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Kim Young-in

South Korean film actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ16176669 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kim Young-in (Korean:김영인; 9 April 1940 – 4 January 2026) was a South Korean actor and stuntman.

Life and career

Kim Young-in was born in Yangpyeong on 9 April 1940. Throughout his career, he was featured in a number of feature films, including No Blood No Tears (2002), Arahan (2004), and Dachimawa Lee (2008).

In 2006, he was awarded a Daejong Award.

Kim died on 4 January 2026, at the age of 85.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kim Young-in” as south Korean film actor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1940, 2026, 2002, 2004—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1943-04-09, 1940-01-01—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Young-in, South and Korean can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as south Korean film actor. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16176669. VIAF identifies the subject as 166154013725809190630. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1940, 2026, 2002 and 2004.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Kim Young-in” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.