Bae Yong-Kyun
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| Bae Yong-Kyun | |
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| Hangul: |
배용균
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| Hanja: |
裵鏞均
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| Revised Romanization: | Bae Yong-gyun |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Pae Yonggyun |
Bae Yong-Kyun (surname Bae; born 1951 in Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) is a South Korean film director. He is best known for his Seon (Zen)-influenced 1989 film Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun (Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East, 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은).
He also wrote and directed one other film, Geomeuna dange huina baekseong (The People in White, 1995).
Bae is a painter by training. He holds a doctorate and serves as an art professor in South Korea.
