---
name: "Kim Jae-beom"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-jae-beom"
fi1m_id: "kim-jae-beom"
imdb_id: "nm1197989"
tmdb_id: 38016
wikidata_id: "Q109679896"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "10 November 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T04:30:17.588018+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kim Jae-beom

## Identity

Kim Jae-beom

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-jae-beom
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-jae-beom
- **IMDb ID:** nm1197989
- **TMDB ID:** 38016
- **Wikidata ID:** Q109679896
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109679896, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1197989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38016

Editor. Born 10 November 1964 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 10 November 1964, South Korea
- **Active:** 2003–2016
- **Also known as:** 김재범, Kim Jae-bum
- **Frequently works with:** [Kim Sang-bum](https://film.one/person/kim-sang-bum.md), [Lim Seung-yong](https://film.one/person/syd-lim.md), [Park Chan-wook](https://film.one/person/park-chan-wook.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $99m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109679896, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1197989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38016

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Man from Nowhere*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kim Jae-beom is a South Korean film editor, often credited as Kim Jae-bum. He frequently collaborates with his brother, editor Kim Sang-bum, with whom he has worked on numerous productions since the early 2000s.

He began in the industry as an assistant editor before becoming a full editor. His credits include *Oldboy* (2003), *Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance* (2002), *Lady Vengeance* (2005), *Thirst* (2009), *The Handmaiden* (2016) and *A Taxi Driver* (2017). He has also edited films directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, Lee Joon-ik and others.

Born on 10 November 1964 in South Korea, he is known for his long-term partnerships with several leading Korean directors.

*Sources: imdb.com, koreanfilm.or.kr, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Handmaiden* (2016), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)
- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *Oldboy* (2003), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

## Complete filmography (102)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Innocence* (2020), Editor
- *Money* (2019), Editor
- *The Drug King* (2018), Editor
- *Rampant* (2018), Editor
- *The Spy Gone North* (2018), Editor
- *I Can Speak* (2017), Editor
- *A Taxi Driver* (2017), Editor
- *The Battleship Island* (2017), Editor
- *The Discloser* (2017), Editor
- *Reset* (2017), Editor
- *The Merciless* (2017), Editor
- *Lucid Dream* (2017), Editor
- *A Single Rider* (2017), Editor
- *New Trial* (2017), Editor
- *Misbehavior* (2017), Editor
- *Asura: The City of Madness* (2016), Editor
- *Han River* (2016), Editor
- *Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River* (2016), Editor
- *The Handmaiden* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)
- *The Sound of a Flower* (2015), Editor
- *Inside Men* (2015), Editor
- *The Throne* (2015), Editor
- *Veteran* (2015), Editor
- *The Unfair* (2015), Editor
- *The Shameless* (2015), Editor
- *C'est Si Bon* (2015), Editor
- *Chronicle of a Blood Merchant* (2015), Editor
- *Cart* (2014), Editor
- *Scarlet Innocence* (2014), Editor
- *Sea Fog* (2014), Editor
- *Kundo: Age of the Rampant* (2014), Editor
- *Mad Sad Bad* (2014), Editor
- *Obsessed* (2014), Editor
- *Tabloid Truth* (2014), Editor
- *Venus Talk* (2014), Editor
- *Babylon Unveiled* (2014), Camera Operator
- *The Attorney* (2013), Editor
- *Commitment* (2013), Editor
- *Hwayi: A Monster Boy* (2013), Editor
- *Hope* (2013), Editor
- *Hide and Seek* (2013), Editor
- *The Berlin File* (2013), Editor
- *Day Trip* (2012), Editor
- *The Tower* (2012), Editor
- *Duresori: The Voice of East* (2012), Editor
- *Eungyo* (2012), Editor
- *Architecture 101* (2012), Editor
- *Nameless Gangster* (2012), Editor
- *A Reason to Live* (2011), Editor
- *Unbowed* (2011), Editor
- *Pain* (2011), Editor
- *Hindsight* (2011), Editor
- *Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild* (2011), Editor
- *The Front Line* (2011), Editor
- *If You Were Me 5* (2011), Editor
- *The Unjust* (2010), Editor
- *The Recipe* (2010), Editor
- *Cyrano Agency* (2010), Editor
- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *The Servant* (2010), Editor
- *Blades of Blood* (2010), Editor
- *Men Without Women* (2009), Editor
- *Good Morning President* (2009), Editor
- *The Sword with No Name* (2009), Editor
- *Possessed* (2009), Editor
- *A Blood Pledge* (2009), Editor
- *Thirst* (2009), Editor
- *Go Go 70s* (2008), Editor
- *Sunny* (2008), Editor
- *My Mighty Princess* (2008), Editor
- *Like Father, Like Son* (2008), Editor
- *Shadows in the Palace* (2007), Editor
- *Going by the Book* (2007), Editor
- *Epitaph* (2007), Editor
- *My Son* (2007), Editor
- *Bunt* (2007), Editor
- *Project Makeover* (2007), Editor
- *I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK* (2006), Editor
- *Once in a Summer* (2006), Editor
- *Radio Star* (2006), Editor
- *Bloody Tie* (2006), Editor
- *King and the Clown* (2005), Editor
- *A Boy Who Went to Heaven* (2005), Editor
- *Sad Movie* (2005), Editor
- *Murder, Take One* (2005), Editor
- *Lady Vengeance* (2005), Editor
- *Blood Rain* (2005), Editor
- *Three... Extremes* (2004), Editor
- *Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown In Seoul* (2004), Editor
- *Someone Special* (2004), Editor
- *Windstruck* (2004), Editor
- *Oldboy* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)
- *Wishing Stairs* (2003), Editor
- *The Classic* (2003), Editor
- *Double Agent* (2003), Editor
- *Conduct Zero* (2002), Editor
- *YMCA Baseball Team* (2002), Editor
- *The Way Home* (2002), Editor
- *Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance* (2002), Editor
- *Judgement* (1999), Assistant Editor
- *The Spy* (1999), Editor
- *Ogenki Clinic Adventures*, Background Designer

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