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Lee Chang-dong

Lee Chang-dong

Lee Chang-dong (born July 4, 1954) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the Asian Film Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Lion and Palme d'Or. Lee served as the minister of Culture and Tourism in the South Korean Government from 2003 to 2004.

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Movies Made By Lee Chang-dong (15)

Birthday (2019)

Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barely knows. ...

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Burning (2018)

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named ...

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A Single Rider (2017)

Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his wife and son live. As his trip nears its unexpected end, Jae-hoon gets a chance t ...

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The World of Us (2016)

A bullied girl becomes friends with a new kid during a break, but when classes start up again, their new friendship is nearly ruined when the bullying continues. ...

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A Girl at My Door (2014)

Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother. ...

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Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013)

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime. ...

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Poetry (2010)

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing. ...

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A Brand New Life (2009)

Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage. ...

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Never Forever (2007)

When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self. ...

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Secret Sunshine (2007)

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband's hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can't fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is ...

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Oasis (2002)

A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter. ...

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Peppermint Candy (2000)

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he cl ...

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Green Fish (1997)

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters. ...

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A Single Spark (1995)

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-'70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy. ...

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To the Starry Island (1993)

Two men have returned to their hometown (the titular island) from Seoul to bury the father of one of them, but the islanders vehemently refuse their request, triggering memories of their childhood before and during the Korean War. ...

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Movies Starring Lee Chang-dong (6)

Walking in the Movies (2024)

KIM Dong-ho is the founder of the Busan International Film Festival and one of the key figures in the rise of Korean cinema. Starting his career as a civil servant, he dedicated his whole life to the sheer passion for films. With his deep commitment and in ...

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Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony (2023)

A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of his films, most of which have been selected for and received awards at the Cannes Film Festival. ...

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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012)

Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary ...

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Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer (2012)

Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns' affection for Korean cinema through interviews of Korean cineastes that have a special affinity for him, including JANG Sun-woo, LEE Chang-dong and HO ...

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Through Korean Cinema (2010)

Discover the roots of Korean cinema. A cinema who surprised by the success recorded in the major international festivals. Interviews to five famous Korean directors, to get to know closely the evolution of Korean cinema. Through their words, their pictures ...

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The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema (2005)

South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenomenon emerged? What is the culture that has yielded this range of filmmakers? With The Nine Lives of Korean ...

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