Seok Rae-myeong

In this Korean name, the family name is Seok.
Seok Rae-myeong
Born(1936-05-19)May 19, 1936
South Korea
DiedMay 20, 2003(2003-05-20) (aged 67)
OccupationFilm director
Korean name
Hangul
석래명
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeok Rae-myeong
McCune–ReischauerSŏk Rae-myŏng

Seok Rae-myeong (May 19, 1936 – May 20, 2003) is a South Korean film director. Seok made his directorial debut with Until Next Time (1972). After the success of his film, Yalkae, a Joker in High School (1977), he directed Mischief's Marching Song (1977), Prankster of Girl's High School (1977) and Our High School Days (1978), leading a boom in teen movies during the late 1970s.[1]

In 2009, Yalkae, a Joker in High School is issued as part of the third series of Korean film stamps by Korea Post, which also includes The Road to Sampo, Never Ever Forget Me and Chilsu and Mansu.[2]

  1. ^ "Yalkae, A Joker In High School (Gogyo-yalgae) (1976)". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  2. ^ Paik, Hyun (19 May 2014). "Korean film via stamps -- Yalkae, a Joker in High School". Korea.net. Retrieved 2016-09-01.