Kwak Kyung-taek (Hangul:곽경택; born 23 May 1966 in Busan, South Korea) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend.
Career
Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. In 2003 he received an award at the Philadelphia Film Festival for the tragic boxer film Champion. His 2005 action film Typhoon, however, was a big budget flop.
24 ... In second place over the weekend was director Kwak Kyung-taek's disaster drama "Firefighters," which garnered 88,000 admissions, raising its cumulative total to 3.7 million -- the highest admissions count for a Korean film released this year ... .
Awareness of the film has risen as the brother of director Kwak Kyung-taek is Kwak Gyu-taek, a member of South Korea’s People Power Party (PPP), who failed to attend a recent parliamentary vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Director Kwak Kyung-taek speaks during a press conference for his movie "Firefighters" at a theater in Seoul, Nov ...Filmmaker Kwak Kyung-taek found himself in the crosshairs of public outrage when his younger brother, Rep.
Korean filmmaker Kwak Kyung-taek has responded to calls to boycott his latest feature , sparked by recent political unrest in the country ... “Recently, my younger brother, representative Kwak Gyu-taek of ...
Kwak Kyung-taek, the director of the film, criticized the actor for causing controversy due to drunk driving, saying that he should reflect on his actions and take responsibility ... "We didn't edit to remove actor Kwak Do-won's scenes.
Director Kwak Kyung-taek, right, poses with actors for their film "The Firefighters" at a theater in Seoul, Monday ...2001 arson case that occurred in Seoul, film director Kwak Kyung-taek said Monday.
Directed by Kwak Kyung-taek ("Friend"), the film is based on the tragic 2001 Hongje-dong arson case, in which six firefighters lost their lives ... COVID-19 pandemic and actor Kwak Do-won's DUI scandal.
The new stills of the upcoming film 'Firefighters', directed by Kwak Kyung Taek, were released, featuring Joo Won playing a determined rookie firefighter ...I remember getting excited seeing fire trucks ... 114656075 .
Actor Kwak Do-won at a press event in 2019 / Korea Times file ... The film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek has been expected to hit local theaters at the end of this year, but the release may be delayed due to the actor's misdeed.