FILM DIRECTOR

Kwak Jae-yong

1959 - Today

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Kwak Jae-yong (born 22 May 1959) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kwak Jae-yong has received more than 131,271 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kwak Jae-yong is the 1,250th most popular film director (up from 1,289th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 324th in 2019) and the 8th most popular South Korean Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 1.59

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 1,250 out of 2,041. Before him are Shinichirō Watanabe, José Luis Cuerda, Mario Mattoli, Eric Kripke, Paweł Edelman, and Gaston Kaboré. After him are Jacques Rouffio, J. Searle Dawley, Corey Allen, Kurt Hoffmann, Simon West, and Aaron Norris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 327. Before him are John J. Sullivan, Zeca Pagodinho, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Steve Strange, Brendan Perry, and Joe Elliott. After him are Paula Yates, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Susanna Clarke, Stanislaw Tillich, Paul McGann, and Charlie Murphy.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 307 out of 1,128. Before him are Park Eun-bin (1992), Cho Yeo-jeong (1981), Oh Eun-sun (1966), Kim Soo-hyun (1988), Park Yoo-chun (1986), and Leeteuk (1983). After him are Claudia Kim (1985), John Cho (1972), Ju Ji-hoon (1982), Lee Jun-ho (1990), Kim Jae-joong (1986), and Nayeon (1995).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Korea

Among film directors born in South Korea, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 8. Before him are Bong Joon-ho (1969), Lee Chang-dong (1954), Im Kwon-taek (1936), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Ki-young (1919), and Kim Jee-woon (1964). After him are Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), Yeon Sang-ho (1978), Lee Cheol-ha (1970), Na Hong-jin (1974), and Joseph Kahn (1972).

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Filmography

My Sassy Girl
Director
A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he’s in for.
Jul 27o 20017.5 / 10
The Classic
Director
Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
Jan 30o 20037.5 / 10
A Year-End Medley
Director
A romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emross during the New Year holidays. Each one has his own memory to relate and create relationships or just going nostalgic.
Dec 29o 20217.1 / 10