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Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads).
One of Korea’s most venerated filmmakers, YU Hyun-mok was born in 1925 and made his feature film debut with <Crossroads> in 1956. Though he consistently made films though the late 1950s and into the 60s, his work reached a higher plain when he made <Aimless Bullet> in 1961.
One of Korea’s most venerated filmmakers, YU Hyun-mok was born in 1925 and made his feature film debut with <Crossroads> in 1956. Though he consistently made films though the late 1950s and into the 60s, his work reached a higher plain when he made <Aimless Bullet> in 1961.
Yu Hyun-mok is remembered today as one of the three master filmmakers from Korea who debuted in the 1950s (together with Kim Ki-young and Shin Sang-ok), and as the creator of Obaltan (1961), which has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls.
One of Korea's greatest director's in the first golden age of Korean cinema, Yu Hyun-mok passed away June 28, days away from his 84th birthday. The director is perhaps known best for his early milestone "The Aimless Bullet" (1961), often hailed by local critics as the best Korean film of all time.
Jun 28, 2009 · Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads).
Yu Hyun-mok was a renowned South Korean filmmaker whose career spanned over four decades. He is considered one of the pioneers of Korean cinema and a master of realism in filmmaking. Yu began his career in the 1950s, during a time of political and social unrest in South Korea.
