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Kim Han-min

{{Short description|South Korean film director and screenwriter}}

{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kim Han-min

| image = 2022 Kim Han-min 김한민 (2).jpg

| caption = Kim in 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|11|5}}

| birth_place = Suncheon, South Korea

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| education = Dongguk University Graduate School of Film Arts

| years_active = 1995–present

| spouse =

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 김한민

| hanja = 金漢珉

| rr = Gim Han-min

| mr = Kim Hanmin

}}}}

Kim Han-min (born November 5, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed the feature films Paradise Murdered (2007), Handphone (2009), War of the Arrows (2011), and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014).

Career

After graduating from Dongguk University's Graduate School of Film Arts, Kim Han-min gained accolades for two of his short films - Sunflower Blues which screened at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival as well as the New York Independent Film Festival; and Three Hungry Brothers which received awards at the Mise-en-scene Genre Film Festival, the Asiana International Short Film Festival, and the Seoul Digital Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Sunflower Blues|url=http://www.indiestory.com/eng/film/film_view.asp?film_idx=94|work=IndieStory|access-date=2013-02-04}}

In 2007 he made his feature directorial debut with the mystery-thriller Paradise Murdered starring Park Hae-il, Park Sol-mi and Sung Ji-ru. A fictionalized account of a murder that took place on a secluded island in the 1980s involving rational and irrational horrors, the film sold over 2 million tickets nationwide.{{cite web|title=KIM Han-min|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10006204|work=Korean Film Council|access-date=2013-02-04}} In his second feature, Kim shifted his setting to the big city, with blackmail thriller Handphone (2009) revolving around every urbanite's essential hardware, the cell phone. Starring Uhm Tae-woong and Park Yong-woo, it fell short of both the commercial and critical successes of his first film.{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Hyo-won |title=Hand Phone Showcases Top Talent |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/02/141_39421.html |work=The Korea Times |access-date=2013-02-04 |date=12 February 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227132226/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/02/141_39421.html |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}

Set during the second Manchu invasion of 1636, Kim's third film War of the Arrows (2011) combined well-choreographed combat sequences and special effects, fast pacing, a tense plot and the thrill of the chase to tell the story of a master archer and his quest to rescue his sister from Qing Dynasty soldiers.{{cite web|last=Kwaak |first=Je-yup |title=Arrow aims ultimate summer success |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/141_89498.html |work=The Korea Times |access-date=2013-02-04 |date=24 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227074105/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/10/141_89498.html |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Hyo-won |title=Arrow aims for new horizons |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2012/12/141_92183.html |work=The Korea Times |access-date=2013-02-04 |date=4 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227105417/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2012/12/141_92183.html |archive-date=27 December 2013 }} The period action film unexpectedly drew an audience of 7.46 million, making it the highest grossing Korean film of 2011.{{cite web|last=Paquet|first=Darcy|title=South Korean box office in 2011|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=42|work=Korean Cinema Today|access-date=2013-02-04|date=8 January 2012}} It also won recognition at the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards, notably for its lead actors Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong and Moon Chae-won.{{cite web|last=Carla|first=Sunwoo|title=War of the Arrows to target Japan|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2953301|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216073600/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2953301|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 16, 2013|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2013-02-04|date=24 May 2012}}{{cite web|last=Quinn|first=Paul|title=Kim Han-min Interview|url=http://www.hangulcelluloid.com/kimhanmininterview.html|work=Hangul Celluloid|access-date=2013-02-04|date=16 September 2011}}{{cite web|last=Heskins|first=Andrew|title=LKFF Press Launch and Kim Han-min Q&A|url=http://www.easternkicks.com/news/lkff-press-launch-and-kim-han-min-qa|work=easternKicks|access-date=2013-02-04|date=19 September 2011}}{{cite web|last=London|first=Ian|title=Interview with Kim Han-min, Korean director of War of the Arrows|url=http://blazejowski.blogspot.com/2011/11/interview-with-south-korean-director.html|work=You Know, I Learned Something Today|access-date=2013-02-04|date=1 November 2011}}{{cite web|title=Kim Han Min talks Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon and more |url=http://en.korea.com/blog/enter/movie/kim-han-min-talks-arrow-the-ultimate-weapon-and-more/ |work=Korea.com |access-date=2013-02-04 |date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227102531/http://en.korea.com/blog/enter/movie/kim-han-min-talks-arrow-the-ultimate-weapon-and-more/ |archivedate=27 December 2013 }}

