Kwanglim Kim has tried to deconstruct Korean traditional theatrical arts and reconstruct them into a new tradition-based theatrical form. In the early stage of his directing, he is a successful director to show western modern techniques of directing such as a play within a play, using narrators, image screening, and musical effects. Although he began his theatrical career as a founder of Yeonyoo theatre, which originated in social oriented Madangguk, he always paid attention to the theatrical form. His calculated intellect directing is very new in the history of Korean directing; he appeals to the reason of audience rather than their emotion. His productions such as An aquarium, The Head of a Dried Pollack, and Come to See Me are well directed, very popular, and awarded by Korean representative theatre prizes. He seems to pay attention to traditional form when he wrote Mr. Hong is Alive, directed by Yoontaek Lee in 1993. Although Lee is one of the best director to apply traditional theatrical heritages to the modern, he rather appeals to emotion and does not pay special attention to the form. Thus, Kim directed his next traditional play, Kogttugaksi, The Traditional Puppet Play, in 1995. He concentrates his directing to make traditional standardizations. Uturi (2002) and The Murder of the President Lee (2010) are the representative of these. His traditional directing methods in order to create a new tradition-based modern form are as follows;1) Movements and Dances : He basically uses the movements of martial art called Gichonmoon, basic traditional dance and Yangju mask-dance theatre. 2) Jangdan Rhythmic Dialogue : Jangdan are Korean rhythmic beats, and Jandan Rhythmic dialogue, a invention of director Kim, is to speak a sentence within a rhythmic beat. Jangdan Rhythmic Dialogue gives the traditional formalistic frame to his productions. 3) Open theatre space: He basically uses the empty-open place for his theatrical performances like Korean traditional theatres. 4) Sounds and Music: His production accompanies the tradition-based fusion music throughout the play. 5) Reconstruction of various traditional heritages: He de-constructs various traditional theatrical arts and reconstructs them to create new forms. 6) Group Team work: He has continuously done group team works over ten years. All actors, musicians and choreographers are working together since the Dolgoji theatre company was settled in 2002. 7) Process of Directing:① Every actor learns the basic dances and movements. ②Every actor learns the basic traditional musical beats, and practices Jangdan rhythmic dialogue. ③ After these basic training, every scene is practiced. ④Movements line is mainly decided by a choreographer considering contrast, beats and rhythm. ⑤The core concept of directing is the reconstruction of traditional theatrical arts, but the communications with modern audience are heavily considered. ⑥ Open spaces and natural lights are basically used for the performances. 8) The aesthetics of directing in director’s words:If there is no roots, there is no leaves and flowers, but the root is not seen to our eyes. Uturi and The Murder of the President Lee are examined to see how the above directing methods are applied. Kim makes best use of traditional heritages, but at the same time, tries to keep the sense of modern tastes. He uses the tradition not as the national pride or identity but as a new postmodern directing method. Kim’s calculated new form of traditional heritages is indeed a new experiment in the Korean history of directing.