Portrait of Kim Sung-soo

Directing

Kim Sung-soo

Career

Active from 1990 to 2023, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for 12.12: The Day
12.12: The Day
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kim Sung-soo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.7, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.3, average 3.8
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Korean Cinema 3
  • Power Struggle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 72
12.12: The Day
12.12: The Day (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 57
Asura: The City of Madness
Asura: The City of Madness (2016)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

The Flu
The Flu (2013)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Screenplay

My Ex-Wife's Wedding
My Ex-Wife's Wedding (2010)

Executive Producer

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 65
The Restless
The Restless (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

Executive Producer

Please Teach Me English
Please Teach Me English (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Executive Producer

The Warrior
The Warrior (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 62
City of the Rising Sun
City of the Rising Sun (1999)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

Beat
Beat (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

as Doo-il

Run Away
Run Away (1995)

Director, Screenplay

Sunset on the Neon Lights
Sunset on the Neon Lights (1995)

Adaptation

Out to the World
Out to the World (1994)

Adaptation

Dead End
Dead End (1993)

Director, Writer

Blue In You
Blue In You (1992)

Adaptation

Berlin Report
Berlin Report (1991)

Adaptation, Assistant Director

Black Republic
Black Republic (1990)

Writer