{"id":2688,"date":"2024-11-12T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ksi\/?page_id=2688"},"modified":"2024-11-12T23:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T23:00:21","slug":"im-kwon-taek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ksi\/im-kwon-taek\/","title":{"rendered":"Im Kwon Taek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n           \n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Im Kwon-Taek (b. 1936 ) is known as the most respected veteran director of Korean cinema. 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