Born in Hwanghae-do in 1924. He worked as a cinematographer before making his directorial debut with Polaris in 1962. His major works include When Black Flowers Fade(1963) Foggy Street(1963) The Border Between Russia & Manchuria(1964), A Love and Lust at the Cave(1964), A Rescue Order(1966), A Great Hero(1974), Tower of Death(1980), A Monstrous Corpse(1980) and so on.