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My Take
Im Sang-soo is the kind of director I respect for refusing the easy way out. He keeps pointing his camera at the things Korean society would rather not discuss: the rot of power, the lies beneath comfortable families, the violence of history. Winning Best New Director at the Blue Dragon Awards in 1998 was just the start; being invited to Cannes for the Palme d'Or twice, with The Housemaid and The Taste of Money, tells you the world took notice. I admire filmmakers who chase human ugliness with cold clarity rather than easy sentiment, and he sits firmly in that camp for me.
Overview
Im Sang-soo (Korean: 임상수; born April 27, 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: first for The Housemaid in 2010, and then The Taste of Money in 2012.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Im Sang-soo
- Name (Japanese)
- イム・サンス
- Reading
- いむ・さんす
- Born
- April 27, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Tiger
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Yonsei University
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | A Good Lawyer's Wife | — | |
| Notable work | The President's Last Bang | — | |
| Notable work | The Housemaid | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.