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Kim Seong-su is a Director, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer Sud coréenne born on 19 june 1961

Kim Seong-su

Kim Seong-su
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Nationality Coree du sud
Birth 19 june 1961 (62 years)

Kim Sung-su (Hangul: 김성수; born November 15, 1961) is a South Korean film director, known mainly for the teen film Beat, period epic Musa and the comedy Please Teach Me English.

Usually with

Yoo Hae-jin
Yoo Hae-jin
(3 films)
Nam Na-yeong
Nam Na-yeong
(3 films)
Lee Beom-soo
Lee Beom-soo
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kim Seong-su (11 films)

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Director

The Flu
The Flu (2013)
, 2h1
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Min-ha, Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon
Rating66% 3.333413.333413.333413.333413.33341
A group of illegal immigrants are smuggled from China to South Korea inside a shipping container, but when it's opened in the affluent Seoul suburb of Bundang by traffickers, it's discovered that all of the immigrants are dead, except for one man, a carrier of a deadly strain of H5N1 (avian influenza, or bird flu). As the man escapes, he quickly spreads the virus to nearby residents. Mir (Park Min-ha), daughter of a single mother Kim In-hae (Soo Ae), meets the man, named Mossai, and gives him some food and tells him to wait as she calls rescue worker and paramedic Kang Ji-goo (Jang Hyuk). However as he arrives, Mossai is nowhere to be found.
Running Wild, 2h4
Directed by Kim Sung-soo, Kim Seong-su
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Kwon Sang-woo, Yu Ji-tae, Uhm Ji-won, Jo Sung-ha, Yoo Dong-geun, Kim Yoon-seok
Rating62% 3.1472753.1472753.1472753.1472753.147275
Jang Do-young is a homicide detective who likes to use violence when dealing with criminals, while Oh Jin-woo is a prosecutor who believes in the importance of data and evidence. After the murder of his younger half-brother Do-young and Jin-woo meet when Do-young interrupts a stakeout in an attempt at vengeance. The unlikely duo join forces to bring gangster boss Yu Kang-jin to justice, but find that he is too well connected. Being unsuccessful in bringing Yu Kang-jin to justice the duo turn to violence in order to bring him down.
Please Teach Me English, 1h58
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lee Na-young, Jang Hyuk, Kim Yong-gun, Na Moon-hee, Kim Young-ae, Jo Jae-yoon
Rating64% 3.2475153.2475153.2475153.2475153.247515
Park Mun-su (Jang Hyuk) and Na Young-ju (Lee Na-young) are classmates in a private English class. Mun-su frequently chases women while working in his shoe shop. However, Young-ju has an unreciprocated interest in him. They eventually become friends, and frequently sit together in class.
The Warrior, 2h38
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Actors Joo Jin-mo, Jeong Woo-seong, Zhang Ziyi, Ahn Sung-ki, Park Yong-woo, Yu Rongguang
Rating71% 3.5977953.5977953.5977953.5977953.597795
In 1375, a small diplomatic mission from the Korean kingdom Goryeo travels to Ming China to meet the Hongwu Emperor, but they are arrested in retaliation for the death of a Chinese diplomat in Goryeo. They are put in chains and taken across a desert. However, Mongol raiders suddenly show up and kill the Chinese soldiers transporting them, while killing some Koreans in the process. The Mongols ride off, leaving the rest of the Koreans to die of hunger or thirst.
City of the Rising Sun, 1h41
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jeong Woo-seong, Lee Jung-jae, Han Go-eun, Lee Beom-soo, Park Sung-woong, Kim Young-ho
Rating65% 3.293733.293733.293733.293733.29373
Do-chul is a boxer whose recent string of losses cause him to give up the sport. While visiting a credit bureau on the insistence of the gym owner, he meets Hong-ki who is a habitual swindler constantly scheming while proclaiming he'll own a high-rise building in six years. During his stay at Hong-ki's rented room, he meets Mimi, a would-be actress. Hong-ki tries to seduce Mimi by promising her that he would cast her in a movie. At a party thrown for aspiring actors and actresses, drunken Do-chul creates a scene and gets his head smashed with a beer bottle by Mimi's manager. With this, he ends up in a hospital. Hong-ki runs away with Do-chul's compensation pay, blowing it all on horse race betting. With nowhere else to go, Do-chul stays at his gym. Tired of being hunted down by a collector, Hong-ki kills him as Do-chul is mercilessly beaten inside the ring.
Beat
Beat (1997)
, 1h59
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Jeong Woo-seong, Ko So-young, Im Chang-jung, Yu Oh-seong, Lee Moon-sik
Rating67% 3.3855753.3855753.3855753.3855753.385575
Three friends in Korea all drop out of high school. Min is a feared brawler whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as his best friend introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his love for the volatile Romy, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.
Run Away
Run Away (1995)
, 1h46
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Lee Byung-hun, Lee Geung-young, Jeong Doo-hong
Rating52% 2.6204552.6204552.6204552.6204552.620455
Lee Dong-ho, a game show producer, and Choi Miran, a freelance illustrator meet by chance and spend a short but passionate night together. But just when they are about to go back to their ordinary lives, they witness a shocking murder. This is followed by mysterious happenings that destroy everything that they cherish in their lives. A police officer turns out to be a kidnapper and hired killers break into their homes. In front of their eyes, they lose their loved ones. Nobody is of much help to them. At home, in the police station, in the hospital, at work, wherever they go, criminals seem to follow them. Finally, they must face the real criminals.

