# Kim Cheong-gi

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{{Short description|South Korean filmmaker}}
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'''Kim Cheong-gi''' ({{Korean|hangul=김청기}}; born April 4, 1941) is a South Korean director of [animated](/source/animated_films), fantasy, and science fiction films.

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

== Partial filmography ==
*[Robot Taekwon V](/source/Robot_Taekwon_V) (animated) (1976)
*Robot Taekwon V 3 (로보트 태권 V 3탄: 수중특공대) (animated) (1977)
*[Golden Wing 123](/source/Golden_Wing_123) ({{Korean|hangul=황금날개 123|labels=no}}) (animated) (1978)
*[Robot Taekwon V and Golden Wing 123](/source/Robot_Taekwon_V_and_Golden_Wing_123)  (animated) (1978)
*Run, Wonder Princess! ({{Korean|hangul=날아라 원더공주|labels=no}}) (1978)
*Tale of Three Kingdoms ({{Korean|hangul=삼국지|labels=no}}) (animated) (1980)
*Super Taekwon V ({{Korean|hangul=수퍼 태권브이|labels=no}}) (animated) (1982)
*[Wuroemae from the Outside](/source/Ureme_1) (우뢰매 = 'Wuroemae,' or 'Ureme,' 'Uremae,' 'Uroi-mae,' etc.) ({{Korean|hangul=외계에서 온 우뢰매|labels=no}}) (1986)
*[Space Gundam V](/source/Space_Gundam_V) (animated) (1983)
*[Wuroemae from the Outside, Part II](/source/Ureme_2) (1986)
*[Operation of Alien Uremae](/source/Ureme_3)  (1987)
*[Wuroemae 4: Thunder V Operation](/source/Ureme_4) (1987)
*Super Hong Gil-Dong ({{Korean|hangul=슈퍼 홍길동|labels=no}}) (1987)
*[New Machine Uremae 5](/source/Ureme_5) (1988)
*Guru Kong-cho and Super Hong Kil-Dong 2 ({{Korean|hangul=공초도사와 슈퍼 홍길동 제2탄|labels=no}}) (1988)
*Bioman ({{Korean|hangul=바이오맨|labels=no}}) (1989)
*[The Third Generation Uremae 6](/source/Ureme_6) (1989)
*Super Hong Kil-Dong 3 ({{Korean|hangul=슈퍼 홍길동 3|labels=no}}) (1989)
*Samtos and Daengki Ddoli ({{Korean|hangul=삼토스와 댕기똘이|labels=no}}) (1990)
*Robot Tae Kwon V 90 ({{Korean|hangul=로보트 태권브이 90|labels=no}}) (1990)
*Space Police of the Human Power ({{Korean|hangul=우주경찰 휴먼 파워|labels=no}})
*[Ureme 7: The Return of Ureme](/source/Ureme_7) (1992)
*Gag Unit Robot Twins ({{Korean|hangul=개그특공대 로봇트윈스|labels=no}}) (1993)
*Ureme 8 ({{Korean|hangul=우뢰매 8|labels=no}}) (1993)
*Queen Esther ({{Korean|hangul=왕후 에스더|labels=no}}) (1996)
*Lim Keok Jeong, Korean Robin Hood ({{Korean|hangul=의적 임꺽정|labels=no}}) (1997)
*Kwanggeto Taewang (The Great Emperor) (Canceled)

==References==
*['Hangook Manhwa' (한국 만화)](/source/%3Ako%3A%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD_%EB%A7%8C%ED%99%94) at [Korean Wikipedia](/source/%3Ako%3A%EB%8C%80%EB%AC%B8)
*[http://www.asiandb.com/browse/people_detail.pfm?code=468 Kim Cheong-Gi] at [http://www.asiandb.com/ Asiandb]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311114836/http://kr.movies.yahoo.com/Movie/MovieInfo/person_view.php?person_id=2686 김청기] at [Yahoo!](/source/Yahoo!) Korea (in Korean)
* {{cite web |url=http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200412/kt2004121518143311700.htm|title='Taekwon V' Director Takes on Koguryo History|access-date=2007-05-04|last=Kim|first=Tae-jong|date=February 22, 2005|work=[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213234518/http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200412/kt2004121518143311700.htm|archivedate=2006-02-13}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060209235514/http://totoent.com/english/great/great.htm ''The Great Emperor'' website]
*{{IMDb name|id=1040494|name=Cheong-gi Kim}}
* Extensive interview can be found at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706105532/http://www.korazy.com.au/main/page_interviews_interview_1.html www.korazy.com.au] korazy.com.au
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060219050959/http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/004893.html Kim Cheong-Gi's The Great Emperor] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20101028015705/http://twitchfilm.net/ www.twitchfilm.net]
* {{in lang|ko}} [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/actor/mm_basic.asp?person_id=00006662&keyword=%B1%E8%C3%BB%B1%E2 General information about 김청기] at the KMDb
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706105532/http://www.korazy.com.au/main/page_interviews_interview_1.html]

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