Kim Han-min

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Han-min
Kim in 2022
Born (1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 (age 55)
Suncheon, South Korea
EducationDongguk University Graduate School of Film Arts
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1995–present
Korean name
Hangul
김한민
Hanja
金漢珉
Revised RomanizationGim Han-min
McCune–ReischauerKim 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

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

Feature films

Year Film Credited as Notes
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

Year Film Credited as Notes
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

Awards and nominations
Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
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]
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[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

References

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