Kwak Kyung-taek (Korean: ê³½ê²½íƒ ; born 23 May 1966) is a South
Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film
Friend.Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old
friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an
audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best
Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. In 2003 he received an award
at the Philadelphia Film Festival for the boxing drama film Champion.
His 2005 action film Typhoon, however, was a commercial failure.
Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film
Friend.Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old
friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an
audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best
Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. In 2003 he received an award
at the Philadelphia Film Festival for the boxing drama film Champion.
His 2005 action film Typhoon, however, was a commercial failure.
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