Yoo Ha

Not to be confused with Yoo Ha-na and Ha Yu.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. In the stage name or pen-name,
the surname is Yoo.

Yoo Ha

Born Kim Young-joon

February 9, 1963 (age 61)

Gochang, North Jeolla, South Korea

Nationality South Korean

Other names Yu Ha

Education BA, MA

Alma mater Dongguk University,

Sejong University

Occupation(s) Film director,

Screenwriter,

Poet,

Professor

Years active 1988 - present

Korean name

Hangul 유하

Revised Romanization Yu Ha
 McCune–Reischauer Yu Ha

Birth name

Hangul 김영준

Hanja 金榮俊

Revised Romanization Gim Yeongjun

McCune–Reischauer Kim Yŏngjun

Notes

[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Yoo Ha (Korean: 유하; or spelled Yu Ha; born 9 February 1963) is a South Korean film
director, screenwriter and a contemporary poet. He directed the critically acclaimed
films Marriage Is a Crazy Thing (2002), Once Upon a Time in High School (2004), A
Dirty Carnival (2006) and Gangnam Blues (2015). The latter is a gangster movie with
allusions to Martin Scorsese films like Gangs of New York, Mean
Streets and Goodfellas.[7]
Filmography[edit]

 A Day of Poet Goobo (short; 1990)

 We Must Go to Apgujeong-dong on Windy Days (1993)
 Marriage Is a Crazy Thing (2002)
 Once Upon a Time in High School (2004)
 A Dirty Carnival (2006)
 A Frozen Flower (2008)
 Howling (2012)
 Gangnam Blues (2015)
 Pipeline (2021)
Bibliography[edit]
Poetry collection[edit]

 It's Sunshining Mind to Him Who Is Leaving (Korean: 떠나는 그대 눈부신

명상입니다; 1990). Tree of Books. OCLC 30512330.
 We Must Go to Apgujeong-dong on Windy Days (Korean: 바람 부는 날이면
압구정동에 가야 한다; 1991). Literature & Wisdom. OCLC 28851004.
 There Are No Ugly Brides (Korean: 안 이쁜 신부도 있나 뭐; 1991). Segye-
sa. ISBN 978-89-338-1017-0.
 Moorim Diary (Korean: 무림 일기; 1994). JoongAng M&B. OCLC 814879354.
 Love of the Sewoon Shopping Mall's Kid (Korean: 세운 상가 키드의 사랑; 1995).
Literature & Wisdom. ISBN 978-89-320-0770-0.
 Contributing to the Bruce Lee's Generation (Korean: 이소룡 세대에 바친다; 1995).
Town of Literature. ISBN 978-89-85712-74-3.
 My Love Was Lightweight Like a Butterfly (Korean: 나의 사랑은 나비처럼 가벼웠다;
1999). Yeolimwon. ISBN 978-89-7063-184-4.
 The Thousand Days' Story About Horses (Korean: 천일 마화; 2000). Literature &
Wisdom. ISBN 978-89-320-1207-0.
 Whole Dinner of the World (Korean: 세상의 모든 저녁; 2007). Mineum-sa. ISBN 978-
89-374-0556-3.