Nam Ki-nam
Known for: Directing
Born: April 17, 1942
Died: July 24, 2019
Place of birth: —
An extremely prolific and fast working commercial director in South Korea. In 1942, he was born in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province. At the age of seventeen, he wanted to become an actor in 1959, but he changed direction to direct because he felt he was not as good as the actors he met. He graduated from the University of the Arts, and entered the film industry in the 1960s. Since then, he worked first as an assistant director until his debut in 1972. After that he directed over 100 films. He would shoot multiple films simultaneously, often using the same set ups, and would memorize the scripts so he could work without it. He was also noted for his ability to quickly shoot additional scenes for import movies so they would be allowed to be shown in South Korea, as well as doing Korean second unit work for Hong Kong and Taiwanese films often without credit.
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Filmography
41 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Dong-ja Commotion
2010
4.5
Baribari Zzang
2005
9.0
The Galgali Family And Dracula
2003
7.0
Millennial Reincarnation
199810.0
Take Off Your Headsets
19959.0
Girl, 18 Years Old
1993
10.0
A Surrogate Father
1992
7.0
Young-gu and the Golden Bat
1992
7.1
Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil 4: Hong Kong Granny Ghost
1991
10.0
Who Broke the Red Rose Stem
1990
9.0
Two Wacky Heroes
1990
8.0
Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil 2: Off to the Shaolin Temple
1989
4.5
Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil
1989
10.0
The Simple-minded Lovebird
1989
8.0
Sexual Compatibility
1988
8.0
Seven Slaps on the Face
1987
NR
Seoul Likes Women
19877.0
Fairy of the Night
1986
NR
The Singing Tramp Of Last Year
1985
NR
A Child-like Lady
1985
NR
Detective Q
1985
NR
Vagabond Singer's Begging Song
198410.0
Great Monks of Shaolin
1984
7.0
Hotel At 00:00
1983
8.0
The Woman Blacksmith
1983
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Evil Hits Evil
1983
10.0
For the Motherland
19828.0
A Chivalrous Man of the Geum River
1982
7.0
At The Roads
1981
5.0
The Blazing Ninja
19817.0
Mu Hyoup Gum Pung
19808.0
Man Who Couldn't Be Persuaded
1980
5.9
The Clones of Bruce Lee
1980
8.0
The Barefoot in Pyongyang
19807.0
Don't Look Back
19797.3
Double Dragon's Tong Invitation
1979
5.5
Burning Shaolin Temple
1979
4.5
Four Infernos to Cross
1978
5.1
Return Of Red Tiger
1978
5.5
Return of Fist of Fury
1978
5.6
Bruce and Shaolin Kung Fu Part 2
1978