
Film director Kim Han-min (57) will hold his wedding ceremony with Pansori master singer Lee So-young (42) this coming November.
According to the film industry on the Monday, Director Kim Han-min, who presented the Yi Sun-sin trilogy including "Roaring Currents," "Hansan: Rising Dragon," and "Noryang: The Dead Sea," will marry Pansori master singer Lee So-young at a hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on Nov. 15.
Director Kim debuted in the film industry with the short film "That's How Kim Soon-im Met Kang Doo-sik" in 1999 and gained attention in the Korean film industry with his first commercial feature film, "Gyeokrakdo Murder Case," in 2007.
He recorded the highest box office revenue in Korean history by attracting a cumulative audience of 17.61 million people with "Myeongryang" from the General Yi Sun-sin trilogy.
Kim has finished filming his upcoming film scheduled for release next year, "Sword: The Sword of Godumakhan," and is accelerating post-production work. It is an action historical drama depicting a story that unfolds when a man who lost his memory and became a slave immediately after the fall of Goguryeo enters a legendary sword gladiator tournament. Park Bo-gum, Jung Jae-young, Lee Sun-bin, Kim Jae-cheol, Choi Gwi-hwa, and Park Myung-hoon appear in the film.
Kim's fiancée, Lee So-young, is a representative Korean traditional musician who received the Presidential Award at the 51st Korea Chunhyang Traditional Music Daejeon .