---
name: "Kim Sang-bum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-sang-bum"
fi1m_id: "kim-sang-bum"
imdb_id: "nm0453656"
tmdb_id: 10108
wikidata_id: "Q21005858"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "14 August 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T04:30:17.580202+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 Sang-bum

## Identity

Kim Sang-bum

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-sang-bum
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-sang-bum
- **IMDb ID:** nm0453656
- **TMDB ID:** 10108
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21005858
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Sang-bum_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21005858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10108

Editor. Born 14 August 1954 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 14 August 1954, South Korea
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** 김상범, Kim Sang-beom
- **Frequently works with:** [Park Chan-wook](https://film.one/person/park-chan-wook.md), [Kim Jae-beom](https://film.one/person/kim-jae-beom.md), [Jeong Seo-kyeong](https://film.one/person/chung-seo-kyung.md), [Lim Seung-yong](https://film.one/person/syd-lim.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 5, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $156m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Sang-bum_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21005858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10108

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Decision to Leave*](https://film.one/film/decision-to-leave.md) (82), [*The Man from Nowhere*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*No Other Choice*](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Kim Sang-bum (Korean: 김상범) is a South Korean film editor. He was born on 14 August 1954.

He has maintained a long collaboration with director Park Chan-wook, editing most of the director's films from *Joint Security Area* (2000) onwards, excluding *Stoker* (2013). His credits include *Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance* (2002), *Oldboy* (2003), *Lady Vengeance* (2005), *Thirst* (2009), *The Handmaiden* (2016), *A Taxi Driver* (2017), *Decision to Leave* (2022) and *No Other Choice* (2025). He has also edited other films such as *The Man from Nowhere* (2010) and *Hope* (2013). His father, Kim Hee-soo, was likewise a film editor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *No Other Choice* (2025), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md)
- *Decision to Leave* (2022), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/decision-to-leave.md)
- *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 (145)

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

- *The People Upstairs* (2025), Editor
- *Mantis* (2025), Editor
- *No Other Choice* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md)
- *Good News* (2025), Editor
- *Karma* (2025), series, Editor
- *Lobby* (2025), Editor
- *The Match* (2025), Editor
- *Nocturnal* (2025), Editor
- *Mission: Cross* (2024), Editor
- *Revolver* (2024), Editor
- *Hijack 1971* (2024), Editor
- *12.12: The Day* (2023), Editor
- *The Boys* (2023), Editor
- *Hopeless* (2023), Editor
- *Faith* (2023), Editor
- *Kill Boksoon* (2023), Editor
- *Remember* (2022), Editor
- *Narco-Saints* (2022), series, Editor
- *Hunt* (2022), Editor
- *Decision to Leave* (2022), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/decision-to-leave.md)
- *Yaksha: Ruthless Operations* (2022), Editor
- *Kingmaker* (2022), Editor
- *Endless Rain* (2021), Editor
- *Seobok* (2021), Editor
- *The Day I Died: Unclosed Case* (2020), Editor
- *OK! Madam* (2020), Editor
- *Steel Rain 2: Summit* (2020), Editor
- *The Closet* (2020), Editor
- *Black Money* (2019), Editor
- *Jesters: The Game Changers* (2019), Editor
- *The King's Letters* (2019), Editor
- *Inseparable Bros* (2019), Editor
- *Money* (2019), Editor
- *MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission* (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
- *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
- *Mama* (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
- *No Blood No Tears* (2002), Editor
- *Hi, Dharma!* (2001), Editor
- *Waikiki Brothers* (2001), Editor
- *Guns & Talks* (2001), Editor
- *My Sassy Girl* (2001), Editor
- *Indian Summer* (2001), Editor
- *Terror Taxi* (2000), Editor
- *Joint Security Area* (2000), Editor
- *Interview* (2000), Editor
- *Memento Mori* (1999), Editor
- *Tell Me Something* (1999), Editor
- *Judgement* (1999), Editor
- *The Spy* (1999), Editor
- *Art Museum by the Zoo* (1998), Editor

## Gallery

- ![Kim Sang-bum](https://film.one/media/person/7274/gallery-b59cc56370ad.jpg) Kim Sang-bum — 한국영화아카데미KAFA (Korean Film Academy KAFA+ Masterclass), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kim_Sangbeom_film_editor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kim Sang-bum](https://film.one/media/person/7274/gallery-d57c25bb91ab.jpg) Kim Sang-bum — Image via TMDB

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