Kim Cheong-gi (born April 4, 1941) is a South Korean director of animated, fantasy, and science fiction films.

His most well known work, Robot Taekwon V (1976), is considered one of the milestones of Korean animation. With actor Shim Hyung-rae, he created the Ureme series, one of the more popular Korean children's series of the late 1980s.

Partial filmography

• Robot Taekwon V (animated) (1976)
• Robot Taekwon V 3 (로보트 태권 V 3탄: 수중특공대) (animated) (1977)
• Golden Wing 123 (황금날개 123) (animated) (1978)
• Run, Wonder Princess! (날아라 원더공주) (1978)
• Tale of Three Kingdoms (삼국지) (animated) (1980)
• Super Taekwon V (수퍼 태권브이) (animated) (1982)
• Wuroemae from the Outside (우뢰매 = 'Wuroemae,' or 'Ureme,' 'Uremae,' 'Uroi-mae,' etc.) (외계에서 온 우뢰매) (1986)
• Space Gundam V (animated) (1983)
• Wuroemae from the Outside, Part II (1986)
• Operation of Alien Uremae (1987)
• Wuroemae 4: Thunder V Operation (1987)
• Robot Taekwon V and Golden Wing 123 (animated)
• Super Hong Gil-Dong (슈퍼 홍길동) (1987)
• New Machine Uremae 5 (1988)
• Guru Kong-cho and Super Hong Kil-Dong 2 (공초도사와 슈퍼 홍길동 제2탄) (1988)
• Bioman (바이오맨) (1989)
• The Third Generation Uremae 6 (1989)
• Super Hong Kil-Dong 3 (슈퍼 홍길동 3) (1989)
• Samtos and Daengki Ddoli (삼토스와 댕기똘이) (1990)
• Robot Tae Kwon V 90 (로보트 태권브이 90) (1990)
• Ureme 7: The Return of Ureme Ulemae 7: Dolaon Ulemae (1992)
• Gag Unit Robot Twins (개그특공대 로봇트윈스) (1993)
• Ureme 8(우뢰매 8) (1993)

• Queen Esther (왕후 에스더) (1996)
• Lim Keok Jeong, Korean Robin Hood (의적 임꺽정) (1997)
• Kwanggeto Taewang (The Great Emperor) (Canceled)

References

• 'Hangook Manhwa' (한국 만화) at Korean Wikipedia
• Kim Cheong-Gi at Asiandb
• 김청기 at Yahoo! Korea (in Korean)
• Kim, Tae-jong (February 22, 2005). "'Taekwon V' Director Takes on Koguryo History". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2007-05-04.

External links

• The Great Emperor website
• Cheong-gi Kim at IMDb
• Extensive interview can be found at www.korazy.com.au korazy.com.au
• Kim Cheong-Gi's The Great Emperor at www.twitchfilm.net
• (in Korean) General information about 김청기 at the KMDb

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