"Born in 1926, SHIN Sang-ok is recognized as one of the masters of Korean cinema. After graduating from Tokyo Art School, he debuted as a director with “The Evil Night” in 1952 and went on to direct more than 70 films in five decades. Highly-acclaimed retrospectives of his work were screened at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. SHIN was awarded the 1st Daejong Film Awards’ Best Director prize for “Mother and a Guest in the Room of Master” and the 1st Baeksang Art Awards’ Best Director prize for “Deaf Samryong-I” and the 11th Asia-Pacific Film Festival’s Best Director Award for “Red Muffler.” Korean Film Directors Created by the Korean Film Council, this series offers deep insight into key directors in Korean film, figures who are not only broadening the range of art and creativity found in Korean-produced commercial films but also gaining increasingly strong footholds in international markets. Each volume features: - critical commentary on films - extensive interview - biography - complete filmography"

YI Hyo-in is a professor in the Department of Theater & Film at Kyung Hee University and a film critic. He has served as Director of the Korean Film Archive, Executive Committee Chair for the Seoul Independent Film Festival, and Chief Director of the National Film Research Institute. He received his doctoral degree from Chung-Ang University for his dissertation A Study of North Korean Films for the Creation of the “Great Leader” Image, and he has published several books, including A Sociocultural History of South Korea Read Through Film.

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