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name: "Kim Yong-taek"
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born: "28 September 1948"
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updated: "2026-09-16T13:20:50.932605+00:00"
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# Kim Yong-taek

Actor. Born 28 September 1948 in Imsil, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 September 1948, Imsil, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
- **Also known as:** 김용택

## Biography

Kim Yong-taek (김용택) is a South Korean poet and occasional actor. Born in Imsil, Jeollabuk-do, he trained as a teacher and worked for many years as an elementary school teacher while writing poetry.

He made his literary debut in 1982 and is best known for his Seomjingang River series of poems. In 2010 he appeared in the film *Poetry*, directed by Lee Chang-dong, playing the poetry teacher.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, kmdb.or.kr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Poetry* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Poet — [page](https://film.one/film/poetry.md)

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