Scriptwriter

The Flu
The Flu (2013)
, 2h1
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films
Actors Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Min-ha, Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon
Rating66% 3.333413.333413.333413.333413.33341
A group of illegal immigrants are smuggled from China to South Korea inside a shipping container, but when it's opened in the affluent Seoul suburb of Bundang by traffickers, it's discovered that all of the immigrants are dead, except for one man, a carrier of a deadly strain of H5N1 (avian influenza, or bird flu). As the man escapes, he quickly spreads the virus to nearby residents. Mir (Park Min-ha), daughter of a single mother Kim In-hae (Soo Ae), meets the man, named Mossai, and gives him some food and tells him to wait as she calls rescue worker and paramedic Kang Ji-goo (Jang Hyuk). However as he arrives, Mossai is nowhere to be found.
Running Wild, 2h4
Directed by Kim Sung-soo, Kim Seong-su
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Kwon Sang-woo, Yu Ji-tae, Uhm Ji-won, Jo Sung-ha, Yoo Dong-geun, Kim Yoon-seok
Roles Scenario Writer
Rating62% 3.1472753.1472753.1472753.1472753.147275
Jang Do-young is a homicide detective who likes to use violence when dealing with criminals, while Oh Jin-woo is a prosecutor who believes in the importance of data and evidence. After the murder of his younger half-brother Do-young and Jin-woo meet when Do-young interrupts a stakeout in an attempt at vengeance. The unlikely duo join forces to bring gangster boss Yu Kang-jin to justice, but find that he is too well connected. Being unsuccessful in bringing Yu Kang-jin to justice the duo turn to violence in order to bring him down.
Please Teach Me English, 1h58
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lee Na-young, Jang Hyuk, Kim Yong-gun, Na Moon-hee, Kim Young-ae, Jo Jae-yoon
Rating64% 3.2475153.2475153.2475153.2475153.247515
Park Mun-su (Jang Hyuk) and Na Young-ju (Lee Na-young) are classmates in a private English class. Mun-su frequently chases women while working in his shoe shop. However, Young-ju has an unreciprocated interest in him. They eventually become friends, and frequently sit together in class.
The Warrior, 2h38
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Actors Joo Jin-mo, Jeong Woo-seong, Zhang Ziyi, Ahn Sung-ki, Park Yong-woo, Yu Rongguang
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5977953.5977953.5977953.5977953.597795
In 1375, a small diplomatic mission from the Korean kingdom Goryeo travels to Ming China to meet the Hongwu Emperor, but they are arrested in retaliation for the death of a Chinese diplomat in Goryeo. They are put in chains and taken across a desert. However, Mongol raiders suddenly show up and kill the Chinese soldiers transporting them, while killing some Koreans in the process. The Mongols ride off, leaving the rest of the Koreans to die of hunger or thirst.
City of the Rising Sun, 1h41
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jeong Woo-seong, Lee Jung-jae, Han Go-eun, Lee Beom-soo, Park Sung-woong, Kim Young-ho
Rating65% 3.293733.293733.293733.293733.29373
Do-chul is a boxer whose recent string of losses cause him to give up the sport. While visiting a credit bureau on the insistence of the gym owner, he meets Hong-ki who is a habitual swindler constantly scheming while proclaiming he'll own a high-rise building in six years. During his stay at Hong-ki's rented room, he meets Mimi, a would-be actress. Hong-ki tries to seduce Mimi by promising her that he would cast her in a movie. At a party thrown for aspiring actors and actresses, drunken Do-chul creates a scene and gets his head smashed with a beer bottle by Mimi's manager. With this, he ends up in a hospital. Hong-ki runs away with Do-chul's compensation pay, blowing it all on horse race betting. With nowhere else to go, Do-chul stays at his gym. Tired of being hunted down by a collector, Hong-ki kills him as Do-chul is mercilessly beaten inside the ring.
Run Away
Run Away (1995)
, 1h46
Directed by Kim Seong-su
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Lee Byung-hun, Lee Geung-young, Jeong Doo-hong
Rating52% 2.6204552.6204552.6204552.6204552.620455
Lee Dong-ho, a game show producer, and Choi Miran, a freelance illustrator meet by chance and spend a short but passionate night together. But just when they are about to go back to their ordinary lives, they witness a shocking murder. This is followed by mysterious happenings that destroy everything that they cherish in their lives. A police officer turns out to be a kidnapper and hired killers break into their homes. In front of their eyes, they lose their loved ones. Nobody is of much help to them. At home, in the police station, in the hospital, at work, wherever they go, criminals seem to follow them. Finally, they must face the real criminals.