MIN Kyu-dong made an impressive debut as a co-director of <Memento Mori> (1999) with [KIM Tae-yong]. MIN’s second film <All for Love> (2005), revealed where his interests lie. <All for Love>, which was produced by [Soo Film], a production company MIN established with his younger brother [MIN Jin-soo], had much more commercial sensibility than his debut film. It shows many couples and their love stories, and this style of filmmaking, resembling the popular...More

MIN Kyu-dong made an impressive debut as a co-director of <Memento Mori> (1999) with [KIM Tae-yong]. MIN’s second film <All for Love> (2005), revealed where his interests lie. <All for Love>, which was produced by [Soo Film], a production company MIN established with his younger brother [MIN Jin-soo], had much more commercial sensibility than his debut film. It shows many couples and their love stories, and this style of filmmaking, resembling the popular <Love Actually>, brought him commercial success. MIN’s third film, <The Antique Bakery> (2008), which was based on a well-known Japanese cartoon, was another showcase of the director’s wide-ranging interests, by deftly mixing up various subject matters that are difficult to deal with in a movie, such as homosexuality, childhood trauma, and a patriarchal family system. His 2011 film <The Last Blossom>, which was based on an original piece by a famous TV drama writer [NOH Hee-kyung], introduced , just as in his previous works, several leading casts at once to unfold its storyline. 2012 was a busy year for MIN as he released the enormously popular romantic comedy <All About My Wife>, starring [LIM Soo-jong], [LEE Seon-gyoon] and [RYOO Seung-ryong], and the short <Beginning> as part of the horror omnibus <Horror Stories>. With both of these projects he demonstrated his far-reaching versatility behind the camera. He also participated on the second instalment on the omnibus horror series before helming the erotic period drama-thriller <The Treacherous>, featuring KIM Gang-woo and the infamous Joseon Era King Yeonsan. 2016 saw him return for a third helping of <Horror Stories>Less