Controversial South Korean film-maker Kim Ki-duk has died aged 59 in a Latvian hospital, where he was being treated for Covid-19.
The news was initially reported by Vitaly Mansky, director of Latvia’s Artdocfest film festival, though and later confirmed by Kim’s family in the Korean media.
Kim completed one more film after the scandal, the Russian-language film Dissolve, which was shot in Kazakhstan.
Charges against Kim were dropped for lack of evidence, but he was fined 5m Korean won (£3,480).