Kang Je-kyu is a screenwriter, director and producer. He made his directing debut in 1996 with the love story with elements of phantasy Eunhaengnamoo chimdae (The Gingko Bed, 1996). His next film, action spy story Swiri (1999) became very popular. Afterwards he directed the drama about two brothers during the Korean War Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, 2004), which won awards for best director and best film at the Asian-Pacific Film Festival in 2005. His next film Mai wei (My Way, 2011) was also a war drama but somewhat less successful. Afterwards, he directed the short film Min-ussi o-neun nal (Awaiting, 2014), a segment in the omnibus Beautiful 2014 (2014) and the romantic drama Jang-su Sahng-hoe (Salut d'amour, 2014), which is his last film at the time.