Drawing on his long experience in importing and distributing foreign films, KIM spearheaded the globalization of Korean films. He took part in the Korean movie industry by becoming the CEO of [Korea Pictures], and produced legendary box office hits such as Friend and My Wife Is a Gangster. He also invested in [KIM Ki-duk]s movies such as The Coast Guard and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring and led overseas distribution of Korean films while importing numerous pop...More

Drawing on his long experience in importing and distributing foreign films, KIM spearheaded the globalization of Korean films. He took part in the Korean movie industry by becoming the CEO of [Korea Pictures], and produced legendary box office hits such as Friend and My Wife Is a Gangster. He also invested in [KIM Ki-duk]s movies such as The Coast Guard and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring and led overseas distribution of Korean films while importing numerous popular foreign films such as Hero, , and Chicago. After founding [SHOW EAST], KIM invested more aggressively in a more diverse array of films. His investment and production of a [PARK Chan-wook] film, Old Boy, led to winning the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, the highest level of award for any Korean-made movies thus far. He also produced [KWAK Kyung-taek]s Champion and Mutt Boy, [KIM Ki-duk]s Samaritan Girl, and [RYOO Seung-wan]s Crying Fist. KIM also pioneered Koreas production of foreign films by investing in [Peter Chan]s Perhaps Love and [Chen Kaige]s Muji, The Promise and other films such as Lovers/House of Flying Daggers and Fearless. He is currently working on Baghdad, a movie about the Iraq War.
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