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- KANG Je-kyu
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- KANG Je-kyu is namely a pioneer of Korean-style blockbuster movies. His first film, <The Gingko Bed>(1996), was one of the first Korean commercial movies that utilized computer graphics-based special effects to a respectful level of completeness. <Swiri>(1999), an action thriller depicting a tense confrontation between South and North Korean intelligence agents on the divided Korean peninsula, was a Korean-style blockbuster that cost then-unheard-of 2.4 billion wo... full story
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- Company : Directors co., Ltd.
- Nationality : South Korea
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- My Way 2011 Director ( Director )
- My Way 2011 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War 2004 Director ( Director )
- TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War 2004 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- Blue 2003 Staff ( Script Doctor )
- Over The Rainbow 2002 Staff ( Investment )
- Besa Me Mucho 2001 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- The Legend Of Gingko 2000 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- Swiri 1999 Director ( Director )
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