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}} Im Sang-soo (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, with ''The Housemaid'' in 2010 and ''The Taste of Money'' in 2012. ==Early life and film career== Im was born in Seoul. He studied sociology at Yonsei University in Seoul before making a move to the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1989. He began working in film that same year, landing his first job as Park Jeong-won's assistant director on ''Kuro Arirang'' (was coincidentally also the first film of actor Choi Min-sik). Following graduation from KAFA, Im worked as an assistant director under Kim Young-bin on ''Kim's War'' (1994). In 1995 Im wrote the screenplay for ''The Eternal Empire'', and also the screenplay'' A Noteworthy Film'', which won him the Creation Prix at the Korean Motion Picture Promotion Scenario Competition. In 1998 Im landed his first directorial gig. ''Girls' Night Out'', a drama about three women in Korea, caused a controversy upon release due to the frank and sexually driven dialogue and has received mixed, almost polarized, reviews. ''Tears'', a hard drama about the lives of four runaway teenagers in Seoul, came next. Im spent five months in the Garibong-dong district of Seoul amongst homeless runaway teens before writing the script for the film. This film was shot in 2000 on miniDV to save the budget. To achieve greater realism, Im opted to use non-actors. 2003's ''A Good Lawyer's Wife'' was Im's first film to reach #1 at the South Korean box office, thanks in large part to the suggestive poster and trailer campaign centered on star Moon So-ri (who was cast after Kim Hye-soo dropped out to pursue a TV career). This film was also screened in the main competition program at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival. Next in Im's string of controversial films was 2005's ''The President's Last Bang'', about the night President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his KCIA Director. The controversy started before it was released to the public (a press screening had already been held), with President Park's family suing MK Pictures over the film's content. A Korean court ordered the removal of 3 minutes and 50 seconds worth of documentary footage from the film as it was thought the documentary footage might confuse the public into thinking the film was based on hard facts, which Im admits is not the case. ''The Old Garden'', Im's fifth film, was released theatrically in fall 2006. It debuted at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival. His 2010 film, ''The Housemaid'', competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012 ''The Taste of Money'' competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 Official Selection )〕 Actress Youn Yuh-jung, a constant collaborator, has noted that "many actors shy away from working with him because he is provocative and daring, but that is how he views the world".〔(At 64, Yoon Yeo-jeong won’t let age get in the way of a sex scene ). ''Korea JoongAng Daily''. 2012-05-18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Im Sang-soo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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