Yu Hyun-mok

In this Korean name, the family name is Yu.

Yu Hyun-mok (Korean: 유현목; July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in North Korea), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads).^[1] According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls."^[1] Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's "[b]rilliantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations."^[2]

Yu Hyun-mok
유현목
Born	(1925-07-02)July 2, 1925 Sariwon, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	June 28, 2009(2009-06-28) (aged 83) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Director
Years active	1948–2007
Awards	Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit (2009)
Korean name
Hangul	유현목
Hanja	兪賢穆
Revised Romanization	Yu Hyeonmok
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Hyŏnmok

His dedication to the intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal with social and political issues led him to have difficulties both with box-office-oriented producers, and with Korea's military government during the 1960s and 1970s.^[1] Korean critics have said his directing style is "in the tradition of the Italian Neorealists," yet "the terms 'modernist' or 'expressionistic' [are] just as applicable to his works."^[3]

Besides his directing activities, he has taught film,^[1] and made a significant contribution to Korean animation by producing Kim Cheong-gi's 1976 animated film, Robot Taekwon V. A retrospective of Yu's career was held at the 4th Pusan International Film Festival in 1999.^[3]

Yu died from a stroke on June 28, 2009.^[4]

Filmography

Title	Original Title	Transliteration	year
The Crossroad	교차로	Gyocharo	1956
The Lost Youth	잃어버린 청춘	Irobeorin Cheongchun	1957
The Life Seized	인생차압	Insaeng Chaab	1958
Forever With You	그대와 영원히	Geudae-wa Yeongwon-hi	1958
Beautiful Woman	아름다운 여인	Areumda-un Yeo-in	1959
Even the Clouds Are Drifting	구름은 흘러가도	Gureum-un Heulleogado	1959
The Aimless Bullet	오발탄	Obaltan	1961
To Give Freely	아낌 없이 주련다	Akkim Eobsi Juryeonda	1962
Great hero, Yi Sun-Sin	성웅 이순신	Seong-ung Yi Sun-sin	1962
Daughters of Pharmacist Kim	김약국집 딸들	Kim Yakkuk Jip Ttaldeul	1963
The Blue Dream shall Shine	푸른 꿈은 빛나리	Pureun Ggum-eun Bitnari	1963
Extra Human Being	잉여인간	Ingyeo Ingan	1964
Wife's Confession	아내는 고백한다	Anae-neun Gobaekhanda	1964
Sleep Under The Blue Star	푸른 별아래 잠들게 하라	Pureun Byeolarae Jamdeul-ge Hara	1965
An Empty Dream	춘몽	Chunmong	1965
Martyr	순교자	Sungyoja	1965
Secret Marriage Operation	특급 결혼작전	Teukgeup Gyeolhon Jakjeon	1966
Sun will rise again	태양은 다시 뜬다	Taeyang-eun Dasi Ddeunda	1966
Guests Who Arrived on the Last Train	막차로 온 손님들	Makcharo On Son-nim-deul	1967
Three Henpeck Generations	공처가 삼대	Gongcheoga Samdae	1967
Han	한	Han	1967
Arirang	아리랑	Arirang	1968
Han 2	한 2	Han	1968
Descendants of Cain	카인의 후예	Kain-ui Huye	1968
I'll Give You Everything	몽땅 드릴까요	Mongddang Deuril Kkayo	1968
Yeo	여	A Woman	1968
Nightmare	악몽	Akmong	1968
School Excursion	수학여행	Suhak Yeohaeng	1969
I Would Like to Become a Human	나도 인간이 되련다	Nado Ingan-i Doe-Ryeonda	1969
Two husbands	두여보	Du Yeobo	1970
Bun-Rye's Story	분례기	Bunlyegi	1971
Flame	불꽃	Bulkkot	1975
The Gate	문	Mun	1977
Once upon a time, Hweo-oi Hweo-i	옛날 옛적에 훠어이 훠이	Yetnal Yetjeok-e, Hweo-oi Hweo-i	1978
Rainy Days	장마	Jangma	1979
A Song Everyone Wants to Sing Together	다함께 부르고 싶은 노래	Dahamggye Bureugo Sipeun Norae	1979
Son of Man	사람의 아들	Saram-ui Adul	1980
Ruinded Reeds	상한 갈대	Sanghan Galdae	1984
Mommy, Star, and Sea Anemone	말미잘	Malmijal	1995

Awards

• Blue Dragon Film Awards
  • Best Picture/Best Director (Descendant of Cain) (1968)
• Grand Bell Awards
  • Best Director (To Give Freely) (1962)
  • Best Director (Martyr) (1965)
  • Best Director (Bun-Rye's Story) (1971)
  • Best Picture (Flame) (1975)
  • Honorary Director Award (1995)
• Korean Film Critics Awards
  • Best Director (Son of Man) (1980)
• Order of Cultural Merit, Korean government - Geumgwan (Gold Crown), 1st Class (2009)
• Pusan International Film Festival
  • Award for Artistic Contribution (2003)