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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Film director Ki-deok Kim died of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Latvia, one of the three Baltic countries, on the 11th (local time), TASS reported, citing media. Baltic Delphi. . The picture shows director Kim Ki-deok smiling happily at the 19th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) ‘A Joo Dam Dam-Meet Red, Kim Ki-deok’ which was held at the U-dong Film Center. in Haeundae-gu, Busan, on the afternoon of October 5, 2014.
Director Kim Ki-duk died of Corona 19 complications in Latvia. Kim’s family was reported to be in shock after checking the news from a local official. There are also voices of condolence in the film industry.
On the 11th (local time), the Latvian media Delphi quoted the words of Vitali Mansky, artistic director of the Russian Art Dog Fest Film Festival, and reported that Kim Ki-duk, who was in Latvia, died of complications from Corona 19 at a local Baltic hospital the same day.
Director Ki-duk Kim has reportedly been staying in Latvia since November 20 via Russia and Estonia. He bought a house in Jurmala, in the north of Latvia, and obtained a residence permit, but has lost contact since the last 5 days. When Director Kim did not appear at the meeting place, Director Mansky asked his colleagues that he had received news that Kim Ki-deok had died in a hospital.
Producer Kim Soon-mo, who has been working with director Kim Ki-deok for a long time, told Star News, “I checked with (director Kim Ki-deok’s) family members and said the news was correct “and” the family said they got a call today. ” The person who was in charge of director Kim Ki-deok’s local interpreter is known to have delivered a secret report to Director Kim’s family.
Meanwhile, Yang-jun Jeon, executive chairman of the Busan International Film Festival, delivered the news and condolences on the death of director Ki-deok Kim via SNS. The former CEO announced: “I heard shocking news from Kyrgyz critic Gulbara Tolomushova that Director Ki-deok Kim, who had moved from Kazakhstan to Latvia and was working, died of Corona 19 just a week before his 60th birthday. December 20th”. .
He said: “It is said that he died today, two days after being admitted to the Baltic hospital. It is a great loss and a sadness that cannot be filled in the Korean film industry. I wish the deceased good luck.”
Meanwhile, director Ki-deok Kim made his debut with ‘Crocodile’ in 1996, and then ‘Blue Gate’, ‘Island’, ‘Real Situation’, ‘Coast Line’, ‘Bad Man’, ‘Spring, Summer, autumn, winter and spring ‘,’ Samaria ‘and’ Empty house. ‘,’ Arirang ‘,’ Pieta ‘, etc. Every time his work caused controversy in the Korean film industry, like a hot potato.
He was also a director who was loved more abroad than in Korea. In 2004, he won the Silver Bear Award for Director Award for ‘Samaria’ at the Berlin International Film Festival, and won the Silver Lion Award for Director Award at the Venice International Film Festival in the same year for ‘Empty House. In 2011, he won the Notable Gaze Award for ‘Arirang’ at the Cannes International Film Festival and the Golden Lion Award for ‘Pieta’ at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival. He is also the only Korean director to win awards at the three main film festivals in the world.
But the time of glory was not long. Director Kim Ki-duk was charged with battery and duress by Actress A in 2017. The judge subsequently issued a summary order fining director Kim Ki-duk 5 million won for the assault. In the case of forced harassment, the accusation was not prosecuted due to insufficient evidence. Since then, director Kim Ki-deok tried to resume his activities after being invited to ‘Human, Space, Time, and Humans’ at the Berlin International Film Festival, but has been in a lawsuit as noted by the Me Too movement. .
Since then, it has been active in Russia and Kazakhstan. He served as chairman of the jury at the Moscow International Film Festival last year, and this year he performed his new film ‘Dissolve’ in Russian in Kazakhstan with local actors.
