Kim Yong-wan

Director and writer

Works as: Director and writer
Titles: 6 on Motif · 12 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 28% in 30 days

What are Kim Yong-wan's films like?

Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight

Power

33%

Morality

24%

Bonds

20%

Self

14%

Ideas

6%

Survival

4%

Justice2 Corruption2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

4

Dread

2

Melancholic

3

Hopeful

1

Thrilling

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 Bittersweet2 Unsettling2

How their films end · 3 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet2
Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kim Yong-wan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

CJ ENM Selects2 titles, show their 2 titles on CJ ENM Selects
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Kim Yong-wan's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 6 with a Motif page.

Head Over Heels(2025)
Show 1 episode · Director · Creator
Motif score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Whirlwind(2024)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Creator
Motif score: 67th percentile of all shows
If You Wish Upon Me (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Show 16 episodes · Director
The Cursed(2021)
Director · Adaptation
Motif score: 49th percentile of all films
The Cursed(2020)
Show 12 episodes · Director
Motif score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Champion(2018)
Director · Writer
Motif score: 62nd percentile of all films
Love Cells (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
Show 15 episodes · Director
Return Match (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)
Director
Daytime Moon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)
Director · Writer
Quick(2011)
Assistant Director
Motif score: 36th percentile of all films
A Little Pond (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Assistant Director
The World They Date (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2010 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Champion (2018)

$9M worldwide

Highest rated

Head Over Heels (2025)

Motif 75^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing10 of 12 · 62^ndWriting3 of 12Other crew4 of 12

12 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s6 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Kim Yong-wan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kim Yong-wan's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yeon Sang-ho shares the most, 2.