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Lee Man-hee

Lee Man-hee

Lee Man-hee

1931-10-06

Hawangsimni-dong, Seoul, South Korea

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Biography

One of the most important Korean filmmakers in the 1960s and 70s, LEE Man-hee established his reputation as a master of genre cinema, at a time the industry had yet to embrace horrors and thrillers, which have since become staples of the local film scene.

Best known for:

A Day Off

The Road to Sampo

Black Hair

Marine Battleground

The Devil's Stairway

A Water Mill

Homebound

Assassin

Promises

A Triangular Trap

Wildflowers on the Battleground

Break Up The Chain

The Midnight Sun

4 O'Clock, 1950

Cheongnyeo

Soldiers of YMS504

Market

7 Women P.O.W's

Heugmaek

Late Autumn

A Hero without a Serial Number

The Starting Point

Swindler Mr. Heo

Legend of Ssarigol

Living in the Sky

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Filmography:

Marine Battleground (1963)
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Soldiers of YMS504 (1963)
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The Devil's Stairway (1964)
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Black Hair (1964)
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Market (1965)
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7 Women P.O.W's (1965)
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Heugmaek (1965)
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A Water Mill (1966)
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Late Autumn (1966)
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A Hero without a Serial Number (1966)
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The Starting Point (1967)
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Homebound (1967)
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Swindler Mr. Heo (1967)
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Legend of Ssarigol (1967)
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A Day Off (1968)
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Living in the Sky (1968)
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Assassin (1969)
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Life (1969)
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Confess of Woman (1969)
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Break Up The Chain (1971)
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The Midnight Sun (1971)
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4 O'Clock, 1950 (1972)
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Wildflowers on the Battleground (1974)
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Cheongnyeo (1974)
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The Road to Sampo (1975)
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Promises (1975)
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Story
A Triangular Trap (1975)
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