Kim Ki-Duk Dies Of Covid-19 At 59: South Korean Director Won Prizes At Venice, Cannes, Berlin
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deadline.comSouth Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk has died at the age of 59 from complications arising from Covid-19 while in Latvia, according to local sources.The filmmaker died in the early hours of this morning (December 11) local time at a Latvian hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus.
He is understood to have travelled to the Baltic country with the intention of buying a house in order to obtain a residency permit.
The news was confirmed by Vitaly Mansky, the Russian documentary filmmaker who lives in Latvia and runs the local ArtDocFest, and the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been quoted as confirming the director’s death in Korean media reports.Born in Bonghwa, South Korea in 1960, Kim Ki-duk established himself as a director
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