Kim's follow-up in 2014 was another period epic, Battle of Myeongryang, Whirlwind Sea (released internationally as The Admiral: Roaring Currents), which depicted the legendary sea battle between 12 vessels of the Korean navy led by the most admired military figure in Korea, General Yi Sun-sin (played by Choi Min-sik), and 330 invading Japanese ships, which are eventually defeated. Given the disparity in numbers, the battle is regarded as one of Yi's most remarkable victories.{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=CHOI Min-sik Wraps Naval War Epic BATTLE OF MYEONGRYANG|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2606|work=Korean Film Council|access-date=2013-08-06|date=1 August 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Baek|first1=Byung-yeul|title=Joseon's war hero back on screen: Choi Min-sik's Roaring Currents retraces 16th century maritime battle against Japan|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/07/141_160132.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=2014-07-04|date=30 June 2014}} It became the all-time most successful film in South Korean box office history, the first ever to reach 15 million admissions and the first local film to gross more than {{USD|100 million}}.{{cite web|title=Roaring Currents Most Successful Korean Film of All Time|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/08/18/2014081801628.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2014-08-20|date=18 August 2014}}

To commemorate Yi's 407th birth anniversary in 2015, Kim and Jung Se-kyu co-directed Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral, a documentary prequel to The Admiral: Roaring Currents in which cast members of the 2014 film retraced the 450-kilometer path that the admiral walked in preparation for the Battle of Myeongnyang, based on the war diary that Yi wrote.{{cite web|last1=Baek|first1=Byung-yeul|title=Director retraces pre-war Admiral Yi|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/04/141_177846.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=2015-04-30|date=27 April 2015}}

Beginning with 2014 film, The Admiral: Roaring Currents, Kim created Yi Sun-sin trilogy, based on three major naval battles led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The second film Hansan: Rising Dragon, based on Battle of Hansan Island which took place 5 years before Battle of Myeongnyang depicted in The Admiral, was released in 2022. Park Hae-il portrayed Admiral Yi in the film.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/044/0000237948?sid=104|author=Song Seung-hyun|title=Kim Han-min to return with another Adm. Yi Sun-sin film, 'Hansan'|via=Naver|work=The Korea Herald|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 30, 2022}}

Filmography

=Feature films=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Film

! colspan="3"|Credited as

! rowspan="2"|Notes

width=65 |Director

! width=65 |Writer

! width=65 |Producer

2007Paradise Murdered

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2009Handphone

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| also script editor, actor

2011War of the Arrows

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2014The Admiral: Roaring Currents

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

rowspan=2| 2015The Hunt

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{yes}}

|

Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Documentary

2019The Battle: Roar to Victory

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{yes}}

|

2020Oh! My Gran

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{yes}}

|

2022Hansan: Rising Dragon

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| also actor{{cite web |author=Kang Min-kyung |date=November 29, 2022 |title=박해일, 출정 전 母 문숙과 대화…장군 아닌 인간 이순신('한산 리덕스') |trans-title=Park Hae-il talks with his mother, Moon-sook, before going out... A human, not a general, Yi Sun-sin ('Hansan Redux') |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000582981 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |work=Ten Asia |language=ko |via=Naver}}

2023Noryang: Deadly Sea

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

= Short films =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Film

! colspan="3" |Credited as

! rowspan="2" |Notes

width="65" |Director

! width="65" |Writer

! width="65" |Producer

1995

|A Painter Story

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

1995

|Beyond...

