Kim Ho-sun

Kim Ho-sun (; born 9 March 1941) is a South Korean film director, producer, and screenwriter who has enjoyed both critical and box office success.

Biography Kim Ho-sun was born on 9 March 1941 in South Hamgyong Province, now part of North Korea. He dropped out of Kyung Hee University and made his directorial debut in 1974 with Hwannyeo.

A member of the so-called "Visual Age" of Korean directors, Kim made some of the bestselling Korean films of the 1970s. The local Korean cinema industry in the 1970s had to face the challenges of foreign imports, increased television ownership, and the stifling censorship of the military dictatorship of Park Chung Hee.

Kim began his directing career making what are known as "hostess films," one of the few genres that the censors allowed some latitude to, these were melodramas that portrayed the lives of bargirls and their milieu. Kim showed that despite the formulaic restrictions the censors placed on filmmaking, locally made films could still be individual and sell well, and in doing so inspired his fellow filmmakers. In terms of tickets sold, Winter Woman that he directed in 1977 was the bestselling domestic film of the 1970s, and would hold the record until General's Son in 1990.

Since 2007, Kim has been a senior advisor to the Korea Film Directors' Society (KFDS).

Filmography

Awards and nominations Year Awarding body Category Nominated work Result1981 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Film Shorter Three Times, Longer Three Times Best Director 1989 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Film Rainbow Over Seoul Best Director Grand Bell Awards Best Director 1991 Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Film Death Song Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film 1992 Grand Bell Awards Best Director 1996 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Director Henequen Grand Bell Awards Best Film Best Director