Kim Sang-bum (born August 14, 1954) is a South Korean film editor, and filmmaker, best known for his collaborations with director Park Chan-wook.
Career Park has the longest-standing partnership is with Editor Kim Sang-bum. Their relationship dates back to when Park, then a college student, joined the directing department led by editor-in-chief Kim Sang-bum. Kim Sang-bum's late father, Editor Kim Hee-soo, was involved in Park Chan-wook's debut film, The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream as editor. Since the film Joint Security Area (1998), Kim Sang-bum has edited all of Park Chan-wook's works up until The Handmaiden, except for Stoker (2013).
Filmography
Art Museum by the Zoo (1998) Judgement (short film, 1999) A-rong's Big Expedition (1999) A Great Chinese Restaurant (1999) The Spy (1999) Yellow Hair (1999) Tell Me Something (1999) Memento Mori (1999) Spooky School (2000) Interview (2000) Bloody Beach (2000) Joint Security Area (2000) Ghost Taxi (2000) Indian Summer (2001) The Humanist (2001) My Sassy Girl (2001) Guns & Talks (2001) Waikiki Brothers (2001) Hi! Dharma! (2001) No Blood No Tears (2002) L'Abri (Bus Stop) (2002) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) The Way Home (2002) No Comment (2002) Surprise (aka Surprise Party) (2002) YMCA Baseball Team (2002) A Bizarre Love Triangle (2002) Conduct Zero (2002) Double Agent (2003) The Classic (2003) Wishing Stairs (2003) Oldboy (2003) Ice Rain (2004) Windstruck (2004) Someone Special (2004) Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (2004) Three... Extremes (2004) Blood Rain (2005) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) Murder, Take One (2005) Sad Movie (2005) The Beast and the Beauty (2005) Boy Goes to Heaven (2005) King and the Clown (2005) If You Were Me 2 (2006) Daisy (2006) Bloody Tie (2006) Radio Star (2006) Traces of Love (2006) Once in a Summer (2006) I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) Project Makeover (2007) Bunt (2007) My Son (2007) Epitaph (2007) For Eternal Hearts (2007) The Happy Life (2007) Going by the Book (2007) Shadows in the Palace (2007) All We Need Is Courage (2008) Girl Scout (2008) Like Father, Like Son (2008) Sunny (2008) My Mighty Princess (2008) Go Go 70s (2008) Thirst (2009) My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg (2009) A Blood Pledge (2009) Possessed (2009) The Sword with No Name (2009) Good Morning President (2009) Men without Women (2009) Blades of Blood (2010) The Servant (2010) The Man from Nowhere (2010) Cyrano Agency (2010) The Recipe (2010) The Unjust (2010) Haunters (2010) Battlefield Heroes (2011) If You Were Me 5 (2011) Mama (2011) The Front Line (2011) Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (2011) Hindsight (2011) Pained (2011) A Reason to Live (2011) Unbowed (2012) Pacemaker (2012) Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012) Architecture 101 (2012) Duresori: The Voice of the East (2012) A Muse (2012) The Concubine (2012) Whatcha Wearin'? (2012) The Tower (2012) Day Trip (short film, 2012) The Berlin File (2013) South Bound (2013) Born to Sing (2013) Hide and Seek (2013) Hope (2013) Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) Commitment (2013) 11 A.M. (2013) The Attorney (2013) Man in Love (2014) Venus Talk (2014) Tabloid Truth (2014) Obsessed (2014) Mad Sad Bad (2014) Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014) Haemoo (2014) Scarlet Innocence (2014) Cart (2014) Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015) C'est si bon (2015) The Shameless (2015) Minority Opinion (2015) Inside Men (2015) The Sound of a Flower (2015) The Handmaiden (2016) Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River (2016) Asura: The City of Madness (2016) Misbehavior (2017) New Trial (2017) Lucid Dream (2017) A Taxi Driver (2017) I Can Speak (2017) The Sheriff in Town (2017) The Spy Gone North (2018) Black Money (2019) Decision to Leave (2022) No Other Choice (2025)
Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. 1st Korean Film Awards 2002 Best Editing Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 12th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2004 Best Editing Oldboy 41st Grand Bell Awards 2004 Best Editing Korean Film Awards 2004 Best Editing 13th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2005 Best Editing Blood Rain 43rd Grand Bell Awards 2006 Best Editing Murder, Take One 47th Grand Bell Awards 2010 Best EditingThe Man from Nowhere 8th Korean Film Awards 2010 Best Editing Apolo Awards2016Best EditingThe HandmaidenAsian Film Awards2016Best Editing39th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2017 Best EditingThe Spy Gone North 55th Grand Bell Awards 2018 Best Editing Asian Film Awards2023 Best Editing Decision to Leave Blue Dragon Film Awards2022 Best Editing Boston Society of Film Critics2022 Best Editing British Academy Film Awards2023 Best Editing Chicago Film Critics Association2022 Best Best Editing Grand Bell Awards2022 Best Film Editing Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards2023 Best Editing Seattle Film Critics Society2023 Best Film Editing Sunset Circle Awards2022 Best Editing Valladolid International Film Festival 2022 José Salcedo Award for Best Editing The Astra Awards 2025 Best Editing No Other Choice Blue Dragon Film Awards 2025 Best Editing Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2025 Best Editing DiscussingFilm's Global Film Critics Awards 2026 Best Film Editing Florida Film Critics Circle 2025 Best Editing Gold Derby Film Awards 2025 Best Film Editing Midnight Critics Circle 2026 Best Editing New Jersey Film Critics Circle 2025 Best Editing Newport Beach Film Festival 2025 Outstanding Editing Feature North Carolina Film Critics Association 2026 Best Editing North Dakota Film Society 2026 Best Editing Online Association Of Female Film Critics 2025 Best Editing Online Film Critics Society 2026 Best Editing Puerto Rico Critics Association 2025 Best Editing Baeksang Arts Awards 2026 Best Technical Achievement Good News
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