Kim Ki-Duk, award-winning South Korean director, dies at 59

Kim Ki-Duk was a South Korean filmmaker ted for his art-house cinematic works. director passed away on December 11, in Latvia. According to a report by Washington Post, Kim Ki-Duk's death was due to COVID-19 related complications. South Korean director was 59-years-old. Moebius director's death was indirectly confirmed by Foreign Ministry in Seoul, which said that a South Korean male in his 50s died while being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital in Latvia during early hours of December 11 local time. Ministry declined to identify director due to privacy concerns.

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Kim Ki-Duk's death 

Washington Post reports also state that Kim came to Latvia on vember 20 in order to buy a house in Jurmala, country’s seaside resort near Riga, capital, and apply for a residence permit. Kim is a very popular and table director and has won several international accoles for his work. He is only South Korean director who has received awards at three major European film festivals: Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. 

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Ki-Duk won best director prize in Cannes for his film Arirang. He even won top prize at Venice Film Festival with his 2012 film Pieta, a brutal mor-and-son tale of revenge and redemption. According to a report by Korean Herald, successful filmmaker stopped making public appearances in Korea after he was accused of sexually assaulting female actors while filming in 2011, which he denied. Later, in 2017, his Korean filmmaking career was destroyed as three more actors accused him of sexual harassment. Since accusations surfaced he has filmed a movie in Kazakhstan.

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Kim Ki-Duk's movies 

filmmaker in his career spanning 25 years has directed more than 30 feature films. Kim also wrote all films that he me and his most widely kwn feature was Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, which was included in film critic Roger Ebert's Great Movies. Two of his films served as official submissions for Acemy Award for best foreign-langu film as South Korean entries. He started his career with 1996 film Crocodile, but his international breakthrough occurred with movie, titled Isle at  Toronto International Film Festival. His famous works include Bow, Time, Breath, Dream, Beautiful, Pieta, Moebius among many ors.

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