KIM Seong-bok filmed some of the biggest Korean-style blockbusters and box office hits such as Swiri(1999), Joint Security Area, and Silmido. He used a super 35mm camera, a risky move then for a Korean movie, for Joint Security Area(2000). He partnered with the director [KANG Woo-suk] on the three installments of the Public Enemy series, Silmido, and The Moss(2010). In The Moss, KIM captured with depth the mysterious scenery of a village that was beset by a mans death. ...More

KIM Seong-bok filmed some of the biggest Korean-style blockbusters and box office hits such as Swiri(1999), Joint Security Area, and Silmido. He used a super 35mm camera, a risky move then for a Korean movie, for Joint Security Area(2000). He partnered with the director [KANG Woo-suk] on the three installments of the Public Enemy series, Silmido, and The Moss(2010). In The Moss, KIM captured with depth the mysterious scenery of a village that was beset by a mans death. He is skilled in filming modern and stable scenes as in The Contact(1997) and My Sassy Girl(2001), but is said to be better with action and thriller films. In the thriller Soo(2007), directed by [CHOI Yang-il] (a.k.a. SAI Yoichi), KIM enhanced the simple and spectacular action scenes of the movie with his shots of peculiar close-ups on characters. He is one of the cinematographers, along with [KIM Hyeong-gu], [HONG Kyeong-pyo], [KIM Young-cheol], and [PARK Heong-Cheol], who departed from the traditional filming technique and culture of Chungmooro and cultivated a new style of filming by drawing more on data in the late 1990s.

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