Kim Jong-hak was a South Korean television director and producer, best known for the seminal and highly rated Korean dramas Eyes of Dawn and Sandglass.
12 Facts About Kim Jong-hak
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Kim Jong-hak was born on November 5,1951, in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, the fourth son of seven siblings.
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Kim Jong-hak became an assistant director on one of the historical dramas of his mentor Lee Byung-hoon, Royal Emissary.
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Kim Jong-hak helmed the first of many Kim Seong-jong adaptations with Beautiful Affair, about the power struggle that ensues after the death of a powerful company chairman.
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Kim Jong-hak had left MBC in 1992 and become a freelance producer, with his production shingle initially called Jcom.
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Kim Jong-hak returned to television in 1998, directing the action drama White Nights 3.98 which starred Choi Min-soo, Lee Byung-hun and Shim Eun-ha.
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Kim Jong-hak collaborated with Song Ji-na for the sixth time in 2002's Great Ambition, a period drama starring Jang Hyuk, Lee Yo-won, Han Jae-suk and Son Ye-jin.
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Furthermore, Kim Jong-hak was accused of double-contracting Faith's soundtrack rights to two separate companies.
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In May 2013, Kim Jong-hak was placed under investigation for fraud, embezzlement and professional negligence.
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In China at the time filming a Chinese television drama, Kim Jong-hak was summoned back home on account of the lawsuit, then issued an overseas travel ban.
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Kim Jong-hak said on his suicide note about his prosecution,.
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Prosecutor Kim Jong-hak, I am in a rage about your ambitions, about your conspiracies with album industries.