Director Kim Han-min (57), renowned for the film "The Admiral: Roaring Currents," is getting married.

According to the film industry on October 19, Director Kim will hold his wedding ceremony at a hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on November 15. His bride-to-be is known to be Lee So-young (42), a master of pansori. The wedding will break away from conventional wedding formats and take the form of a free party.

Director Kim made his debut in 2007 with the film "Paradise Murdered." In 2011, "War of the Arrows" attracted 7.48 million moviegoers nationwide, cementing his status as a box-office hit director. In 2014, "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" drew 17.61 million viewers, setting a new all-time box-office record for films released in South Korea, a record that remains unbroken to this day. He later completed his Yi Sun-shin trilogy with "Hansan: Rising Dragon" and "N량: Dead of Night" ("Noryang: Deadly Sea").

He recently finished filming the historical action drama "The Sword of Godumakhan" starring Park Bo-gum and is currently in post-production.

The bride-to-be, Lee So-young, is a prominent traditional Korean musician who received the Presidential Prize at the 51st Chunhyang National Korean Music Competition and the Grand Prize at the 30th Im Bang-wool Gugak Festival. She is also an inheritor of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Jindo Ssikkim-gut.



(SBS Entertainment News, Reporter Kim Ji-hye)