Koreans Update Project - Nam Ki-nam

[J.J.Hayden]

https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=54611&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng

While researching a connected topic, I noticed that a few of Nam Ki-nam's films where he was the director/co-director of the Korean cut, could do with adding these specific credits in the films notes. I'd already done this for some, but there was only a few more to do so I thought I might as well finish off the rest.

They're quite hard to come by these days, but I have tracked down at least a few clips from a couple the Korean cuts. A lot were released on VHS or on TV in Korea and we just have to hope Korean fans will share more at some point. Or even better, that the KMDB/KFA will release some of the ones they have in their vaults:

The Proud Horses In Flying Sand [1977] – Co-Director
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9103&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng

Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu 2 [1977] – Director
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10183&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng

37 Plots Of Kung Fu [1979] – Director
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=10566&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng

I've also put Nam Ki-nam as the official director alongside Godfrey Ho on The Blazing Ninja [1980], but should I remove Godrey altogether as he often slapped his name on Korean films he didn't direct at all, just bought the distribution rights on, and this seems to be one of those cases?
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9755&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng


Here is one I could get a couple of decent shots of: Kim Ki-beom in Shaolin Vs. Lama.
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9123&complete_credits=1&display_set=eng



While I was at it I updated Nam Ki-nam's main page too including his names and unfortunately the date of his death.

Speaking of names, I wonder if someone mixed up a case where James Nam Seok-hoon was the director on the HK cut and Nam Ki-nam was director on the Korean cut, as an alias for James, as I can't say I've come across him being credited as Nam Ki-nam, but it's there as an alias. Maybe it was on Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu Part 2, where James is credited on the HK cut and Nam Ki-nam on the Korean cut. I wonder if anyone can point to an example of him being credited as Nam Ki-nam, or does anyone else suspect as I do, that this is a mistake?

Cheers

[J.J.Hayden]

LOL, I'd forgotten to follow up on this question about the director of Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu Part 2. Obviously no one has provided any evidence that it was actually James Nam Seok-hoon rather than Nam Ki-nam. But I did a bit more looking into it myself and I do believe that there's been a mix up with the first Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu (which was directed by James Nam). It seems that it was assumed that the director's name on the English credits (Alberto Golango) was an alias for James Nam, but I've not found any evidence that he was credited that way anywhere else. I noticed too that there were the aliases Jeongmu Martial Arts and 정무문, yet I also couldn't find anything to support them either (the opposite, in fact), again I think there's been a mix up, which is understandable when it comes to these Bruce Lee film "sequels".

Another bit of evidence is that James Nam usually had an acting role in the films he directed, yet isn't in this one. But stronger evidence is that Nam Ki-nam does appear in the film, it would be very odd for him to appear in the film of another director, especially since he only acted in about five films, all of them were directed by him.

So I've updated the page by removing those two film aliases, and I've transferred the director credit (along with the alias Alberto Golango) to Nam Ki-nam.

If anyone does ever find evidence to the contrary, please add it here so it can be looked over.

Cheers