch and Kim Han-min Q&A". easternKicks. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ London, Ian (1 November 2011). "Interview with Kim Han-min, Korean director of War of the Arrows". You Know, I Learned Something Today. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Kim Han Min talks Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon and more". Korea.com. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (1 August 2013). "CHOI Min-sik Wraps Naval War Epic BATTLE OF MYEONGRYANG". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ^ Baek, Byung-yeul (30 June 2014). "Joseon's war hero back on screen: Choi Min-sik's Roaring Currents retraces 16th century maritime battle against Japan". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
- ^ "Roaring Currents Most Successful Korean Film of All Time". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ Baek, Byung-yeul (27 April 2015). "Director retraces pre-war Admiral Yi". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ^ Song Seung-hyun (July 28, 2022). "Kim Han-min to return with another Adm. Yi Sun-sin film, 'Hansan'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 30, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ Kang Min-kyung (November 29, 2022). "박해일, 출정 전 母 문숙과 대화…장군 아닌 인간 이순신('한산 리덕스')" [Park Hae-il talks with his mother, Moon-sook, before going out... A human, not a general, Yi Sun-sin ('Hansan Redux')]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, June (6 October 2014). "SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (4 November 2014). "Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
- ^ Kim, June (12 November 2014). "The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- ^ Kim, Nemo (21 November 2014). "Korea's Roaring Currents Rings Up Trio of Grand Bell Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
- ^ Baek, Byung-yeul (23 November 2014). "Roaring Currents takes 4 trophies at Daejong Awards". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (24 November 2014). "ROARING CURRENTS Tops 51st Daejong Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
- ^ "Roaring Currents Named This Year's Best Film". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
- ^ Kim, June (18 December 2014). "35th Blue Dragon Awards Names THE ATTORNEY Best Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- ^ Son, Jung-bin (December 17, 2014). "'변호인', 청룡영화상 최우수작품상 등 4관왕". Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, June (6 March 2015). "2015 Chunsa Film Art Nominations Announced". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- ^ Cho Yeon-kyung (April 7, 2023). "제59회 백상예술대상, TV·영화·연극 최종 후보 공개" [59th Baeksang Arts Awards, TV/Film/Play Finalists Revealed] (in Korean). JTBC. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ "43회 청룡영화상 후보 발표, 박찬욱 감독 '헤어질 결심' 13개 부문 최다 노미네이트" [Nominations announced at the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards, Director Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to break up' received the most nominations in 13 categories]. KBS Star (in Korean). Naver. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Nam Yoo-jung (October 6, 2022). "2022 부일영화상, 박해일·탕웨이 '최고의 별'" [2022 Buil Film Awards, Park Hae-il and Tang Wei's 'Best Stars']. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ Nam Yoo-jung (August 28, 2022). "헤어질 결심 브로커 둘 다 8개 부문 후보 올라" [Decision to break up and Broker both nominated for 8 categories]. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 30, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ Kwon, Hyun-jin (30 September 2022). "'헤어질 결심' 3관왕…박찬욱·박해일·탕웨이 수상(종합) [27th 춘사영화제]" ['Decision to Leave' wins 3 awards...awards for Park Chan-wook, Park Hae-il, Tang Wei (Comprehensive) [27th Chunsa Film Festival]] (in Korean). ChosunBiz. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Lee, Ji-yul (August 26, 2022). "제27회 춘사국제영화제 각 부문별 후보자 공개" [The 27th Chunsa International Film Festival nominees for each category revealed] (in Korean). Beyond Post. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Kim, Bo-young (February 9, 2023). "제21회 '디렉터스컷 어워즈', 3년 만에 오프라인 개최 [공식]" [The 21st 'Director's Cut Awards' held offline for the first time in 3 years [Official]] (in Korean). E-Daily. Retrieved February 17, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ Park, Jae-hwan (October 12, 2022). "제 58회 대종상 영화제 내달 9일 개최... '헌트' 12개, '헤어질 결심' - '한산' 11개 부분 노미네이트" [The 58th Daejong Film Festival to be held on the 9th of next month... 12 nominations for 'Hunt', 'Decision to break up' - 11 parts for 'Hansan] (in Korean). KBS Media. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ Park, Mi-ae (October 24, 2022). "헤어질 결심', 영평상 최우수작품상 선정…공로상 안성기" ['Decision to break up' selected for Best Picture at the Youngpyeong Awards... Achievement Award Ahn Sung-ki]. E-Daily (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Naver.
- ^ Hwang, So-young (April 8, 2024). 60회 맞은 '백상예술대상' TV·영화·연극 후보 공개 [60th 'Baeksang Arts Awards' TV, Film and Theater Candidates Revealed] (in Korean). JTBC News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024 – via Naver.
External links
[edit]- Kim Han-min at the Korean Movie Database
- Kim Han-min at IMDb
- Kim Han-min at HanCinema