Kim Seryun

Kim Seryun (; August 11, 1928 – February 27, 1998) was a North Korean screenwriter who specialized in the comedy genre. He was a recipient of the Kim Il Sung Prize and title of Labor Hero.

Biography Kim was born on August 11, 1928, in Unjon County, North Pyongan Province during the Japanese occupation of Korea. His family remained in South Korea during and after the war; Kim's experiences of being a defector from South Korea to the North and separated from his family due to the Korean War later inspired his script for the 1979 drama film Blood Relative.

Shortly after the war ended, Kim worked at the Pyongyang City Theater. He started his career as a screenwriter at the Korean Film Literature Creation Company in 1962. His first script, entitled The Girl Skipper, was published in 1963. Blood Relative (1979), Hong Kil-dong (1986), A Worker University Student (1964) The Joyful Stage (1966) We Have Nothing to Envy (1970) The Wife's Workplace (1970) Two Foremen and Two Soldiers (1971) When We Pick Apples (1971) Flying Circus (1972) The Songs Sung at the Frontline (1972) The Road to the Hometown (1973) The Sandfish Incident (1974) A Day at the Pleasure Park (1975) After the Rain Stops (1978) Boasting Too Much (1978) The Day Our Brother-In-Law Came (1978) Flesh and Blood (1979) The First Birthday Party (1979) How Do You Do? (1979) Our Rewarding Lives (1980) Tomorrow Will Last Forever (1985) Run and Run (1985) Hong Kil Dong (1986) Rim Kkok Jong Parts 1-5 (1986–1993) The Favourite Young Man (1988) Nation and Destiny Parts 9-10: Cha Hong Gi (1992) [with Choe Sang Gun, Sin Sang Ho, Ri Chun Gu, and Jang Rye Sun] Bird (1992) They Met on the Taedong River (1993) [with Jang Kwang Nam]