Yu Hyun-mok

Yu Hyun-mok

Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls." Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's "[b]rilliantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations." His dedication to the intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal with social and political issues led him to have difficulties both with box-office-oriented producers, and with Korea's military government during the 1960s and 1970s. Korean critics have said his directing style is "in the tradition of the Italian Neorealists," yet "the terms 'modernist' or 'expressionistic' [are] just as applicable to his works." Besides his directing activities, he has taught film, and made a significant contribution to Korean animation by producing Kim Cheong-gi's 1976 animated film, Robot Taekwon V. A retrospective of Yu's career was held at the 4th Pusan International Film Festival in 1999. Yu died from a stroke on June 28, 2009.

  • Title: Yu Hyun-mok
  • Popularity: 1.699
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1925-07-02
  • Place of Birth: Sariwon, Hwanghae Province, North Korea
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  • Also Known As: 유현목, Hyun-Monk Yu, Hyun-mok Yoo, Yoo Hyun Mok , Yoo Hyun-mok , Yoo Hyunmok , Hyunmok Yu , Yu Hyun Mok , Yu Hyun-mok , Yu Hyunmok , Ю Хён Мок, Ю Хён-мок, Ю Хёнмок, Хёнмок Ю
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Yu Hyun-mok Movies

  • 1948
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    홍차기의 일생

    홍차기의 일생

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1987
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    Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day

    Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day

    1 1987 HD

    After a performance depicting the lives of jesters during the Joseon era, the cast, led by director Byungsoo, immerses themselves in rehearsing a new...

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  • 1958
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    Forever with You

    Forever with You

    6 1958 HD

    Gwang-pil (Lee Ryong), Dal-su (Choi Bong) and Sang-mun (Choi Myeong-su) are gangster boys who pick pockets. Ae-ran (Do Geum-bong), who works at a...

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  • 1966
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    Hand

    Hand

    1 1966 HD

    Hand is the second and last film produced by Cinepoem in 1966. Cinepoem is a film group founded by Yu Hyun-mok with the aim of producing avant-garde...

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  • 1979
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    Rainy Days

    Rainy Days

    6.7 1979 HD

    During the Korean War in early 1950s, mother’s family comes and stays at Dong-man’s house. His uncle on father’s side is a North...

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  • 1959
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    Even the Clouds Are Drifting

    Even the Clouds Are Drifting

    5 1959 HD

    A 10-year old girl in a mining town, separated from her family, keeps a diary which becomes a best-seller.

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  • 1961
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    Aimless Bullet

    Aimless Bullet

    7.1 1961 HD

    Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in...

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  • 1969
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    School Excursion

    School Excursion

    1 1969 HD

    A school teacher on a remote island has to convince skeptical parents to allow him to take his class of young children to Seoul to experience modern,...

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  • 1963
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    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    5.3 1963 HD

    After an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he is forced to go on the run. The son he leaves behind...

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  • 1980
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    Son of a Man

    Son of a Man

    1 1980 HD

    A detective searching for the cause of a young man's death uncovers a melodramatic story involving prostitutes and religion.

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  • 1965
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    The Martyrs

    The Martyrs

    1 1965 HD

    Out of fourteen ministers taken away by the communist troop, only two come back alive. The mystery behind their survival is at the issue here. Told...

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  • 1967
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    A Regret

    A Regret

    1 1967 HD

    This film is a compilation of three short horror stories. They include a story of a wife ghost who was separated by death with her husband. She met...

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  • 1968
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    Grudge

    Grudge

    1 1968 HD

    The film deals with three different episodes. The first one deals with a story of an artist and a daughter of a noble scholar; the second about the...

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  • 1968
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    Descendants of Cain

    Descendants of Cain

    5 1968 HD

    Shortly after Korea gained independence from Japan (1945), North Koreans decide to extort civilians' property in the name of revolutionalizing its...

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  • 1965
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    An Empty Dream

    An Empty Dream

    9 1965 HD

    While under the effects of anasthesia in a dentist's office, a young man and woman fantasize a romantic triangle between themselves and the dentist.

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  • 1958
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    Forever with You

    Forever with You

    6 1958 HD

    Gwang-pil (Lee Ryong), Dal-su (Choi Bong) and Sang-mun (Choi Myeong-su) are gangster boys who pick pockets. Ae-ran (Do Geum-bong), who works at a...

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  • 1965
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    The Martyrs

    The Martyrs

    1 1965 HD

    Out of fourteen ministers taken away by the communist troop, only two come back alive. The mystery behind their survival is at the issue here. Told...

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  • 1975
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    Flame

    Flame

    1 1975 HD

    A man wanders around the mountains with a bleeding leg, holding a rifle in his hand. Seemingly a fugitive, he runs from as-yet unknown pursuers, but...

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  • 1971
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    Bun-rye's Story

    Bun-rye's Story

    6 1971 HD

    Bun-rye, the eldest daughter in a poor family, is violated by Yong-pal, who is a married man, and out of desperation she becomes a concubine of...

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  • 1963
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    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy

    5.3 1963 HD

    After an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he is forced to go on the run. The son he leaves behind...

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  • 1967
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    Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train

    Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train

    5 1967 HD

    This film concentrates on a group of people who have trouble adjusting to mainstream society. From a woman running away from her previous life, to a...

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  • 1978
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    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

    1 1978 HD

    Set after the unification of the Three Kingdoms, the film opens with a description of some of the lawlessness due to the threat of the Tang Dynasty,...

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  • 1995
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    Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone

    Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1964
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    Wife's Confession

    Wife's Confession

    1 1964 HD

    The professors' wife lives as abused mentally by her husband. One day the couple goes climbing with a young man, who works for a pharmaceutical...

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  • 1964
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    The Extra Mortals

    The Extra Mortals

    1 1964 HD

    In a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people....

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  • 1968
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    Woman

    Woman

    1 1968 HD

    A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he...

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  • 1969
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    I Want to Be Human

    I Want to Be Human

    1 1969 HD

    Natasha, an officer at the Soviet Embassy in North Korea, is in love with Seok-bong. But Seok-bong has already planned his wedding with Bok-hui....

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  • 1967
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    The Three Hen-pecked Generations

    The Three Hen-pecked Generations

    1 1967 HD

    A grandfather, his son, and grandson are all henpecked husbands. A comedy picturing these three henpecked men's lives at one family.

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  • 1978
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    Kongjwi and Patjwi

    Kongjwi and Patjwi

    1 1978 HD

    Kongjui, who had been living alone with her father, welcomes a stepmother and a stepsister called Patchui into her life. When her father is out, the...

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  • 1957
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    The Lost Youth

    The Lost Youth

    1 1957 HD

    A man named Jin-gu, fleeing Seoul after accidentally committing murder while defending himself, is torn between escaping with his lover, Jeong-ae,...

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  • 1962
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    Only for You

    Only for You

    1 1962 HD

    Set in Busan during the 1.4 Retreat, the film tells the tragic story of a passionate love affair between a widow, Madam Wu (an immigrant), and her...

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  • 1958
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    The Seizure of Life

    The Seizure of Life

    1 1958 HD

    I Joong-saeng (Kim Seung-ho), a sign company president who believes power and money can solve anything, stages a fake suicide to escape legal...

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  • 1970
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    The Door

    The Door

    1 1970 HD

    Zung comes to Korea to investigate the mysterious death of her father, Seijung, a renowned performer and composer in the Japanese music scene. While...

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  • 1968
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    몽땅 드릴까요

    몽땅 드릴까요

    1 1968 HD

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