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{{Short description|South Korean gangster and politician (1918–1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Expand Korean|topic=bio|date=December 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Kim (Korean name)|Kim]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = 풍문여고 졸업식에서 부친 김두한 전의원과 함께.jpg
| caption             = Kim (leftmost) in 1963
| name                = Kim Du-han
| native_name         = {{nobold|김두한}}
| title               = Member of the [[National Assembly of South Korea]]
| term_start          = November 10, 1965
| term_end            = September 24, 1966
| term_start1         = May 31, 1954
| term_end1           = May 30, 1958
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1918|05|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Keijō]], [[Keiki-dō]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea, Empire of Japan]]<br />{{small|(now [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]])}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1972|11|21|1918|05|15}}
| death_place         = [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| children            = [[Kim Eul-dong]]
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| otherparty          = {{ubl|[[Liberal Party (South Korea)|Liberal]] {{small|(1954)}}|[[Progressive Party (South Korea, 1956)|Progressive]] {{small|(1956)}}|{{ill|Democratic Socialists (South Korea)|lt=Democratic Socialists|ko|3.15 부정선거#민족주의민주사회당}} {{small|(1956–1960)}}|[[Korea Independence Party|Korea Independence]] {{small|(1965–1966)}}|[[New Democratic Party (South Korea)|New Democratic]] {{small|(1967–1969, 1969–1972)}}}}
| parents             = [[Kim Chwa-chin]] (father)
| relatives           = [[Song Il-gook]] (grandson)
| module              = {{Infobox Korean name
| child       = yes
| hangul      = 김두한
| hanja       = {{linktext|金|斗|漢}}
| rr          = Gim Du-han
| mr          = Kim Tuhan
| hangulho    = 의송
| hanjaho     = {{linktext|義|松}}
| rrho        = Uisong
| mrho        = Ŭisong
}}
}}
'''Kim Du-han''' ({{Korean|hangul=김두한}}; May 15, 1918 – November 21, 1972), also spelled '''Kim Doo-han''', was a [[Kkangpae|South Korean mobster]], anti-communist activist,<ref>He also participated in the [[Korean War]]</ref> politician and the son of [[Kim Chwa-chin]]. His [[art name]] was '''Uisong'''.
== Biography ==
===Career===
Kim Du-han was the leader of the Jongro street gang during the time under the Japanese rule. He was considered to be the greatest fist fighter in Korea during his time.
After the end of [[Korea under Japanese rule|Imperial Japanese rule in Korea]], Kim joined [[Syngman Rhee]]'s [[Liberal Party (South Korea)|Liberal Party]], where he served as a politician. In 1948, Du-han was sentenced to death by an American military tribunal for the murder of Jeong Jin-ryong, a leading member of the [[Communist Party of Korea]]. However, his case was later transferred to the South Korean government, which quickly had him released.
He was elected to the Third National Assembly in 1954 and the Sixth National Assembly in 1965.
===Personal life===
Kim Du-han was the father of South Korean politician, [[Kim Eul-dong]], and the grandfather to her son, South Korean actor [[Song Il-gook]].
==In popular culture==
* Portrayed by [[Park Sang-min (actor)|Park Sang-min]] in the ''[[General's Son]]'' [[trilogy]].
** ''[[General's Son]]'' (1990)
** ''[[General's Son II]]'' (1991)
** ''[[General's Son III]]'' (1992)
* Kim was portrayed by [[Ahn Jae-mo]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ezeji |first=E. |date=2023-05-26 |title=Lee Dong Wook And Ryu Kyung Soo Have An Hour To Defeat Ahn Jae Mo And Find Kim So Yeon In "Tale Of The Nine-Tailed 1938" |url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1590079wpp/lee-dong-wook-and-ryu-kyung-soo-have-an-hour-to-defeat-ahn-jae-mo-and-find-kim-so-yeon-in-tale-of-the-nine-tailed-1938 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=[[Soompi]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Kim Yeong-cheol (actor)|Kim Yeong-cheol]] in the 2002 [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]] television series ''[[Rustic Period]]''.
* Portrayed by his grandson [[Song Il-gook]] in the [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]] television series ''This Man''.
* Portrayed by Kang In-deok in the 1981―82 TV series, ''[[1st Republic (TV series)|1st Republic]]''.
His most famous role was as the inspiration for Lookism's Gapryong Kim
== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view.do?docid=b03g1558a Kim Du-han] {{in lang|ko}}
* [http://tv.sbs.co.kr/period/ 야인시대] {{in lang|ko}} {{baekgwa|empas_b=119256}}
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