Hangul 공수창 McCune–Reischauer Kong Su-ch'ang Movies The Guard Post, R-Point | Revised Romanization Gong Su-chang Alma mater Hanyang University | |
Born 1961 (age 55–56) South Korea Occupation Film director,
screenwriter Similar Jeong‑heon Lee, Lee Yeong‑hoon, Son Byeong ho, Byeong‑cheol Kim, Tae‑kyung Oh | ||
Kong Su-chang (born 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kong started as a screenwriter and is behind hits such as White Badge (1992), The Ring Virus (1999) and Tell Me Something (1999). He debuted with the military-themed R-Point (2004), and then The Guard Post in 2008.
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Career
Born in 1961, Kong Su-chang graduated from the Korean Literature Department at Hanyang University. Upon graduating, he joined 'Jang San Got Mae', an independent film union and wrote screenplays, such as O Dreamland (1989) and The Night Before the Strike (1990).
Kong is known as a talented screenwriter of thriller and war movies, such White Badge (1992), The Ring Virus (1999) and Tell Me Something (1999). His adaptation of the novel White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo into the screenplay for White Badge was acclaimed as the best Vietnam War film in Korea.
His directorial feature debut is the military-themed R-Point (2004), which Kong wanted as an anti-war movie, delves into the innermost psyche of soldiers who have to fight for their lives in the face of inexplicable threats and horror on a remote battlefield in Vietnam in 1972. His second feature, The Guard Post (2008), also military-themed is set at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.