Yoo Ha | |
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Born |
Kim Young-joon February 9, 1963 Gochang, North Jeolla, South Korea |
Nationality | South Korea |
Other names | Yoo Ha, Yu Ha |
Education | BA, MA |
Alma mater |
Dongguk University, Sejong University |
Occupation |
Film director, Screenwriter, Poet, Professor |
Years active | 1988 - present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Yu Ha |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Ha |
Birth name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Yeong-jun |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏng-jun |
Notes | |
Yoo Ha (Hangul: 유하; or spelled Yu Ha; born February 9, 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and a contemporary poet. He directed the critically acclaimed films Marriage Is a Crazy Thing (2002), Once Upon a Time in High School (2004), and A Dirty Carnival (2006). The latter is a gangster movie with allusions to Martin Scorsese films like Gangs of New York, Mean Streets and Goodfellas.