Director Kim Young-bin of films 'Kim's War,' 'Terrorist' passes away at 72

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Kim Young-bin, the film director behind "Kim's War" (1992) and "Terrorist" (1995), died Sunday. He was 72.

According to his family and film industry sources on Sunday, Kim died suddenly due to an acute illness.

Born in 1955, Kim built his career in filmmaking as an assistant director, working on films by veteran director Im Kwon-taek, including "The Surrogate Woman" (1986), "Adada" (1987) and "Come, Come, Come Upward" (1989).

He made his directorial debut in 1992 with "Kim's War," based on the case of Kim Hi-ro, a Korean-Japanese man whose hostage-taking incident drew widespread attention.

The film earned him the Best New Director award at the 13th Blue Dragon Film Awards, as well as Best New Director and Best Screenplay at the 28th Baeksang Arts Awards in the film category. He also received the Best New Director award from the 12th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.

His subsequent directorial works included "No Way Out" (1993), "Terrorist" (1995), "Come to Me" (1996), "Phoenix" (1996), "Chasing" (2007) and "Love Stories of the City" (2011).

In 2011 and 2012, he served as executive director of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.

A wake has been set up in Room 3 of Wooju Funeral Home in Goheung-eup, Goheung County, South Jeolla Province. The funeral procession is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, with burial at Seoul Memorial Park.

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