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Director Kim Ki-duk dies of complications from Crown 19 in Latvia
The only Korean to win the three best film festivals in the world.
Yang-Joon Jeon, International Vice President, “A great loss and sadness in the Korean film industry”
Kim Ki-deok / Photo = Hankyung DB
World-renowned director Kim Ki-deok died abroad due to complications from the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Born in Bonghwa, Gyeongsangbuk-do on December 20, 1960, Director Ki-deok Kim graduated from the General Assembly Seminary.
Director Ki-deok Kim is the only Korean director to win the award at the top three film festivals in the world. He won the director’s award at the Berlin Film Festival for ‘Samaria’ in 2004, the ‘Remarkable Look’ award at the Cannes Film Festival for ‘Arirang’ in 2011, and the ‘Golden Lion Award’ at the International Film Festival. Venice cinema for ‘Pieta’ in 2012.
However, he also used a stigma as a protagonist of ‘Me too’ in the film industry. In 2017, actress A revealed that director Ki-deok Kim slapped the acting coach across the face on the set of the movie “ Mobius ” and forced a bed scene that was not previously discussed.
In 2018, SBS’PD Notebook ‘focused on Kim Ki-deok’s sexual assault and sexual assault suspicion under the title’ Film director Ki-Duk Kim, the face of the teacher ‘. Kim, Dok, filed a lawsuit against the actress and the media that reported it, but lost last month.
Kim Ki-deok / Photo = Hankyung DB
Director Kim, who left Korea and moved abroad after the ‘Me Too’ incident, appeared when he was appointed chairman of the jury of the Moscow International Film Festival in 2019. It is also known that this year, the new film ‘Dissolve ‘, which was shot in Russian in Kazakhstan, was filmed by local actors.
Director Kim Ki-duk headed to Latvia on the 20th of last month and contact was cut after the 5th. He died of complications while receiving confirmation and treatment for corona 19 at a local hospital, Baltic media Delphi said.
According to local media, Director Kim planned to buy a mansion in Jurmala, a resort town in northern Latvia, and obtain permanent residence in Latvia. It is known that although Director Kim did not appear at the meeting place, his colleagues searched local hospitals to find him.
Vitali Mansky, a famous Latvian film director, confirmed his death, saying: “Due to strict privacy regulations, it took a long time to find out where he was.”
Jeon Yang-jun, Executive Chairman of the Busan International Film Festival, also officially announced his death by publishing a condolence post that read, “Director Ki-deok Kim passed away,” saying, “A great loss and sadness for the film industry. Korean “.
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