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Jang Sun-woo (born 20 March 1952) is a South Korean film director . Life. Jang attended Seoul National University and received a bachelor's degree in anthropology . Before his directorial debut, Jang made a name for himself by writing film criticism and scripts.
Jang Sun-woo was born on 20 March 1952 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a director and writer, known for Passage to Buddha (1993).
- Director, Writer, Actor
- March 20, 1952
- Sun-Woo Jang
Filmography. JANG Sunwoo. Director. Born in 1952, JANG started his career as a television screenwriter. He made his feature film debut as co-director of 1986 <Seoul Jesus>, a tale imagining Jesus descent into modern-day Seoul.
J ang Sun-woo (b. 1952) is undoubtedly one of the most relevant and distinctive voices in contemporary Korean cinema. Since his debut feature, Seoul Jesus (1986), co-directed with Wan Son-u, his works have always displayed an incessant need to find and explore new resources in the language of cinema, and have often questioned audiences about ...
Sep 6, 2010 · Tony Rayns tells us in his KOFIC book about Jang Sung-woo that he once interviewed the famous director naked in a jjimjilbang. Rayns’s documentary film about Jang, entitled the Jang Sung-woo Variations, is bookended by extracts from the interview, with Jang being given a relaxing back massage; and in between are other extracts of the
While studying anthropology at Seoul National University in the late 1970s, JANG was active in the cultural protest movement against the South Korean military government. In 1980, he was jailed for having distributed leaflets exposing the Kwangju massacre.
Jang Sun Woo is a South Korean film director born in 1952. He worked from 1980’s to 2010’s. His most notable works include Seoul Emperor (1986), The Avatamska Sutra (1993), Bari (2001).
