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Filmmaker · South Korea

Hong Seong-gi

Died in 2001

Hong Seong-gi was born in Seoul, in 1924 according to the age the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture gives him in 1949, in 1928 according to the obituary in the Kyunghyang Shinmun. The latter says he trained at the film school in Manchuria, then assisted Choi In-gyu on a film of 1946, before his own debut; it credits him with discovering Kim Ji-mi, whom he married. His version of The Song of Chunhyang, released in 1961 at the same time as Shin Sang-ok's, lost the contest, and the couple separated. He stopped filming in 1980 and died on 3 February 2001 in Suwon.

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