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

1997

|Sympathy

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

1998

|Rush

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

1999

|Sunflower Blues

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| editor

2003

|Three Hungry Brothers

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| editor

2007

|A Wintering

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Actor

Accolades

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+ Awards and nominations

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Award ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominee / Work

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" width="25" class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

rowspan="2" | 2007

! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards

| Best New Director; Best Screenplay

| rowspan="2" | Paradise Murdered

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" |

Best Screenplay

| {{won}}

2011

! scope="row"|48th Grand Bell Awards

| Best Film

| rowspan="4" |War of the Arrows

| {{nom}}

|

rowspan="3" |2011

! rowspan="3" scope="row"| 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

|

Best Director

| {{nom}}

|

Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film

| {{won}}

|

rowspan="2" |2014

! rowspan="2" scope="row" |23rd Buil Film Awards

| Best Film

| rowspan="15" |The Admiral: Roaring Currents

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3178|title=SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards|date=6 October 2014|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|last1=Kim|first1=June|access-date=2014-10-09}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

2014

! scope="row" |34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

| Critics' Top 10

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|last1=Conran|first1=Pierce|title=Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3199|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2014-11-08|date=4 November 2014}}

rowspan="3" | 2014

! rowspan="3" scope="row" |51st Grand Bell Awards

| Best Film

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" |{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=June|title=The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3211|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2014-11-12|date=12 November 2014}}
{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Nemo|title=Korea's Roaring Currents Rings Up Trio of Grand Bell Awards|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/koreas-roaring-currents-rings-up-trio-of-grand-bell-awards-1201361971/|website=Variety|access-date=2014-11-21|date=21 November 2014}}
{{cite web|last1=Baek|first1=Byung-yeul|title=Roaring Currents takes 4 trophies at Daejong Awards|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/12/141_168640.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=2014-12-11|date=23 November 2014}}
{{cite web|last1=Conran|first1=Pierce|title=ROARING CURRENTS Tops 51st Daejong Film Awards|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3232|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2014-11-25|date=24 November 2014}}
{{cite web|title=Roaring Currents Named This Year's Best Film|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/11/24/2014112401471.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2014-11-25|date=24 November 2014}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Planning

| {{won}}

rowspan="3" | 2014

! rowspan="3" scope="row" |35th Blue Dragon Film Awards

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" | {{cite web|first=June|last=Kim|title=35th Blue Dragon Awards Names THE ATTORNEY Best Film|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3267|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2014-12-18|date=18 December 2014}}
{{Cite web|last=Son|first= Jung-bin|title= '변호인', 청룡영화상 최우수작품상 등 4관왕|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0006258738|work=Newsis|date=December 17, 2014|access-date=May 18, 2020|language=ko|via=Naver}}

Best Director

| {{won}}

Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film

| {{won}}

rowspan="4" |2015

! rowspan="4" scope="row" |10th Max Movie Awards

| Best Film

| {{won}}

| rowspan="4" |

Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Trailer

| {{nom}}

Best Poster

| {{nom}}

2015

! scope="row" |Chunsa Film Art Awards

| Best Director (Grand Prix)

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=June|title=2015 Chunsa Film Art Nominations Announced|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3357|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-03-19|date=6 March 2015}}

2015

! scope="row" |51st Baeksang Arts Awards

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

|

rowspan="2" |2023

! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 59th Baeksang Arts Awards

| Best Film

| rowspan="13" | Hansan: Rising Dragon

| {{Nom}}

| rowspan= "2" |{{Cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000338421|author=Cho Yeon-kyung|title=제59회 백상예술대상, TV·영화·연극 최종 후보 공개|trans-title=59th Baeksang Arts Awards, TV/Film/Play Finalists Revealed|publisher=JTBC|via=Naver|date=April 7, 2023|access-date=April 8, 2023|language=ko}}

Best Director

| {{Nom}}

rowspan="2" |2022

! rowspan="2" scope="row" |43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite news|url=https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=236433|title= 43회 청룡영화상 후보 발표, 박찬욱 감독 '헤어질 결심' 13개 부문 최다 노미네이트|trans-title=Nominations announced at the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards, Director Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to break up' received the most nominations in 13 categories|work=KBS Star|publisher=Naver |date= November 8, 2022 |access-date= November 9, 2022 |language=ko}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2" |2022

! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Buil Film Awards

| Best Director

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/082/0001177862?sid=103|author=Nam Yoo-jung|title=2022 부일영화상, 박해일·탕웨이 '최고의 별'|trans-title=2022 Buil Film Awards, Park Hae-il and Tang Wei's 'Best Stars'|work=Busan Ilbo|via=Naver|date=October 6, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2022|language=ko}}

Best Film

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center" | {{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/082/0001171698?sid=103|author=Nam Yoo-jung|title=헤어질 결심 브로커 둘 다 8개 부문 후보 올라|trans-title=Decision to break up and Broker both nominated for 8 categories|work=Busan Ilbo|via=Naver|date=August 28, 2022|access-date=August 30, 2022|language=ko}}

rowspan="2" | 2022

! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Chunsa Film Art Awards

| Best Screenplay

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=https://biz.chosun.com/entertainment/movie/2022/09/30/QB3DPTQQJMBZ5DNWNQIWHPAA6Y/|last=Kwon|first=Hyun-jin|title='헤어질 결심' 3관왕…박찬욱·박해일·탕웨이 수상(종합) [27th 춘사영화제]|trans-title='Decision to Leave' wins 3 awards...awards for Park Chan-wook, Park Hae-il, Tang Wei (Comprehensive) [27th Chunsa Film Festival]|publisher=ChosunBiz|date=30 September 2022|access-date=30 September 2022|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930141410/https://biz.chosun.com/entertainment/movie/2022/09/30/QB3DPTQQJMBZ5DNWNQIWHPAA6Y/|archive-date=30 September 2022|url-status=live}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=http://beyondpost.co.kr/view.php?ud=202208260901532895499def050a_30|last=Lee|first=Ji-yul|title=제27회 춘사국제영화제 각 부문별 후보자 공개|trans-title=The 27th Chunsa International Film Festival nominees for each category revealed|publisher=Beyond Post|date=August 26, 2022|access-date=August 26, 2022|language=ko}}

2023

! scope="row" | Director's Cut Awards

| Best Director in film

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=018&aid=0005422022 |last=Kim|first=Bo-young|title=제21회 '디렉터스컷 어워즈', 3년 만에 오프라인 개최 [공식]|trans-title=The 21st 'Director's Cut Awards' held offline for the first time in 3 years [Official]|publisher=E-Daily |via=Naver|date=February 9, 2023|access-date=February 17, 2023|language=ko}}

rowspan="3" |2022

! rowspan="3" scope="row" |Grand Bell Awards

| Best Director

| {{nom}}

|

Best Film

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000050673|last=Park|first=Jae-hwan|title=제 58회 대종상 영화제 내달 9일 개최... '헌트' 12개, '헤어질 결심' - '한산' 11개 부분 노미네이트|trans-title=The 58th Daejong Film Festival to be held on the 9th of next month... 12 nominations for 'Hunt', 'Decision to break up' - 11 parts for 'Hansan|publisher=KBS Media|via=Naver|date=October 12, 2022|access-date=October 12, 2022|language=ko}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

2022

! scope="row" | Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

| Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seung

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/movie/now/read?oid=018&aid=0005348507|last=Park|first=Mi-ae|title=헤어질 결심', 영평상 최우수작품상 선정…공로상 안성기|trans-title='Decision to break up' selected for Best Picture at the Youngpyeong Awards... Achievement Award Ahn Sung-ki|work=E-Daily|via=Naver|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=October 24, 2022|language=ko}}

rowspan="2" | 2024

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 60th Baeksang Arts Awards

| Best Film

| rowspan="2" | Noryang: Deadly Sea

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Cite web|script-title=ko:60회 맞은 '백상예술대상' TV·영화·연극 후보 공개|trans-title=60th 'Baeksang Arts Awards' TV, Film and Theater Candidates Revealed|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000387494|via=Naver|publisher=JTBC News|language=ko|last=Hwang|first=So-young|date=April 8, 2024|access-date=April 23, 2024|archive-date=April 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408063013/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000387494|url-status=live}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

Notes

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References

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