KIM Jee-woon South Korea The Good, the Bad, the Weird KIM Jee-woon Director KIM Jee-woon was a theater actor and director before making his film debut in 1998 with “The Quiet Family”, which he wrote and directed. He is currently one of the most talented and acclaimed writer/directors in the South Korean film industry. After introducing a new genre that the director called ‘Gory Comedy’ with “The Quiet Family”, KIM went on to explore other genres, such as comedy with “The Foul King”; horror with “A Tale of Two Sisters”; and film noir with “A Bittersweet Life”; and through them, he showcased his inventive take on storytelling, style, and other cinematic tools and forms. What is more, each of these films has become representative of its respective genre in South Korean cinema. With horse-mounted bandits, steam engine trains, opium-filled brothels and more, his latest film, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” is an Oriental Western that focuses on the anarchic and clashing culture of Manchuria in the 1930s. Now, with his Oriental Western, KIM creates yet another unfamiliar and fresh cinematic genre.